The book analyses laws that have been framed and implemented for the protection of women from violence. It recognises and addresses the existence of domestic violence in all its forms including the ‘relationships in the nature of marriage’ which are, however, not marriage. Comparing laws in India with those elsewhere, it deals with the Constitutonal provisions regarding elimination of gender-based discrimination. It examines the penal laws with regard to sexual abuse and dowry death in India and violence in live-in relationships. It takes up issues of maintenance for the wife who is ‘married but not legally wed’ and the rights of children. It includes a detailed study of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, beginning with a definition of domestic relationship and domestic violence and then analysing the role and powers of protection officers and service providers in this regard and procedure of obtaining orders of relief.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Charu Walikhanna
Mrs. Charu Walikhanna is an advocate, practicing in the Supreme Court of India. Enrolled at the bar in 1998 with the aim of using law as a tool for development, she have continued to maintain a keen academic interest in legal issues. M. A. in Sociology, holder of post graduate diplomas in Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights, International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws from Indian Law Institute and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi respectively, she has attended the session on Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands, and is currently a doctoral scholar. Charu Walikhanna started her career in the world of advertising with a diploma from the Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai. Having achieved commendable success at an early age, considerably disturbed by the anomalies existing in society and by gender discrimination being faced by women, she decided to devote her time, attention, and professional interest to try and make her contribution to society. She is a member of an Inter-Ministerial Committee set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and Founder and President of India and Founder and President of Social Action Forum for Manav Adhikar, an NGO working in the field of promotion of human rights and protection of the rights of vulnerable and marginalized sections of society.
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