DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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It Is Well Known Omnipresent Problem That Women Are Subjected To Violence At Home. Especially in Context of Indian Majority of Such Victims Do not Seek Legal Remedies. There Are Many Reasons or This That They Are Economically & Educationally Backward and they are not familiar with legal proceeding and even one of the major reasons that they do not have faith in the legal system of our country. It felt that getting timely justice is ‘mirage’ as one has to undergo cumbersome procedural law and compelled to face series of adjournment in the way to get adequate relief.

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The question arises as to what type of violence or act falls within the ambit of domestic violence as the experience reveals domestic violence takes place in varieties. 

It is to be noted that under Indian law there is no recognized definition of ‘expression’ of Domestic Violence however an attempt can be put forth to define the same.

Ordinarily, expression “domestic violence” connotes sexual abuse or the thread of sexual abuse of women but there are several other abuses known to men when women are targeted to physical, mental, verbal and economic abuse. Certainly these act and conduct would come within the expression of “domestic violence”.

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It is to be reiterated that under the laws of India the expression “domestic violence” is yet to be defined, but it shall not be taken to mean an act of domestic violence is not punishable in India. There is no solitary form of domestic violence; it differs with situation, individual and household. It impact of domestic violence is to be measured by degree of severity. it has been said that domestic violence could yield drastic and extreme result in form of death though there may be minor scars  and injury in some cases of domestic violence against women, their can be situation when domestic violence would result neither in death nor in scar but have tremendous physiological effect on the victims.

The meaning and scope of domestic violence against women could aptly be clear from glance at criminal law and civil law which address the offence as to domestic violence against women to certain extent.