LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA: AN OVERLOOKED OF VARIOUS LEGAL PROVISIONS

Abstract

All over the world, 8th March, is celebrated as International Women’s day. But the question is how far the woman is acceptable today as equal as man in the male dominant society. This might be correct to be said that there is no discrimination between man and woman as concerned to the developed countries. But as soon as we look after the third world countries, our problems regarding women seem to be crystal clear. In many countries of Asia like Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arab, the women are kept under veil and there fundamental human rights are fringed. In our neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Pakistan face the same problems. In some states of our country still have a strong thinking of male dominancy. Example of such states are Rajsthan, jammu-kashmir, Bihar etc. Women face lot of problems of domestic violence such as denial of food, insistence on perverse sexual conduct, turning of women out of house and denying access to minor children constitutes mental torture and the worst forms of verbal, physical, psychological and sexual violence are committed against women in their home, though they have crucial role whether visible or not at home, in society and in history.