Introduction As per section 2(e) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, domestic incident report means, a report made in the prescribed form on receipt of a complaint of domestic violence from an aggrieved person by the protection officer. Domestic violence refers to violence, abuse ad intimidation between people who are currently…
The term ‘maintenance’ means the act of maintaining someone, i.e; providing financial support to a person. It is believed that it is a fundamental duty of a man to maintain his wife, children and parents. Section 125 to Section 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code gives effect to this fundamental duty. According to the provision…
Introduction Feminism in constitution Our constitution is a set of fundamental ideologies and written codes that itself promotes equality between gender. Equality means that men and women should be treated equally in all the circumstances. Women have struggled a lot for equality and against oppression for centuries, and although some battles were partly won –…
Both mainstays of mankind i.e. men and women have parallel significance in part in the creation and improvement of mankind yet the women are certain to confront of few embarrassment and general public. In spite of different Shields and assurances assessable at the worldwide and in addition at the national level, before conception till final…
Rightly did Swami Vivekananda say, ‘Just as a bird cannot fly with one wing only, a Nation cannot march forward if the women are left behind’. Men and women are the two holes of a perfect whole. India is a country of different religion, gender, flourishing culture, climate conditions, but its shine is diminishing due…
Introduction Domestic violence is acts of violence or abuse against a person living in a household and the worst thing about this violence is that it comes from within the household by an immediate family member. Recent trends show that not only women but men also experience domestic violence or Intimate Partner Violence. There are…
if you alter your behaviour because you are frightened Of how your partner will react, you are being abused Sandra Horley Violence is the intentional physical force to hurt or kill someone which results in injury, deprivation, or death. There is no specific definition of violence against women. Domestic violence is gender- based violence that…
“Violence is never domestic, it roars wild everyday . She serves dinner to the carnivore in a porcelain made out of her broken bones” – Monica Swain. Introduction : When we say domestic , we mean something very homely or family related. But what happens when this place which is supposed to keep us safe…
Who is a Protection Officer? A Protection Officer is a person who is in charge of aiding women in accessing remedies for the violence that took place against them, the person who must make sure that all services and benefits provided in the Act is being accessed by the women who survived domestic violence, as…
If a woman is being ejected from her shared home with her harasser or does not feel comfortable staying there, she can seek legal aid from the Court with the help of a lawyer or a Protection Officer. Even though she doesn’t have a formal title or a claim to the house, the Domestic Violence…
