Even today in many places in Indian society, incidents of exploitation and harassment of women keep coming to the fore. On the other hand, many women in the society are deprived of their legal rights despite being educated. There are many reasons behind this.
Many women are deprived of their legal rights due to lack of knowledge about the law. Our Indian Constitution provides many rights to the women of the country, about which it is important for every woman to know.
Let us tell you that even at present, the Indian Constitution has only 395 articles, and 12 schedules and it is divided into 25 parts. But at the time of its creation, the original constitution had 395 articles which were divided into 22 parts, it had only 8 schedules.
The Domestic Violence Act 2005 was made for the protection of women. Under this Act, if a woman is harassed or exploited physically, mentally, emotionally, sexually or financially by her husband or her in-laws, then the victim can file a complaint against them.
Acts have also been passed in our country to give protection and rights to women, which are as follows:-
There are some special rules and regulations for women. Under this, if a woman is not comfortable going to the police station, then the police will have to come home and file a complaint. Apart from this, a woman can file a complaint from anywhere. For this, the police cannot pressurize the woman to come to the police station itself and complain. On the other hand, if the police does not register the complaint of a woman, then the woman can directly go to the court.
Article 19 gives women the right to freedom, so that they can freely move, reside and do business in the territory of India. Apart from this, under Article 23-24, the exploitation of women against women is not considered appropriate for women’s dignity, forcing women into prostitution, begging etc. has been considered punishable.
For this, in the year 1956 ‘The Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956’ was also passed by the Indian Parliament to end all forms of exploitation against women. Can go On the other hand, Article 39 (a) provides for economic justice for women to get adequate means of livelihood and Article 39 (d) provides for equal pay for equal work.