LEGAL ASPECTS RELATED TO WOMEN
Women in India have faced significant violation of their human rights
for centuries. From rape and domestic violence to forced labor and denial of
educational opportunities, the struggle for rights and empowerment is a
daunting one for Indian women. In the world’s second-largest country, hundreds
of millions of women are still affected by some of these issues. The following
are the essential Legal Rights Ever y Indian Women should know.
1. Right to equal pay: According
to provisions under the equal Remuneration Act, one cannot be discriminated on
the basis of sex when it related to salary or wages.
2. Right against harassment at work:
The enactment of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act gives you the
right to file a complaint against sexual harassment.
3. Right to anonymity:
Victims of sexual assault have a right to anonymity. To ensure that her privacy
is protected, a woman who has been sexually assaulted may record her statement
alone before the district magistrate when the case is under trial, or in the
presence of a female police officer.
4. Right against domestic violence: The
act primarily looks to protect a wife, a female live-in partner or a woman
living in a household like a mother or a sister from domestic violence at the
hands of a husband, male live-in partner or relatives.
5. Right to maternity-related benefit:
Maternity
benefit are not merely a privilege of the working woman, they are a right. The
Maternity benefit Act ensures that the new mother dose not suffer any loss of
earnings following a period of twelve weeks after her delivery, allowing her to
rejoin the workforce.
6. Right to property:
The Hindu succession Act allows women and men equal share in inheritance,
thereby setting new rules and regulations.
7. Right to dignity and decency:
In the event that an accused is a woman, any medical examination procedure on
her must be performed by or in the presence of another woman.
8. Right not to be arrested at night:
A woman cannot be arrested after sunset and before sunrise, except in an
exceptional case on the orders of a first class magistrate.
9. Right to free legal aid:
All female tape victims have the right to free legal aid, under the Legal
Services Authorities Act. It is mandatory for the Station House Officer (SHO)
to inform the Legal Services Authority, who arranges for the lawyer.
10.
Right
against female foeticide: It is a duty imposed on every
citizen of India to allow a woman to experience the most basic of all
rights-the right to life. The Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act (PCPNDT) ensures her right against female foeticide.
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