Jagran Institute of Management and Mass Communication, NOIDA
Jagran Institute of Management and Mass Communication, NOIDA
Does only hitting a woman in the family come under Domestic Violence Act in India? No, upgrade yourself with the knowledge - when does a conduct becomes an abuse? Rajul Tiwari has compiled the types and their coverage under the Act in this article.
Every third woman in this country is undergoing some kind of abuse which is snatching away their individuality, freedom and expression. Domestic Violence Act in India provides protection to such women. Let's start by knowing what does it include.
Domestic violence includes causing hurt, injury or danger to life, limb, health, safety, whether physical or mental. Causing any sort of harm to the woman with an intention to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any demand or dowry. Types of abuses covered under domestic violence act in India are as follows:
Includes hurt of any kind, assault, criminal intimidation and criminal force.
Such as conduct of a sexual nature such as forced sexual intercourse. Forcing the aggrieved person to watch pornography or other obscene material, forcibly using woman for entertaining others, any other act of sexual nature, abusing, degrading, humiliating or otherwise violative of one’s dignity.
Such as accusation/aspersion on character or conduct, insult for not bringing dowry, insult for not having a male child, etc. Forcing to not to attend school, college or any other educational institution, preventing one from taking up a job, repeated threats to cause pain to any person in whom the woman is interested, preventing from marrying a person of one’s choice.
Such as not providing money for maintaining a woman or her children. Not providing food, clothes, medicine, etc. Forcing woman out of the house. Preventing from accessing or using any part of the house, preventing or obstructive someone from carrying an employment, non-payment of rent in case of rented accommodation. Selling or pawing ‘streedhan’ or any other valuables without informing and without consent. Forcibly, taking away salary, income or wages etc. Non-payment of other bills such as electricity etc.
The Act covers all women who may be sisters, wives, mothers, daughters, partners, or widows in the family. The relationship may be in the form of marriage or adoption. However, no female relative of the husband, or male partner in the family can file a complaint against the wife or the female partner for e.g. mother-in-law or sister-in-law can’t file a complaint against the victim woman for abetting her son or her brother to commit violence against her.
Please note that minors or children also have protection under this Act and mother of the child can file a complaint against culprit male member or relatives of her husband for abusing the child (whether male or female) in any manner as mentioned above in the article.
So next time, you see that a conduct is changing into an abuse and you are not able to differentiate between care and abuse at times then you are justifying the acts of abuse. By being aware of your rights and law, you can claim justice for yourself and others alike.
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