The Legal Measures Available to Women in Cases of Domestic Violence, Rape and Sexual Harassment
Women’s safety has always been a huge concern within India. As per the reports published by to the National Crime Records Bureau Report on Crime in India, there has been a 7.9% increase in crimes against women in 2019 in comparison to 2018. Majority of the cases in crimes against women under the India Penal Code were registered under ‘cruelty by husband or his relatives’ (30.9%), ‘assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty’ (21.8%), ‘kidnapping & abduction of women’ (17.9%) and ‘rape’ (7.9%). Therefore, to prevent such atrocities against women, several provisions have been enacted within the Indian Legal System. This paper aims to discuss the nature of the various legal provisions in place for women with regards to Domestic Violence, Rape and Sexual Harassment.
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