Important Current Affairs for UPSC IAS (Pre.) 2017 (Domestic
Voilence Laws)
Definition
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is an
Act of the Parliament of India enacted to protect women from domestic violence.
It was brought into force by the Indian government from 26 October 2006. The act
does not extend to Jammu and Kashmir, which has its own laws, and which enacted
in 2010 the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act,
2010.
According to Section 3 of the Act, “any act, omission or commission or
conduct of the respondent shall constitute domestic violence in case it:
1. harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life,
limb or well-being, whether mental or physical, of the aggrieved person or tends
to do so and includes causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional
abuse and economic abuse; or
2. harasses, harms, injures or endangers the aggrieved person with a view to
coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for
any dowry or other property or valuable security; or
3. has the effect of threatening the aggrieved person or any person related to
her by any conduct mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b); or
4. otherwise injures or causes harm, whether physical or mental, to the
aggrieved person.”
Forms of domestic violence
1. Physical violence
2. Emotional abuse
3. Sexual assault
4. Honor killing
5. Dowry-related abuse and deaths
The
Central government strives to have gender-balanced work force and women
candidates are being encouraged to apply for the civil services examination, the
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has said.
