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The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA) was enacted following a concerted campaign by Indian women's groups. The law was envisaged to provide emergency civil reliefs to women facing violence within their homes. Over the years there has been a massive increase in cases filed under the PWDVA. Interactions with lawyers indicate that that the law is useful because of the comprehensiveness of the definition of domestic violence and the scope of reliefs provided in it; and that it allows women direct access to courts. The objective of this publication is to take stock of the progress made towards achieving statutory objectives in the first decade of its implementation. In this regard, the work attempts to cover themes relating to state accountability in terms of providing a supportive framework to facilitate women's access to justice, experiences in court, and jurisprudence evolved by appellate courts. It also seeks to trace and document the history behind the enactment of the PWDVA 2005. The work will capture the experience of key functionaries under the law, and analyse judicial trends by examining orders and judgments passed by the courts of magistrate, various high courts, and the Supreme Court.

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Author:   Indira Jaising (Senior Advocate, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India) ,  Pinki Mathur Anurag (Director (Technical), Director (Technical), Lawyers Collective)
Publisher:   OUP India
Imprint:   OUP India
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.638kg
ISBN:  

9780199489954

ISBN 10:   0199489955
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Tables Section I: Causes and Consequences 1 Unscrambling the Images: Conflict in the Shared Household Indira Jaising 2 Some Thoughts on Domestic Violence: Using Violence to Regulate a Patriarchal Family Uma Chakravarty 3 Mapping Legislative Changes Asmita Basu Section II: Critical Issues 4 'But where Will I Live?': Domestic Violence and the Right to Reside Pinki Mathur Anurag 5 Of 'Keeps' and 'Concubines': Rights of Cohabitees under Domestic Violence Act Brototi Datta 6 Marital Rape as Domestic Violence: A Case for Criminalizing Marital Rape Ajita Sharma 7 Towards Uniformity of Rights: Muslim Personal Law, the Domestic Violence Act, and the Harmonization of Family Law in India Saptarshi Mandal Section III: Expectations from the Law and Its Enforcement 8 Analysing Orders Granted Under the PWDVA 2005 Aparna Chandra 9 Long Road to Justice: Implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (2005) in Haryana Monica Sakhrani, Trupti Jhaveri Panchal, Radhika Chakraborty, and Manisha Kande 10 Nature of Services Available to Women Survivors: One Stop Crisis CentresReview and Recommendations Padma Bhate-Deosthali and Sangeeta Rege 11 Changing Contours of Fiscal Policy and Budgets to Address Violence against Women: An Analysis of Two States Kanika Kaul Index About the Editors and Contributors

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Indira Jaising is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. Pinki Mathur Anurag is a director (technical) at Lawyers Collective, Mumbai.

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