Women & Criminal Law
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya · LL.B. Semester 2
Unit I — Nature, kinds and constitutional provisions
Introduction - crime against women, nature, kinds, international documents constitutional provisions, feminist jurisprudence
- Status of Women in India — Pre-Independence period, Social and legal inequality, Social
- Constitutional concern — Article 15(3), Article 21A, Articles 23, 24, 28, 29 Article 39
- Position of Women under International instruments — Salient features of Convention for Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and optional protocols to the Convention
Unit II — Crime against Women under BNS
Crimes against women under BNS- Rape, sexual assault, outrage of Modesty · Acid attack, kidnapping and abduction, cruelty
Unit III — Special legislation for women
Dowry prohibition Act 1961 · Protection of Women from domestic violence Act 2005 · Sexual harassment of women at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2012)
Unit IV — Special legislation for Women
Immoral Traffic(Prevention) Act, 1956 · Indecent Representation of Women(Prohibition) Act,1986 · Pre conception and Pre-Natal diagnostic Test Act, 1994
Unit V — Victim Compensation ,Rehabilitation and Emerging Issues
Victim Compensation and Rehabilitation · Emerging Crimes, Cybercrime, Honor killing ete