Do We Need Gender Biased Laws in the Purview Of Domestic Violence Act ?


 

The anatomy of feminism has furnished a task to ensure the womanhood a safe and breathtaking environment which they could avail in highly patriarchal and male chauvinist societal structure like India. The constitutional envisagement which has very carefully imbibed under Article 15(3), a special protection to woman and children and definitely this envisagement has enlightened the very cause of creating a legal and social framework to tackle the growing prejudices which women are bound to suffer in orthodox societal structure which always promotes male chauvinist tendencies. The aforementioned theme comprises of multifaceted dimensions. It has already become a segment of hot debate, subsequently resulted in the battle of sexes. Dilemma regarding attaining lucidity on this issue has hyped .Chauvinism in this context has added a momentum to this. Innumerable contentions have came into light and refute views regarding these contention had made it an inevitable and infinite unending phenomena. Negotiations have become absconding in nature. The Constitution which itself provides for equality under Article 14 , With the evolving society people are becoming aware of their rights and this rhythm suppression or abatement of anyone of the two is reckoning impractical.

As the topic demands a lucid approach I would like to imbibe both aspects of the gender biased laws, which were legislated with a view to protect the harassment of women in society. Initially I will deal with the positive aspect of these laws and subsequently with material and relevant facts; we will observe the other side of the coin. All of the subject matter is free from any type of prejudice. As being a law student, Reasoning comes first.

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National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

Over the past year more than 3 million Americans were homeless. A scary thing is that a lot more people are at risk of becoming homeless. The Department of Housing and Urban Development conducted a study in 2001 which showed that nearly 5 million low-income American households were paying more than a half of their income on rent and thus were a great risk of becoming homeless. A great number of circumstances like missed paycheck, health problems or unpaid bills can force these families into homeless.

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