DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ISSUE OF

VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF

WOMEN.

HUMAN RIGHTS
Submitted to:
Submitted by:
Mr. Abhilash Aggrwal Paryushi
Koshal
 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 Domestic violence is one of the crimes against
women which are linked to their disadvantageous
position in the society. Domestic violence refers
to violence against women especially in
matrimonial homes. Domestic violence that is
any act of physical, sexual, or psychological
abuse, or the threat of such abuse, inflicted
against a woman by a person intimately
connected to her through marriage, family
relation, or acquaintanceship is universal and has
its root in the socio-cultural set up of the society.
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 National Crime Records Bureau Report, 1997 reveals
that in every 33 minutes one Indian woman is being
abused by her husband. It also reveals that in 1989
one dowry death occurred in every 125th minute.
 Violence in the domestic sphere is usually
perpetrated by males who are, or who have been, in
positions of trust and intimacy and power –
husbands, boyfriends, fathers, fathers-in-law,
stepfathers, brothers, uncles, sons, or other relatives.
 The World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna
(1993) accepted that the rights of women and girls
are “an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of
universal human rights.”
 CAUSES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 The causes can be –
 Cultural:
 Economic:
 Legal:
 Political:
 TYPES OF VIOLENCE:
 Violence which is money oriented
 Violence which is the result of stressful
family situation
 Violence which seeks power over the
weak
 Violence which is the result of the
perpetrators pathology
 Violence which aims at pleasure
seeking
 Violence which is victim precipitated.
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005
 According to the DVA, 2005; Domestic Violence
includes-
 Any harm or injury that endangers health, safety, limb
or well-being either mental physical abuse, sexual
abuse, verbal and emotional abuse or economic abuse.
 If one 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.
 If one injures or causes harm, whether physical or
mental to the aggrieved person;
 
 PROBLEMS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005

 The Act has failed to serve its purpose.

Protection of Women from Domestic
Violence Act-2005 was introduced in
India for the speedy disposal of the cases
with victims who faced cruelty by
husbands or relatives. Though the Act
stipulates disposal of cases within 60
days, in reality, it takes nearly six months
and sometimes more than two years.
 REMEDIES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 The role of NGO’s
 The role of non-governmental organizations in
controlling the domestic violence and curbing its
worse consequences is crucial.
 Need for Stringent Laws
 There is an urgent need for such a law in the
country. In fact, there has also been misuse of
section 498-A and DVA, 2005 because of restricted
definition of cruelty subjected to married women.
 Police Training
 Police plays a major role in tackling the domestic
violence cases.