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Women's Rights |
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- Every woman has a right to take legal action against any
person who assaults or tries to outrage her modesty by any
deliberate constant gesture or physical force (Sec. 354
of IPC).
- Every woman has a right to lodge a complaint in the police
station , if she is forced to have sexual intercourse against
her will (Sec. 376 of IPC).
- A woman has the right to lodge a complaint if she is being
harassed, even teased and passed rude remarks in public
places like buses, trains, roads etc. (Sec.
354 of IPC).
- Every woman has a right to take legal action against her
husband if she is being tortured both physical and mentally
or tortured for not agreeing to the demand of money or valuables
(Sec. 498(A) of IPC).
- If the relations of the husband of a woman or her mother-in-law
or any other relatives, torture her and demand money, valuable
articles from her parents, she can lodge a complaint against
them. (Sec. 498(A) of IPC).
If a woman has been kidnapped and
either forced against her will to marry any person or to have
sexual intercourse, a crime has been committed and she has the
right to lodge a complaint. (Sec.
366 of IPC).
- If
any person demands or requests for sexual favors, passes
sexually colored remarks, or verbally or non-verbally conducts
himself in a sexual manner to the woman at her work place,
then she has the right to complain against this harassment
to her employer and the complaint would be lodged through
as per procedure/guidelines of the Supreme Court. (Supreme
Court judgement in Writ Petition No-666-700 of 1992 in Vishaka
and others Vs State Of Rajasthan).
- A woman if she is a witness has a right to be examined
in her own house in the presence of her close relatives(Sec.160
of Cr PC).
- A
woman should not sign the FIR unless she is satisfied that
it is accurate. (National Commission for women).
- If
the officer concerned refuses to register the FIR, a copy
of the complaint should be sent to the Deputy Commissioner
of Police of the respective Division immediately.
- Every
woman has the right to take legal action by approaching
the Court if the officer in charge does not take any action
on the complaint.
- A woman can be searched, only by another woman with strict
regard to decency. (Section 51
and 100 Cr PC)
- Any female occupant, who as per custom does not appear
in public and not being the person to be arrested, has to
be afforded reasonable opportunity to withdraw before entering
a place for arresting a person who may be hiding there.
(Sec. 47 Cr PC)
No male under the age of 15 years or a woman can be summoned
by police as witnesses to depose about the facts and circumstances
in a case under investigation at any place other than the place
in which such male person or woman resides. (Sec.
160 Cr PC) |
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