| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Prabha Sridevan -- Unscrambling the images : conflict in the shared household / Indira Jaising -- Some thoughts on domestic violence : using violence to regulate a patriarchal family / Uma Chakravarti -- Mapping legislative changes / Asmita Basu -- 'But ... where will I live?' : domestic violence and the right to reside / Pinki Mathur Anurag -- Of 'keeps' and 'concubines' : rights of cohabitees under Domestic Violence Act / Brototi Dutta -- Marital rape as domestic violence : a case for criminalizing marital rape / Ajita Sharma -- Towards uniformity of rights : Muslim personal law, the Domestic Violence Act, and the harmonization of family law in India / Saptarshi Mandal -- Analysing orders granted under the PWDVA, 2005 / Aparna Chandra -- Long road to justice : implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (2005) in Haryana / Monica Sakhrani, Trupti Jhaveri Panchal, Radhika Chakraborty, Manisha Kande -- Nature of services available to women survivors : one stop crisis centres : review and recommendations / Padma Bhate-Deosthali, Sangeeta Rege -- Changing contours of fiscal policy and budgets to address violence against women : an analysis of two states / Kanika Kaul |
| Summary |
The objective of this publication is to take stock of the progress made towards achieving the statutory objectives ot the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, 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 |
| Notes |
This edition also issued in print: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 10, 2019) |
| Subject |
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- India
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Family violence -- Social aspects -- India
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Family violence -- Law and legislation
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Family violence -- Social aspects
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jaising, Indira, editor
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Mathur Anurag, Pinki, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199095674 |
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0199095671 |
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