Legal status of women in India

The empowerment of women means to give power and status to the women, to change her traditional status and salvation from all types of exploitation and protect the women from optimization. This book highlights the rights of the Indian women, who are empowering and protecting under the Constitution of India, various legislation enacted by the Center Government and State Governments, Special Laws and through Social Legislation's. It also provides numerous judgement s of the Supreme Court of India and judgement s High Courts of various States, effecting the rights of women and strengthening the status of women, considering social structure, and traditional views against women. In this book, you will find the various Laws and legal provisions pertaining to women empowerment. The contents of 'Legal Status of Women' has been presented under five chapters - i) Status of women in India : An Overview, ii) Status of women under the Constitution of India, iii) Statutory empowerment of the Indian women, iv) Indian judiciary on women's rights v) Women rights in Indian legislation's and views of Supreme Court.