Every Indian girl's self-help handbook consisting of 8 laws against injustice towards women
According to the 2011 census, the sex ratio of India is 943.
This means that population-wise, for every 1,000 men in the country, there are 943 women.
Hence, it's only logical that the judicial system will make laws that would support the women of India in every possible way against injustice.
• The Indian judicial system, being the world's largest, has many laws to serve this purpose
• Unfortunately, due to lack of public awareness, the laws fail to be enforced or utilised
8 laws against frequent injustices that take place, especially against women
Eve Teasing: Sections 294 and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) prohibit any individual or group of people pass any kind of offensive comment or execute any such gesture towards a girl of any age.
Child Marriage: This is not just for girls. However, the incidents reported indicate towards the underage girls. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, prohibits a girl who is not 18 (age defined by the Hindu Marriage Act) to get married.
Improper Police Procedure: Under the high court directive, every police station must have a lady officer, not of a post below that of Head Constable, available round-the-clock and the police shall also help the victim of sexual assault of any degree with counseling assistance and further aid towards the betterment of the victim. Besides, a woman can only be searched by a lady officer and can be arrested only in the presence of a lady officer. A woman cannot be arrested before sunrise or after sunset, however, exceptions can be made under the directive of the magistrate.