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Wikis > Indian Laws relating to Women & Children

This is a comprehensive list of laws pertaining to women and children in India. The list also includes laws relating to adoption, inheritance and succession:

Laws relating to women


  • Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
  • Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
  • Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
  • National Commission for Women Act, 1990
  • Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  • Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment Bill, 2007   
  • Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956                                                                                            

Laws relating to children


  • Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986  
  • Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
  • Children Act, 1960
  • Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
  • Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
  • Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
  • Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 1992
  • Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 2003
  • Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act, 1992
  • Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003
  • Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  • Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006
  • Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
  • Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
  • Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956

Laws relating to marriage & divorce


  • Anand Marriage Act, 1909
  • Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
  • Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act, 1886
  • Bangalore Marriages Validating Act, 1936
  • Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
  • Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
  • Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
  • Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
  • Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
  • Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
  • Indian Divorce Act, 1869
  • Indian Divorce Amendment Bill, 2001
  • Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
  • Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
  • Marriages Validation Act, 1892
  • Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
  • Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936
  • Special Marriages Act,1954

Laws relating to maintenance


The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:

  • Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents under section 125
  • Procedure to be followed under section 125
  • Alteration in allowance under section 125
  • Enforcement of the order of maintenance

Laws relating to property, succession, inheritance, guardianship & adoption


  • Guardians & Wards Act, 1890
  • Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
  • Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928
  • Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956
  • Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  • Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
  • Indian Succession Act, 1925
  • Indian Succession (Amendment) Act, 2002
  • Married Women’s Property Act, 1874
  • Married Women’s Property (Extension) Act, 1959

Laws relating to abortion


  • Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
  • Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994
  • Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2001
  • Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2002

Laws relating to working women


  • Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
  • Maternity Benefit Act,1961

Laws relating to charitable homes & orphanages


  • Orphanages & Other Charitable Homes (Supervision & Control) Act, 1960
  • Women’s & Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956

Other laws


  • Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
  • Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
  • Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2000
  • Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006

See also


The Indian Penal Code, 1860 for law on

  • dowry death
  • causing miscarriage or miscarriage without the woman’s consent
  • death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
  • assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty
  • rape
  • kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage
  • preventing a child from being born alive or causing its death after birth
  • causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
  • concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
  • abandoning of child under 12 years of age
  • procreation of minor girl
  • importation of girl from foreign country
  • selling minor for purpose of prostitution
  • buying minor for purpose of prostitution
  • intercourse by man with his wife during separation
  • intercourse by public servant with a woman in his custody
  • intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
  • intercourse by a member of management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
  • cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
  • marrying again during lifetime of spouse
  • concealment of former marriage
  • fraudulent marriage ceremony without lawful marriage
  • adultery
  • enticing, detaining or taking away with criminal intent a married woman
  • husband or relative of a husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
  • word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a women
  • assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty

See also

  • India
  • Women and Men in Gender Equality in India, 2010
  • Women in India: Statistical Indicators, 2007
  • Crime against Women in Gender Equality in India, 2007
  • Gender Law
  • Female Juvenile Offenders

 

 

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