laws against sexual harrasment

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376A.

Sexual intercourse by public servant with a woman in his custody.

Whoever, being a public servant, takes advantage of his official

position and induces or seduces a woman, who is in his custody as

such public servant or in the custody of a public servant subordinate to

him, to have sexual intercourse with him, such sexual intercourse not

amounting to the offence of sexual assault, shall be punished with

imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less

than five years and which may extend to ten years and shall also be

liable to fine.

376B.

Sexual intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc.

Whoever, being the superintendent or manager of a jail, remand home

or other place of custody established by or under any law for the time

being in force or of a women’s or children's institution takes advantage

of his her official position and induces or seduces any inmate of such

jail, remand home, place or institution to have sexual intercourse with

him/her, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of

sexual assault, shall be punished with imprisonment of either

description for a term which shall not be less than five years and which

may extend to ten years shall also be liable to fine.

376C.

Sexual intercourse by any member of the management or staff of a

hospital with any woman or minor in that hospital. – Whoever, being on

the management of a hospital or being on the staff of a hospital takes

advantage of his\her position and has sexual intercourse with a woman

or minor in that hospital, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the

offence of sexual assault, shall be punished with imprisonment of either

description for a term which shall not be less than five years and which

may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.

“376D.

Unlawful sexual contact. - (1) Any man who with a sexual purpose,

touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object,

any part of the body of a woman, without the consent of such woman,

shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may

extend to three years or with fine or with both.

Provided that, if the man is related to the woman, he shall be punished

with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 7

years and with fine "

2 (a) Whoever, with a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly,

        with a part of the body or with an object any part of the body of a

        minor,

                                      or

  (b) Whoever, with a Sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a

        minor to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with

        an object, the body of any person, including the body of the

       person who so invites, counsels or incites or the body of the

       minor.

Shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which may

extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine.

(3) Whoever being in a position of trust or authority towards a minor

     or being a person with whom the minor is in a relationship of

     dependency,

   (a) touches, directly or indirectly, with a sexual purpose, with a part of

        the body or with an object, any part of the body of such minor or

   (b) With a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a minor to

        touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an

        object, the body of any person, including the body of the person

        who so invites, counsels or incites or the body of the minor.

        Shall be punished with imprisonment of either description which         

        may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.

Basic Laws

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“The Semantic meaning of crime against women is direct or indirect physical or mental cruelty to women. Crimes which are directed specifically against women and in which only women are victims are characterized as Crime against Women"

The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women for neutralizing the cumulative socio economic, education and political disadvantages faced by them. Within the framework of a democratic polity, our laws, development policies, Plans and programmes have aimed at women’s advancement in different spheres. India has also ratified various international conventions and human rights instruments committing to secure equal rights of women. Key among them is the ratification of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1993.

Constitutional Provisions for women are as under:

§ Article 14, confers on men and women equal rights and opportunities in political, economic and social sphere.

§ Article 15, prohibits, discrimination against any citizen on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex etc.

§ Article 16, provides for equality of opportunities matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the state.

§ Article 39(a)(d), mentions policy security of state equality for both men and women the right to a means of livelihood and equal pay for equal work for both men and women.

§ Article 42, Direct the State to make provision for ensuring just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief.

Legal Provisions for women are as under:

§ Factories Act 1948: Under this Act, a woman cannot be forced to work beyond 8 hours and prohibits employment of women except between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M.

§ Maternity Benefit Act 1961: A Woman is entitled 12 weeks maternity leave with full wages.

§ The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961: Under the provisions of this Act demand of dowry either before marriage, during marriage and or after the marriage is an offence.

§ The Equal Remuneration Act of 1976: This act provides equal wages for equal work: It provides for the payment of equal wages to both men and women workers for the same work or work of similar nature. It also prohibits discrimination against women in the matter of recruitment.

§ The Child Marriage Restrain Act of 1976: This act raises the age for marriage of a girl to 18 years from 15 years and that of a boy to 21 years.

§ Indian Penal Code: Section 354 and 509 safeguards the interests of women.

§ The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971: The Act safeguards women from unnecessary and compulsory abortions.

§ Amendments to Criminal Law 1983, which provides for a punishment of 7 years in ordinary cases and 10 years for custodial rape cases.

§ 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Act reserved 1/3rd seats in Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies for women.

§ The National Commission for Women Act, 1990: The Commission was set up in January, 1992 to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women.

§ The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993:

§ Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: This Act protects women from any act/conduct/omission/commission that harms, injures or potential to harm is to be considered as domestic violence. It protects the women from physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological, economic abuse.7.

§ Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010: on November 4, 2010, the Government introduced protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, which aims at protecting the women at workplace not only to women employee but also to female clients, customer, students, research scholars in colleges and universities patients in hospitals. The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 3.9.2012. 

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