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Seminar on
“IPC Section 498A: A Tool to Combat Domestic
Violence”
30th
August
2005, Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Violence against women (VAW)
is a phenomenon that cuts across boundaries
of culture, class, education, ethnicity and
age. The feminist movement of the 70s and 80s
made major contribution in getting VAW recognised
as a critical area of concern. In the 1980s, the incidences
of 'dowry death' were steadily rising in India,
so women's organisations across the country
pressurised the Criminal Law Amendment Committee
(1982) and urged the government to provide legislative
protection to women against domestic violence
and dowry, so that the victim gets justice while
she is still alive.
As a result of
this intense
campaigning and lobbying, significant amendments
were made in the Indian Penal Code, the Indian
Evidence Act and the Dowry Prohibition Act,
with the intention of protecting women from
marital violence, abuse and dowry demands.
The
most important amendment came in the form of
the introduction of Section 498A in the Indian
Penal Code (IPC). This was the first time that
an attempt was made to consider domestic violence
against women a criminal offence.
In this
context,
CSR has organised a Seminar on "IPC Section
498A: A Tool to Combat Domestic Violence"
on 30th August 2005.
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