Syllabus
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Course Code: WS(C) 13 Course Name: Women and Law-II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Human Rights as Women’s Rights, Human Rights Commission Act, National Commission for Women Act, 1990, Women’s Rights and Role of Judiciary, Emerging Concept of Surrogacy |
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| 2 | Women and Family Law (Hindu Law and Muslim Law): (a) Property Rights of Women under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Section 6, 14, 15, 16), (b) Property Rights of Women under Muslim Law, The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (a) Cruelty to Wife (Sec-498-A, Indian Penal Code), (b) Dowry Death (Sec-304-B, Indian Penal Code), Family Courts Act, 1984, Lok-Adalats |
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| 3 | Women and Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: (a) Maintenance of Wife, Children and Parents (Sec. 125), (b) Information to Police (Sec-154), (FIR), (c) Protection in Cases of Arrest, Detention of Women in Police Lock Up etc.; Search of a Place where Women is Residing; Search of Arrested Women (Sec. 46 (1) (4); 47;49; 50; 50A; 51 (2); 53 (2); 54 (1); 98), (d) Police Officer’s power to require attendance of Women Witness, Trial in Camera, (e) Compensation to Women as a victim of Crime |
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| 4 | Women And Other Laws: (a) Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, (b) The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, (c) The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, (d) The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 |
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