Mvb 94th issue

violence against women.

Domestic Violence is a very pervasive serious social malady and it bluntly strips women of their most basic human rights including the right to safety in their homes. Through violence, men seek and confirm the devaluation and dehumanization of women. It is a serious human right threat to women in any society, whether rich or poor. National Commission for Women in a report estimates that at least 3% of Indian women face Domestic Violence. Reporting of such cases is extremely low. One of the major factors for this is the 'culture of silence' surrounding Domestic Violence. This ensures that information about Domestic Violence is sketchy and, as a consequence, the perpetration often escape accountability.

Domestic Violence is a global problem affecting families of all classes and cultures. The term 'Domestic Violence' is most commonly used to describe the incidents of familial or intimate abuse. Traditionally, the family has been considered a sphere of intimacy. This idealized conception, the rhetoric of inviolability of family as an institution has shielded the Domestic violence behind the iron curtain. It happens as an unacknowledged phenomenon behind the closed doors of the family.

Meaning of Domestic Violence Domestic Violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, family violence, and Intimate Partner violence (IPV), has been broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behavior by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family friends or cohabitation. Domestic violence, so defined, has many forms, including physical aggression ( hitting, kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, slapping, throwing objects), or threats thereof; sexual abuse; emotional abuse; controlling or domineering; intimidation; stalking; passive/ covert abuse (e.g., neglect); and economic deprivation. Alcohol consumption and mental illness can be co-morbid with abuse, and present additional challenges when present alongside patterns of abuse.

The expression "Domestic Violence"2 used in Section-3 means any act, omission or commission or conducts of the respondent in case : (a) harms or injuries or endangers the health, safety, life, limb or wellbeing, whether mental or physical of the aggrieved person or tends to do so and includes causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal or emotional abuse and economic abuse. (b) harasses, harms, injures or endangers the aggrieved person with a view to coerce her or any other person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any dowry or other property or valuable security; or (c) has the effect of threatening the aggrieved person or any person related to her by any conduct mentioned in clause (a) or clause (b); or