Women Law and Free Legal Aid in India

Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. New focus towards social justice: 1. Changing dimensions of social justice : origin of new idea, essential of social just. 2. Legal aid as a new focus of social justice. 3. International recognition of human rights and legal aid. 4. Public interest litigation as an instrument of social justice to women. III. Status of women in India: 1. Roman civilisation. 2. Work of the United Nations. IV. Dowry and protection to women: 1. Law relating to dowry in India. 2. Incidental matters relating to dowry deaths. 3. Appreciation of evidence. 4. Acts in furtherance of common intention omission to give information of offence disappearance of evidence and giving of false information etc. 5. First information report and investigation. V. Women, crimes and legal aid: 1. Eve teasing and sexual harassment. 2. Sexual harassment of women work place. 3. Prosecution, for sexual harassment. 4. Indecent representation of women. VI. Legal aid to women in matrimonial matters: 1. Matrimonial remedies. 2. Restitution of conjugal rights in Hindu law. 3. Restitution of conjugal rights under the Islamic laws. 4. Law relating to judicial separation. 5. Custodian rights of a woman. 6. Laws relating to maintenance and legal aid. 7. Widows\' right of maintenance. 8. Muslim law. 9. Cruelty and legal aid. 10. Mens rea in cruelty. 11. Protection of the aggrieved spouse. 12. Insanity as defence to cruelty. 13. Dowry death/harassment/suicide: cruelty. VII. Conclusion and suggestions. Table of cases. Bibliography. Index.

[Roma Mukherjee also wrote Legal Status and Remedies for Woman in India.]