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This book puts light on women's socio-economic and judicial status. Through this book, the editor has tried to show the difference in law and the implementation of the law. According to studies, women enjoyed equal status and rights during the early Vedic period. However, later (approximately 500 B.C.), the status of women began to decline with the Smritis (esp. Manusmriti) and with the Islamic invasion of Babur and the Mughal empire and later Christianity curtailing women's freedom and rights while Medieval India is supposed to be the 'dark age' for them. Through different issues like rape, gender inequlity, cyber stalking the violence against women at different stages has discussed in this book. The status of women in Islam has also been elaborated in an excellent manner. This book is completely covering all the issues of both hindu and muslim women. The editor has fortified his arguments with the relevant provisions and case laws. The issues raised in different chapters of this book have been dealt in a scholarly manner.

Contents: Section One: View Point: 1. Hon'ble (Dr.) Justice B. S. Chauhan (Former Supreme Court Judge & Chairman, Law Commission of India)/Hon'ble (Dr.) Justice B.S. Chauhan. Section Two: Issues Encompassing The Personal Law: 2. Tripple Talaq Saga: A Judicial Approach/Ravinder Kumar. 3. Surrogacy Issues: A Critical Study in Medical and Legal Aspects/Rajib Kr. Majumdar and Arvind P. Bhanu. 4. A Gender Perspective of Mental Health in India: The Need for an Effective Law/Subhakanshi. 5. An Analysis of Palimony Rights of Women in Live-in Relationship/Sonika Mathur and Surbhit Sahai. 6. Matrimonial Dispute Settlement though Alternate Methods and Procedures and Forums- An Appraise /Saroj Bohra. Section Three: Protection issues and Criminal Law: 7. Offence of Rape, Legislative Mandate and Judicial Discourse in India/Vidit. 8. A Study of Competing Justifications in journey of Marital Rapes/Mini Srivastava and Arvind P. Bhanu. 9. Presumption of Innocence of Women in Adultery in Contemporary India: An Obsolete Legal Tool/Ashutosh Hajela. 10. INCEST: The Curtain Unfolded/Archa Vashistha.11. Legal Protection against Cyber stalking in India/Garima Goswami. 12. Child Rape Laws in India and the Complexities Involved in the Criminal Justice System/Harleen Kaur. 13. Indecent Representation of Women in Media: A Legal Perspective/Susmitha P. Mallaya. 14. Women and Crime: A Sociological Study/Rajinder Kaur Randhawa.15. Sexual Harassment in Public Places and 2013 Criminal Law Amendment: A Twisted Contour/Richa Krishan. Section Four: Miscellaneous Issues: 16. Protection of Women and Children in International Armed Conflicts: Laws, Loopholes and Possibilities/Saurabh Chaturvedi.17. A Socio-Legal Evaluation of Women Workers Engaged in Domestic Work in India/Sanjana Sharma. 18. Recognition and Protection of the Rights of Women Refugees: An InternationalPerspective/Subhradipta Sarkar.19. Indian Judiciary and Gender Stereotype: An Analysis of Gender Based Case/Ritu Gupta. 20. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment (GEWE) and Role of Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) for Gender Mainstreaming: Some Reflections on International and Indian Commitments/Santosh Kumar.