Constitutional and Legal Provisions for Women in India

There is a loud talk on good governance, and India has no exception. Unfortunately, at the other hand today women’s position is not good as the cumulative socio-economic, educational and political disadvantages are faced by them. This poses a huge challenge for the country to provide a good government to a common man. Legal protection system for its citizens is the part of good government.(Arora Ramesh, Sogani Meena, 144) Right from conceptualization of its constitution, Indian law makers have been at the task of formulating laws and acts to protect equality before sex and gender. Here we present an outline of the main constitutional and legal protection provision and system in India