Laws Related to Women |
- WOMEN-SPECIFIC LEGISLATIONS
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WOMEN-RELATED LEGISLATIONS
- The Indian Penal Code,1860
- The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
- The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 (15 of 1872)
- The Married Women’s Property Act, 1874 (3 of 1874)
- The Guardians and Wards Act,1890
- The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
- The Trade Unions Act 1926
- The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (19 of 1929)
- The Payments of Wages Act, 1936
- The Payments of Wages (Procedure) Act, 1937
- The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
- Employers Liabilities Act 1938
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- The Employees’ State Insurance Act,1948
- The Factories Act, 1948
- The Minimum Wages Act, 1950
- The Plantation Labour Act, 1951 (amended by Acts Nos. 42 of 1953, 34 of 1960, 53 of1961, 58 of 1981and 61 of 1986)
- The Cinematograph Act, 1952
- The Mines Act 1952
- The Special Marriage Act, 1954
- The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955
- The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (28 of 1989)
- The Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
- The Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956
- The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961)
- The Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
- The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 (33 of 1969)
- The Indian Divorce Act, 1969 (4 of 1969)
- The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
- The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971)
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
- The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1979
- The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
- The Family Courts Act, 1984
- The Muslim women Protection of Rights on Dowry Act 1986
- Mental Health Act, 1987
- National Commission for Women Act, 1990 (20 of 1990)
- The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 [As amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006–No. 43 of 2006]
- Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
- The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act
- The Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of misuse) Act 1994