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DiscussThis is a comprehensive list of laws pertaining to women and children in India. The list also includes laws relating to adoption, inheritance and succession:
Laws relating to women
- Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986
- National Commission for Women Act, 1990
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
- Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment Bill, 2007
- Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
Laws relating to children
- Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
- Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
- Children Act, 1960
- Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
- Commissions for the Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005
- Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
- Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 1992
- Infant Milk Substitutes Act, 2003
- Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act, 1992
- Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003
- Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000
- Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006
- Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
- Reformatory Schools Act, 1897
- Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956
Laws relating to marriage & divorce
- Anand Marriage Act, 1909
- Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
- Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act, 1886
- Bangalore Marriages Validating Act, 1936
- Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
- Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
- Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
- Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960
- Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
- Indian Divorce Act, 1869
- Indian Divorce Amendment Bill, 2001
- Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948
- Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
- Marriages Validation Act, 1892
- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
- Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936
- Special Marriages Act,1954
Laws relating to maintenance
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973:
- Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents under section 125
- Procedure to be followed under section 125
- Alteration in allowance under section 125
- Enforcement of the order of maintenance
Laws relating to property, succession, inheritance, guardianship & adoption
- Guardians & Wards Act, 1890
- Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
- Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928
- Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act, 1956
- Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
- Indian Succession Act, 1925
- Indian Succession (Amendment) Act, 2002
- Married Women's Property Act, 1874
- Married Women’s Property (Extension) Act, 1959
Laws relating to abortion
- Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
- Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994
- Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2001
- Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation & Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act, 2002
Laws relating to working women
Laws relating to charitable homes & orphanages
- Orphanages & Other Charitable Homes (Supervision & Control) Act, 1960
- Women’s & Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act, 1956
Other laws
- Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
- Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
- Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2000
- Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006
See also
The Indian Penal Code, 1860 for law on
- dowry death
- causing miscarriage or miscarriage without the woman's consent
- death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
- assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty
- rape
- kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage
- preventing a child from being born alive or causing its death after birth
- causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
- concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
- abandoning of child under 12 years of age
- procreation of minor girl
- importation of girl from foreign country
- selling minor for purpose of prostitution
- buying minor for purpose of prostitution
- intercourse by man with his wife during separation
- intercourse by public servant with a woman in his custody
- intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc
- intercourse by a member of management or staff of a hospital with any woman in that hospital
- cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
- marrying again during lifetime of spouse
- concealment of former marriage
- fraudulent marriage ceremony without lawful marriage
- adultery
- enticing, detaining or taking away with criminal intent a married woman
- husband or relative of a husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a women
- assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty
