Description

This revised re-oriented edition has been enriched with an abundance of material spread in several chapters incorporating an exposition of all related legal principles involved pertaining to women and children. The highlights of this edition are the inclusion of, inter-alia, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012; the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013; the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013; the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. The book discusses the Nirbhaya case, where finally justice was given to the victim of gruesome rape and murder which shook the conscience of every right-minded individual throughout the country. Upholding the death penalty awarded by the Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court, while delivering a gender-sensitive judgment, held the case to be rarest of the rare.