Gender inequality and domestic violence perpetrated by women against men in the garb of gender biased domestic violence laws in India

Abstract

Domestic Violence is an epidemic of society. Though Domestic violence laws were framed for the protection of genuine female victims, but now these laws have become the weapon of some greedy and disgruntled females who misuse these protective shields against their male spouse and in-laws for obtaining financial benefits or for taking revenge due to incompatibility on account of trivial issues and file false cases by taking advantage of these laws to teach them lessons. Gone the days when females were downtrodden, now they are putting steps ahead with males in external world. Now-a-days, gender inequality is also being demonstrated in the patterns of abuse used by females towards males. Indian domestic violence Laws are gender biased, thast's why the cry of males remain unheard and helpless to file any complaint against the injustice doing by their female spouse and in-laws under the garb of gender biased domestic violence laws. Due to the changing gender roles in Indian society, it is assumed that this problem of domestic violence against males will spread gradually and it will destruct the social structure by affecting the families and institution of marriage of Indian society. Through the present paper, the author is making an endeavor to highlight how gender inequality and domestic violence is perpetrated by women against men by misusing the provisions of gender biased domestic violence laws in India. The research paper has been deliberated on the strength of doctrinal methodolog y based on secondary source of data.