LAW & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION – WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIAN WOMEN & ITS IMPACT ON RULE OF LAW

Abstract

Law is an instrument of social change. What kind of change is needed depends upon the society and society’s power in implementing the same through the state. Rule of law has a great force that brings change in the society according to the law has a great force that brings change in the society according to the law framed. The transformation in morals of the society is brought by the law. Law must not be static. It must be flexible i.e. it must transform with the requirements of the society at large. A flexible federation is one where society must never suffer about the rigidity of law. The situation of women is worst since centuries in India society. We have opted for flexible federation. We have framed various kinds of protective legislations for women. We have used law as a medium of social change. The social change that has been initiated in Indian society is to such an extent that it has transformed the entire society, especially the status of women, position of women, rights of women, etc have changed drastically in Indian Society. Various customs wherein exploitation of women used to take place were abolished by the Government by passing specific legislations, various conventions of the United Nations pertaining to women are signed by the Government and necessary legislations are passed by the Government for smooth implementation of these conventions. The Supreme Court of India has used law as a dynamic instrument for bringing enormous proportions of social change in Indian Society. The present days laws of India are equivalent to that of developed countries of the world. Despite such tremendous social change, the situation that we notice in India is that law does not govern the morals of the society. It is the society that governs the law. The law in India is made flexible to the extent of social distortions. It has led to the failure of Rule of Law.