MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a): Number of laws reviewed and research studies commissioned by National Commission for Women (NCW) during the last three years and current year are as under:-
Year Laws Research studies reviewed commissioned
2007-08 2 13
2008-09 3 16
2009-10 1 20
2010-11(upto 31st
July, 2010) 2
(b) & (c): During the period, NCW has recommended that Section 498 A of IPC, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and Protection of women from Domestic violence Act, 2005 would need to
be harmonized and uniformly implemented. They have also suggested that recourse should be
taken to dispute settlement mechanism such as conciliation, mediation and counseling of
parties etc. Some amendments to Dowry Prohibition Act.1961 and Indecent Representation of
Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 have also been recommended.
The Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with the Ministry of Women & Child Development
have issued an Advisory on 20th October, 2009 to all the State Governments and Union
Territory Administrations to comply with the procedures laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme
Court in the case of DK Basu Vs. State of West Bengal (CRI CWP No. 539/86) and that in
cases of matrimonial disputes, the first recourse should be to effect conciliation and
mediation between the warring spouses and their families and recourse to filing charges
under Section 498A IPC may be resorted to where such conciliation fails and where there
appears a prima facie case under Section 498A and other laws.
