Legal Frameworks Addressing Eve Teasing In India: An Analysis Of Effectiveness And Implementation
- IJLLR Journal
- Jul 13
- 1 min read
Ananya Srivastava, S.S Khanna Girls Degree College, A constituent college of (University of Allahabad)
ABSTRACT
Eve teasing is one of the most serious and debatable topics in current time and a barbaric human rights abuse. Eve teasing is an odious act done by men on a woman, eve teasing can be in form of touching, whistling, passing of sexual comments, hitting, gestures, rubbing of women. These activities are done in public domain, which includes streets, road, parks, restaurant, and any form of public transportation. Which is a form of street harassment and public sexual harassment. Eve teasing has been a major source of discomfort and restriction on a woman. And in some cases, the victim chooses to commit suicide because of constant harassment. In addition to this the victims of eve teasing are discouraged to come forward because of family reputation and shame. The term eve teasing is not defined in any of the Acts, and it does not have any universal definition, hence the legislation is very difficult. Though there are several laws and Acts that indirectly deals with the offence of Eve Teasing but, it still needs effective implementation and monitoring. This project aims to the cause of eve teasing and the ways by which we can curb this odious act. It shall analyse all the legal remedies and its effectiveness and implementation in India. Further recommendations are being made for curbing such offence from the society.
Keywords: Eve Teasing, sexual harassment, legal remedies, human rights.
