The menace of domestic violence and the Indian legal proforma-An appraisal

Violence against women is a centuries-old phenomenon that has been perpetrated in the name of religion, social customs and rituals. Though violence against women is age old phenomenon, legal resistance to the evil of domestic violence is a recent process. The phenomenon of domestic violence is basically rooted in the socio-cultural fabric of India. Indian society is highly patriarchal. The state has also failed in making required arrangements like sensitization of masses; bringing the entire family in the purview of the domestic violence law; legal awareness, economic empowerment of women etc. for preventing the occurrence of domestic violence.