Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: This act was enforced by the government of India to give protection to women against domestic violence and to give them immediate emergency relief. This act and the rules of protection against domestic violence under the act were enforced at the same time in the whole country on 26th Oct, 2006. This is the act which has defined the domestic violence for the first time. Prior to it no other relation except marriage was included in the act, but this act includes sister, widow, mother, daughter, single woman etc. in the list of domestic relations.
Besides even the Shared Household has been defined lest the oppressed woman should be deprived of the housing facility. Shared Household means where the aggrieved person lives or at any stage, has lived in a domestic relationship either singly or along with the respondent. The act defines the domestic violence as-Any act of comission or ommission of conduct of respondent shall constitute domestic violence in case it harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life, limb or wellbeing. Whether mental or physical of the aggrieved person or tends to do so; and includes causing physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse and economic abuse. It also includes demand for dowry of any sort.
In Rajasthan, under this act in all 548 officers’ including Dy Director and Child Development Project Officers have been appointed as the Conservations Officers and 79 Non-government organisations have been accorded recognition as service providers. All the state hospitals, dispensaries, Primary health Centres and Community health centres have been authorised for the medical care and facilities.
