Volume II Issue II April-June 2022

Name of Author : Dr. J. Mekala Devi

Title of the paper : Government Ordinances for The Benefits of Colleen – Special Reference with The Constitutional Amendments

Abstract: Law has been the chief instrument of social change in Indian society through the ages. For instance, it has played a role in empowering women through laws like equal pay for equal work, affirmative action through law for political participation etc. The Preamble to the constitution speaks of securing to all citizens of India equality of status and of opportunity as well as justice-social, economic and political. One of the directive principles of state policy prescribes that the state should direct its policy towards securing equal pay for equal work for both men and women. Although the directive principles are fundamental in the governance of the country and are to be applied in enacting legislation, they are not judicially enforceable. Here I have focused one of the provisions of the constitution is of special significance. After having laid down that the state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds of sex, among other things, it provides that nothing in this article shall prevent the state from making any special provision for women and children. So there is a constitutional provision in India permitting the state to discriminate in favour of women, if such discrimination is found necessary. Women claim to be the largest minority in India with a variety of social and economic disabilities which prevent them from exercising their human rights and freedoms in society. Child marriage, especially of the female infant, was common widow marriage was prohibited even if she succeeded in escaping from the funeral pyre of her deceased husband where she was expected to be burnt alive, a divorce was generally looked down upon and her remarriage was socially disapproved. If some of these attitudes still persist it is not because legislation has lagged behind, but because law has not succeeded in playing, its role of social engineering and changing certain deeply rooted social attitudes. During the last two decades a number of laws were adopted with a view to ensuring equality of status and opportunity for women. But it appears that in practice like equality eludes the Indian woman’s grasp.

Keywords : equality, rights, article, amendments, act, law, reservation.

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Page No. : 66-72