ROLE OF NHRC AND JUDICIARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN

Abstract

India has an elaborate system of constitutional provisions and legislative safeguards to protect the rights of women. Despite the existence of constitution remedies and legislative measures , violence against women , in various forms , such as murder , torture , molestation, dowry demands , dowry death , sexual harassment , rape , sale , buying, trafficking, kidnapping and abduction of women has been consistently rising throughout the country. In such atrocious circumstances, testing and acknowledgeable existence, a dignified survival and versatile development of women in India the ratified governmental organization such as the national human right Commission (NHRC) has an active role to play. The NHRC has been performing its mandatory obligations to mitigate violence against women quite reasonably but a critical analysis of its functioning Prove the NHRC processing a variety of limitations, shortcomings and even in efficiencies, which hinder its task to alleviate violence against women. The NHRC is sturdily required to be equipped with more and actual power, required staff, and an enthusiastic approach by the government as well as the NHRC officials to minimize violence against women in India.