Cruelty Within Walls: Legal Redress for Domestic Violence

Abstract

The sensational murder of a Delhi model has triggered off endless debate on the break- down of traditional values and the rise of the cash and carry culture. Many have proffered the pernicious argument that since she was bar tending dressed in shorts, she was perhaps asking for it. Numerous such incidents of sudden and unprovoked violence against women take place every day across all class and income barriers so much so that it-has become difficult to ascertain what exactly constitutes provocation to a man in Indian society.