Abhinav Bhatia

1412101
3 BBA (F&A) A

GLOBAL LAW CIA-1

HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA

Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country's large size,

its tremendous diversity, its status as a developing country and
a sovereign, secular, democratic republic. The Constitution of
India provides for Fundamental rights, which include freedom of religion.
Clauses also provide for freedom of speech, as well as separation of
executive and judiciary and freedom of movement within the country and
abroad.
In its report on human rights in India during 2013, released in
2014, Human Rights Watch stated, "India took positive steps in
strengthening laws protecting women and children, and, in several
important cases, prosecuting state security forces for extrajudicial
killings. On a global level, India opts for a policy of "non-interference in
internal affairs of other countries".

CLAIMING HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA

There is no separate Human Rights Act in India, and all the Human
Rights available to Indian citizens are through the Fundamental Rights or
from India being signatory to International Conventions.
The following are laws or conventions through which Indian citizens can
claim human right:

International Declaration of Human Rights (signatory)

Fundamental Rights (part of Indian Constitution)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted
by Indian Constitution)
Other laws not a part of Fundamental Rights (like Right to
Education, Dowry Prohibition Act, Bonded Labour (Abolition) Act,
Juvenile Justice Act, etc.)
Directive principle of State Policies
Fundamental Duties
Political Rights
Institutional Framework
Judiciary System

Abhinav Bhatia
1412101
3 BBA (F&A) A

Filling a Public Interest Litigation

Media

VOILATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

This particular case is about the treatment that my neighbours

subjected their daughter-in-law to. We would constantly see her
bruised, sometimes even bleeding, after hearing crying and
pleading noises from her their place. The daughter-in-law would
often tell all this to my mother, and hence I got to know that how
even in a developed society like ours, people still follow such
backward norms.

This case is from my own house. We had a house-help who was a

converted Christian. They are considered to be Shudras according
to the Hindu Caste System. Due to this, my grandmother insisted
on keeping separate utensils for her and her grand-mother who
also used to come to our place at times to help her. I used to find
this really weird, but was too young to understand what exactly
was going on at that point of time.

This case is something that I noticed while traveling from

Pathankot (my home city) to Delhi. On the way, we stopped at
various Dhabas to have lunch, tea, or sometimes just to stretch and
freshen up. At all these Dhabas, I noticed that children, generally
below the age of 10 to be working as waiters. They wore torn
clothes, and on asking, I got to know that hardly any of them
attended school. Most of them hadnt been tot school even once.
This struck me hard as they were almost my age and yet the
difference in our life styles was so huge, I had almost everything I
needed, or rather wanted, while they at such a tender age were
working to fill their and their families stomach.

Abhinav Bhatia
1412101
3 BBA (F&A) A

This story was narrated to me by my house help after she came

back from her 2 month break during which she was supposed to
get married. She told us that she was being married to a 60 year
old man, and she would have been his third wife. Not only that, he
had demanded exorbitant dowry from her family, along with a part
of their farming land. In the end after all preparations, the
marriage got cancelled because the dowry was not on terms laid
down by the groom. I was shocked when I heard this story, as it
was hard to believe that such things still happen in the 21st century.