Critical analysis of sex determination laws in India and Government policies to prevent Gender discrimination

Abstract

This research paper provides information that gender discrimination, and deep-rooted backward mentality, social norms, and practices increase crime related to women like female feticide, teenage pregnancy, child domestic work, child marriage poor education and health, sexual abuse, exploitation, and violence. Many of these manifestations will not change unless girls are valued more.3 This research paper also provides deep knowledge about the legislation which is provided by the government to curb the problem related to female feticide, immoral trafficking, or other related crimes. This research paper also deals with some important case laws related to these crimes. Female feticide is the reason because the mortality rate of girls is higher than boys, according to the data released by National Crime Records Bureau for the year 2019, In Madhya Pradesh, every month at least 3 girls were killed before they were born. In 2019, Madhya Pradesh had earned the lead in the list of states in female feticide because M.P. reported thirty-two cases of feticide, Rajasthan-twenty-two, Haryana-seventeen, Gujarat- fifteen and Bihar –fifteen in a year. There are many incidents related to female feticide, immoral trafficking, and other women- related crimes faced by the government of India. Legislations made by the government to prevent these problems and these legislations have some loopholes because of that these Acts.