There are several laws that give women the power to fight adversities such as discrimination, harassment, violence and abuse.
Women rights can be broadly classified into two categories — constitutional rights and legal rights. Those guaranteed by the Constitution include Right to Equality, no discrimination in employment on the ground of sex, to secure adequate means of livelihood, equal pay for equal work, securing just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief etc. On the other hand, legal rights are available to women in the form of prevailing law or enactments in the country.
So the author of this book dealt with various laws effecting mental and social well being of married women across the religion in present patriarchal Indian Society.
Dr. Pushkal Kumar Pandey is native of Gorakhpur. He has taken his education in Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Allahabad and Varanasi. He has completed his Masters in Law in 2006 and awarded Ph.D. in Law from Banaras Hindu University in 2010. He qualified for UGC-NET in 2012. He had practiced at Bar and taught various subjects of Law in Lucknow, Dehradun and Noida. He also participated in several seminars on Right to Information Act since 2005. He worked with Oriental Bank of Commerce, State Bank of Mysore and presently working with State Bank of India in the Capacity of Manager (Law). With all his theoretical and practical experience and knowledge he chooses to write this book on the Right to Information. Since this topic is very close to his heart and mind as this Law intends for transparent administration accountable towards common people.