Government of India has been advising State Governments to take appropriate action for prevention of crime against women, adopt gender sensitization of the police personnel, adopting appropriate measures for swift and salutary punishment to public servants found guilty of custodial violence against women, minimizing delays in investigations of murder, rape and torture of women and improving its quality, setting up a ‘crime against women cell’ in districts where they do not exist, providing adequate counselling centres and shelter homes for women who have been victimized, setting up of special women courts, and improving the effectiveness of schemes developed for the welfare and rehabilitation of women who are victimized with greater emphasis on income generation to make the women more independent and self-reliant. Detailed advisories to address crime against women are attached below:-
Crime Against Women
Crime Against Women
| SR-No | Title | Download/Link | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judgement of Supreme Court of India in Criminal Appeal No.1441 of 2022 proscribing per vaginum examination (two finger test) as one of the procedures to be adopted while examining survivors of sexual assault and rape. | Download (2.45 MB) | |
| 2 | Fifth Report of Parliamentary Committee on Empowerment of Women for the year 2021-22 | Download (392.8 KB) | |
| 3 | Mandatory action by police in cases of crime against women-reg. | Download (6.69 MB) | |
| 4 | Guidelines on setting up/strengthening of Women Help Desks in Police Stations; may be uploaded under Division-Women Safety Division, under heading - Crimes against women. | Download (859.96 KB) | |
| 5 | Advisory dated 5.12.2019 from Union Home Secretary to States regarding timely and efficient investigation in cases of crimes against women | Download (4.8 MB) | |
| 6 | Advisory dtd 16.05.2019 reg "Failure to record information under sub-section (1) of Section 154 of Cr.P.C. punishable under Section 166A of IPC". | Download (317.13 KB) | |
| 7 | Compensation Scheme prepared by NALSA and circulated by MHA. | Download (6.58 MB) | |
| 8 | Writ Petition (C) No. 231/2010-Shakti Vahini vs. Union of India & ors.-Regarding | Download (640.79 KB) | |
| 9 | Actionable points on recommendations of the DsGPIIsGP Conference- 2016 held on 25-27 Nov 2016 at NPA Hyde(abad, Separation olaw & o.rdeduty from investigation- Regarding | Download (765.71 KB) | |
| 10 | Central Victim compensation Fund Scheme (CVCF) Guidelines Regarding | Download (1.38 MB) | |
| 11 | Deployment of Special Mahila Police Volunteers (MPVs) - safety and security of women - regarding | Download (129.22 KB) | |
| 12 | Incidents of crime including murder, abduction, rape, exploitation, atrocities and attacks on Scheduled Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe (ST) | Download (1.45 MB) | |
| 13 | Abolition of Devadasi System | Download (19.15 KB) | |
| 14 | Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme (CVCF) Guidelines | Download (1.26 MB) | |
| 15 | Advisory on Comprehensive approach to crimes against women | Download (1023.26 KB) | |
| 16 | Investigative Units for Crime against Women (IUCAW) | Download (56.12 KB) | |
| 17 | Compulsory registration of FIR u/s 154 Cr.P.C. | Download (64.06 KB) | |
| 18 | Advisory on increasing the number of women in Police forces in the states | Download (55.04 KB) | |
| 19 | Preparation of a victim Compensation Scheme for the victim of crime in view of insertion of a new Section 357-A in the Cr.P.C. through ‘the code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 | Download (2.33 MB) | |
| 20 | Advisory on Crime against Women ( 04 .09 .2009 ) – Measures needed to curb | Download (50.44 KB) | |
| 21 | Advisory on Crime against Women ( 05.05.2004 ) – Measures needed to curb | Click Here |
