Hi, Purnima and Mr. Bhavani, considering the fact that I'm not a criminal lawyer, you will have to content with these sections only.
Refer the CHAPTER XXII of IPC OF CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT AND ANNOYANCE. Sections 503, 504, 505(1)(B), (C). For these 3 bac to back airline casess, which involved women. See the section 509. which will of course, also include the above given sections. On 3/5/12, purnima jain <purnima25j...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello friends , In view of the responses of the members on the issue I > would like to say that Constitutional protection to the disabled is > inevitable .The Constitution is the basic law of the land ,I am > surprised that the founding fathers of the nation made every effort to > make the best and the most detailed Constitution in the world ;it gave > protection to SC/St ,Women,OBcs but forgot to mention disability as a > ground while drafting important Articles like Article 15,16 etc. .True > the protection of Article 21 is available to the disabled people but > in very few cases the court has invoked this Article in matters > affecting the disable community .coming to this particular issue of > harassment I strongly feel that there is little sensitization among > the people regarding ill treatment given to the disabled people .Sorry > if it offends anyone but most of you would agree that people in > general do not consider the ill treatment given to any disabled person > as something against law ,something illegal or as an act invoking > criminality .Even the disabled person in general accepts the behavior > and does not complaint .It is well known fact that people would treat > you as you would allow them to treat you.Akilesh I really do not > remember what provisions in IPC you are mentioning ,even than I > strongly advocate constitutional protection and a separate law too > like the protection of civil right in case of SC and ST .Legal experts > would recognize the need and the urgency of such a Constitutional > protection .Dinesh you are right to point out that we are a minority > and politicians do not take us seriously but somewhere we as community > has failed to make our voices felt .There is a strong need for a > pressure group to lobby for the issues affecting the disabled .We > should work for political empowerment of the disable community if we > want any significant change in our state of affairs .There is also a > need for political representation of the disabled people ,we should > demand reservation in the Parliament and the state legislatures .One > member has suggested some modalities for organizing the disabled > people on the matter of demanding Constitutional protection they are > good and worth considering .However we need continued and planned > strategies for the struggle Thanks.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- Akhilesh Kumar Dahiya, Advocate. Mobile: +91 9210616426 New Delhi Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in