Domestic Violence Act, 2005

This act protect the women from domestic violence i.e. any kind occuring within the family. The Domestic Violence Act 2005 is an Act of the Parliament of India assented on 13 September 2005 and commenced on 26 October 2006.

The act provides for first time in Indian law a definition of domestic violence. This act provides order of maintenance which can not overlap the order of maintenance under section 125 of CrPc.

SC ST Act, 1989

This act is popularly known as The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The act has been enacted on 11 September 1989 to prevent atrocities against scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST). The act has been formed as per Article 17 of the Indian Constitution.

This act has been amended in 2015, punished casteist slurs and denied anticipatory bail to the accused. To making this act more stringent, the Scheduled Cahstes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) ( Prevention of Atrocities ) Amendment Act, 2015, added that actions like tonsuring of head, moustache or similar acts which are derogatory to the dignity of members of SCs and STs, will now also be treated as atrocities.