There is a well-known omnipresent problem that women are subjected to violence at the home. Especially, in India, the majority of such victims do not seek legal remedies. There are many reasons for this such as, they are not from an educational background and are not familiar with the legal procedure, and have an absence of faith in the legal system.

It is felt that getting timely justice seems to be a 'mirage' as one has to undergo cumbersome procedural law and be compelled to face series of the adjournment in the way to get adequate relief. The questions arise as to what kind of violence or action falls within the ambit of domestic violence, as the experience reveals that domestic violence takes place in varieties. It is to be noted that under Indian Law there is no recognized definition of expression. Domestic Violence, however, is an attempt that can be put forth to define the same.

Problem
A central theme for the women's movement all over the world has been violence against women, both in their homes and outside. This is directly linked to their unequal position in a patriarchal society, cutting across both class and community. The first category of violence focused on was rape and murder of the young brides for dowry. It was realized that there were other more brutal expressions of the widespread phenomenon of domestic violence which included cruelty towards wife, torture, and humiliation. This realization made the women demanding that wife abuse be treated as an offense too.

Domestic violence manifests as verbal, physical, or psychological abuse, often in forms that are more subtle than the violence elsewhere in society.

The hopelessness of their situation harms the women more than the violence itself. The victim's inability to access the law makes legal remedies ineffective, and the four walls of the so-called home render the law incapable of reaching the victims -which is even more tragic.

Many of the victims of domestic violence are at the risk of further violence or even death when they attempt to leave an abusive relationship. Thus, most incidents of domestic violence go unreported because women are reluctant to bring a complaint against a member of their own family.

Meaning and Definition
Term 'Convincing conduct at home against the women's 'terms ''ruthless conduct at home against the women'' proposes any showing up or coordination which has been capable of mischief or hurt women –physically, truly, commonly, socially moreover basically inside the four dividers of the house, however, such act or lead is obliterated for the most part, not pariahs.

As demonstrated by section 32(dd) of the Parsi marriage and the Divorce Act, 1936 the' merciless conduct at home means any showcase or disavowal or the conduct which is of such nature concerning the underhandedness and hurt or has the cap capable of stinging or hurting the success, security flourishing of the individual wronged.

Ladies who were being manhandled started to say "No more" and began sorting out to make hotlines and covers for mishandled ladies and their youngsters. The aggressive behavior at home development has, since its starting, comprehended that mishandle is not an individual lady's issue, but rather a social issue. The development comprehends that the organizations of our way of life fortify brutality inside private connections is satisfactory and, in the meantime, reprimand ladies for being casualties of aggressive behavior at home.

Social equality and against war developments in the 1950s and 1960s tested the nation and established the framework for women's activist development. As ladies increased more ground in the 1970s, spousal misuse turned into an open issue. The battered ladies' development was placed into the general population stadium given three social developments that were all prepared underway: ladies' freedom, ladies' wellbeing, and hostile to assault developments. The effectively existing developments had assets and systems that the battered ladies' development could draw from and pick up its own quality. Subsequently, numerous battered ladies' havens opened in the United States, the first being the Women's Advocates cover in St. Paul, Minnesota, which opened in 1973.

It wasn't until 1984 that a comparable bill went through Congress, entitled The Family Violence Prevention Services Act. This demonstration approves the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make gifts to States to help with supporting the foundation, upkeep, and extension of projects and activities to avert episodes of family savagery and give shield and related help to casualties and their wards.

Taking into account the encounters and requests of battered ladies, extensive changes in institutional arrangements and strategies were made. Open mindfulness battles were started on the nearby, State, and national levels. Establishments and government organizations supported exploration endeavors and extensive activities were attempted to distinguish model intercession programs. In the 1990s, framework changes that started in the 1980s extended altogether and now incorporated an emphasis on a more extensive arrangement of frameworks, including welfare frameworks and strategy issues, for example, lodging, emotional wellness, substance misuse, and childcare.

With the exceptional achievement of this hostile to brutality against ladies development started more than 30 years prior, a system of administrations is currently present where there were none. Right now, there are around 1,900 nearby aggressive behavior at home projects and State abusive behavior at home coalitions in each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. What's more, there is critical arrangement change, subsidizing for brutality against ladies explore, and expanded open attention to a once concealed portion of the day by day life for innumerable ladies and their kids.

Laws In India
Here, are the laws that are present in the Indian law system which can help the victim of Domestic Violence to get justice:

1. Criminal law
   In India, criminal law is substantially based on the Indian penal code 1860 however, it is supplemented by special laws.
   IPC 1860
   
   1. Dowry Death-section 304-B IPC where the death of a married woman is caused by any burns or bodily injury or occurs otherwise than under normal circumstances within the seven years of the marriage and she was subjected to cruelty by her husband, such death of a woman is treated as Dowry death
   2. Forceful termination of pregnancy amounts to violence at home-section 313 to 316 of IPC female infanticide or forcing the wife to terminate her pregnancy are also varieties of domestic violence which is recognized as an offense under the IPC.
   3. Causing hurt and grievous hurt -section 319 to 320.
   4. Unlawful confinement-section 339 to 340.
   5. Marital rape- section 376-A.
   6. Misappropriation of the wife's property-section 405to 406.
   7. Matrimonial cruelty-section 498-A.
       
2. Civil law
   In India, civil law to addresses the problem of domestic violence. The victims of domestic violence can seek civil relief under the following acts:
   
   1. The dissolution of the Muslim Marriage Act, 1939.
      According to section 2(viii) of the dissolution of the Muslims' marriage act 1939"cruelty" means;
      
      1. habitually offending the wife or ill-treating her.
      2. forcing the wife to lead an immoral life.
      3. not allowing her to observe religious practice.
          
   2. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
   3. Other Matrimonial Enactments.