Women’s Rights in India: A Feminist Analysis of Justice and Empowerment

India is a country where women are enjoying a very high status in theory but behind the veil their position is vulnerable in the society due to cultural, educational, religious, economic, and social reasons. Feminist jurisprudence also known as feminist legal theory is the philosophy that is based on political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. Feminist legal theory has produced a wide range of perspectives on the conditions of women. In India, there are various laws incorporated in the Constitution of the India. Feminist Jurisprudence is basically understanding of the rights of women given in Indian Laws and Constitution of India. Feminists in India, like their feminist counterparts all over the world, seek gender equality, the right to work for equality in wages, the right to equal access to health and education, and equal political rights. They also fought against culture-specific issues within India’s patriarchal society, e.g., inheritance laws. This paper attempts to analyse the socio- legal approach towards the Feminist Jurisprudence and Rights of Women in India.