Justice Verma Committee Report

The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010

  The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010

The Karnataka Devadasis (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982.

  4. Marriage of devadasi. 5. Penalty. 6. Protection of action taken in good faith. 7. Power to make rules. 8. Repeal. ***** STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 1 of 1984 .- The Devadasi Abolition Act of Bombay State and a similar Act of Madras Government are in force in the Bombay Karnataka Area and in Bellary District respectively. It was also found that in some parts of Karnataka the Devadasi System is still in force and the women who are inducted to this syst...

Bombay Devadasi Protection Act 1934

[THE BOMBAY DEVADASIS PROTECTION ACT, 1934.]* [15th October 1934] Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council. Adapted and modified by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. Amended by Bom. 20 of 1950. Adapted and modified by the Bombay Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1956. Amended by Bom. 34 of 1958. Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Conncurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. An Act to protect devadasis and to prevent the dedication of women to Hindu deities, idols, objects of worship, temples and religious institutions in the 2[State of Bombay] WHEREAS the practice of dedicating women as devadasis to Hindu deities, idols, objects of worship, temples or other religious institut...