Protective provisions for the marginalised sections of society a critique of socio legal impediments

Abstract

This thesis examines the concept of marginalisation, various causes of marginalization, various types of marginalisation and -indentify the marginalized sections of society in India. Women, Children, People living with AIDS, people with disabilities and transgender persons were the section identified as marginalized for the purpose of present study, Marginalisation can be defined as the process of being neglected and sidelined in the community in which a person is living. Such neglect may be social, political or for any different reason. Being marginalized here refers to being separated from the rest of the society, forced to occupy the fringes and edges and not to be at the centre of things. Marginalized people are not considered to be a part of the active of the society. Material deprivation is the most common result of marginalization when looking at how unfairly material resources are dispersed in society. Along with material deprivation, marginalized individuals are also excluded from services, programmes and policies. newline