Women and the Impact of the Shifting Jurisprudence in New Delhi, India

Abstract

Through an ethnographic research in the resettlement colonies of Delhi, India, the present study aims to address the effect of the judicial pronouncements in the lives of the evicted population with main focus on the women residing in such colonies. This study aims to understand from the perspective of the various judgements and the victims of evictions, the healing effect it has had on the victims if any. An analysis of the shifting jurisprudence in case of the urban poor will help us better understand the gaze with which they are seen. Also, whether women and issues of violence and violation of rights of women are understood, expressed, prevented and healed or not needs to be understood.