• Avni Kritika
• Arushi Dhawan

Where twenty four African countries have banned, and many western countries including US and UK have outlawed the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, India is still struck in a tussle between religious beliefs and human rights regarding a ban on Female Genital Mutilation. Where women are raising their voice against Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting many girl child still shriek with the pain of an abuse that will haunt them for their entire life and this will continue till no law is introduced regarding it. Female Genital Mutilation is also called “khatna or khafd” is a tradition in the Dawoodi Bohras of the Shia sect of the Muslim. This grave tradition leaves a psychological impact on the developing brains that in turn affects their personality as a whole for example they suffer post- traumatic stress disorder, sexual disorder, fear of sexual intimacy etc. This tradition has widely been labelled as a severe form of child abuse which is indeed hampering the child rights and thus it is punishable in India under various acts. The researchers in this paper has discussed about the process of Female Genital Mutilation and its effects and impact on the sufferer. It also deals with the laws that has been established in India and even aims to establish grounds for declaration of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting as a crime altogether and pave a way for establishment of a separate act.

Female Genital Mutilation, Laws, Traditions.

"THE CONCEPT OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND ITS RELATED LAWS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.562-570, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B82.pdf

"THE CONCEPT OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION AND ITS RELATED LAWS IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp562-570, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B82.pdf