FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IN INDIA: DIGGING RELIGIOUS ORIGINS OF THE PRACTICE

This research paper is based on doctrinal study of the issue of female genital mutilation which is a discriminatory and form of gender-based violence inflicted on women and young girls at a very early age. It is practiced in many countries specially in African continent and India is a fresh talk of the town since 2017 after a write petition was filed by Advocate Sunita Tiwari criticising the prevalence of this practice in some concentrated part of India and its states. Although a minority community, but mutilating the body of a female is no less than crime for rituals, traditions or customs which has no identified sources of relevance in the world.