WBCW Act

The function of the State Women Commission is inter alia to see that the constitutional and legal rights of women are properly implemented, to review different provisions of law and recommended amendments thereto, to take up cases of violation of the provisions of the constitution and other laws relating to women with appropriate authorities look into complaints regarding deprivation of women rights, non-implementation of laws providing protection to women, non-compliance of policy decisions or guidelines ensuring welfare and relief to women take up the matter of appropriate authorities, visit jail destitute girls home, women institutions or other places of custody where women are kept as prisons and take up such matters with concerned authorities for remedial action as may be necessary.

For the above purpose Commission has been given powers of a Civil Court under Cr. P.C. in respect of summoning and enforcing attendance of any person from any part of India and examining him on death, requiring the discovery and production of any document, receiving evidence of affidavits.