A woman is entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool for advancing development and reducing poverty. Empowered women contribute to the health and productivity of whole families and communities and to improved prospects for the next generation. Women empowerment refers to making women powerful to make them capable of deciding for themselves. Women have suffered a lot through the years at the hands of men. In earlier centuries, they were treated as almost nonexistent. As if all the rights belonged to men even something as basic as voting. As the times evolved, women realized their power. There on began the revolution for women empowerment. The value of a civilization can be judged by the place given to a woman in the society. The stature into which women are born within the property system have great influence on the ways their lives unfold. The old orthodox Indian society places women in a very high respects, the Vedas lionized women as the creator and worshipped her as a “Devi” or Goddess. The women occupied a vibrant role and as such her subjugation and mistreatment were looked upon as demeaning to not only the woman but towards the whole society. But the condition of women in modern Indian society have become a matter of grave concern. They are harassed, tortured and maltreated. The lure of making easy money has led to monstrous demands for dowry. If Brides do not bring satisfactory dowry they are harassed and burnt down. Many even commit suicide to save their parents from mortification. Some choose to remain single and even become call-girls and prostitutes. These days it is possible to determine the sex of an unborn child. This in turn has led to carry out the practice of female feticide. Eve-teasing has become so common, Abduction and rape are daily happenings. Even minor girls are not freed. Working women are demoralized everywhere. Women are unlawfully battered in police lock-ups and even so-called protective homes are not safe for them. Regardless of escalating levels of education, gender cognizance and rigorous pro-women laws, change has been dawdling and crime against women is growing. To see all the aspects, the aim of this paper is to study about the constitutional and legal provisions for protection of women in India. The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Within the framework of a democratic polity, our laws, development policies, Plans and programmes have aimed at womens advancement in different spheres. India has also ratified various international conventions and human rights instruments committing to secure equal rights of women. Key among them is the ratification of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 19931. In India, the Constitution makers while drafting the Constitution were sensitive to the problems faced by women and made specific provisions relating to them. The Indian Constitution guarantees that there shall be no discrimination on the grounds of gender. There are various legal provisions for women safety and empowerment in Indian Constitution but the irony is, half of the population is unaware of their legal rights. In this paper we will discuss the important constitutional and legal provisions for women empowerment in India.