Pardanashin definition
Pardanashin means women who, according to the custom of the country, might reasonably object to appear in a public office.
Pardanashin means hidden behind the veil or a screen. It refers to a woman who practices seclusion. The ground on which this doctrine is established is that “such women are less conscious and can be easily influenced with very little external manifestation. This rule is not limited to an only veiled woman but is also extended to those women who are not technically pardanashin but are illiterate, old or sick. But, this principle also applies to men as in Daya Shanker v. Bachi(1982), who by their physical or mental capacity are prone to easy influence and after inducement tends to enter into contract or transactions relating to purchasing and sale of the property. The principle on which the protection by law is accorded to a pardanashin women is based on equity and good conscience.