Mahila courts are specializes courts and to dispense justice to women. They speedily deal with and dispose of cases pertaining to women fighting legal battles following matrimonial discord. Mahila courts are headed by experienced women judges and magistrates and the staffs employed in such courts is also predominantly female. These courts deal exclusively with cases pertaining to offences against women cases relating to grant of maintenance under section 125 of Cr. PC, cases under sections 354 and 509 of I.P.C dealing with assault or criminal force and words or gestures intended to insult the modesty of a woman.