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According to Walter R. Borg, ?The literature in any field forms the foundation upon which all future work will be built.? Any research is based on past literature on the subject, and it is necessary to know the nuances of the research to hope for new findings. Joph W. Best (1977) claimed that, ?Particularly all human knowledge can be found in books and libraries, unlike animals that must start a new work with each generation men builds upon the accumulated and recorded knowledge of the post?. Keeping in view the stated purposes, the researcher has made an attempt to survey the related literature in the field. There is no dearth of literature on various aspects of domestic violence. There is a near acknowledgement in available literature that domestic violence is a global problem, though it varies in its nature and magnitude across countries and cultures. So, it is essential to study the overviews from different perspectives of domestic violence against women which include a detailed analysis of the existing social structures, apart from the prevailing economic conditions. Duggal (2014) in his study ?Atrocities on women in India opines that molestation and rape, sexual harassment, wife abuse and bias against the girl child are worldwide phenomena and India is no exception to them. Male characteristic milieu has reduced the other, namely women, to a plaything of men, whims and fantasies. Gang rapes and custodial rapes, molestation, eve-teasing, bride burning, child and sexual abuse, prostitution, dowry, wife battering, domestic biasness and social injustice take a serious burden on Indian women. Sexual harassment outside the house is one of the major atrocities. When she complains of harassment, no one believes her, and then the second thing she encounters is the doubt casted on her moral fibre.