The book aims to play a constructive role in shaping discussions in the subject-area of Socio-Legal Status of Unwed Mothers and encourage views and debate on related issues of vital importance. We received ideas, opinions, views, comments in the form of articles, case comments from numerous Professors, lawyers and students all over India on issues like Socio Legal Dimensions of Women in Live- In Relationship, Contemporary Overlook on Socio-Economic Stigmatization of Unwed Mothers, Judicial Trends on The Status of Unwed Mothers, Portrayal of Unwed Motherhood in Bollywood, Surrogacy and Proposed Legal Framework on Surrogacy and the like. It is one of its kind and can be referred by students, lawyers, academics, academicians and others.