High Court can Quash DV U/S 482 & 528 BNSS : SC as on 19 May 2025
Shaurabh Kumar Tripathi v. Vidhi Rawal , SC CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2689 OF 2025 In this Supreme Court judgment, the key issue was whether High Courts can invoke their inherent…
DV Act | Husband’s Relatives Who Don’t Even Live In Shared Household Are Implicated In Cases For Harassment: Allahabad HC
Case Title: Krishnawati Devi And 6 Others Vs. State of U.P. and Another "This Court came across number of cases where just to harass the family of husband or the…
Relief Under Domestic Violence Act Cannot be Granted After Divorce: Kerala HC
D. Sudheer v Anusha R. Nair as on 13th January 2025 : Kerala High Court The Kerala High Court has ruled that reliefs under the Protection of Women from Domestic…
DV Act Alteration, Modification Or Revocation Of Order Owing To A Change in Circumstances Could Only Be For A Period Ex Post Facto: SC
Supreme Court has observed that any alteration, modification or revocation of an order passed under Section 12 of the DV Act owing to a change in circumstances can only be…
Married Sister-In-Law Who Frequently Visits House Not In Domestic Relationship With Complainant : Bombay High Court Quashes Domestic Violence Case
Kinjal Jayesh Mehta Vs Disha Jimit Sanghvi & Ors as on Dated 14 feb 2024 , Bombay High Court Para 26. It will be beneficial to refer to the decision…
Accused cannot be summoned for non-compliance of maintenance order under Section 31 of Domestic Violence Act: Delhi HC
ANISH PRAMOD PATEL Vs KIRAN JYOT MAINI as on Dated 01 December 2023, DHC Delhi High court while deciding a quashing petition of summoning order passed under Section 31(1) of…
Maintenance denied to Highly qualified wife , who approach the Ld. court with unclean hands : DHC as on 21 September 2023
NIHARIKA GHOSH @ NIHARIKA KUNDU Vs STATE & ANR , Delhi High court The present petitioner had filed an application under Section 12 of the DV Act before the learned…
Has Become Common Practice To Convert Some Other Dispute Into Domestic Violence Complaint : Kerala HC Asks Magistrates To Act With Caution
RAJESH VS THE STATION HOUSE OFFICER & ORS , KERALA HC as on 5 Dec 2022 WP(C) NO. 23803 OF 2021Para 7 . The DV Act was enacted with the…
Domestic Violence – Nature of Allegations – Alleged Domestic Violence is committed in the year 1992, case is filed in the year 2012 – cannot be termed as DV : Bombay HC as on 11 March 2020
Sau. Shilabai Hiraji Lonare Vs. Hiraji Sitru Lonare Bombay High Court ( Nagpur bench ) Decided on 11/03/2020 The allegations relates way back to the year 1992. The petitioner has…
Maintenance granted U/S 12 of DV act cannot be enhanced U/S 127 CrPc : karnatka HC ( Shivanand S/O Karabasappa Gurannavar v. Basavva @ Laxmi W/O Shivanand Gurannavar )
Shivanand S/O Karabasappa Gurannavar v. Basavva @ Laxmi W/O Shivanand Gurannavar 17 Feb 2022 , Karnatka High Court Criminal Petition No.101378/2019 In a case where, under Section 127 of…