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Bombay High Court upholds ₹3 crore compensation to wife under Domestic Violence Act
Admittedly both parties are highly placed in the workplace and in social life; so acts of domestic violence would be greater felt by the wife as it would affect her self-worth, the High Court observed in this case.
The Bombay High Court recently upheld a trial court order directing a man to pay ₹3 crores as compensation to his estranged wife in a case under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.