Domestic Violence complaint can be filed against relatives residing in another house: Mumbai court

Additional Sessions Judge UM Padwad held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is not limited to reliefs only against those who reside with the survivor.

Domestic Violence

Satyendra Wankhade

A sessions court in Mumbai recently clarified that a domestic violence complaint can also be filed against the relatives of the assailant who do not share a household with the survivor.

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The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005