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The husband appealed against a magistrate's order granting his wife Rs.10,000 per month as maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, despite no finding of domestic violence. The appellate court affirmed the magistrate's order, and the husband filed a criminal …
The husband appealed an interim maintenance order passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, but filed the appeal nine months late, citing personal hardships and lack of knowledge of the order. The Additional Sessions Judge rejected …
The wife filed a restitution of conjugal rights case, maintenance proceedings, and a petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 in the Family Court, Ahilyanagar. The husband subsequently filed a divorce petition in the Civil Court, Senior Division, Indapur, but did not …
The wife, Priyanka Jadhav, filed an application to transfer her pending marriage petition (No. A73/2025) from the Family Court in Jalna to the Family Court in Parbhani, about 140 km away. The husband was duly served but did not appear to oppose the transfer. The wife has also lodged an FIR under …
The wife filed a restitution of conjugal rights petition in the Civil Court while the husband filed a divorce petition in the Family Court. The wife sought transfer of her petition to the Family Court so that both matrimonial matters could be heard together, and the husband also requested that a …
The applicant, Bhagyashree Kasare, filed an application under Section 171 of the Bombay Police Act seeking transfer of a Sessions trial (Case No.22/2025) from the Ambajogai Court in Beed to a Court in Pune, alleging that the FIR was improperly transferred by the Chikhli police to Ambajogai and that …
The applicant, Shivani Irappa Adargunchi, filed an application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking the transfer of a Hindu Marriage Petition (judicial separation) filed by her husband from the Family Court at Nanded to the Family Court at Pune. The husband initially opposed the …
The applicant sought to have divorce proceedings pending before the Family Court in Pune transferred to the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Rahata, or any other court within Ahmednagar district. The court noted that the applicant had concealed the material fact that she resides and works in Pune, …
The wife (applicant) sought transfer of her husband’s petition (No. 73/2026) from the Family Court at Latur to the Family Court at Nanded, citing that their two‑year‑old son resides with her and that related proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and a maintenance …
The applicants, Umesh Parmeshwar Sontakke and others, filed a criminal application challenging proceedings initiated under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act against the respondent-wife, Chhaya Umesh Sontakke. While the criminal application was pending, the original PWDVA proceedings …
The wife (applicant) obtained an ex‑parte maintenance order under Sections 18‑22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, after the husband and others failed to appear before the Judicial Magistrate. The respondents appealed, and the Additional Sessions Judge set aside the …
The wife filed a Section 24 CPC application seeking transfer of a marriage petition and a civil suit from Buldhana to Jalgaon, alleging the 115‑km distance, lack of accompaniment and financial hardship. She also argued that her pending Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) case in …
The wife filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application seeking transfer of a restitution of conjugal rights petition from the Family Court in Aurangabad to the Family Court in Dhule, citing a 175‑km distance, financial constraints and lack of accompaniment. She also noted three criminal proceedings …
The wife filed an application seeking transfer of the husband’s divorce petition from the Family Court in Dharashiv to the Civil Judge Senior Division in Kallam, where she resides. The husband lives in Pohner, about 5-6 km from Dharashiv, while Kallam is roughly 60 km away. A pending case under the …
Priyanka Onkar Yendhe applied to transfer her divorce suit (HMP No. 286/2025) from the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Junnar to the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Newasa. She asserted that she has no income and cannot travel the 170 km to Junnar, and that related proceedings under the Domestic …
The applicant, Asha Kiran Pawar, filed a miscellaneous application seeking transfer of three pending proceedings – a Hindu Marriage Petition (No.367 of 2023) from Ahmednagar to the Family Court in Beed, and two Criminal Miscellaneous Applications (Nos.185 of 2020 and 125 of 2022) filed under the …
The petitioner, Jyoti Dhamapurkar, filed a criminal revision under Section 397 of the Cr.P.C. challenging the Family Court's order dismissing her claim for maintenance under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. She alleged that her husband, an assistant professor earning Rs.90,000 per month, willfully …
Priyanka, a wife, and her minor son filed a domestic‑violence petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against the husband and his parents. The Judicial Magistrate rejected the petition for lack of proof of violence, and the Sessions Court upheld the rejection for the …
Charushila, married to Prabhakar since 2008, filed a criminal complaint alleging that he contracted a second marriage and fathered a child, thereby committing the offence of bigamy under Section 494 of the IPC. The trial court acquitted Prabhakar on the ground that no evidence proved the existence …
The husband (applicant) filed an application to transfer a Domestic Violence proceeding (PWDVA No. 256/2023) pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalgaon, to the Family Court, Pune. The respondent did not appear or file a reply, indicating no grievance. Evidence, including school …
The husband appealed against a magistrate's order granting his wife Rs.10,000 per month as maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, despite no finding of domestic violence. The appellate court affirmed the order, and the husband filed a criminal revision under …
The petition stems from a marriage in 2000 that broke down in 2006, leading the wife to file a criminal complaint under Sections 498A and 494 IPC and later a maintenance suit under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The trial court ordered the husband to pay Rs.5,000 per month as …
The husband filed a revision seeking to set aside a maintenance order of Rs.4,000 per month granted under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, arguing it was excessive and ignored his limited earning capacity as a labourer. The wife and children opposed the revision, noting that …
The wife filed an application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, alleging domestic violence, but the Judicial Magistrate First Class dismissed it after the wife admitted no violence. The wife appealed to the Sessions Court, which, without hearing the husband, set aside …
The husband, Yunus Dagdu Sheikh, appealed against a Family Court order directing him to pay interim maintenance of Rs.3000 per month to his 14‑year‑old son. The wife had previously entered into a Lok‑Adalat compromise in 2015, waiving her right to claim maintenance for herself and the child, and the …
The husband, Pravin Jadhav, appealed against a lower court order directing him to pay Rs.10,000 per month as maintenance to his wife and minor son under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The wife had filed an application alleging domestic violence and an extramarital affair, …
Carlos Manuel Tavora (husband) challenged orders directing him to pay interim maintenance to his wife, Anuradha Tavora, under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The wife had filed a domestic violence case seeking maintenance of Rs.3,34,000 per month; the magistrate ordered …
Carlos Manuel Tavora (petitioner) appealed against interim maintenance orders granted to his wife, Anuradha Tavora (respondent), under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The trial magistrate had ordered Rs.1,20,000 per month, which was reduced by the Sessions Court to …
The petitioner sought to quash a Domestic Violence proceeding filed by the respondent under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which sought various reliefs including restraining orders, monetary compensation, and custody of their child. The parties had married in …
Amruta Avinash Kamble, a homemaker, filed a miscellaneous civil application seeking transfer of her matrimonial petition (No. A‑88 of 2023) from the Family Court at Kolhapur to the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Islampur, citing difficulty in attending hearings and non‑payment of maintenance under …
The applicant, Monali Mahesh Chavan, filed a miscellaneous civil application seeking transfer of her divorce proceedings (Hindu Marriage Application No. 383 of 2022) and several criminal miscellaneous applications from courts in Karad and Palus to the Civil Judge Senior Division in Pune. The High …
The petitioner, Rajashad Shaikh, filed a writ petition under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita challenging a December 2025 order of a Judicial Magistrate that rejected his application for interrogatories in a Section 125 CrPC maintenance proceeding. The petitioner argued that the …
The Bombay High Court (Kolhapur bench) considered an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita filed by Sanjay Vitthal Powar seeking to quash a Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) application filed by his wife. Powar argued that the PWDVA application …
The High Court of Bombay, Kolhapur Bench, entertained a criminal revision filed by Sheetal Hemant Mane (applicant) challenging a Sessions Court order that had set aside a Judicial Magistrate’s interim custody award to the mother under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The …
The petitioners filed a criminal writ petition seeking a writ to quash a Domestic Violence Act application (D.V. Application No.09 of 2026) filed before the JMFC, Mhaswas under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel …
The petitioner, Shital Aklujkar, challenged an order dated 10‑10‑2023 of the Sub‑Divisional Officer‑cum‑Senior Citizens Tribunal that directed her to vacate a house she occupied with her daughter, invoking Section 5 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The …
The wife (applicant) residing in Pune filed a Miscellaneous Civil Application under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking transfer of the marriage petition (A‑209 of 2023) from the Family Court in Solapur to the Family Court in Pune. She argued that traveling 300 km to Solapur would …
The applicants filed a criminal revision application (CR No.248 of 2018) challenging a decision of the Sessions Court. Since parallel proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act had already been initiated, the applicants’ counsel sought permission to withdraw the revision. …
The petitioner, Anjali Anant Sawant, sought a family pension as the widow of government employee Anant Vishnu Sawant, whose marriage to her in 1989 occurred while his first wife was alive. The respondents rejected her claim on the ground that the second marriage was void due to bigamy. The …
The applicant, a homemaker residing in Solapur, filed a miscellaneous civil application seeking transfer of divorce proceedings initiated by her husband in the Family Court at Bandra to the Family Court at Solapur. She contended that she has no source of income, is concurrently involved in criminal …
The wife, Netra Dyaneshwar Girme, filed a miscellaneous civil application seeking transfer of the divorce petition filed by her husband, Dyaneshwar Ankush Girme, from the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Satara to the Family Court at Pune. She argued that she resides in Pune with two school‑going …
The applicant, Sunil Laxmandas Narsinghani, sought transfer of a Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) application (No. 125 of 2022) and a related appeal (No. 35 of 2024) from the 5th JMFC Court and Additional Sessions Judge in Sangli to the corresponding courts in Kolhapur, arguing …
The petitioners sought quashing of FIR No. 0350 of 2024 and related criminal proceedings arising from alleged offences under Sections 3(5), 352 and 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, on the ground that the matrimonial dispute between the husband (Petitioner No.1) and his wife (Respondent No.2) had …
The petitioner, Farid Hanif Sunasra, challenged a non‑bailable warrant issued by a Judicial Magistrate First Class for his failure to pay interim maintenance ordered under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The magistrate had directed the petitioner to pay Rs.20,000 per month …
The husband challenged an order that increased his interim maintenance liability to Rs 50,000 per month under Section 125 of the CrPC. The revision court had allowed the wife’s revision, disregarding the husband’s claim of lack of service and the wife’s alleged income from bank statements. The High …
The petitioners filed a criminal writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking an order for the speedy disposal of Complainant Case No. 472/SS/2014, which was pending before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, 67th Court, Borivali. The pending case involved an application for a protection order …
The applicant, Shrikala Prakash Tikekar, filed an application under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking transfer of a criminal trial (Case No.1189 of 2024) from Belapur to Pune, citing her residence in Pune, financial constraints, and concurrent family law …
The husband (Petitioner) appealed against a revision order that directed him to pay Rs.3,000 per month as maintenance to his wife (Respondent) under Section 125 of the CrPC. The parties were married in 1992, had four daughters, and the husband filed an adultery complaint in 2012 and obtained a …
The petitioners, the husband and mother‑in‑law of the victim, sought to quash Criminal Case No. 5959/PS/2025 filed under Sections 31 and 32 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which arose from their alleged non‑compliance with a protection order dated 5 April 2023. The …
The Applicants challenged the legality of a September 2019 order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, which under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, restrained them from committing domestic violence, barred them from dispossessing the Respondent No.2 from the shared household, and …
The husband filed an application under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking transfer of the wife’s domestic violence case under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, to the Family Court where his divorce petition is pending. He argued that both …
The petitioner, Smt Ramrati, filed a writ petition under Article 227 seeking a mandamus directing the Juvenile Magistrate (Crime Against Women) in Basti to decide her domestic violence case (Parivad Case No. 42 of 2026) expeditiously. The petitioner argued that undue delay would cause irreparable …
The petitioner, Yogesh Waghmare, appealed to the Bombay High Court challenging an interim monetary compensation of Rs 10,000 per month awarded to his wife, Leena Waghmare, by a Judicial Magistrate under Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and the subsequent …
The petitioner, Yogesh Waghmare, appealed to the Bombay High Court challenging an interim monetary compensation of Rs 10,000 per month awarded to his wife, Leena Waghmare, by a Judicial Magistrate under Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and the subsequent …
The revisionist, Dilip Kumar Sonkar, filed a criminal revision challenging a trial court order under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and a subsequent appellate order that imposed a cash payment, monthly maintenance, and compensation for mental agony on him. He …
The petitioner, Fatima Begum, filed a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking a direction to the Additional Sessions Judge/F.T.C.-II, Deoria, to decide Domestic Violence Appeal No. 97 of 2025 within a stipulated period. The appeal concerns an order dated 13 October 2025 passed in …
The applicant, Nasim Ahmed, filed an application under Section 529 of the B.N.S.S. seeking a direction to the trial court to conclude the pending Session Trial No. 408 of 2019 (State vs. Abdul Mazid and others), which involves offences under Sections 498A, 304‑B IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the …
The applicants filed an application under Section 529 of the B.N.S.S. seeking a direction to the trial court to decide a pending criminal miscellaneous application under Rule 6(5) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2005 and to expedite execution of a maintenance order (Case No. …
The applicants, accused in a domestic violence case (Smt. Mamta Jaiswal Vs. Durgesh Jaiswal and others), filed a transfer application under Section 12(1) of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, alleging threats and seeking relocation of the trial to another district. The court noted a prior decision …
The applicant, Kamal Singh, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash a non‑bailable warrant and recovery warrant issued by the trial court to enforce interim maintenance awarded to his wife under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The wife had obtained interim …
The petitioner, Smt Shruti, a wife, filed a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, seeking a direction that the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court No. 4, Ghaziabad, expedite the pending complaint (Case No. 04 of 2025) and decide it within the …
The petitioner, Smt Shalini Kapila, filed a petition under Article 227 seeking a direction to the District and Sessions Court, Agra, to conclude pending criminal and domestic violence proceedings against the respondent, Neeraj Kapila. The petition concerned Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 7225 of …
The petitioner, Nutan Satish Kataria, filed a writ petition under Article 227 challenging an order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Pune, which had set aside a lower court order dismissing an application on the ground that no domestic relationship existed between her and Respondent No.1. The …
The Applicants filed an application under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking to transfer a Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PW DV) case (Application No.94 of 2021) from the Jalgaon magistrate court to the Pune magistrate court. The Respondent No.1 …
The petitioners, senior citizen Hansaben Maniar and her relatives, sought to quash a domestic violence case (C.C. No.159/DV/2022) filed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Andheri. The respondents, including the State of …
The petitioner, Sonali Milind Patil, filed a criminal writ petition challenging an order dated 22 June 2026 passed by a Judicial Magistrate First Class. The respondents, Pascal Michel Postel and others, contended that the writ petition was not maintainable because an appeal under Section 29 of the …
The applicant, Smt. Preeti Devi, filed a transfer application seeking to move a matrimonial suit (Case No. 2945 of 2023) filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, from the Family Court in Kanpur Nagar to the Family Court in Fatehpur. She alleged hardship in attending proceedings in …
Smt Jyoti Gangwar filed an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a direction to the Civil Judge (J.D.)/Fast Track Court, Rampur to decide Complaint Case No. 369 of 2025 filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, …
The applicant, Smt. Istuti Sharma, filed an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a court direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khurja, to decide a pending complaint (Case No. 169 of 2025) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of …
The applicant, Manoj Ramesh Bhatia, filed a criminal revision in 2018 challenging a Sessions Court order dated 18 November 2017 that enhanced interim maintenance for his second wife under the Domestic Violence Act. The revision sought to overturn the increased maintenance amount. The matter was …
The appellant appealed a trial court order that imposed a blanket injunction restraining him from alienating any of the suit properties, including the matrimonial home, pending domestic violence proceedings filed by his wife. The wife had sought an interim injunction under Order XXXIX of the CPC, …
The appellant and respondent, married since 1986, are in matrimonial discord. The respondent filed a petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and an interim injunction under Order XXXIX of the CPC, which the trial court granted, restraining the appellant from …
Swapnil Navinkumar Mahendrakar filed a miscellaneous civil application against his wife Sonali Navinkumar Mahendrakar under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The parties subsequently reached an amicable settlement of their dispute. The applicant, through counsel, sought leave …
The applicant, Smt Poonam, filed an application under Section 529 of the Bharatiye Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita seeking a direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 2, Ghaziabad, to dispose of a pending domestic‑violence case (Case No. 318 of 2025) filed under Section 12 of the …
The applicant, Sarman Kushwaha, challenged an order dated 06‑12‑2025 of the Family Court, Mahoba, which had issued a recovery warrant and an arrest warrant to enforce arrears of interim maintenance granted to his wife under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The wife had obtained interim …
The High Court entertained an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 filed by Smt Gayatri and two others seeking a direction to the Gram Nyayalay, Chauri Chaura, to decide a pending complaint (Case No. 2557 of 2018) filed under Section 31 of the Protection of …
The applicant Ilma Khan filed an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a court direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No. 6, Aligarh, to decide a pending domestic‑violence case (Case No. 400 of 2024) within a stipulated period. The …
The petitioners, Vishnu Sikarwar and another, filed an application under Section 528 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking to quash a summoning order dated 24‑07‑2024 and the entire criminal proceedings (Complaint No. 16636 of 2023) under Section 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Protection of Women …
The wife, Preeti Viraj Mane, residing in Pune with her seven‑year‑old son who is a slow learner, applied to transfer a marriage petition filed by her husband in the Family Court at Bandra to the Civil Court at Pimpri. She argued that she has no independent income, depends on her parents, and faces a …
The petitioners filed a criminal writ petition seeking the quashing of domestic violence (D.V.) proceedings (C.C. No.540/DV/2025) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and prayed for various protection and monetary reliefs. The petition alleged serious …
The petitioner, Vijaylaxmi Amit Bali, sought quashing of two criminal complaints filed by her husband under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The complaints (CR No.353/2019 and FIR No.470/2021) alleged offences such as cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. The parties reconciled and …
The petitioner, Vijaylaxmi Amit Bali, sought quashing of two criminal complaints filed by her husband under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The complaints (CR No.353/2019 and FIR No.470/2021) alleged offences such as cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. The parties reconciled and …
Ankita Sharma filed an application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to quash a summoning order dated 22‑12‑2022 issued by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gorakhpur, in a criminal complaint (Case No. 3978 of 2017) filed by her husband Nitin Sharma alleging offences under various IPC …
Smt. Abhilasha Tiwari filed a transfer application seeking to move her matrimonial suit (Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act) from the Family Court in Varanasi to the Family Court in Ballia, citing hardship in attending proceedings due to lack of income and distance. The opposite party, Ashish …
Smt. Neha Chaudhary filed a Section 23 application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 for interim maintenance in a Ghaziabad court, which remained pending. She approached the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction that the lower court decide the application within a …
The Applicants, who were original respondents in a domestic violence (DV) proceeding, filed an application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking quash of the DV complaint against them, arguing that the complaint contains no specific allegations against them. The State contended that the remedy of …
The Applicants, who were original respondents in a domestic violence (DV) proceeding, filed an application under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking quash of the DV complaint against them, arguing that the complaint contains no specific allegations against them. The State contended that the remedy of …
The applicant, Gulnaz Bano, filed an application under Section 529 of the BNSS seeking a court order directing the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Kanpur to decide a pending complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act filed in 2018. The applicant argued that the case had been …
The applicant, Shanti, filed an application under Section 529 of the BNSS seeking a court order directing the trial court to decide a pending Domestic Violence Act (Section 12) application within a fixed time. The High Court examined whether it could impose a time‑bound schedule for disposal of the …
The applicant, Smt. Sonam, filed an application under Section 529 CrPC seeking a High Court direction that the trial court expedite a domestic‑violence complaint (Case No. 3090 of 2024) and an interim‑maintenance application filed under Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence …
The petitioner, Pooja, filed a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to the Civil Judge Junior Division, FTC (14th Financial Commission), Sonebhadra, to decide Matrimonial Case No. 259 of 2024 filed under Section 23 of the Protection of Women …
The petitioners, both adults, claimed to have married of their own free will and sought a writ of mandamus to prevent interference by the father of one petitioner, alleging threats to their life and liberty. The State counsel argued that the marriage was void or voidable because the male petitioner …
The applicant, Sajid (also known as Asif), challenged recovery and arrest warrants issued against him for arrears of interim maintenance granted to his wife under Section 125 CrPC. The wife had obtained interim maintenance on 22.01.2019 and later filed an application under Section 147 BNSS for …
Pratik Kumar filed a criminal revision challenging a Family Court order that directed him to pay interim maintenance of Rs 12,000 to one party and Rs 5,000 to another, totaling Rs 17,000 per month. He argued that the trial court failed to consider his financial situation and the existing maintenance …
The applicant, Ishtiyak Ahmad, filed an application under Section 528 of the Bihar Nagar Seva Samiti Act seeking to set aside a Gram Nyayalaya order dated 31‑03‑2026 passed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. He contended that the Family Court had earlier …
The applicant, Richa, filed a transfer application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, seeking to move a criminal complaint from Sambhal to Moradabad on the ground of personal threat. The applicant argued that justice would be served if she could appear via …
The husband filed an application under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to transfer a Domestic Violence (DV) application (No. 17 of 2023) filed by his wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, from the Metropolitan Magistrate, Railway …
Satish Jagdish Shakkya filed a criminal application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (equivalent to Section 482 of the CrPC) seeking to quash proceedings initiated by the State of Maharashtra under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV No.63 of …
The petitioner, a mother, filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking the return of her 5‑year‑old daughter who was residing with her husband (respondent No.2). She had already filed an application for interim custody before the JMFC, Kalyan under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, but …
The applicants, Manoj N. Sattyavijay and others, filed an application under Section 447 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking transfer of a Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) case (No. 92 of 2026) from the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Thane to the …
The petitioner challenged a 15 December 2021 order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class granting house‑rent and maintenance to his wife and daughter under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and a subsequent appellate confirmation. He argued that the affidavit required by the …
The petitioner, Sopan Ramchandra Kajale, challenged a 15 December 2021 order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Chandwad, which directed payment of house rent and maintenance to his wife and daughter under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and a subsequent order …
The husband, Omkar Sitaram Parab, applied to transfer a domestic violence proceeding filed by his wife, Deepali Omkar Parab, from the JMFC, Mulund to the Family Court, Bandra, arguing that he had already filed a restitution of conjugal rights suit in the latter court and that transfer would save …
The applicant, wife of the respondent, filed a transfer application seeking to move the divorce petition pending in the Family Court, Belapur, to the Family Court, Bandra, on grounds of personal safety and convenience. She alleges that the respondent, a politically influential person, has lodged …
The appellant, Hetal Parmar, appealed an ex parte decree of dissolution of marriage granted by the Family Court under Section 13(1)(i-a) and (i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on grounds of desertion and cruelty. She claimed she was unable to defend the petition because her advocate failed to …
The petitioner, Nisheeth Chandrachoor, challenged a notification dated 05.05.2026 by the Bihar Public Service Commission that reserved all 101 Sub‑Divisional Protection Officer posts exclusively for women, alleging it violated Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Constitution and exceeded the scope of the …
Guddu Sharma filed a criminal revision challenging an order that granted his wife interim maintenance of Rs.1,500 per month. He argued that the trial magistrate and appellate court failed to consider his income and the fact that his wife has a regular teaching salary. The High Court examined Section …
The applicants, Mohd Azam and five others, filed an application under Section 482 of the CrPC challenging a notice issued by a magistrate under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The matter had earlier been referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of the …
The applicants, comprising a husband and his in‑laws, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS seeking to quash a domestic‑violence complaint (Case No. 878 of 2023) filed by the wife. The wife had left the matrimonial home after a dispute and initiated criminal proceedings under Section 12 …
The husband, Kamlesh Kumar Shriwastva, filed an application under Section 528 of the CrPC seeking to quash an ex‑parte order dated 27‑08‑2025 passed by the Civil Judge (J.D.)/F.T.C. in a domestic‑violence case (Swati Srivastava v. Kamlesh Kumar Shriwastva). The order had granted the wife interim …
The applicants, a husband and his in‑laws, filed an application under Section 528 of the BNSS (inherent jurisdiction) seeking to quash the order dated 08‑01‑2025 and the subsequent proceedings under Sections 12, 18, 19 and 22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, issued by the …
The revisionist Rinki filed a petition under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which led a Civil Judge to order Rs 2,000 as rent and Rs 2,500 as monthly maintenance on 27‑Oct‑2023. Rinki appealed (Appeal 147/2023) seeking higher amounts, while the opposite party Prasun …
Anurag Yadav and another appealed a trial court order that directed the husband to pay Rs.4,000 as house rent, Rs.6,000 as monthly maintenance and Rs.2 lakh as compensation under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The husband contended that he earned only Rs.450 per day, was …
The applicant Subuktara Khatoon filed an application under Section 529 of the CPC seeking expeditious disposal of a domestic violence complaint (Case No. 2113 of 2024) pending before the Junior Division/F.T.C., Kushinagar. The trial court was at the ex parte stage, and the applicant requested that …
The applicant, Smt Prasuna Devi, filed an application under Section 529 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking an order for the speedy disposal of a pending Domestic Violence complaint (Case No. 1485/2023) before the Fast Track Court in Firozabad. The applicant alleged that the respondents were …
The applicant, Smt. Anita, filed an application under Section 529 of the CPC seeking speedy disposal of her domestic violence case (Case No. 226 of 2024) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The trial court had recorded statements of informant witnesses …
The applicant, Smt. Radhika Devi, filed an application under Section 529 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking an expeditious disposal of a recovery case (No. 298/XII/2018) filed under Section 31(1) of the Domestic Violence Act. The recovery case, arising from a domestic violence petition filed on …
The applicant, Smt Upasna, filed an application under Section 529 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking an expeditious disposal of a pending domestic violence case (Case No. 401 of 2025) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The case had been pending since 29 …
The applicants, who are in‑laws of the opposite party, filed an application under Section 528 of the CrPC seeking to quash the entire proceedings in a domestic‑violence case (Smt. Anita v. Yogesh & Ors.) pending before the Additional Civil Judge, Saharanpur. The opposite party had earlier obtained …
The applicant, an 86‑year‑old senior citizen, filed an application under Section 529 of the B.N.S.S. seeking an expeditious disposal of Complaint Case No. 257 of 2020 (Smt. Shivali Agarwal v. Amodh Agarwal and others), which is pending before the Judicial Magistrate‑II, Agra under Section 12 of the …
The 55‑year‑old father filed a revision application seeking maintenance from his 28‑year‑old son after the Family Court rejected his earlier criminal miscellaneous application. The Family Court had noted that the father’s marriage to the mother of the son was under Muslim personal law, that the …
The petitioners filed a criminal revision before the Allahabad High Court challenging an order dated 31.01.2024 of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ghaziabad, which had affirmed a lower court's decision granting maintenance of Rs.20,000 per month to the wife under Section 23 of the …
The applicant, Smt. Savita, filed an application under Section 529 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking a direction to the Learned Judicial Magistrate, Court No.3, Aligarh, to expedite the pending domestic violence case (Case No. 1367 of 2025) filed under the Protection of Women from Domestic …
Prema Devi filed an application under Section 529 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking an expeditious disposal of a pending domestic violence case (Case No. 471 of 2018) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The case had been pending since 2013 before the …
The applicant, Mahesh Chandra, filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash an interim maintenance order dated 11 May 2023 and a subsequent arrest warrant dated 18 February 2026. The maintenance order, issued under Section 23 of the Protection of Women from …
The applicants filed an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash the proceedings in State v. Mukesh Kumar (Case No. 2978 of 2023) pending before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate‑III, Ghaziabad. They contended that the cognizance order dated 09‑11‑2023 was …
Anuj, the husband, filed a criminal revision challenging the order dated 26‑09‑2025 of the Judicial Magistrate, Mathura, which had partly allowed the application of respondents under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 for interim maintenance. The petitioner argued …
The applicant filed a Section 482 Cr.P.C. application seeking to quash an ex‑parte maintenance order dated 20‑10‑2014 and a subsequent order dated 06‑11‑2023 that rejected his request to recall the ex‑parte order. He alleged that he was falsely implicated and that his legally wedded wife, the …
The applicant, Reema Maurya, filed an application under Section 529 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking an expeditious disposal of her pending complaint (Case No. 44893 of 2022) filed under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act. The matter, originating in 2022, had not yet reached a conclusion …
The applicant, Naim, filed a Section 528 BNSS application in the Allahabad High Court seeking to quash an order dated 17 September 2025 issued by a Village Court that had authorized a recovery warrant and a conditional non‑bailable arrest warrant against him under Section 12 of the Protection of …
The applicants filed an application under Section 529 of the Code of Civil Procedure seeking an expeditious disposal of a pending domestic violence case (Case No. 223 of 2021) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The trial court had been handling the matter …
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. seeking to quash a summoning order dated 20‑07‑2018 issued by Judicial Magistrate‑I, Gorakhpur, and the related criminal proceedings (Case No. 1050 of 2017) for offences under Sections 323, 452, 504 and 506 IPC. The dispute arose from …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 seeking to quash a criminal complaint (case no. 1126 of 2026) filed by the mother‑in‑law under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The complaint named the daughter‑in‑law and also her father and brothers, who …
The applicants filed a Section 482 Cr.P.C. application seeking to quash the order dated 26 September 2023 of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagina, and the entire proceeding of Complaint Case No. 256 of 2023 under Sections 18‑22 of the Domestic Violence Act. The matter had been referred …
Manoj Sahani, accused under IPC sections 498A, 304B and the Domestic Violence Act for the alleged dowry‑related death of his wife, has been in judicial custody since June 2022. He filed a second bail application, arguing that the trial has been delayed for almost four years because prosecution …
The petitioners, Rupaben and her son, filed a domestic‑violence application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and were awarded a maintenance of Rs.1,600 per month by the Judicial Magistrate. Unsatisfied, they appealed and the Additional Sessions Judge enhanced the amount …
The applicants filed a Section 528 B.N.S.S. application seeking to quash a criminal proceeding arising from a Section 12 complaint under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, filed by the respondent wife. The trial court had proceeded ex‑parte and ordered the applicants to pay …
The accused filed a revision petition in the Allahabad High Court challenging a July 1, 2025 order of the Judicial Magistrate, Meerut that dismissed their discharge application under Section 239 of the Criminal Procedure Code in a case involving offences under Sections 498A, 323, 354, 504, 506 IPC …
The High Court examined a criminal revision filed by Smt Komal Lakhani challenging a Family Court order that granted her Rs 15,000 per month as maintenance from her husband, effective only from March 2022. The court noted that the parties were married in 2014, cohabited for less than a month, and …
The applicants filed a Section 528 B.N.S.S. application seeking to quash a criminal proceeding initiated under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, in which the opposite party alleged domestic violence by her husband and his relatives. The court examined the …
The applicants filed a Section 528 BNSS application seeking to quash a notice dated 12‑July‑2024 and related proceedings in a domestic‑violence case (Case No. 127/12/24, Nitesh v. Amit). The applicants, who are in‑laws and a sister‑in‑law of the opposite party, alleged that the complaint filed by …
The husband and wife, married in 2000, lived separately from 2022 and entered into a mediated Settlement Agreement in May 2024 that provided for a mutual‑consent divorce, payment of Rs 75 lakh, a car purchase, jewellery hand‑over and other financial transfers. The first motion for divorce was …
The husband (applicant) sought a revision of the Family Court's order granting his wife maintenance under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C., claiming he could not afford the payment and that his wife was capable of earning for herself. The Court examined the evidence of cruelty, the wife's inability to …
The petitioner, Kamni Devi, filed a petition under Section 482 CrPC seeking to quash a revisional court order that had set aside a trial court’s cognizance of offences under Sections 323, 498A IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The trial court had taken cognizance of alleged cruelty, …
The applicants filed an application under Section 528 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash a summons and the entire criminal proceeding (Case No. 949/2023) arising from offences under Sections 498‑A, 323, 506 IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Domestic Violence Act. They claimed that the …
The applicant, Smt. Hasina Khatoon, sought maintenance of Rs.2.64 lakh under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, after the husband repeatedly defaulted on payments despite an interim order of Rs.8,000 per month. The husband was sent to civil prison for non‑payment, but the …
Phool Chandra Yadav filed a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution seeking to set aside a judgment of the Sessions Judge dated 11 February 2026 in a criminal appeal under section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and an order of the Gram Nyayalaya dated 9 July …
The applicants filed a petition under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to quash an ex‑parte order dated 10 October 2017 passed by the Additional Session Judge, which had allowed the opposite party, Smt. Gulnaj Bano, to reside in a house. The order arose from an appeal against an …
Bhagwan Das filed a criminal revision challenging the trial court’s order granting Rs 3,000 per month maintenance and a Rs 5,00,000 one‑time compensation to his wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and the appellate court’s affirmation of the same. The revisionist …
The wife filed a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 alleging physical, mental and economic abuse and sought interim maintenance under Section 23. The trial court granted modest interim maintenance, which was partially modified by the District & …
The applicant, Smt. Pinki Devi, filed a criminal transfer application under Section 407 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to move a domestic violence case (Case No. 121 of 2020) from the Judicial Magistrate Court, Bhoganipur, Kanpur Dehat to the District Court, Fatehpur, invoking Section 12 of …
Rahul filed a criminal revision challenging the Sessions Judge's order granting interim maintenance of Rs.4500 per month to the opposite party under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The trial court had based the interim award on a prima facie assessment of …
Lekhraj filed a criminal revision challenging orders that dismissed his claims in a domestic violence petition and a related criminal matter. He argued that no domestic violence was committed by him or his family and that the petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic …
The applicants Pradeep Singh Thakur and another filed a Section 528 BNSS application seeking to quash an interim order dated 26‑08‑2025 passed by a Civil Judge under Sections 12, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The order directed the applicants and …
Sabina Lakdawala filed an application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act seeking interim relief, and the Metropolitan Magistrate ordered the respondents to pay maintenance and house rent. Both parties appealed; the appellate court dismissed the respondents' appeal and partially …
Sabina Lakdawala filed an application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act seeking interim maintenance, which the Metropolitan Magistrate ordered at Rs.1,25,000 per month plus house rent. Both Sabina and the respondents (Feroz and Noorie Lakdawala) appealed; the appellate court …
The petitioners, a 21‑year‑old woman and a 20‑year‑old man, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State not to interfere with their marital life, alleging threats from the woman's father. The State argued that the marriage was void or voidable under the Prohibition of Child Marriage …
Vikas Ranjan filed applications before the Patna High Court seeking to quash criminal proceedings (Cr. Misc. Nos. 53810 and 27233 of 2024) that had been instituted under IPC sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 498A/34 and the Domestic Violence Act sections 3 and 4. The petitioner produced a judgment of the …
The petitioners Yashpal Bharti and his family sought to quash an order dated 08‑04‑2024 passed by the Additional District Judge‑III, Gaya, which directed them to provide temporary residence and a monthly allowance of Rs 10,000 to Nish Raj, the complainant under the Protection of Women from Domestic …
The petitioners, relatives of Komal Nikhilesh Anand, were accused in a complaint by Akhilesh Anand of demanding Rs 25 lakh, threatening, and stealing jewellery and cash from his house. The petitioners contended that the complaint was a retaliatory, malicious prosecution arising from a 498A case …
The applicant, Raju Singh, filed an application under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S. seeking to quash a non‑bailable warrant dated 25‑08‑2025 and a recovery warrant dated 05‑10‑2024 issued by the Family Court, Mainpuri, for enforcement of a maintenance order under Section 125 CrPC. The applicant …
Petitioner Priti Kumari filed an application under Section 24 of the CPC seeking transfer of her divorce suit from the Family Court at Saharsa to the Family Court at Muzaffarpur. She alleged dowry demands, physical torture and cited three related proceedings pending in Muzaffarpur – a criminal case …
The petitioners, a 20‑year‑old woman and a 19‑year‑old man, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the State not to interfere with their marital life and to provide protection, alleging harassment by the woman's father. The State argued that the marriage was void or voidable under the …
The parties were married in 1996 and later lived separately, with the husband filing for divorce on grounds of cruelty in 2009. The Family Court granted the divorce in 2019, which the High Court affirmed in 2023. The wife appealed, seeking a payment of Rs.10,00,000 towards their daughter's marriage …
The appellants, relatives of the respondent Vidhi Rawal, sought to quash a domestic‑violence application filed by the respondent under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, by invoking the High Court's inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Criminal …
The complainant alleged dowry demands, mental and physical harassment by her husband and in‑laws, and implicated the appellant Geddam Jhansi (her mother‑in‑law’s sister) and her son Geddam Sathyakama Jabali as pressurising her to obey her husband’s wishes. The High Court declined to quash criminal …
The appellants were charged under Sections 306 and 34 IPC for allegedly abetting the suicide of their daughter-in-law, who had committed suicide on 20 March 2015 after a family dispute and a court‑ordered mahalokadalat. The prosecution’s case hinged on the claim that the appellants' words at the …
The appellant, a wife, obtained a maintenance order of Rs.12,000 per month and Rs.1,00,000 compensation under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 in 2015. The respondent husband later filed an application under Section 25 seeking to set aside that order and to …
The appellant-wife filed criminal and civil proceedings alleging cruelty, hurt and dowry demands by her husband, leading to multiple interim maintenance orders. After nine years of separation, failed reconciliations and pending litigations, the parties mutually agreed that the marriage was …
The appellant, a Muslim husband, obtained a triple talaq and was ordered by the Family Court to pay interim maintenance of Rs.20,000 per month to his divorced wife, which the High Court reduced to Rs.10,000. He appealed, arguing that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not …
The case concerned the guardianship of two minor children of Colonel Ramneesh Pal Singh and Sugandhi Aggarwal. The Family Court had awarded permanent custody to the father with visitation rights to the mother, but the Delhi High Court set aside that order and ordered shared custody. The Supreme …
The appellant, Achin Gupta, was the sole accused in a chargesheet under IPC sections 323, 406, 498A and 506 arising from an FIR filed by his wife alleging dowry demands and cruelty. The FIR was lodged in April 2021, more than two years after the husband had filed a divorce petition and after the …
The Constitution Bench examined the scope of Article 142(1) of the Constitution, holding that the Supreme Court may depart from statutory procedure and even substantive law to achieve "complete justice" provided the exercise is guided by fundamental public policy. It ruled that, in cases of …
The appellant, a widow, alleged that after her husband's death she was harassed by her in‑laws and denied her stridhana, prompting her to file an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking protection, residence and compensation orders. The trial …
The appellant, a wife, filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 in 2018 seeking protection under Sections 17 and 18. The respondent husband filed a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC to quash the proceedings, arguing that the application …
The petitioner, a Spanish citizen, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a habeas corpus order for custody of his two minor children who were residing with their mother (respondent No.6) in Kolkata. The petitioner had already instituted a petition under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards …
The appellant, a mother‑in‑law, sought anticipatory bail after an FIR was lodged under Section 498A IPC and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 alleging that her son had pronounced triple talaq on his wife. The Kerala High Court denied the bail application, prompting an …
The appellant, Smt. S. Vanitha, sought to remain in a house that she claimed was her matrimonial home and a "shared household" under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act). Her parents‑in‑law, invoking the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 …
The husband appealed against a Family Court order granting interim maintenance of Rs 15,000 per month to his wife and Rs 10,000 per month to his son under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C., which was affirmed by the Bombay High Court. The Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' orders, directed the husband …
The parties, married in 2009, have been living apart since 2016, with the mother, Mrs. Ritika Sharan, caring for their son Sattik while employed in Singapore. The father, Mr. Sujoy Ghosh, obtained interim orders from the Family Court restraining the mother from taking the child out of Bengaluru and …
Satish Chander Ahuja, the father‑in‑law, owned a house in New Delhi and sued his daughter‑in‑law Sneha Ahuja for mandatory and permanent injunction to remove her from the first floor. Sneha had earlier filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, …
Aishwarya Atul Pusalkar, the wife of respondent No.8, sought a writ directing the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) to re‑house her in two flats (Nos. 601 & 602) of the redeveloped building, which she claimed as her matrimonial home. The High Court dismissed the writ, …
Krishnaveni Rai, the appellant, obtained a decree of divorce from her first husband in 2005 and filed an appeal against that decree almost a year after the limitation period, which was later condoned. While the appeal was pending, she married Pankaj Rai in December 2014. The respondent sought a …
The marriage between the respondent and appellant No.14 was solemnised in Rajasthan, after which the couple lived in Chennai. In 2014 the respondent travelled to Bengaluru for her sister's wedding and subsequently refused to return to the matrimonial home, alleging domestic violence by her husband, …
The appellant and respondent were married in 1998 and later lived separately, leading the husband to file a suit for dissolution of marriage which was dismissed by the trial, district and high courts. While the appeal was pending before the Supreme Court, the parties reached an amicable settlement …
Rupali Devi left her matrimonial home after enduring cruelty by her husband and his relatives and sought refuge at her parental home. She filed a complaint under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code alleging cruelty. The central issue was whether the courts at the location of the parental home have …
The first respondent, a widow, filed a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking interim maintenance for herself and her minor child after being denied residence in the ancestral joint family house where she had lived with her husband. The trial …
The father of 19‑year‑old Thushara filed a habeas‑corpus petition alleging that his daughter was being held in illegal custody by her husband, Nandakumar, who was allegedly under the marriageable age of 21 at the time of their ceremony. The Kerala High Court held that the marriage was not legally …
The wife filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking maintenance, and a Metropolitan Magistrate granted interim maintenance of Rs.2,50,000 per month. The husband failed to comply, leading to execution proceedings and an appeal before the …
The Supreme Court examined a criminal appeal challenging the summoning of the husband’s relatives under Section 498A of the IPC in a dowry‑harassment case. It observed that a large number of 498A cases are filed in the heat of the moment, often without bona‑fide evidence, leading to uncalled‑for …
The appellant, Manmohan Attavar, contested an ex‑parte interim order of the Karnataka High Court that allowed the respondent, Neelam Manmohan Attavar, to occupy his Bengaluru premises under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The respondent claimed to be the appellant’s …
The husband appealed against an interim order of the Family Court that, under Section 19(1)(b) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, directed him to vacate the shared matrimonial house pending a divorce petition on grounds of cruelty. The wife alleged mental and physical …
The father‑in‑law filed a suit in the Judge, Small Causes Court seeking possession of a flat, claiming he was the licensor and the daughter‑in‑law a gratuitous licensee. The daughter‑in‑law filed a counter‑claim for a residence order under Section 19 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence …
Manish Jain filed for divorce against his wife Akanksha Jain, who subsequently sought interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, claiming she had no independent income. The trial court dismissed her application, but the Delhi High Court later ordered the husband to pay Rs.60,000 …
The Supreme Court examined the definition of "respondent" in Section 2(q) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which limited it to an "adult male person". The Court held that this restriction bore no rational relation to the Act's purpose of protecting women from all forms of …
The wife filed an application under Sections 12, 18‑22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking maintenance for herself and her children, alleging mental and physical abuse, the husband’s second marriage and failure to pay alimony after a dismissed divorce petition. The …
The appellant, a wife, filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking seizure of her stridhan held by her husband after they were judicially separated. The trial court, Sessions Court and High Court dismissed the application on the grounds …
The appellant, Juveria Abdul Majid Patni, married Atif Iqbal Mansoori under Muslim rites in 2005 and alleged physical abuse and cruelty, leading her to file an FIR under Sections 498A and 406 IPC in 2007. She obtained an ex parte Khula (divorce) from a Mufti on 9 May 2008, which the respondent …
Meena Chaudhary, married in 1973, claimed that her husband (Respondent No.4) deserted her in 1989 and that subsequent divorce decrees from Bhutan, England and Jorhat were invalid. She filed a suit under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 seeking protection, residence, monetary …
The appellant, Santosh Bakshi, filed a complaint under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against her in‑laws alleging dowry harassment. After a compromise was reached, her brother‑in‑law filed an affidavit claiming the complaint was false and sought action under Section 182 of …
