An application filed under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act cannot be considered as a “complaint” and therefore, the procedures mentioned in sections 200-204 of the CrPC are not applicable to it

An application filed under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act cannot be considered as a “complaint” and therefore, the procedures mentioned in sections 200-204 of the CrPC are not applicable to it

During a recent hearing of a case in which a petitioner sought the quashing of criminal proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act pending in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Shillong, the Meghalaya High Court stated...

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