The Kerala High Court has clarified that the Family Court has the legal authority to handle petitions for relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. “What is discerned from the provisions of Section 12 is that an agg...
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“Considering the undisputed status of wife’s residency in Australia, the provisions of Section 19 of the Act would not come to her rescue.” In a recent adjudication, the Allahabad High Court confronted an appeal brought forth by a petitioner under th...
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A bench led by Justice Vinay Joshi ordered an investigating officer to consider the evidence produced by the accused booked in case under Sections 498A and 306 of the IPC after his wife died by suicide. In a recent case, Nikhil Ashokrao Waghmare vs S...
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