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Written Arguments on the main petition favoring husband
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For many years the media have denied the extent of domestic violence by women against men. This article outlines the truth that women are equally as violent as men.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE APPELLATE JURISDICTION Amk CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 160 OF 2011 Sejal Dharmesh Ved Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.
.. Applicant .. Re Respondents
Mr. Mr. Amit S. Dhutia i/b Niranjan Mundargi for the Applicant. Mrs. A. A. Mane, APP for Respondent No.1-State. CORAM DATE
: MRS. ROSHAN DALVI, J. : 7th MARCH, 2013.
P.C. 1.
The applicant-wife has challenged the order of the Court of
Sessions at Greater Bombay dated 27.10.2010 holding that her application under the Prevention of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (D.V Act) is not maintainable because she was not in any domestic relationship.
2.
The ap applicant ma married on on 04 04.05.1999.
She li l ived wi with he h er
husband husband in the the US. There are are two issues issues from from the marri marriage. age. She returned returned to India on 11.02.2009.
3.
She filed her application under the D.V Act on 18.01.2010.
4.
The learned Judge has considered that under these circumstances,
she having come to India in February, February, 2009 and having filed this application in January January,, 2010, there was no domestic domestic relationship relationship between the parties. parties. The learne learned d Judge Judge has consid considered ered the definiti definition on of domesti domesticc relati relationsh onship. ip.
Of
course, that relationship is defined to be one of which the party then lived and had earlier lived. That would be during the subsistence of the union between them. The application application under the D. V. V. Act could be filed, filed, when the marriage marriage
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union subsisted subsisted.. That having having came came to an an end and long after after the physical physical relationship came to be an end, she having returned to India, she cannot be taken to be living in any domestic relationship in India.
5.
A wi wife wh who li lived in in a do domestic re relationship ea earlier, bu but wh which
ceases only because of any domestic violence violence can certainly certainly file an applicatio application n for such domestic violence that took place whilst she lived in that relationship. Such application is required to be filed within a reasonable time to show that relationsh relationship ip would give her the cause of action to sue under the D.V. D.V. Act for the reliefs under the Act.
6.
A wife who has returned from the USA and consequently from the
domestic relationship and lived in India for one year cannot file an application with regard to that relationship after such time. Such wife cannot be taken to be in any domestic relationship. The order of the learned learned Judge is, therefore, correct correct..
The writ petiti petition on is complet completely ely devoid devoid of merits merits and accordin accordingly gly
