Court : Karnataka Dharwad
..... sore, pursuant to which, among other proceedings the respondent-wife files a petition in crl.misc.no.2/2009 invoking section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 ( act for short). ..... relief sought for under sub-section (1) may include a relief for issuance of an order for payment of compensation or damages without prejudice to the right of such person to institute a suit for compensation or damages for the injuries caused by the acts of domestic violence committed by the respondent: provided that where a decree for any amount as compensation or damages has been passed by any court in favour of the aggrieved person, the amount, if any, paid or payable in pursuance of the order made by the magistrate under this act ..... shall be set off against the amount payable under such decree and the decree shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the code of civil procedure ..... for the purposes of this chapter, (a) minor means a person who, under the provisions of the indian majority act, 1875 (9 of 1875), is deemed not to have attained his majority; (b) wife includes a woman who has been divorced by, or has obtained a divorce from .....
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