Court : Mumbai Aurangabad
..... in the proceedings filed under the provisions of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (for short "domestic violence act"), direction is given against the present petitioner, husband to return dahej (jahez) articles to the respondent or to pay rs.2,00,000/- in lump sum towards the price of those articles to the present respondent. 3. ..... further, in chapter iv there are provisions made regarding procedure for obtaining reliefs. ..... in the proceedings filed under domestic violence act, many reliefs were claimed but the aforesaid relief is granted by the sessions court in criminal appeal. ..... it was mainly submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that it is the contention of the husband that the parties have taken divorce by mutual consent and document of khulanama has been executed and so the proceeding is not tenable under the provisions of domestic violence act. ..... in that matter, protection order was claimed when divorce was given by competent court in favour of the husband and during the relevant period of one year or immediately before filing of the application under this act, there was no conjugal relationship. ..... the petition is filed to challenge the judgment and order passed in criminal appeal no.73 of 2012, which was pending in the court of 3rd additional sessions judge, aurangabad. ..... as the order of return of these ornaments was made on 1st march, 2014, it can be said that the value of the ornaments was required to be ascertained as on 1st march, 2014. .....
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