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Oct 12 2012 (HC)

R. Saravanan Vs. Pavathal

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 2012(4)MLJ(Crl)651

..... it was contended that the courts below have failed to appreciate that section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, as well as the other provisions of the act, would not apply for getting an entry into the house of the petitioner. 9. ..... hence, the petitioner has filed a petition praying for protection to her from domestic violence as per section 12 and 23 of protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005. 3. ..... further, the case has been filed under section 2 of protection of women from domestic violence act. ..... the learned judge opined that the appellant could in no way prevent the respondent from staying in her husband's place and should not create any disturbance to her while residing in the property. ..... the respondent in his counter had submitted that he is an agriculturist and that he had taken a loan of rs.20,000/- from the proprietor of murugan rice mill, ganapathypalayam and had also taken a loan from the primary agricultural co-operative bank and conducting agricultural business. ..... it is contended that subsequent to this the appellant / son had driven the respondent / mother from out of the house. .....

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Feb 26 2016 (HC)

P. Kalpana Vs. R. Saravanan @ Arumugam and Others

Court : Chennai

..... given 30 days time from the date of receipt of papers from the registry to file an appeal under section 29 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 before the competent court. ..... instituted m.c.no.2 of 2015 before the learned chief judicial magistrate, erode seeking several reliefs under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (hereinafter called 'd.v.act'). ..... committing domestic violence. ..... circumstances, the revision petitioner has to pursue the remedy provided under section 29 of the d.v.act, 2005 namely, court of sessions, erode. 13. ..... which runs as under: 'section 372 no appeal to lie unless otherwise provided: no appeal shall lie from any judgment or order of a criminal court except as provided for by this code or by any other law for the time being in force ..... act, 2005 which runs as under ..... appeal: there shall lie an appeal to the court of sessions within thirty days from the date on which the order made by the magistrate is served on the aggrieved person or the respondent, as the case may be, whichever is ..... thus, an order passed by the chief judicial magistrate under d.v.act will be an order passed by a magistrate within the meaning of section 29 of the said act and it is subject to the appeal remedy provided in section 29 of ..... counsel for the revision petitioner would submit that the learned chief judicial magistrate, erode dismissed the maintenance case by an erroneous order throwing open the rudimentary principles relating to domestic problems. .....

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Nov 30 2015 (HC)

V. Vinod Kumar Vs. V. Arunadevi

Court : Chennai

..... 2014, on the file of the learned judicial magistrate, ambattur, by which, the petition filed by mr.v.vinod kumar, husband/father of the minor child, sanjana and his mother, mrs.shanthi, under section 15 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, to provide assistance of medical and welfare experts to the wife/mother and to evaluate/assess her mental ability and attitude to contest the proceedings before the learned judicial magistrate, ambattur, has been dismissed. 3. ..... the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, 2005 (act 43 of 2005), is enacted to provide for more effective protection of the rights of women guaranteed under the constitution, who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family and for matters ..... application under section 25 of the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956, read with section 6 of the act, is maintainable, still the rights of the wife/mother, to seek for interim custody of the child, under section 21 of the domestic violence act, 2005, pending disposal of the main petition, ..... section 21 of the domestic violence act, deals with the custody orders and the same is extracted hereunder: notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the magistrate may, at any stage of hearing of the application for protection order or for any other relief under this act grant temporary custody of any child or children to the aggrieved person or the person making an application on her behalf and .....

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Mar 11 2013 (HC)

Dr.K.J.Mathiyalagan Vs. Miss.Dhivya

Court : Chennai

..... revision petitioners and the respondent herein, partly allowed the appeal, by modifying the order dated 23.06.2011 passed by the xvii metropolitan magistrate, saidapet, in crl.m.p.no.1945 of 2010, for alternate accommodation under section 19 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 instead of the relief of shared household granted under section 17 of the said act and directed the appellants / revision petitioners to pay a sum of rs.15,000/- towards rent to the respondent herein with effect ..... learned judge had assigned the reason that alternate accommodation should be given as per section 19 of protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, instead of the relief of the shared house hold granted under section 17 of the said act, and as such, the above order has been passed, which is sustainable under law.17. ..... the learned appellate judge ordered accommodation as per section 19 of protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, which is not relevant in the instant case as even as per the contentions of the respondent, she is an illegitimate child of the first ..... and her mother have no legal right under any provision of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, to live with the first revision petitioner. ..... counsel for the revision petitioners argued that the respondent cannot claim any relief for sharing the house along with the revision petitioners under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, and rules made thereunder. .....

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Oct 30 2012 (HC)

R. Prabhakar and Another Vs. Dr. V. Jothilakshmi

Court : Chennai

..... m.megala reported in 2011 (1) ctc 841 protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (43 of 2005), section 2(q) expression "respondent" occurring in section 2(q) would include second wife married by husband expression 'relative' should be given normal meaning in common parlance women who married husband of petitioner is certainly relative of such husband complaint maintainable ..... naik reported in 2010 cri.l.j.751 "protection of women from domestic violence act (43 of 2005), ss.2(q), 12, 19 - domestic violence relatives of husband or male partner referred to in provisio to s.2(q) cannot be only male relatives but can be female relatives also hence female relatives can also be respondents in application under section 12 filed by wife or female covered by ..... priyanka khanna & ors reported in 2010 (119) drj 182 "protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 section 20 excessive maintenance no concrete proof of high status and vast property of husband mere allegations made by the wife that husband was a man of status and had vast movable and immovable properties ..... air 2009 delhi 72 "protection of women from domestic violence act (2005), s.17 civil p.c. ..... learned judge held that the respondent herein is entitled to relief sought for under sections 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the act as prayed for under the protection of women from domestic violence act. ..... had levelled a case against the revision petitioners under the protection of women from domestic violence act. .....

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Jan 30 2014 (HC)

P.K.Nagarajan @ Meenakshisundara Vs. 1.N.Jeyarani

Court : Chennai

..... pointed out that in s.t.c.no.1777 of 2009, the respondents (wife and children) as petitioners have filed a petition/application under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 seeking the following reliefs as against the revision petitioner/husband: i].protection order under section - 18 i)prohibiting the respondent from committing any act of domestic violence against the petitioner; ii)prohibiting the respondent from committing any act of domestic violence against the parents and brother of the petitioner including filing false complaint against them by utilizing the cheques belong to ..... learned counsel for the petitioner takes a stand that even as per proviso to section 12 of protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, before passing any order on such application, the magistrate shall take into account any domestic incident report received by him from the protection officer or the service provider and also no such report received either from the protection officer or service provider and also no conclusion was arrived at as to whether it was satisfied that the petitioner committed any domestic violence against the respondents or not ..... . the 1st respondent/wife in her cr.m.p.no.47 of 2012 (filed under section 23 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005) has, inter alia, stated that she has no independent source of income sufficient to support herself and her two minor sons and to bear the necessary expenses of the legal proceeding .....

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Jan 08 2013 (HC)

1.K.Rajendran Vs. 1.Ambikavathy

Court : Chennai

..... 8.the specific argument advanced on behalf of the petitioners is that the learned judicial magistrate, valliyoor has recorded the sworn statement of the first respondent/wife and nowhere in the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, recording of sworn statement is permissible before passing an exparte order and in fact, the proceeding before the trial court under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 is a civil in nature and therefore, a summary procedure is to be followed like that of the one followed under section 125 of cr.p.c. ..... petitioners, the learned counsel for the first respondent/wife submits that the learned judicial magistrate has passed final orders in d.v.o.p.no.29 of 2012 on 21.09.2012 and as against the said final order as per section 23 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (act 43 of 2005), an appeal is to be preferred by the revision petitioners/respondents and in short, the present revision petition filed by them is not maintainable before this court. ..... 11.proceeding further, the learned counsel for the revision petitioners contends that as per sub section (2) of section 23 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, an affidavit in form not iii is to be filed by the first respondent/wife and no such affidavit has been filed by her and in fact, a sworn affidavit of the first respondent/wife cannot be construed as form iii. .....

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Jun 25 2013 (HC)

P.N.Elumalai Vs. E.Soundaravalli

Court : Chennai

..... as follows:- the respondent herein / complainant / wife has filed a case in c.c.no.4628 of 2009, on the file of ii metropolitan magistrate, egmore, chennai-8, against the revision petitioner / husband under section 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, stating that her husband had treated her cruelly and physically tortured her. ..... c.c.no.4628 of 2009, filed u/s 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, will not be applicable in the instant case.12. ..... (ii) d.velusamy versus d.patchaiammal reported in cdj2010sc951".protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005-section 2(f) - for getting maintenance under section ..... there were misunderstandings between the parties, as a result whereof, on 29th november, 2006, the respondent filed a petition before the magistrate under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, hereinafter referred to as the ".pwd act". ..... the wife mentally and physically as per section 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005?.".4. ..... no.v, chennai, confirming the conviction and sentence imposed in the judgment dated 24.08.2010 on the file of ii metropolitan magistrate, egmore, chennai made in c.c.no.4628 of 2009 convicting the petitioner u/s.18, 19(1)(2)(3)(4), 20(a), 20(b) and 22 of the protection of women and domestic violence act, 2005 and call for the records and acquit the petitioner from all the charges. .....

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Jan 09 2013 (HC)

Arivazhagan Vs. 1. M. Uma

Court : Chennai

..... wherein at page 521 (delhi) it is observed and held as follows:- "in view of the fact that remedy by way of an appeal is provided under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, he wishes to withdraw the petition with liberty to file an appeal in the court of the learned additional sessions judge (asj). ..... (filed by the first respondent/wife under section 128 of the criminal procedure code) is not maintainable to execute the order of maintenance passed under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, as if the said order and claim in m.c.no.5 of 2009 has been passed under section 125 of the criminal procedure code.5. ..... that ordinarily, the learned judicial magistrate exercising his functions under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 as a criminal court inferior to the court of sessions and ..... it is open to the revision petitioner/husband to prefer an appeal as per the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 as against the impugned order dated 23/4/2012 in c.m.p.no.9429 of 2010 passed by the learned judicial magistrate, aranthangi in the manner known to law and in accordance with law ..... be that as it may, in view of the fact that as per section 29 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, there is an effective and alternative remedy of filing of an appeal by the revision petitioner/husband as against the order dated 23/4/2012 in c.m.p.no.9459 of 2010 (m.c.no.5 of 2009) passed by the learned .....

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Jun 18 2014 (HC)

S.Z.Zuhhairullah Vs. Farhana Begum Falak Naaz

Court : Chennai

..... : criminal original petition filed under section 482 of the criminal procedure code, praying to quash the proceedings initiated by the respondent herein under the provisions of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 in c.c.no.7428 of 2013, on the file of the ii metropolitan magistrate court, egmore, chennai. ..... quash the c.c.no.7428 of 2013, on the file of the ii metropolitan magistrate, egmore based on a petition filed by the respondent herein under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, (hereinafter referred to as the 'act').2. ..... kerala high court held that the contentions that the benefits of the domestic violence act cannot be extended, since the muslim woman (protection of rights on divorce) act, 1986, is available was rejected holding that the muslim wifes are not excluded from the provisions of the domestic violence act.12. ..... court for the proposition that whatever may be the proceedings adopted by the husband to divorce his wife, who is an aggrieved person before the court below is not a ground to deny the privileges and protection given to a wife under the provisions of the domestic violence act. ..... to the averments in the petition, which will clearly show that it is motivated and the suit having been filed in december 2012 and the present petition filed under the provisions of the domestic violence act has been filed in november 2013 and the contradictions in the allegations itself would be sufficient to quash the petition. .....

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