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..... (i) a missing children s report on 19.08.2015; and thereafter (ii) an application under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (the dv act ) on 17.08.2015. ..... leaving this part of the appeal, one particular paragraph in the acp skeleton argument deserves to be widely understood and, i would strongly urge, accepted: 'much like an allegation of domestic abuse; the decision about whether or not a parent has alienated a child is a question of fact for the court to resolve and not a diagnosis that can or should ..... wellbeing of the children; (iii) the ability to provide physical surroundings conducive to growing adolescents but also take into consideration the preference of the minor children as mandated under section 17(3) of the act.3 furthermore, we are equally conscious that the stability of surrounding(s) of the minor children is also a consideration to be weighed appropriately.413. ..... she shall also be entitled to visit the minor children and take them out with her from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, on every second and fourth sunday, at the station, where the minor children are staying, ..... petition under section 7, 9 and 25 of the guardian and wards act, 1890 (the act ) before the family court seeking custody of the minor children on 21.11. ..... consideration of the court whilst deciding an application for guardianship under the slp (c) no.28466 of 2023 page 12 of 27 act in exercise of its parens patriae jurisdiction would be the welfare of the minor children.19. .....
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..... the immoral traffic (prevention) act, 1956 the information technology act, 2000 the indecent representation of women (prohibition) act, 1986 (b) legal maxims (c) medical ..... act, 1984, the environment (protection) act, 1986, the wild life (protection) act, 1972, the indian penal code, 1860, the code of criminal procedure, 1973, the indian evidence act, 1872, the narcotic drugs & psychotropic substances act, 1985, the negotiable instruments act, 1881, the protection of children from sexual offence act, 2012, the juvenile justices (care & protection of children) act, 2015, the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (prevention of atrocities) act, 1989, the prevention of corruption act, 1988 the electricity act, 2003, the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 .....
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..... the crpc is independent of and in addition to maintenance that could be awarded under the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 (for short, 2005 act ) which is applicable to an aggrieved woman in a shared household as defined under the provisions of the aforesaid act.8. ..... 8 scc90 this court while considering section 17 along with other provisions of the domestic violence act, 2005 opined as under: 60. ..... thus, the 1986 act expands the protection of women and ought to ..... the preamble of the 1986 act reads as under: an act to protect the rights of muslim women who have been divorced by, or have obtained divorce from, their husbands and to provide for matters connected ..... therefore, appear to be violative of article 14 of the constitution mandating equality and equal protection of law to all persons otherwise similarly circumstanced and also violative of article 15 of the constitution which prohibits any discrimination on the ground of religion as the act would obviously apply to muslim divorced women only and solely on the ground of their belonging to the muslim religion. ..... therefore, appear to be violative of article 14 of the constitution mandating equality and equal protection of law to all persons otherwise similarly circumstanced and also violative of article 15 of the constitution which prohibits any discrimination on the ground of religion as the act would obviously apply to muslim divorced women only and solely on the ground of their belonging to the muslim religion. .....
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..... protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 seeks to punish humiliation based on gender inequalities by specifically including the term humiliation in the definition of domestic ..... kerala reported in (2021) 1 scc733while discussing in the context of section 7 of the muslim women (protection of rights on marriage) act, 2019, elaborated on the requirement of the existence of a prima facie case under section 18 of the act, 1989 for the bar of anticipatory bail to become applicable, as follows: 25 ..... proposed to enjoining on the states and the union territories to take specific preventive and punitive measures to protect the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes from being victimised and where atrocities are committed, to provide adequate relief and assistance to rehabilitate them.21. ..... in 431 bc, an athenian statesman described that the concept of liberty was the outcome of two notions, firstly, protection of group from attack and secondly, the ambition of the group to realise itself as fully as possible through the self-realisation of the individual by way ..... , this court observed that if the complaint does not make out a prima facie case for applicability of the provisions of the act, 1989 then the bar created by sections 18 and 18-a(i) shall not apply and thus the court would not be precluded from granting pre-arrest bail to the accused persons.36. justice ravindra bhat, in his concurring judgment, observed that while considering any application seeking pre-arrest .....
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..... example, there are many legislations like the hindu marriage act, 1955, the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005, the negotiable instruments act, 1881 etc which prescribe specific time limits for the ..... a copy of such application to the party in whose favour such order has been made or the counsel of such party, the high court shall dispose of the application within a period of two weeks from the date on which it is received or from the date on which the copy of such application is so furnished, whichever is later, or where the high court is closed on the last day of that period, before the expiry of the next ..... courts, while passing orders of stay in serious cases like the offences under the pc act or serious offences against women and children, must be more cautious and circumspect. ..... before the high courts or other courts relating to the pc act or all other civil or criminal cases, where stay of proceedings in a pending trial is operating, stay will automatically lapse after six months from today unless extended by a speaking order on the above parameters. ..... power of doing complete justice under article 142 of the constitution of india are analogous to the constitutional provision as contained in clause (3) of article 2 226 of the constitution of india which has been inserted with effect from 1.8.1979 vide the constitution (forty-fourth amendment) act, 1978. ..... the court was dealing with a petition filed in the high court arising from a prosecution under the pc act. .....
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..... a domestic violence case against the first informant in october 2020 under the provisions of the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005.18. ..... , the fir no.95 of 2021 dated 09.04.2021 came to be lodged after a period of more than 11 months from page 12 of 36 the date the first informant left her matrimonial home and that too, only after the service of summons to her in the domestic violence case. ..... the appellant herein made the following submissions: - the appellant and his family had filed a divorce petition and also a domestic violence case against the first informant in 2019 and 2020 respectively. ..... of the divorce petition by the appellant and 6 months after the filing of the domestic violence case by her mother-in-law. ..... 13 of 36 the domestic violence case filed against the first ..... the fir lodged by the respondent no.2 was nothing but a counterblast to the divorce petition & also the domestic violence case.19. ..... a teacher and she used to leave the house at 7:00 hrs in the morning for the school and the first informant used to do all household works and when her mother-in-law returned from the school, she deliberately used to point out defects in her work and used to taunt the first informant that your family should have given gold bangles to me and now, you would ..... apprehending arrest in a case under section 498a of the ipc and section 4 of the dowry prohibition act, 1961, prayed for anticipatory bail before this court, having failed to obtain the same from the high court. .....
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..... the definition of the domestic violence in the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 contemplates harm or injuries that endanger the health, safety, life, limb or well- being, whether mental or physical, ..... the protection of women from domestic violence act, as the object behind its enactment would indicate, is to provide a civil remedy to victims of domestic violence as against the remedy in criminal law which is what is provided under section 498a ..... we, therefore, hold that the courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under section 498a ..... significance is the introduction of section 113a in the indian evidence act by the criminal law (second amendment) act, 1983 providing for presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to be drawn if such suicide had been committed within a period of seven years from the date of marriage of the married woman and she had ..... the impact on the mental health of the wife by overt acts on the part of the husband or his relatives; the mental stress and trauma of being driven away from the matrimonial home and her helplessness to go back to the same home for fear of being illtreated are aspects that cannot be ignored while understanding the meaning of the expression cruelty .....
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..... the definition of the domestic violence in the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 contemplates harm or injuries that endanger the health, safety, life, limb or well- being, whether mental or physical, ..... the protection of women from domestic violence act, as the object behind its enactment would indicate, is to provide a civil remedy to victims of domestic violence as against the remedy in criminal law which is what is provided under section 498a ..... we, therefore, hold that the courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under section 498a ..... significance is the introduction of section 113a in the indian evidence act by the criminal law (second amendment) act, 1983 providing for presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to be drawn if such suicide had been committed within a period of seven years from the date of marriage of the married woman and she had ..... the impact on the mental health of the wife by overt acts on the part of the husband or his relatives; the mental stress and trauma of being driven away from the matrimonial home and her helplessness to go back to the same home for fear of being illtreated are aspects that cannot be ignored while understanding the meaning of the expression cruelty .....
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..... the definition of the domestic violence in the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 contemplates harm or injuries that endanger the health, safety, life, limb or well- being, whether mental or physical, ..... the protection of women from domestic violence act, as the object behind its enactment would indicate, is to provide a civil remedy to victims of domestic violence as against the remedy in criminal law which is what is provided under section 498a ..... we, therefore, hold that the courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under section 498a ..... significance is the introduction of section 113a in the indian evidence act by the criminal law (second amendment) act, 1983 providing for presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to be drawn if such suicide had been committed within a period of seven years from the date of marriage of the married woman and she had ..... the impact on the mental health of the wife by overt acts on the part of the husband or his relatives; the mental stress and trauma of being driven away from the matrimonial home and her helplessness to go back to the same home for fear of being illtreated are aspects that cannot be ignored while understanding the meaning of the expression cruelty .....
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..... the definition of the domestic violence in the protection of women from domestic violence act, 2005 contemplates harm or injuries that endanger the health, safety, life, limb or well- being, whether mental or physical, ..... the protection of women from domestic violence act, as the object behind its enactment would indicate, is to provide a civil remedy to victims of domestic violence as against the remedy in criminal law which is what is provided under section 498a ..... we, therefore, hold that the courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under section 498a ..... significance is the introduction of section 113a in the indian evidence act by the criminal law (second amendment) act, 1983 providing for presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman to be drawn if such suicide had been committed within a period of seven years from the date of marriage of the married woman and she had ..... the impact on the mental health of the wife by overt acts on the part of the husband or his relatives; the mental stress and trauma of being driven away from the matrimonial home and her helplessness to go back to the same home for fear of being illtreated are aspects that cannot be ignored while understanding the meaning of the expression cruelty .....
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