Bombay HC voices concern over rise in trend of women misusing Domestic Violence Act: ‘to build pressure on estranged husband’
In order to constitute a relationship between two persons as a domestic relationship, they must live or at any point in time lived together, the Bench noted.
A single-judge bench of Justice R M Joshi on July 18 passed an order in the criminal application filed by the two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law, who were named by a woman in her complaint under the Domestic Violence Act. (Representational image) The Bombay High Court’s Aurangabad Bench recently raised its concern over the “trend” of estranged wives misusing the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, to file cases against their husbands and their family members, including distant relatives, even if they did not live together.
A single-judge bench of Justice R M Joshi on July 18 passed an order in the criminal application filed by the two brothers-in-law and a sister-in-law, who were named by a woman in her complaint under the Domestic Violence Act, seeking the quashing of proceedings against them.
The bench said, “Not only the husband and joint family members residing under one roof are made respondents but even distant relatives who have no domestic relationship are also roped in order to cause harassment and to build pressure on estranged husbands”.
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