The High Court of Orissa on Tuesday held that for maintaining proceedings under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, it is not necessary for the woman to have lived in a shared household with the accused at the time of making an application to the Magistrate. Justice S.K. Sahoo observed, “For subjecting a woman to any act of domestic violence as defined under section 3 of the P.W.D.V. Act and maintaining an application under section 12 of the P.W.D.V. Act, it is not necessary that the woman concerned must be living with the respondent under one roof or in a shared household at the time of presenting the application to the Magistrate.”
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/not-necessary-for-woman-to-share-household-with-accused-at-the-time-of-making-an-application-under-dv-act-orissa-hc/
Article referred: http://www.livelaw.in/not-necessary-for-woman-to-share-household-with-accused-at-the-time-of-making-an-application-under-dv-act-orissa-hc/
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