Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 422 · Decided 13 April 2022
Kamatchi v. Lakshmi Narayanan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 422 · [2022] 5 S.C.R. 629
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 627/2022
- Decided
- 13 April 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482, 468; Domestic Violence Act Section 12, 31
Headnote
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - ss.12 and 31 - Proceedings arising out of application of appellant-wife u/s.12 of the Act in the year 2018 seeking protection in terms of ss.17 and 18 of the Act - Petition of respondent-husband u/s.482 CrPC - High of limitation holding that ss.28 and 32 of the Domestic Violence Act r/w r.15(6) of the Domestic Violence Rules, made the provisions of Criminal Procedure Code applicable and therefore, appellant ought to have filed application u/s.12 of the Act within period of one year from date of the
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