Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 848 · Decided 20 November 2015
Krishna Bhatacharjee v. Sarathi Choudhury and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 848 · [2015] 14 S.C.R. 65
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1545/2015
- Decided
- 20 November 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
A B Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, c 2005 -ss. 2{a), 3(iv) and 12-Application u/s. 12- By the wife - Seeking seizure of Stridhan articles in possession of her husband - Dismissed on the grounds that the application was not maintainable as the wife has ceased to be an 'aggrieved had been judicially o separated and that the application was barred by limitation - The order was upheld by Sessions Judge as well as the High Court-On appeal, held: The Act being a legislation to provide for more effective protection of the rights of the women guaranteed under the
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