Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 782 · Decided 25 November 2013
Saraswathy v. Babu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 782 · [2013] 12 S.C.R. 914
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1999/2013
- Decided
- 25 November 2013
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Domestic Violence Act Section 18, 19, 20, 22
Headnote
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 C - ss. 2(g) 3, 18, 19, 20 and 22 - Petition under - Order of court directing the husband to allow the wife to reside in the shared household - The order defied by the husband - Whether the act of the husband amounts to 'domestic violence' as of the husband comes squarely o within the ambit of s.3- In view of continued domestic violence by the husband against the wife, /-ligh Court made an apparent error in holding that the conduct of the parties prior to coming into force of the Act cannot be taken into consideration - The wife
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