Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 83 · Decided 31 January 2011
SOU. Sandhya Manoj Wankhade v. Manoj Bhimrao Wankhade & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 83 · [2011] 2 S.C.R. 261
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 271/2011
- Decided
- 31 January 2011
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Domestic Violence Act Section 2(q), 12, 18, 19, 20, 22
Headnote
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - s.2(q) read with proviso thereto - Expression "respondent" A 8 in s. 2(q) - Interpretation of - Complaint under the provisions C of the Act - Whether female members cannot be made parties in proceedings under the Act, as of "respondent" in s.2(q) - Held: Although s.2(q) defines a respondent to mean any adult male person, who is or has been in a domestic relationship with the o aggrieved person, the proviso to s.2(q) widens the scope of the said definition by including a relative of the husband or
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