Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 79 · Decided 7 February 2012
V.D. Bhanot v. Savita Bhanot
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 79 · [2012] 1 S.C.R. 867
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 3916/2010
- Decided
- 7 February 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTICE VIOLENCE ACT, 2005: ss. 3, 12, 18, 19,20,31 and 33 - Domestic violence - Complaint by wife - Held: Looking into a complaint uls 12, the conduct of the parties even prior to the coming into force of A B c the Act, could be taken into consideration while passing an - High Court has also rightly 0 held that even if a wife, who had shared a household in the past, but was no longer doing so when the Act came into force, would still be entitled to the protection of the Act, - On facts, the couple has no children - The wife is residing with her old parents -
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