Supreme Court of India

Sou. Sandhya Manoj Wankhade v. Manoj Bhimrao Wankhade & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 261
Bench Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 31 January 2011

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Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - s.2(q) read with proviso thereto - Expression "respondent" 8 in s. 2(q) - Interpretation of - Complaint under the provisions of the Act - Whether female members cannot be made parties in proceedings under the Act, as "females" are not included in the definition 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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