Supreme Court of India

V.D. Bhanot v. Savita Bhanot

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 867
Bench Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 7 February 2012

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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 c the Act, could be taken into consideration while passing an order ulss 18, 19 and 20 thereof - 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

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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