We The Women Of India vs Union Of India

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1148

B. V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
We The Women Of India – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Ms. Shobha Gupta, Sr. Adv., Mr. Anand Padmanabhan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Aditya Ranjan, AOR, Ms. Siny Sara Varghese, Adv., Ms. Yogamaya MG, Adv., Ms. Komal, Adv.
For the Respondent:Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, ASG, Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, A.S.G., Ms. Chitrangda Rashtravara, Adv., Ms. Suhashini Sen, Adv., Ms. Rekha Pandey, Adv., Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR, Ms. Manisha Chava, Adv., Mr. Vaibhav Dwivedi, Adv., Ms. Shagun Thakur, Adv., Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G., Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv., Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv., Ms. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv., Advitiya Awasthi, Adv., Mr. Ishaan Sharma, Adv., Dr. N. Visakamurthy, AOR, Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR, Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv., Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv., Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv., Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv., Mr. Gowtham Polanki, Adv., Mr. Murshlin Ansari, Adv., Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR, Mr. Piyush Vyas, Adv., Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv., Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR, Mr. Divyansh Mishra, Adv., Ms. Ankita Sharma, AOR, Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv., Mrs. Shirin Khajuria, Sr. Adv., Ms. Bhavana Duhoon, AOR, Ms. Swati Tiwari, Adv., Ms. Swati Ghildiyal, AOR, Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, Adv., Ms. Abhipsa Mohanty, Adv., Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. A.A.G., Mr. Akshay Amritanshu, AOR, Mr. Nikunj Gupta, Adv., Ms. Drishti Rawal, Adv., Ms. Pragya Upadhyay, Adv., Ms. Drishti Saraf, Adv., Ms. Aakanksha, Adv., Ms. Ishika Gupta, Adv., Mr. Sarthak Arya, Adv., Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR, Mr. Raghavendra M. Kulkarni, Adv., Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR, Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv., Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv., Mr. Santhosh K, Adv., Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv., Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv., Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR, Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, AOR, Mr. Rajat Rathee, Adv., Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G., Ms. Nidhi Jaswal, Adv., Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR, Ms. Yashika Sharma, Adv., Mr. Aryan Srivastava, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mr. P Gandepan, Adv., Ms. Amrita, Adv., Ms. Anjali, Adv., Ms. Deepa Rathore, Adv., Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv., Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv., Mr. Manan Verma, AOR, Ms. Ishita Bist, Adv., Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv., Mr. Shubham Arora, Adv., Mr. Ajay Kumar Misra, Advocate General, Mr. Tanmaya Agarwal, AOR, Mr. Wrick Chatterjee, Adv., Mrs. Aditi Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Kunal Mimani, AOR, Mr. Tanish Arora, Adv., Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G., Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR, Mrs. Suhasini Sen, Adv., Mrs. Rekha Pandey, Adv., Mrs. Swati Ghildiyal, Adv., Mr. Tanmay Mehta, Adv., Mr. Annirudh Sharma Ii, Adv., Mr. K. M. Nataraj, A.S.G., Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv., Mr. Mrinal Elkar Mazumdar, Adv., Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv., Mr. Varun Chugh, Adv., Mr. Tadimalla Bhaskar Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Vatsal Joshi, Adv., Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv., Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv., Ms. Priyadarshni Priya, Adv., Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv., Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv., Mr. Mukul Singh, Adv., Mr. Vinayak Sharma, Adv., Mr. Krishna Kant Dubey, Adv., Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR, Mr. Aravindh S., AOR, Ms. Jyoti P, Adv., Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR, Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR, Ms. Disha Singh, AOR, Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR, Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv., Mr. Andita Mukerjee, Adv., Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv., Ms. Manisha Chawla, Adv., Ms. Charanjeet Sidhu, Adv., Ms. Yamini Sharma, Adv., Ms. Supriya, Adv., Mrs. Ananda, AOR, Mr. Divyanshu Kumar Srivastava, AOR, Mr. Saurabh Pandey, Adv.

ORDER :

1. Learned counsel for the State of Arunachal Pradesh submitted that the said State was impleaded subsequent to the order imposing costs of Rs.5,000/-. Hence, an application seeking waiver of the costs is being filed during the course of the day.

2. Taking note of the said submission, the order for payment of costs of Rs.5000/- is set-aside with regard to the State of Arunachal Pradesh.

3. We have heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned ASG for Union of India and learned counsel for National Legal Services Authority (for short “NALSA”) and all learned standing counsel for the respective States and Union Territories who are present.

4. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 enacted two decades ago is an Act to provide for more effective protection of the rights of women guaranteed under the Constitution of India to those who are victims of violence of any kind occurring within the family and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Act has been passed in furtherance of Article 15(3) of the Constitution of India which provides inter alia for protection of women and children.

5. Learned senior counsel appearing for the petiti