JUDGMENT :

UDAY KUMAR, J.

1. This Revisional Application, CRR No. 134 of 2018, has been preferred by Harbindar Kumar Sharma (the petitioner/husband), for setting aside of the interim order of maintenance and protection granted to Smt. Baby Kaur Sharma (the opposite party/wife) and her minor daughter under Sections 12 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (the DV Act). This order was passed by the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 13th Court at Calcutta, in Misc. Case No. 25 of 2017, on December 16, 2017, following an application by the opposite party/wife. The petitioner/husband also sought quashing of the entire proceedings of domestic violence initiated against him, raising fundamental questions about the very existence of a "domestic relationship" between the parties, a prerequisite for the Act's applicability.

2. The dispute originated from the opposite party/wife's assertion that she married the petitioner/husband on March 5, 2006, under Hindu rites, and that their minor daughter, Isha Sharma, was born on November 10, 2007. She alleged that following their daughter's birth, she suffered severe physical and mental torture from the petitioner/husband and