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2010 Supreme(Del) 1143

SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA
Vijay Verma – Appellant
Versus
State N. C. T. of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. K.K. Manan, Mr. Tarun Goomber, Mr. Nipun Bhardwaj, Mr. Pankaj Mandiratta and Mr. Ashish George, Advocates for the Petitioner.
Mr. Sunil Sharma, APP for the State.
Mr. Sunil Sethi, Mr. Sumit Sethi & Mr. B.C. Mishra, Advocates for the Respondent No. 2.

Judgement Key Points

Based on the provided legal document, the key points are as follows:

  1. The application filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was found to be not maintainable because the petitioner was not living in a shared household at the time of filing (!) (!) (!) .

  2. The petitioner, a resident of the USA, had settled in her own house in America after leaving her parental home, and she was not living with the respondent in a shared household immediately before filing the application (!) (!) .

  3. The court emphasized that the definition of 'domestic relationship' under the Act requires the parties to have lived together in a shared household. Merely having a past relationship or property rights does not suffice if the parties have established separate households (!) (!) .

  4. The concept of 'living together' in a shared household is crucial; temporary absences or going abroad do not necessarily end the domestic relationship unless a separate household is established and belongings are moved out (!) .

  5. Acts of violence committed when the parties are living separately do not fall within the scope of domestic violence under the Act, which is intended to address violence within shared households (!) .

  6. The purpose of the Act is to provide remedies to those living in a shared household. Since the petitioner had already established her own household abroad and was not living in the shared household at the time of the application, her claim was considered a misuse of the provisions (!) .

  7. The court dismissed the petition, ruling that the application was not maintainable given the circumstances of the case, particularly the absence of a shared household at the relevant time (!) .

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Shiv Narayan Dhingra, J.

1. This petition has been filed under Section 482 Cr. P.C. assailing order of learned A.S.J. dated 7th September, 2009, upholding the order of learned M.M. dated 11th July, 2009.

2. Brief facts relevant for the purpose of deciding this petition are that the petitioner herein had filed an application under Section 12 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act making her brother and his wife as respondents. She sought an interim order from the Court of M.M. for immediate residence rights and police protection so that she could stay at premises No. A-181, Defence Colony, Delhi, whenever she visited India. The petitioner is a permanent resident of USA and is living in USA since year 2000. She came to India on a visit on 15th July, 2008 and alleged that when she went to her parental house on 16th July, 2008, she was not allowed to enter her parental house and hence the application.

3. Learned MM in her order observed that in this case the petition was more in a nature of claiming right in the property. The whole dispute seemed to be property dispute between the parties and there was no ground to pass an interim order of residence. The learned ASJ upheld this

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