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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Neena Bansal Krishna
Niharika Ghosh @ Niharika Kundu, W/o Sh. Shankar Ghosh – Appellant
Versus
State (NCT of Delhi) – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. background of the marriage and domestic violence (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. computation of domestic violence and related legal actions (Para 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. intervention and reports by the protection officer (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. continuing legal proceedings in dv act cases (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. petitioner's arguments against lower court's decisions (Para 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 23 , 24) |
| 6. arguments made by the respondents (Para 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30) |
| 7. statutory interpretations and references to judgments (Para 31 , 32 , 33) |
| 8. compliance issues within dv proceedings (Para 34 , 35 , 36) |
| 9. interpretation of the protection order (Para 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42) |
| 10. nature and implications of the dv act (Para 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47) |
| 11. clarification of protection and residence orders (Para 48 , 49 , 50 , 51) |
| 12. breach of protection order legal principles (Para 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60) |
| 13. merge of previous orders and their implications (Para 61 , 62 , 63 , 64) |
| 14. final decision rationale (Para 65 , 66 , 67) |
| 15. judgment dismissal and final order (Para 68) |
JUDGMENT :
Neena Bansal Krishna, J.
1. Criminal Petition under Section 528 of the Bharati
A directive ensuring basic amenities does not qualify as a protection order under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, thus its breach is not actionable under the associated penal prov....
Violation of monetary orders under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act does not constitute an offence under Section 31, which applies only to breaches of protection orders.
(1) Breach of protection order – Section 31 of D.V. Act.applies only to breach of protection orders mentioned in Section 18 and not to residence orders mentioned in Section 19, monetary reliefs menti....
Section 31 of the Domestic Violence Act applies only to breaches of protection orders under Section 18, not to maintenance orders under Section 20.
Section 20(d) authorises a Magistrate to grant maintenance for aggrieved person as well as her children.
An order for maintenance under the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act is not a protection order and must be enforced under the provisions of the J&K Cr.P.C., specificall....
Non-payment of maintenance under the D.V. Act does not fall within penal provisions of Section 31, which strictly applies to violations of protection orders under Section 18.
Protection order does not include order of granting monetary relief of maintenance under Section 20 of D.V. Act, 2005.
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