IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR CRM(M) No.293/2026 Dr.MAJID ALI KHAN ...PETITIONER(S)

Through:-Ms.Sami Shah, Advocate.

Vs.

MST. NEELOFAR AKHTER & ANOTHER …RESPONDENT(S)

Through:-None CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY DHAR, JUDGE ORDER

1) The petitioner has challenged the application filed by the respondents (hereinafter ‘the aggrieved person’) against him under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter ‘the DV Act’. Challenge has also been thrown to the proceedings emanating from the said application, which is pending before the Court of learned Forest Magistrate, Srinagar.

2) As per the case of the petitioner, respondent No.1 who happens to be his wife, has filed a petition under Section 12 of the DV Act seeking monetary compensation as well as order of protection before the Court of learned Forest Magistrate, Srinagar. It has been alleged that matrimonial relationship between the petitioner and respondent No.1 has come to an end by way of Khula on 13.08.2021. According to the petitioner right from the first day of Nikah he has tried to maintain good relations with respondent No.1, but she voluntarily out of her own