ORDER

The revision challenges the order of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Additional Mahila Court, Tiruchirappalli, in M.C.No.120 of 2015, whereby (a) protection and residence orders were granted to the aggrieved wife, (b) return of stridhan/seervarisai articles was directed, (c) monetary relief by way of maintenance to the wife and minor son was awarded prospectively, with arrears from 13.07.2015, and (d) compensation was awarded for the domestic violence proved on record.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their ranking in M.C.No.120 of 2015.

3. Factual Matrix:

The petitioner-wife and the first respondent-husband were married on 11.02.2010 at Sakaya Matha Community Hall, Palakkarai, Tiruchirappalli. At the wedding, as pleaded by the wife, the husband received from her parents 13 sovereigns of gold jewels and household items as dowry; post-marriage, the petitioner and the respondents cohabited as a joint family. A male child named Adamspious was born to the couple. The petitioner alleges that despite her harmonious conduct and cooperation in household duties, the respondents treated her as a servant and subjected her to cruelty. It is alleged the firs