Kerala HC Rejects Plea By Man Ordered To Stay Away From Residence On Mother’s Complaint Of Domestic Violence [Read Judgment]

The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a plea challenging constitutionality of Section 19(1)(b) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005.The Section under challenge empowers the Magistrate, on being satisfied that domestic violence has taken place, to pass a residence order directing the ‘respondent’ to remove himself from the shared household.In this case, a...