DV Act Not Maintainable If Family Member Leave Shared Household To Establish Own Household : Karnataka HC [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court has held that where a family member leaves the shared household to establish her own household, she cannot claim to have a right to move an application under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act. A bench of Justice B A Patil while allowing a petition filed by a mother and son, challenging the order passed by the lower court on a plea filed by a woman,...