Financial Deprivation Amounts To Economic Abuse Under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In a highly significant decision, the Bombay High Court has held that financial deprivation amounts to economic abuse under the Domestic Violence Act. Court held that if a widow in a joint family, who is entitled to financial resources, is deprived of them then it qualifies as economic abuse.Justice MG Giratkar of the Nagpur bench, was hearing a criminal revision application filed by one...