Non-payment of maintenance arrears not an offence under Section 31 of Domestic Violence Act: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

If protection order was inclusive of monetary relief of granting maintenance, Section 20 of the Act would not have been separately provided for, the Court said.Karnataka High Court has held that penal provision found in Section 31 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 could be invoked against the Husband for non-payment of arrears of maintenance. Justice A.V Chandrashekara...