Tag Archives: Domestic
6th Monitoring and Evaluation Report- Staying Alive: Evaluating Court Orders
The Sixth M&E Report analyzes the extent of protection against violence for women within the framework of marriage and other domestic relationships. Of the 22,255 Magistrate and Sessions Court Orders received by LCWRI, over a period of 9 months, from
Our Comments on the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012
The Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2012. Lawyers Collective welcomes certain changes proposed in the Bill like widening the definition of sexual assault to include non-penile penetration and inclusion of offences like acid
Man can’t be evicted if he gets wife a home, Delhi high court rules
If a man arranges an alternative accommodation for his estranged wife, she cannot take recourse to the Domestic Violence Act to force her husband to leave his house, the Delhi high court has said. Justice M L Mehta gave the
More opt for D.V. Act
The Domestic Violence (DV) Act which came into existence in 2005, picked up momentum two years later in 2007 in East Godavari. In the last seven years, 1,352 cases were booked, 226 cases settled through a compromise between the complainant
Difficult for wife to change lifestyle in hard times: Bombay high court
If a wife is accustomed to a particular lifestyle, it is difficult for her to adjust in bad times, the Bombay high court said on Friday while hearing a plea for enhancement of maintenance. A division bench of Justice P
Call to train doctors on domestic violence
A government panel has recommended that domestic violence should not be treated only as a matter of crime but also as a health issue and medical students should be sensitised to deal with it. The panel has suggested that the
Difficult for wife to change lifestyle in hard times: Bombay high court
If a wife is accustomed to a particular lifestyle, it is difficult for her to adjust in bad times, the Bombay high court said on Friday while hearing a plea for enhancement of maintenance. A division bench of Justice P
Andhra Pradesh tops in domestic violence cases
Andhra Pradesh recorded over 9,600 cases of domestic violence – the highest in the country – during 2007-2010, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath told the upper house that a total of
