https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197871 Proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are quasi-civil in nature and are designed to grant relief to an aggrieved person, not to treat the respondent as an accused except where breach of an order attracts Section 31. Because applications under Section 12 are dealt with in the manner of Section 125 CrPC proceedings, the Court can permit amendment of both the application and the written statement. Amendment was therefore held permissible in such proceedings, and the challenge to the amendment order failed. en-us Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:29:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197871 Proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are quasi-civil in nature and are designed to grant relief to an aggrieved person, not to treat the respondent as an accused except where breach of an order attracts Section 31. Because applications under Section 12 are dealt with in the manner of Section 125 CrPC proceedings, the Court can permit amendment of both the application and the written statement. Amendment was therefore held permissible in such proceedings, and the challenge to the amendment order failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197871