https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281120 Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the term "respondent" for relief proceedings is governed by the main part of section 2(q), which is directed to an adult male person in a domestic relationship. The proviso does not enlarge maintainability under section 12 against persons outside that class, so relief proceedings could not continue against female petitioners who were not adult male respondents. Procedural objections at the notice stage, including recording of statements and the absence of a Protection Officer's report, did not by themselves justify quashing, because the Magistrate may follow an appropriate procedure and the report is relevant before final disposal. en-us Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:01:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281120 Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the term "respondent" for relief proceedings is governed by the main part of section 2(q), which is directed to an adult male person in a domestic relationship. The proviso does not enlarge maintainability under section 12 against persons outside that class, so relief proceedings could not continue against female petitioners who were not adult male respondents. Procedural objections at the notice stage, including recording of statements and the absence of a Protection Officer's report, did not by themselves justify quashing, because the Magistrate may follow an appropriate procedure and the report is relevant before final disposal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281120