https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306298 SC allowed the appeal, holding that a Domestic Incident Report under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is not a mandatory precondition for a Magistrate to grant interim, ex parte or final reliefs under Sections 18-20 and 22. The Court clarified that to invoke the Act, it is not mandatory that the aggrieved woman reside with the respondent at the time of the alleged violence, provided she is related by consanguinity, marriage, relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption, or as part of a joint family. A "domestic relationship" must have subsisted vis-à-vis the alleged violence, though it need not be subsisting on the date of filing the application. en-us Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306298 SC allowed the appeal, holding that a Domestic Incident Report under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is not a mandatory precondition for a Magistrate to grant interim, ex parte or final reliefs under Sections 18-20 and 22. The Court clarified that to invoke the Act, it is not mandatory that the aggrieved woman reside with the respondent at the time of the alleged violence, provided she is related by consanguinity, marriage, relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption, or as part of a joint family. A "domestic relationship" must have subsisted vis-à-vis the alleged violence, though it need not be subsisting on the date of filing the application. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306298