https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306298 Consideration of a Domestic Incident Report is not mandatory in every application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005; the Magistrate may entertain a direct complaint and grant interim, ex parte, or final relief even if no report is received. Actual contemporaneous residence with the respondents is not required, because the rights of residence in a shared household arise from the broad statutory definitions. A present domestic relationship at the date of filing is also unnecessary where the parties had earlier lived together and the alleged violence is referable to that past relationship. The appeal succeeded and the contrary findings were set aside. 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 Consideration of a Domestic Incident Report is not mandatory in every application under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005; the Magistrate may entertain a direct complaint and grant interim, ex parte, or final relief even if no report is received. Actual contemporaneous residence with the respondents is not required, because the rights of residence in a shared household arise from the broad statutory definitions. A present domestic relationship at the date of filing is also unnecessary where the parties had earlier lived together and the alleged violence is referable to that past relationship. The appeal succeeded and the contrary findings were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306298