https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307346 Proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are predominantly civil because the Act creates rights to protection, residence, monetary relief, custody and compensation, and Section 26 allows those remedies to be pursued in civil, family or criminal proceedings; only breach of protection orders and failure of a protection officer's duty under Sections 31 and 33 take on a criminal character. Section 28 makes the Code of Criminal Procedure applicable to proceedings under the Act, and that express application does not exclude the High Court's inherent power under Section 482. The High Court can therefore exercise Section 482 in appropriate cases, subject to ordinary restraints and alternative remedies. en-us Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 08:40:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307346 Proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are predominantly civil because the Act creates rights to protection, residence, monetary relief, custody and compensation, and Section 26 allows those remedies to be pursued in civil, family or criminal proceedings; only breach of protection orders and failure of a protection officer's duty under Sections 31 and 33 take on a criminal character. Section 28 makes the Code of Criminal Procedure applicable to proceedings under the Act, and that express application does not exclude the High Court's inherent power under Section 482. The High Court can therefore exercise Section 482 in appropriate cases, subject to ordinary restraints and alternative remedies. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307346