Dear thread writer,
I am really sorry for not giving you a little bit information, which I have, earlier in time.
Your first step should be file a domestic violence case and as interim relief seek protection orders. you will get them very quickly and as per law it is within three days. Once you get those orders, your husband cannot beat you. If he does so even after filing of protection orders, filing simple affidavit by you, he will be put behind the bars and as per your narration, it is the right place for him. If you are in a sound financial position, you engage an advocate and you get the relief. After getting the protection orders, in the same case, you can seek shared household (the house in which you are living at present can be partitioned and you will be allowed to live therein and he will not be allowed to enter to your part of the house) and also maintenance. You have got several reliefs under this Act and this Act is passed to protect the helpless and vulnerable women like you. You use full advantage of this Act. In this Act, you can get free legal services from the advocate or if you engage an advocate, some times, the court orders your husband to pay his litigation expenses also. Once, your husband tastes the law, he will understand how to respect his wife. Later on, you can pursue the divorce case, if you want.
