DV ACT
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 06 March 2010
This query is : Resolved
a married female started living with another man without getting divorce from previous husband and gave birth to a child with second man...now the second man with his minor child(2yrs old) withdrew from the company of this female and she moved rape complaint but didnt get sucess and now she has approached the court through protection officer under dv act....
does she has any capacity to file complaint under dv act ?
she has named the family members of the man in the complaint as well. can they be summonned as respondents which includes females too ??
Arvind Singh Chauhan
(Expert) 06 March 2010
Yes unfortunately she may file complaint. Please go through the definition of "Domestic relation" provided in Sec- 2(f) D V Act.
Females also may be dragged as respondent according to various case laws as going through the definition of respondent in Sec -2 (q)
