Aman chawla (DELHI HIGH COURT ADVOCATE) 19 June 2018
why a High Court judge put a stay on the proceeding. No, he will not stay the proceeding until and unless the facts of the case demand so.
Waise it all depends on the grounds, on which you have preferred an appeal.
And I would request you to please specify your query, as why you have preferred an appeal, against which order? It all matters.
Thanks,
Regards,
Aman Chawla
Aman chawla (DELHI HIGH COURT ADVOCATE) 19 June 2018
Oh, In that situation if you are still living in the matrimonial home, then no stay will put on D.V act proceeding.
But they may take a plea that your husband is not living in the matrimonial home and he is living separately from his parents and as per this you should also stay with him only.
BUT !!!! BUT !!!! please be sturdy on your points that it is your right to stay in the matrimonial home as it is governed by section 17 of D.V act and the same was acknowledged by the trial court, and as per your husband living is concerned he left matrimonial home after I get into, so it was a planned game. (These should be your main points and please be mainly focused on these points only)
You should also ask that the status quo should be maintained
Thanks,
Regards,
Aman Chawla
Samir N (General Queries) (Business) 25 June 2018
DV case... was it filed in Family Court? Otherwise, from Magistrate the appeal should go to Session Court and then to High Court as second appeal. Yes Family Court has jurisdiction over DV too and appeals from there go to High Court.
As for matrimonial home, if it is ancestral home and stands in the name of in-laws, you will have no right to it and it cannot be matrimonial home even if you lived there with your husband. There was the famous Batra vs. Batra Supreme Court case. I suggest you read it as your in-laws may rely on it. Legal ownership of the residence is important. If it stands in the name of in-laws, it cannot be matrimonial house under the DV Act. I do not know if Batra vs. Batra was refined or over-ruled by newer Supreme Court judgment.