Magistrate can grant relief under DV Act even though main case is pending in other court
The aggrieved women should not be made to run from pillar to post by wasting time and energy to get justice and by way of providing a quick remedy, the Magistrate is given with such a jurisdiction under the Special enactment. While this Court interpreting the provisions of such special enactment should not simply lay down as a rule that when the proceedings are pending before competent Court, the Magistrate would be debarred from entertaining similar grievances at the instance of the aggrieved party. Hence, in this view of the matter, the broad proposition which is sought to be pressed into service by the petitioner, cannot be countenanced and upheld.
Madras High Court
A.V.Rojer vs J.Janet Sudha on 12 April, 2007
