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The Court said that while the substantive right to receive maintenance may emanate from other laws, a quicker and shorter procedure to obtain the same has been provided under the DV Act.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the rejection of a wife’s application for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC) cannot prevent her from seeking monetary relief under the Domestic Violence (DV) Act.

The Karnataka high court has dissolved the marriage of a couple who were in a legal battle over compensation due to the wife converting to Christianit

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The Kerala High Court has clarified that family courts have the jurisdiction to hear original petitions seeking relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

The Court was hearing an appeal against a Bombay High Court judgment which held that a person who has exercised the right to self-identify as a woman is considered an 'aggrieved person' under Section 2(a) of the Act.

The Court said that the wife’s contention that she was legally wedded and thus entitled to maintenance cannot be accepted in view of her adulterous conduct.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a civil suit for the recovery of maintenance is maintainable when it acquires the character of a ‘debt’ after the passing of a final order under Section 125, CrPC.

The Court stated that the term 'woman' in section 2(a) of the Act, which defines an aggrieved person, is no longer limited to binary gender and includes transgender women who have undergone gender reassignment surgery.

There is no provision in the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act to test refusal and neglect to maintain, the Court held.