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Domestic violence plaint: Ahmedabad court orders man to stay 500m away from wife

AHMEDABAD: Following a complaint of domestic violence by an estranged wife, a court in Ahmedabad directed her husband and in-laws not to enter within a periphery of 500 metres from the woman’s house.
The principal senior civil judge at Dhandhuka issued the order under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, thereby restraining the woman’s husband, his mother, and sister from approaching the complainant, who presently resides with her only son in Dhandhuka town.
The court order stipulates, “Under the provisions of Section 18 of the Domestic Violence Act, the opponents are ordered not to commit or attempt to commit any domestic violence against the complainant, and not to enter the area within 500 metres of the complainant’s residence, and they shall not communicate with her.”
The 28-year-old woman married the man from Ghodasar area of Ahmedabad in February 2014.
The couple has a son. In June 2020, the woman left from her matrimonial home for her parents’ house and sought maintenance from her husband for herself and their son.
A court mandated the man to pay Rs 14,000 per month as maintenance to them.
In 2021, the woman lodged a complaint with the Dhandhuka court under the DV Act alleging physical and mental harassment by her husband and in-laws, alongside dowry demands.
She explicitly stated her unwillingness to return to her husband’s home due to domestic violence, asserting that her husband’s behaviour would cause further distress.
Besides maintenance, she requested restraining orders preventing her husband and in-laws from approaching her and her son, prohibiting contact, and preventing them from disposing of their properties.
The husband contested the complaint, claiming false accusations, but the court dismissed his defence.
“Considering the present situation in India, no woman would leave her matrimonial home without any valid reason and that she would state falsehood about her in-laws on oath,” the court observed.
Given her residence in Dhandhuka, the court acknowledged that “if asked to live with her in-laws in a shared household, the possibility of it resulting in more litigation cannot be denied.”
Consequently, the court ordered the husband to provide Rs 1,000 towards house rent and return their son’s original documents within 15 days.
However, as she receives Rs 14,000 monthly maintenance under a previous court order, the court dismissed her maintenance request under the DV Act.





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