Civil remedies — protection, residence, monetary, custody and compensation orders — for women facing physical, sexual, verbal, emotional or economic abuse in a domestic relationship; breach of a protection order is an offence.
A relationship between two persons who live or have lived together in a shared household, related by consanguinity, marriage, a relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption or as family members of a joint family.
Any act or omission that harms or endangers health, safety, life or well-being — physical, sexual, verbal and emotional, or economic abuse — or harassment for dowry.
The aggrieved person or a Protection Officer may apply for reliefs under the Act; the Magistrate shall fix the first hearing within three days and endeavour to dispose of it within sixty days.
Every woman in a domestic relationship has the right to reside in the shared household whether or not she has any title in it; she cannot be evicted except by procedure established by law (Satish Chander Ahuja, 2020).
Prohibiting the respondent from committing domestic violence, entering the workplace, communicating, alienating assets, or causing violence to dependants.
Loss of earnings, medical expenses, loss caused by destruction of property, and maintenance for the aggrieved person and her children — adequate, fair and consistent with the standard of living.
The text shown is a working summary used inside Nyaya for grounding and UI preview. For verbatim reproduction, refer to the bare Act published on indiacode.nic.in.