The Supreme Court of India has struck down the words “adult male” in Section 2(q) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (Act) as unconstitutional. The judgment was rendered by a Bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Nariman in an appeal filed against the judgment of the Bombay High Court. The case has its genesis in a writ petition filed by a mother and daughter before the High Court assailing the Constitutional validity of Section 2(q) of the Act. In 2014, the Bombay High Court had read down Section 2(q) of the Act holding that, …we are […]
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