Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
PWDVA Section 2(f) | Non-Resident Relative Not Liable for Domestic Violence Based on Occasional Visits and Petty Quarrels: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court held that a niece, who never resided in the matrimonial home and had no domestic relationship under the PWDVA, cannot be prosecuted for domestic violence based solely on vague allegations of petty quarrels during infrequent visits. This ruling reinforces that the Act’s protections extend only to those within a recognized domestic relationship, preventing its misuse against peripheral family members.
