The Court will look at whether compensation should be based on the degree of domestic violence suffered by the victim or the financial status of the perpetrator.
Justice Hima Kohli, leading the Supreme Court s family court committee, advocates for legislative changes to empower family courts and improve case handling. She highlighted gaps in the Family Courts Act, such as limited jurisdiction on domestic violence injunctions. Kohli stresses the need for holistic interpretation and uniform procedural rules to enhance family court efficacy.
Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to interfere with a family court order that denied maintenance to a woman on account of the subsistence of her first marriage with another man. The court took the.
Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh held that frequent visits of the married sister-in-law were not sufficient and adequate to constitute residence in the shared household | Mumbai news
The sessions court at Dindoshi upheld a 2015 order of a magistrate rejecting the wife's complaint that the husband suppressed the mental illness of her mother-in-law.