Landmark Ruling-Bombay HC 

Landmark Ruling Bombay HC Defines Limits in Domestic Violence Cases

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The Bombay High Court rules that a mother-in-law can file a domestic violence case against her daughter-in-law but not against the daughter-in-law's father and brother

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Justice Neela Gokhale clarifies that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, doesn't grant the right to prosecute the daughter-in-law's family

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The case involves Rubina (name changed), where her mother-in-law and husband faced domestic violence allegations

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Complaints were filed in 2017 under the DV Act, and Rubina's father and brother sought to quash the summons and complaint

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The court notes that domestic relations between Rubina's mother-in-law and her father and brother were not established

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Allegations of threats and violence were not sufficient to make the father and brother liable under the DV Act

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The court quashes the complaint against Rubina's father and brother, emphasizing the need to satisfy other DV Act norms for a complaint against Rubina

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The ruling sets a precedent, defining the boundaries of who can be implicated in domestic violence cases under the DV Act

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Domestic violence is now considered gender-neutral, and the judgment emphasizes the importance of meeting specific norms under the Act

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