Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 15:47
In a significant order, the Bombay High Court has held that a wife can file an application for specific reliefs under the Domestic Violence Act only while remaining in a domestic relationship.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 15:38
A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) at Karimnagar has been arrested on charge of "abusing" his wife, police said Wednesday.
Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 08:56
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the new Violence Against Women Act, which he termed "very important".
Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 13:48
A PIL has urged the Bombay High Court to direct the Maharashtra government to immediately appoint full-time officers to protect victims of domestic violence.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 17:45
The petition filed by two women, including a senior citizen, has challenged the validity of section 2 (q) of the DV Act according to which the definition of `respondent` is limited to adult male members.
Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 11:12
The Bombay HC has upheld a lower court`s judgement awarding life imprisonment to a 25-year-old man for sexually harassing his wife and eventually setting her on fire.
Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 20:31
"I wish I could also have been there, but I can`t" Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir said terming protest that took place after December 16 gang-rape incident as "fully justified" and "absolutely necessary".
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 18:45
A new campaign to combat domestic violence and encourage women in the Muslim community to speak up against it is being initiated in Scotland.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 12:19
Women in the national capital seem to be as unsafe in their homes as they are outside with close to 1,500 cases of cruelty against them by their husbands or relatives registered during 2011.
Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 07:44
The US has a long and strong relationship with the Government of India and with a broad cross-section of Indian NGOs on combating violence against women.
Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2012, 13:55
A UN report citing data from Italian statistics agency ISTAT said that a third of women in Italy have reported being victim of serious domestic violence.
Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:43
Tamil Nadu has got the dubious distinction of having the highest number of domestic violence cases in the country with the state recording 3,983 such cases last year, the government said.
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