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What are the rights a person has under this law?

Survivors of acid attacks have the right to seek medical treatment, right to file a complaint and right to compensation.

What is a Shared Household ?

You live in a shared household with your harasser if you lived with the harasser, have a domestic relationship with the harasser and have/do not have a legal share in the house.

Are Live In Relationships covered under Domestic Violence law?

You are in a live-in-relationship if you cohabit, i.e. share a house with your partner without marrying him or her. It is considered a domestic relationship between an unmarried adult woman and an unmarried adult male who live or, at any point of time lived together in a shared household.

What is a Domestic Relationship?

In order to seek relief for domestic violence under the law, you need to prove that you have a domestic relationship with the harasser.

Where can Domestic Violence Happen?

An act of domestic violence can happen anywhere. It need not always be confined to the house you are living in.

Who can seek Protection against Domestic Violence?

Any woman can file a complaint and seek protection against domestic violence under the law, for herself and her child/children. The religion of the woman does not matter.