District-wise Guides on Domestic Violence

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Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, 2005

Criminal and Personal Laws on Cruelty

Shakti Shalini

Tejaswini

Know your rights Mumbai's pledge to women

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Parihar

Test Your Knowledge

(Objective Answers in Yes/No )

  • Can I file a case of domestic violence against my sister-in-law who has never lived with me in the same house? (Yes/No)
  • I am a working woman, can I still get maintenance from my husband? If he fails to provide me with maintenance, can I file a domestic violence complaint against him?
  • Can I go to the police station if I don’t find information regarding the Protection Officer?
  • Can I take my child to the Shelter home with me?
  • Can I get free legal aid for fighting a case of domestic violence against my husband?
  • I am a working woman, can I still get maintenance from my husband? If he fails to provide me with maintenance, can I file a domestic violence complaint against him?
  • I am constantly told by my in-laws that my parents didn’t buy them a bigger car at my wedding. Is this cruelty? Can my in-laws be punished for making such statements?
  • My husband left me. Is this cruelty?
  • My husband is in an extra-marital affair. Can I file a case against his girlfriend?

Complaint Portals

Legal Aid Authority

Helplines

Non-Legal Support

Complaint Portals

Legal Aid Authority

Helpline

Non-legal Support

Complaint Portals

Legal Aid Authority

Helpline

Non-Legal Support

Activities & Reading

  • If your husband humiliates you in front of your friends and family at a dinner party. Is this domestic violence?
  • Your mother-in-law not mentioning your name in her will. Is this domestic violence?
  • What can you do if the police officer or protection officer refuses to accept your complaint?
  • Is demanding dowry repeatedly a form of domestic violence, what can you do?
  • My husband does not let me send my daughter to school. Can my husband be punished for cruelty?
  • Can I ask for a protection order from my relatives while I have filed an FIR against them?
  • My sister-in-law doesn’t talk to me. Is this cruelty?
  • I am divorced, however, my former husband threatens to hurt me. Can he be punished?

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