Executive Cannot Enforce Domestic Violence Order; Annulment of Husband’s Land Possession Certificate Quashed: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court recently quashed an order passed by the appellate authority under the Arunachal Pradesh Land Management Department that had cancelled a Land Possession Certificate (LPC) issued to a husband. The cancellation was based on an alleged violation of an interim order passed by the Trial Court in favor of his estranged wife under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Justice Manish Choudhury observed that…