Husband Not Liable to Pay Installments for Under-Construction Flat Under Domestic Violence Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court, in the case of Srinwati Mukherji v. State of Maharashtra and Ors, ruled that a flat still under construction and not in possession of either spouse does not qualify as a "shared household" under Section 2(s) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Justice Manjusha Ajay Deshpande, while delivering the judgment, dismissed the petition filed by a woman seeking to compel her estranged…