Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Section 2(f)—Relationship in the nature of marriage—Grant of various reliefs—Revision—Parties to the relationship in the nature of marriage must be persons qualified to enter into a legal marriage, including being unmarried—At the time when the parties underwent a marriage ceremony, the first marriage of both the petitioner and first respondent was subsisting—Concurrent findings rendered by the courts below in favour of first respondent that she was in a domestic relationship with the petitioner and therefore she is entitled to get the reliefs under the Domestic Violence Act is incorrect—Impugned orders set aside—Petition allowed.
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