Domestic Violence
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Domestic violence includes physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and economic abuse inflicted upon a woman by her husband or his relatives within the marital or shared household.
Economic abuse may also include depriving a woman of financial resources or denying her rightful maintenance.
The primary law addressing such abuse is the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which provides civil remedies such as:
The Act also extends protection to women in live-in relationships.