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In which of the following judgments, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that where an act of domestic…

In Saraswathy v. Babu (2014) 3 SCC 712 the Supreme Court held that where acts of domestic violence began before the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 came…

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In which of the following judgments, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that where an act of domestic violence commenced prior to the enactment of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act and continued even thereafter also, in such a situation, the aggrieved person is entitled to protection of the Act?

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In Saraswathy v. Babu (2014) 3 SCC 712 the Supreme Court held that where acts of domestic violence began before the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 came into force and continued afterwards (here, refusal to let the wife live in the shared household), the aggrieved woman is entitled to relief under the Act.

Meena Chaudhary and Indra Sarma did not decide this point; Indra Sarma concerned when a live-in relationship is a "relationship in the nature of marriage".

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