"Shared household" under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 refers to a household…

Section 2(s) defines a shared household as one where the aggrieved person "lives or at any stage has lived in a domestic relationship", either singly or along with the respondent, whether owned, rented or held jointly or by either of them. In Satish Chander Ahuja v Sneha Ahuja (2020) the Supreme Court held it need not belong to the husband or be jointly owned, overruling S.R. Batra v Taruna Batra.