The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 extends to whole of India, except:

Section 1(2) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 now extends the Act to the whole of India. The words excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir were omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 with effect from 31 October 2019, so the Act also applies in the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Nagaland and the tribal areas of Assam were never excluded by section 1(2).