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Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, domestic violence may include conduct…

Clause (d) of section 3 makes it domestic violence where the respondent's conduct "otherwise injures or causes harm, whether physical or mental, to the aggrieved person". No…

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Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, domestic violence may include conduct which:

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Clause (d) of section 3 makes it domestic violence where the respondent's conduct "otherwise injures or causes harm, whether physical or mental, to the aggrieved person". No threshold applies: the injury need not be grievous, mental harm need not be medically certified, and economic abuse has no minimum amount.

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