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Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, insults or ridicule directed at a woman…

Explanation I(iii) to section 3 lists, as verbal and emotional abuse, "insults or ridicule specially with regard to not having a child or a male child". Such taunts are not…

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Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, insults or ridicule directed at a woman for not having a child or a male child amount to:

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Explanation I(iii) to section 3 lists, as verbal and emotional abuse, "insults or ridicule specially with regard to not having a child or a male child". Such taunts are not treated as sexual, physical or economic abuse, though they may occur alongside them.

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