LAWS(MAD)-2022-11-126

ARUL DANIEL Vs. SUGANYA

Decided On November 17, 2022
Arul Daniel Appellant
V/S
SUGANYA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Full Bench has been constituted under the orders of the Hon'ble Chief Justice on a reference made by our learned brother Justice N. Sathish Kumar vide order dtd. 12/8/2022 to answer the following questions:

(2.) As the order of reference is prefaced by a chequered history, it is necessary to briefly set out the manner in which these matters have come up before us:

(3.) The D.V. Act was enacted in response to the obligations under the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to which India had become a signatory in 1993. The object of the legislation is to provide women with civil remedies against acts of domestic violence. This is clear from the Statement of Objects and Reasons which reads as follows: