Here is some good news for women of Northeast as well as the entire country who face harassment at their in-laws place and are forced to leave their matrimonial home.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a landmark ruling that a woman, who is forced to leave her in-laws home, can file a case against her estranged husband and in-laws at the place where she resides thereafter.
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Earlier, criminal proceedings could only be initiated by complainant from the place where the offence took place.
The apex court said that the woman who is forced to leave her in-laws home due to ‘commission of cruelty’ on her is allowed to initiate criminal proceedings under Section 498A of IPC, from any place she was residing in – be it a temporary arrangement or from the residence of her parents.
This judgement at the top court settled a debate on the issue regarding the place of filing of the case under the above section.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that a woman, who is forcefully moved out of her matrimonial home, has the liberty to lodge a complaint under 498A and initiate proceedings from the place where she sought shelter.