The Calcutta HC recently ruled that depriving a woman of her Stridhan or any other financial or economic resources to which she is entitled constitutes domestic violence under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act). Justice Subhendu Samanta observed that: “The deprivation of petitioner to any economic or financial resources which the
Depriving Woman of Her Stridhan and Other Financial Resources Constitutes Domestic Violence: Calcutta High Court
