The Supreme Court of India, in the case of Alisha Berry v. Neelam Berry (Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 856/2024), emphatically ruled that issuing bailable warrants in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) is legally unjustified. The bench, led by Justice Sandeep Mehta, observed that the quasi-criminal nature of
