The Supreme Court has ruled that it’s not mandatory for the Magistrate to consider Domestic Incident Report filed by Protection Officer before passing the order in the application filed by the aggrieved person herself or through her counsel under Domestic Violence Act. The Bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagrathna clarified that even in
Magistrate Not Bound to Consider Domestic Incident Report Before Adjudicating Application: Supreme Court
