The Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) has ruled that a woman who left her matrimonial house before getting a divorce, cannot later seek the right to residence under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (DV Act) even if the woman’s appeal against the divorce decree is still pending. Observing thus, the
Where Wife Leaves Matrimonial Home Before Divorce, She Cannot Claim Right To Residence In Home Even If The Appeal Is Pending: Bombay HC
