The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Chapter IV Procedure for obtaining
orders of reliefs
12. Application to
Magistrate.-
1.
An aggrieved person or a Protection Officer or any other person on
behalf of the aggrieved person may present an application to the Magistrate
seeking one or more reliefs under this Act:
Provided that before passing any
order on such application, the Magistrate shall take into consideration any
domestic incident report received by him from the Protection Officer or the
service provider.
2. The relief sought for under sub-section (1) may include a relief
for issuance of an order for payment of compensation or damages without
prejudice to the right of such person to institute a suit for compensation or
damages for the injuries caused by the acts of domestic violence committed by
the respondent:
Provided that where a decree for
any amount as compensation or damages has been passed by any court in favour of
the aggrieved person, the amount, if any, paid or payable in pursuance of the
order made by the Magistrate under this Act shall be set off against the amount
payable under such decree and the decree shall, notwithstanding anything
contained in the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), or any other law for the time being in force,
be executable for the balance amount, if any, left after such set off.
1.
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3. Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and
contain such particulars as may be prescribed or as nearly as possible thereto.
4.
The Magistrate shall fix the first date of hearing, which shall
not ordinarily be beyond three days from the date of receipt of the application
by the court.
5. The Magistrate shall endeavour to dispose of every application
made under sub-section (1) within a period of sixty days from the date of its
first hearing.