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Del. HC: Summon Can’t be Issued for Non-Compliance Of Maintenance Order u/s 31 DV Act - (05 Dec 2023)

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Delhi High Court while observing that purpose of Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is to provide monetary sustenance to the victim, and not the incarceration of the aggressor, has held that a person cannot be summoned under Section 31 of the Act for non-compliance of an order for payment of maintenance.

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