The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act recognizes a woman's right to live without violence and fear. The Act provides comprehensive protection to women against domestic violence, which is defined to include physical, sexual, verbal, emotional or economic abuse by a family member at home. It makes the state responsible for protecting women from domestic violence. The Act allows women to apply for protection orders, residence orders, custody orders, and compensation or monetary relief from domestic violence through a magistrate. It also provides duties and responsibilities for authorities like protection officers and police to assist victims.

2. The protection of women’s
from Domestic Violence Act
recognizes a life free of
violence and fear and
make the state responsible
for extending protection
against domestic violence to
women

3. The Act is the out come of
years of struggle by the
women’s movement in
India to get an act that
provide comprehensive
protection to women
against domestic
violence.

5. NEED FOR THE ACT

6. IDENTIFY THE ACT OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE
BEATING
SLAPPING
PUSHING
HITTING
BITING
KICKING
PUNCHING

8. Domestic Violence Act
seeks to protect women
from all forms of
domestic violence and
check harassment and
exploitation by family
members or relatives
Importance

9. The protection of women’s from
domestic violence act is a
powerful tool in the hands of
women as it affords them
protection and the right to
continue to live in the shared
house hold

10. PWDVS
HIGHLIGHTS
* Right based law
* Advocates the right to live with dignity
* First law in India to define domestic
violence in a comprehensive way
* Legal right to live a life free of violence
* Govanment accountable to stop domestic
violence
* Emergency order to stop domestic violence

11. Protection order
Residence order
Custody order
Compensation orderz
Monetary reliefs

12. HOW CAN YOU CLAIM ORDERS?
AGGRIEVED
PERSON
PROTECTIO
N OFFICER
SERVICE
PROVIDER
POLICE
STATION
MAGISTR
ATE
PERSON IN
CHARGE OF
MEDICAL FECILITY

13. Application
to the
magistrate
An application regarding
domestic violence can be
presented to the magistrate
seeking one or more reliefs
mentioned in sections by:
• The aggrieved person
• Protection officer on behalf of aggrieved person
• Any other person on behalf of aggrieved person

14. The salient features
Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
The Act seeks to
cover those women
who are or have
been in a
relationship with
the abuser where
both parties have
lived together in a
shared household
and are related by
consanguinity,
marriage or a
relationship in the
nature of marriage,
or adoption
"Domestic violence" includes actual abuse or the threat of
abuse that is physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and
economic. Harassment by way of unlawful dowry demands to
the woman or her relatives would also be covered under this
definition.
One of the most important features of the Act is the woman’s
right to secure housing

15. The draft Act provides for appointment of Protection Officers
and NGOs to provide assistance to the woman medical
examination, legal aid, safe shelter, etc.
The Act provides for breach of protection order or interim
protection order by the respondent as a cognizable and non-bail
able offence punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one year or with fine which may extend to twenty
thousand rupees or with both.
The other relief envisaged under the Act is that of the power of the
court to pass protection orders that prevent the abuser from aiding
or committing an act of domestic violence or any other specified
act, entering a workplace or any other place frequented by the
abused, attempting to communicate with the abused, isolating any
assets used by both the parties and causing violence to the abused,
her relatives and others who provide her assistance from the
domestic violence.

16. Duties of Authorities
•The victim can apply for any of the
reliefs recognized under this law.
•The victim can use the services of
certain official Service Providers
•The victim can approach
a Protection Officer and
ask them for help.
•The victim can ask
for free legal aid.
•The victim can also file a criminal
complaint under the general law on
crimes

17. THANKYOU