Tassar Tagia, LL.M, The Assam Royal Global University
Introduction
Domestic violence, or intimate partner violence as it is sometimes called, is a worldwide problem. Domestic violence refers to any violence committed by a member of the victim's family. This includes current and former spouses, members of your direct family, extended relatives, and close family friends. When there is a close link between the offender and the victim, the phrase "domestic violence" is employed.
When we refer to domestic violence the first reference that comes to us is that it is the physical abuse that encompasses assault, criminal intimidation, and use of force. It refers to any act or action that causes bodily pain, or harm poses a threat to life, limb, or health, or affects the health or development of the victim. However there is more to it; any sexual activity that violates a woman's dignity by abusing, humiliating, or otherwise degrading her is referred to as sexual abuse; and taunts, humiliation, name-calling, and insults or ridicule specifically related to not having a kid or a male child are all examples of verbal and emotional abuse, as can persistent threatening to harm anyone the injured person is interested in.
Economic abuse was later on recognized as another form of domestic violence which included deprivation of all or any economic resources to which the aggrieved person is entitled under any law or custom, whether payable under an order of a court or otherwise, or which the aggrieved person needs out of necessity, including, but not limited to, housekeeping needs for the aggrieved person and her children, if any, stridhan, property, jointly or separately owned by the aggrieved person, payment of rental connected to the shared housekeeping and maintenance; Disposal of household items, any exclusion of assets (movable or immovable), valuables, shares, securities, bonds, and the like, or other property in which the aggrieved party has an interest or is entitled to use as a result of the domestic relationship, or which may reasonably be required by the aggrieved party, her children, her stridhan, or any other property jointly or separately held by the aggrieved party; and entry to resources or facilities that the aggrieved person is entitled to use or enjoy as a result of the domestic partnership, including access to the shared residence, are prohibited or restricted.
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