HC quashes domestic violence case filed by woman against daughter

In a relief to a 23-year-old woman, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday quashed the domestic violence proceedings initiated against her by her own mother. The high court refused to accept the contention of the mother that the daughter assaulted her and has too many boyfriends.

A bench of Justices Sambhaji Shinde and Manish Pitale while quashing the proceedings said the allegations levelled against the daughter, a resident of Andheri, by her own mother were "absurd."

The bench was hearing a plea filed by the daughter seeking to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against her by Magistrate Court, Andheri, at the behest of her mother. The mother had filed domestic violence case against her husband and her own daughter.

In her plaint before the Magistrate, the mother alleged that her daughter assaulted her after her (mother's) husband instigated her. The mother also claimed that the daughter even poured boiling water on her feet.

To buttress her case, the mother claimed that her daughter had "too many boyfriends."

In her plea before Justice Shinde, the daughter through her counsel Kenny Thakkar sought to quash the proceedings as it was acting as a major obstacle for her further studies. She told the bench that she had applied for post graduation course in a university in Australia, however, the rules there mandated that the aspirant shouldn't have any pending criminal case against them.

Accordingly, she urged the judges to quash the criminal case of domestic violence filed against her by her own mother.