In tough new rules to operationalise the Protection Against Domestic Violence Act signed in 2015, the state wants perpetrators to pay the spouse or child for meting such acts of violence and destroying property. In the proposed rules, domestic violence is taken to include physical, sexual, emotional, social, verbal, spiritual, and economic abuse. "Where there is personal injury, financial loss, trauma, psychological damage, damage to movable or immovable property, or any possibility of such damage or loss as a result of an act of domestic violence, the complainant may file a claim for compensation," the Protection Against Domestic Violence Rules, 2020 reads. It will also be applicable where violence leads to trauma, psychological damage, and damage to movable or immovable property. An affected spouse or child may file a claim for compensation where there is any possibility of damage or loss as a result of an act of domestic violence.

Source: The Star March 02, 2021 03:57 UTC