High Court of Karnataka Quashes Proceedings Under Section 31 of Domestic Violence Act for Breach of Protection Order — Non-Payment of Maintenance Not Attracting Penalty Without Specific Order. The court held that Section 31 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 applies only to breach of a protection order under Section 18, not to non-compliance with maintenance orders under Section 12....
The petitioner, Mohammed Yaseen Naikwadi, filed a criminal petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 seeking to quash proceedings in C.C. No. 1/2022 pending before the IV-JMFC...
