Child should also be a petitioer in dv act to get maintenance

Kumar (Querist) 17 July 2014 This query is : Resolved
Hello Experts,

Sometime back, I read in somewhere that child should also be a another patitioner in DV act to get maintenance for child.

Please refer citation or URL. I have searched in google and not able to find the citation.

Thanks.

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Dr J C Vashista (Expert) 17 July 2014
Hello Kumar,
As you have quoted "DV Act" is The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005. In this context can you say the child can fall in the catagory of "WOMEN" to invoke the provisions of the Act?
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Devajyoti Barman (Expert) 17 July 2014
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Child need not be made party to PWDV proceedings.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 17 July 2014
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ajay sethi (Expert) 17 July 2014
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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate Online

(Expert) 18 July 2014
A child's maintenance amount also can be claimed in the DV act.

Kumar (Querist) 18 July 2014
I got it Sir. But, Recently in 2014 judgement, one of HC (i think Mumbai or Delhi) said, Child need to be added as petitioner in DV act case ,to get child's maintenance. I have missed to collect the judgement by that time. I am searching now and also asking experts help for this.

Advocate. Arunagiri (Expert) 18 July 2014
In DV Act the affected wife alone can be the petitioner.

For the maintenance of the child, they have to file a separate case.