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Domestic Violence Lawyer in Ahmedabad

Advocate Alpa Jogi is considered to be one of the best Domestic Violence Advocate of Ahmedabad.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATTERS

The domestic violence in this Country is rampant and several women encounter violence in some form or the other or almost everyday. However, it is the least reported form of cruel behaviour. A woman resigns her fate to the never ending cycle of enduring violence and discrimination as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a partner, a single woman in her lifetime due to absence of laws addressing women’s issues.


Till the year 2005, the remedies available to a victim of domestic violence were limited. The women either had to go to the civil court for a decree of divorce or initiate prosecution in the criminal court for the offence punishable under Section 498A of IPC. In both the proceedings, no emergency relief is available to the victim. Also, the relationships outside the marriage were not recognized. This set of circumstances ensured that a majority of women preferred to suffer in silence, not out of choice but of compulsion.


Having regard to all these facts, the Parliament thought fit to enact Domestic Violence Act. The main Object of the Act is protection of women from violence inflicted by a man or/and a woman. It is a progressive Act, whose sole intention is to protect the women irrespective of the relationship she shares with the accused. The definition of an aggrieved person under the Act is so wide that it taken within its purview even women who are living with their partners in a live in relationship..


Alpa Jogi is a prominent and very experienced Domestic Violence Advocate in Ahmedabad and is considered to be one of the best Domestic Violence Lawyer in Ahmedabad . You can consult Advocate Alpa Jogi for your case regarding domestic violence matters and expect best and honest services from our side.


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