In Brief
An 84-year-old appellant and 62-year-old respondent disputed whether they were in a domestic relationship. The respondent sought residence rights in the appellant's property under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The Supreme Court held that the Act's protections require the parties to have lived together in the shared household, which was not established here. The Court set aside the interim order granting occupation and rejected the High Court's withdrawal of the appeal from the appellate court, ruling such transfers unfairly deprive litigants of additional scrutiny. The appeals were allowed, with the matter remitted to a different Additional Sessions Judge.
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