LAW FOR ALL

Section 19 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short 'the PWD Act, 2005')= Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No.25528 of 2012 has been filed in SLP(Crl.) No.3916 of 2010 by the respondent-wife inter alia for a direction to allow her to stay in the joint family house/shared household/permanent matrimonial home at D-279, Nirman Vihar, Delhi- 110 092.= having regard to the nature of the dispute between the parties, it would be only proper to resort to the provisions of Section 19(1)(f) of the PWD Act, 2005. We, accordingly, dispose of CRL. M.P. No.25528 of 2012 by directing the petitioner-husband to provide an alternative accommodation for the applicant-wife, suitable to her status and of the same level at which she had been enjoying in her shared household, as far as possible near her parents' residence. Such arrangement must be made by the petitioner-husband within the month of February, 2013. In the event, the petitioner-husband fails to provide such alternative accommodation, the applicant-wife would be entitled to arrange for an accommodation for herself, within the municipal limits of Delhi and the petitioner-husband shall make payment of the rent thereof regularly and without fail.