Q: Can a complaint be filed on temporary residence ?

Ans: A domestic violence complaint cannot be filed at a place where a woman is only casually visiting and proceedings must be instituted at her temporary or permanent residence under section 27 of the Domestic Violence Act, the Bombay High Court said.

The court interpreted ’temporary residence’ to mean the place an aggrieved person has temporarily decided to make their home and not a lodge or a guest house, meant for short visits.

The persons who is residing on rent will be his temporary residence.