Section 3 — Definition of domestic violence

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

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Any act, omission or conduct of the respondent shall constitute domestic violence if it harms or injures or endangers the health, safety, life, limb or well-being of the aggrieved person, including physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and economic abuse.

In simple terms

Domestic violence is not only physical — it includes sexual, verbal, emotional and economic abuse (e.g. denying money, throwing out of the house).