b) Basing on the above rulings, the petitioners implored to quash the proceedings. I am afraid, the request of the petitioners cannot be conceded in view of the subsequent decision of Apex Court in Juveria Abdul MajidPatni v. AtifIqbalMansoori . One of the questions engaged in that case was, whether a divorced woman can seek for reliefs against her ex-husband under Sections 18 to 23 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The Sessions Court and High Court of Bombay having considered the fact that the marriage between the parties was dissolved by Khula divorce on 09.05.2008, held the domestic relationship between the parties was severed by the date of filing of DVC on 28.09.2009 and therefore, the said D.V. case was not maintainable. However, Honble Apex Court on a threadbare analysis of the different provisions of the D.V. Act, has come to a different conclusion. Elucidating Section 2(a) which defines the term aggrieved person, Supreme Court observed that apart from the woman, who is in a domestic relationship, any woman, who has been in a domestic relationship with the respondent, if alleges to have been subjected to act of domestic violence by the respondent, comes within the meaning of aggrieved person. Similarly, analyzing Section 2(f), which deals with the term domestic relationship, the Apex Court held that a person aggrieved (wife herein), who at any point of time has lived together with husband in a shared
