Married woman told to do housework is not cruelty, says Bombay HC

Court quashes woman’s complaint of domestic violence over her in-laws expecting her to do chores at home

If a married woman is asked to do household work for the family, it cannot be equated to the work of a house help and would not amount to cruelty, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court said while quashing a case lodged by a woman against her estranged husband and his parents for domestic violence and cruelty.

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