Woman asked to explain delay in filing plea against brother

A Delhi court has directed a woman to explain the delay in lodging a complaint against her brother for allegedly throwing her out of the house in 2006 and parting her with education and tax-related documents which was coming in her way to get a job.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan, who was hearing the woman's complaint under the Domestic Violence Act, asked her to give an explanation on the "point of limitation as well as the continuity of domestic relationship with her brother", saying she did not file the plea within one year of the incident.
The court also noted that the woman who claimed to be highly educated, did not even remember the name of the institutions from where she had completed her education and directed her to obtain the documents to prove her educational qualification within four weeks.

The woman told the court that she could not access her funds as she had forgotten her bank account details.
However, her brother submitted her PAN card details in the court after which the magistrate issued a notice to the Income Tax department to provide the copies of the documents of tax return filed by her so that her bank account details could be traced.
"This would enable the court to trace the bank account details of the complainant (woman) so that she can have access to the funds, if any, lying in her accounts. The Income Tax department is directed to provide this information within four weeks..." the magistrate said.

In her complaint, the woman had alleged that her brother and sister-in-law had thrown her out of her house in south Delhi by making her sign some papers in 2006.

She alleged that her educational qualifications and tax- related documents were in the house possessed by her brother against whom she had lodged several criminal cases which are still pending.
Her brother had contended that she had executed a relinquishment deed in his favour in June 2008 for a consideration of Rs 20 lakh.
The woman had, however, filed a suit for cancellation of the deed in another court.