印度高等法院拒绝向与已婚男子有关系的妇女提供家庭暴力保护, India's high court denies domestic violence protection to a woman in a relationship with a married man, stating such unions aren't legally recognized as marriage.

印度孟买高等法院裁定, 与已婚男子有长期关系的妇女不能根据《家庭暴力法》要求保护, 即使她们同居、共享经济生活或有子女, India's Bombay High Court ruled that a woman in a long-term relationship with a married man cannot claim protection under the Domestic Violence Act, even if they lived together, shared finances, or had a child, because such relationships do not qualify as "in the nature of marriage" under the law. 法院强调,法律保护需要正式婚姻,在这种关系中将权利给予伴侣会损害第一配偶和子女。 The court emphasized that legal protection requires formal marriage, and extending rights to partners in such relationships would harm the first spouse and children. 该妇女了解该男子的现有婚姻,但未能证明他公开承认她为妻子或孩子是他的妻子。 The woman, aware of the man’s existing marriage, failed to prove he publicly recognized her as his wife or that the child was his. 该决定强调,分担费用、共同财产或IVF治疗并不产生合法的婚姻状况。 The decision reinforces that shared expenses, joint property, or IVF treatments do not create legal marital status.