law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  6. Duties of shelter
  
  homes.-
  If an aggrieved person or on her
  
  behalf a Protection Officer or a service provider requests the person in charge
  
  of a shelter home to provide shelter to her, such person in charge of the
  
  shelter home shall provide shelter to the aggrieved person in the shelter home.