law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  Chapter IV Procedure for obtaining
  
  orders of reliefs
  12. Application to
  
  Magistrate.-
  1.  
  
    An aggrieved person or a Protection Officer or any other person on
  
  behalf of the aggrieved person may present an application to the Magistrate
  
  seeking one or more reliefs under this Act:
  Provided that before passing any
  
  order on such application, the Magistrate shall take into consideration any
  
  domestic incident report received by him from the Protection Officer or the
  
  service provider.
  2.  The relief sought for under sub-section (1) may include a relief
  
  for issuance of an order for payment of compensation or damages without
  
  prejudice to the right of such person to institute a suit for compensation or
  
  damages for the injuries caused by the acts of domestic violence committed by
  
  the respondent:
  Provided that where a decree for
  
  any amount as compensation or damages has been passed by any court in favour of
  
  the aggrieved person, the amount, if any, paid or payable in pursuance of the
  
  order made by the Magistrate under this Act shall be set off against the amount
  
  payable under such decree and the decree shall, notwithstanding anything
  
  contained in the  Code of Civil
  
  Procedure, 1908    (5 of 1908), or any other law for the time being in force,
  
  be executable for the balance amount, if any, left after such set off.
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in such form and
  
  contain such particulars as may be prescribed or as nearly as possible thereto.
  4.  
  
    The Magistrate shall fix the first date of hearing, which shall
  
  not ordinarily be beyond three days from the date of receipt of the application
  
  by the court.
  5.  The Magistrate shall endeavour to dispose of every application
  
  made under sub-section (1) within a period of sixty days from the date of its
  
  first hearing.