law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  20. Monetary reliefs.-
  1.  
  
    While disposing of an application under sub-section (1) of section
  
  12, the Magistrate may direct the respondent to pay monetary relief to meet the
  
  expenses incurred and losses suffered by the aggrieved person and any child of
  
  the aggrieved person as a result of the domestic violence and such relief may
  
  include but is not limited to-
  a.  
  
    the loss of earnings;
  b.  
  
    the medical expenses;
  c.  
  
    the loss caused due to the destruction, damage or removal of any
  
  property from the control of the aggrieved person; and
  d.  
  
    the maintenance for the aggrieved person as well as her children,
  
  if any, including an order under or in addition to an order of maintenance
  
  under section 125 of the  Code of Criminal
  
  Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) or any other law for the time being in force.
  1.  
  2.  The monetary relief granted under this section shall be adequate,
  
  fair and reasonable and consistent with the standard of living to which the
  
  aggrieved person is accustomed.
  3.  The Magistrate shall have the power to order an appropriate lump
  
  sum payment or monthly payments of maintenance, as the nature and circumstances
  
  of the case may require.
  4.  
  
    The Magistrate shall send a copy of the order for monetary relief
  
  made under sub-section (1) to the parties to the application and to the
  
  in-charge of the police station within the local limits of whose jurisdiction
  
  the respondent resides.
  5.  The respondent shall pay the monetary relief granted to the
  
  aggrieved person within the period specified in the order under sub‑sections
  
  (1).
  6.  
  
    Upon the failure on the part of the respondent to make payment in
  
  terms of the order under sub‑sections (1), the Magistrate may direct the
  
  employer or a debtor of the respondent, to directly pay to the aggrieved person
  
  or to deposit with the court a portion of the wages or salaries or debt due to
  
  or accrued to the credit of the respondent, which amount may be adjusted
  
  towards the monetary relief payable by the respondent.