in which year domestic violence act was passed
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to protect women from domestic violence. It was brought into force by the Indian government from 26 October 2006. The Act provides for the first time in Indian law a definition of "domestic violence", with this definition being broad and including not only physical violence, but also other forms of violence such as emotional/verbal, sexual, and economic abuse. It is a civil law meant primarily for protection orders and not meant to penalize criminally.[1] The act does not extend to Jammu and Kashmir, which has its own laws, and which enacted in 2010 the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2010.[2]
Stalking California was the first state to criminalize stalking in the United States in 1990[60] as a result of numerous high-profile stalking cases in California, including the 1982 attempted murder of actress Theresa Saldana,[61] the 1988 massacre by Richard Farley,[62] the 1989 murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer,[63] and five Orange County stalking murders, also in 1989.[62][64] The first anti-stalking law in the United States, California Penal Code Section 646.9, was developed and proposed by Municipal Court Judge John Watson of Orange County. Watson with U.S. Congressman Ed Royce introduced the law in 1990.[64][65] Also in 1990, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) began the United States' first Threat Management Unit, founded by LAPD Captain Robert Martin.