India, Nov. 9 -- Acting on a woman's complaint of domestic abuse, the Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained an allegedly abusive husband from entering his house in Colaba for a month. A single judge bench of justice Kamal Khata has ordered the 40-year-old businessman to leave the house in four days and stay out for a month.

According to the woman, the couple got married in December 2011, and have two children, a 6-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter. The woman told the court that throughout their marriage, her husband was cruel to her, abused her family with offensive language, and even physically assaulted her on several occasions.

Despite several interventions by her relatives, when her husband's behaviour did not improve, s...