India, Feb. 7 -- The Supreme Court on Friday asked courts to be on guard against misuse of the domestic violence law flagging its concern over the tendency of dragging family members to face prosecution on generalised allegations without there being any specific allegation or material to allege their role in perpetrating the violence.

Deciding a case from Telangana where a wife roped in her mother-in-law's sister and her son to face prosecution under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), a bench of justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh said, "In criminal cases relating to domestic violence, the complaints and charges should be specific, as far as possible, as against each and every member of the family who are accused of such o...