Limitation period for filing complain under domestic violence?

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as per new Supreme Court Judgment is one year,THIS JUSDMENT REFERING TO THE VARIOUS JUDGEMENTS ( JAPANI SAHOO VS CHANDRASHEKHAR MOHANTY CASE) EVERY LINE OF THIS JUDGEMENT IS WORTH READING DV LIMITATION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1635 of 2011 (Arising out of SLP(Crl.) No. 7787 of 2010) Inderjit Singh Grewal …Appellant Versus State of Punjab & Anr. …Respondents J U D G M E N T Dr. B.S. CHAUHAN, J. here are few line of the judgment:- "The appeal succeeds and is allowed. The impugned judgment and order dated 9.8.2010 is hereby set aside. Petition filed by the appellant under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is allowed. Complaint No. 87/02/09 pending before the Magistrate, Jalandhar and all orders passed therein are quashed. Before parting with the case, we clarify that respondent no.2 shall be entitled to continue with her other cases and the court concerned may proceed in accordance with law without being influenced by the observations made herein. The said observations have been made only to decide the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. filed by the appellant."

Advocate Minansu Bhadra LawRato