Legal Separation/ divorce under domestic violence - please suggest

Hello, I have been separated from my husband for more than a year now. It is a domestic violence case however, I could not take any action at the given point of time as I was in shock and scared for almost a week and during that period my parents were out of station. We consulted a lawyer, as I needed my jewelry from the locker and plus there were couple of financial issues. She advised to get everything closed first and meanwhile my parents asked that man to leave the house we were staying in as it was unsafe for me to live with him. He never supported me monetary in 3 years of marriage rather took money from me in lacs which he now not returning and it is been more than a year I am managing everything on my own. I have sent divorce notice in the month of March this year however he did not revert and post that due to lockdown things could not proceed. I want to understand the process of getting interim compensation. Also, how important is to file NC?