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The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday held that a woman, who leaves her matrimonial house before her divorce, cannot later seek "right to residence" under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) even if her appeal against the divorce decree is pending [Umakant Havgirao Bondre vs Sakshi @ Sonali Suraj Bondre]