From a Pati-Parmeshawar or a Lord to a Partner: How the Conservative Patriarchal Family Ideology Operates and Is Challenged in the Courts 29/8/2022 The data from the NCRB shows that an increasingly large number of women are approaching the courts with complaints of domestic violence every year. In 2018, around 1,03,272 cases were filed, in 2019, again 1,25,298 cases and in 2020, around 1,11,549 cases were under section 498A IPC. These women are approaching the legal system as agents of change with the hope that they will no longer be abused . Complainants do not see their violent husbands as pati-parmeshwars, lords, or masters, but are expecting men to be their partners . The new generation of women views marriage as a companionship . They are simply demanding violence-free homes . This changing aspiration among young women is also reflected in some of the recent movies such as The `Darlings’, `Secret Superstar’, ` Thappad ’, and so on. However, on the other side, neither t