Daughter-in-law’s right to shared household even after husband’s eviction remains intact, major decision of Delhi High Court – Delhi High Court’s daughter-in-law’s right to shared household even after husband’s eviction

The daughter-in-law’s right over the shared house remains intact even after the husband is evicted, a major decision by the Delhi High Court. The court explained that the daughter-in-law has the right to live in a shared house even if the husband does not own the house. The court canceled the lower court’s order to the daughter-in-law to vacate the house. Major decision of the Delhi High Court. Jagran Digital Desk, New Delhi. The Delhi High Court, while hearing an important case, clarified that a woman who lives in a house after marriage is considered a member of that family, and even if her husband is evicted from the property by his parents, the woman still has the right to live in that house. Remove Advertisement Read Only News Justice Sanjeev Narula made this remark while dismissing the petition of the daughter-in-law’s mother-in-law and late father-in-law demanding to throw her out of the house. In the order given on October 16, the court said the daughter-in-law cannot be forcibly thrown out of the house without due process of law. There was a family feud going on for a long time. In this case, advocate Sambandha Verma appeared on behalf of the daughter-in-law, while advocate Kajal Chandra appeared on behalf of the mother-in-law and father-in-law. According to the documents, the dispute started after the woman’s marriage in 2010 when she started living with her husband in his parents’ house. Split in relationships and legal battle The relationship between husband and wife soured in the year 2011, after which several civil and criminal cases were filed between both parties. In the petition, the mother-in-law and father-in-law argued that the house in which the wife lives is a private property acquired by the late Daljit Singh, and therefore cannot be considered a “shared household” under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. However, the court rejected this argument and said that the way the mother-in-law lives upstairs and the daughter-in-law downstairs maintains a good balance between the rights and needs of both.