A woman filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act against her husband and her in-laws. Even if her husband and her in-laws own the property, she cannot be evicted from a shared house by them till they provide alternative accommodation for her, the Delhi High Court has said in a significant ruling.
Further, the Delhi High Court stated that a civil court cannot render a woman roofless as long as she continues to be in a matrimonial relationship.
The Senior Citizen Act states that law was enacted to ensure that parents and senior citizens are not made to suffer by their children or forced to reside with estranged daughter-in-law in a property that exclusively stands in their names. However, the right of residence under the Domestic Violence Act is a special step towards ensuring that a helpless wife and her children are not abandoned without any shelter and by categorically protecting their right to reside in the shared household, irrespective of whether the aggrieved wife or her spouse bears any title or interest in the said household.
Further, the Delhi High Court stated that a civil court cannot render a woman roofless as long as she continues to be in a matrimonial relationship.
The Senior Citizen Act states that law was enacted to ensure that parents and senior citizens are not made to suffer by their children or forced to reside with estranged daughter-in-law in a property that exclusively stands in their names. However, the right of residence under the Domestic Violence Act is a special step towards ensuring that a helpless wife and her children are not abandoned without any shelter and by categorically protecting their right to reside in the shared household, irrespective of whether the aggrieved wife or her spouse bears any title or interest in the said household.
