HC comes to aid of parents harassed by daughters-in-law
The Delhi High Court on Thursday spelt relief to a large number of
aged parents tormented by their daughters-in-law, eyeing matrimonial
property after separation from their husbands. The court ruled that a
daughter-in-law cannot claim the right to live in a property owned by
her in-laws or to inherit if her husband has moved out.
“One cannot shy away from the hard-hitting reality that it is not
always the daughter-in-law who is berated but at times the in-laws who
are at the receiving end of the daughter-in-law’s cantankerousness
(crankiness). It should not be consigned to oblivion that the
parents-in-law have every right to live in peace in their own property
and the right to property vested in them cannot be snatched away and
used as a tool to harass them,” said Justice Kailash Gambhir.
“The daughter-in-law has no right to stay in the said property
especially after the exit of her husband from the property," Justice
Gambhir added.
Many harassed parents — whose daughters-in-law continue to live with
them even after separation from their sons with an eye on the property
and maintenance, even when the son has left their home — can draw relief
from this judgment.
The remarks came while delivered judgement in a suit filed by a
mother-in-law Radha seeking a direction to her son and daughter-in-law
to vacate her house.
Her son Suraj had married Renuka on April 27, 2009. But soon serious
differences arose between them after which Suraj moved out.
Radha complained of harassment at Renuka's hands. Renuka too filed a
complaint of domestic violence, claimed maintenance and a decree
declaring the matrimonial house as her sole and exclusive property.
Perusing the files, the judge came to the conclusion that the property
was owned by her mother-in-law and could not be treated as a joint
family property.
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