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Shared Household

Delhi High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘No absolute right of residence can be claimed by wife’; Delhi High Court upholds order dispossessing wife from shared household

It is not a case where the wife is helpless or there is any endeavour to leave her on the road by taking away the roof from her head. The wife herself is an educated woman, who did her MBA and is also employed.

Published on October 23, 2024October 26, 2024By Arushi
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court dismisses appeal by wife on failure to establish shared household in Domestic Violence claim

On perusal of the definition of “shared household” and the provisions of Sections 17 and 19 of Domestic Violence Act states that to show “shared household” the parties must show the place where they have lived together in the past.

Published on January 30, 2024February 20, 2024By Arunima
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Shared Household] Right of a daughter-in-law not an indefeasible right so as to exclude the in-laws: Delhi High Court 

Delhi High Court opined that the parties shall ensure that they maintain peace and order and do not engage in any acrimony and shall have duplicate keys of the rooms.

Published on May 29, 2023June 1, 2023By Arunima
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Right to residence under DV Act not restricted to actual residence; Domestic relationship not necessary to be subsisting at the time of filing of application: SC 

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah and BV Nagarathna*, JJ has answered three important questions pertaining to the Protection of Women

Published on May 18, 2022May 19, 2022By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Visits of sundry family members to matrimonial home, without permanency or intention to treat premises as a shared household: Would it render family members as members of shared household? Del HC elaborates

Delhi High Court: Prateek Jalan, J., addressed the issue of whether visits of sundry family members to the matrimonial home, without permanency

Published on May 4, 2022May 6, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsDistrict Court

Son not living with daughter-in-law, but daughter-in-law living in one of in-laws’ house from which they seek her eviction. Whether in-laws obligated to provide alternate accommodation? Dwarka Court determines

Dwarka Courts, New Delhi: Richa Gusain Solanki, Additional Senior Civil Judge-Cum-JSCC-Cum-Guardian Judge, addressed a matter with regard to the eviction of the

Published on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Right of residence under DV Act is exclusive to and isolated from any right that may arise under S. 9 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Chandra Dhari Singh, J., addressed a matter wherein the right of residence was claimed by the wife. In the

Published on March 11, 2022March 22, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Stories of sexual assault of a minor, woman travelling in public transport experiencing inappropriate touch and how children below 12 years of age are ‘asexual’ | Read 7 Legal Stories of the week

Here are our interesting Picks from the stories reported this week: People using cyberspace to vent out anger and frustration by travestying

Published on March 6, 2022March 7, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Where the residence is a shared household, would it create any embargo upon owner to claim eviction against his daughter-in-law? Read what Del HC says

Delhi High Court: Yogesh Khanna, J., held that right of residence under Section 19 of the Domestic Violence Act is not an

Published on February 28, 2022March 4, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Tis-hazari
Case BriefsDistrict Court

Can an unemployed husband escape from his responsibility to maintain wife? Tis Hazari Court answers

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: Sanjay Sharma-II, ASJ-03, termination of service does not mean that husband is incapable of finding another employment and

Published on February 7, 2022February 11, 2022By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Daughter-in-law claims right of residence in late husband’s mothers’ property under the head ‘Shared Household’: Mother-in-law approaches Del HC seeking eviction of daughter-in-law | Read what HC says

Delhi High Court: Explaining the significance of ‘shared household’ Asha Menon, J., explained that where a residence is clearly a shared household,

Published on December 17, 2021December 17, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Daughter turning major, will not be entitled to maintenance from father? Andhra Pradesh HC explains the law

Andhra Pradesh High Court: While explaining the law on whether father is obligated to provide maintenance to his daughter irrespective of the

Published on September 20, 2021September 23, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Provisions of DV Act cannot be used as a ploy by son, to either claim a right in his father’s property or continue to retain possession of father’s property, on strength of his wife’s right of residence: Del HC

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J. while addressing the matter, expressed that “…in the opinion of this Court, all cases of

Published on August 25, 2021August 27, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Under Parents and Senior Citizens Act, is it necessary to find out whether property belongs to parent exclusively or is a shared household in which daughter-in-law has rights? Bom HC deciphers

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav J. Jamdar, JJ., while explaining the provisions under Maintenance and Welfare

Published on August 19, 2021August 20, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | Whether woman is party to adultery/bigamy so as to refuse relief under DV Act is a matter of trial: HC refuses to quash lower court orders

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., refused to grant relief to the petitioner against orders of the lower court restraining him from

Published on June 9, 2021June 11, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Del HC | ‘Permanency’ as an element of ‘Shared Household’ concept under Domestic Violence Act: Can old-aged parents-in-law be restrained from selling their house in light of shared household consequences? Read Court’s proposition

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., dealt with the provisions in regard to the concept of the shared household while referring

Published on May 18, 2021May 21, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Daughter-in-law’s right to residence under DV Act versus right of in-laws to seek eviction under Senior Citizens Act, 2007| Here’s how SC solved the conundrum on these competing interests

“Rights in law can translate to rights in life, only if there is an equitable ease in obtaining their realization.”

Published on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

[Domestic Violence] SC| Wife can claim right to residence in shared household belonging to not just husband but also to his relatives. Read conditions

“The progress of any society depends on its ability to protect and promote the rights of its women.”

Published on October 16, 2020December 19, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

All HC | Can daughter-in-law be evicted without seeking decree of eviction against the son under S. 2(s) of Domestic Violence Act? HC Answers

Allahabad High Court: Vivek Kumar Birla, J., while addressing a matter with regard to “shared household”, held that, “daughter-in-law can be evicted without

Published on August 11, 2020November 30, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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