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The Delhi High Court, while giving an important decision, has made it clear that after marriage, the daughter-in-law becomes a member of the family. Even if the husband is evicted from his property by his parents, the daughter-in-law still has the full right to live in that house. She cannot be forcibly thrown out of the house without any legal process. This decision was given by Justice Sanjeev Narula while rejecting the petition of a mother-in-law and father-in-law, who wanted to throw their daughter-in-law out of the house. What was the whole matter? This family dispute started after the marriage of the woman in 2010, when she came to live with her husband at her parents’ house. By 2011, the relationship between the husband and wife deteriorated so much that the matter reached the court and several cases were registered. The girl’s mother-in-law filed a petition in the court saying that this house was her husband’s (late Daljit Singh) property built from his own earnings. He argued that since it was not a shared household, the daughter-in-law had no right to live here. This is a private property and domestic violence does not come under the ambit of law. What did the court say? The court completely rejected this argument of the in-laws. The court said that after marriage, when the daughter-in-law came to live in that house, it became her “shared house”. The daughter-in-law’s rights do not go away by evicting the husband from the property. The court also took into account the fact that in the house, the mother-in-law is living on the upper floor and the daughter-in-law is living on the lower floor, which is a right balance between the needs and rights of both. The court clearly said that there is no legal basis for expelling the daughter-in-law from the house and she cannot be forcibly thrown out. This decision further strengthens the rights of women.
