Grand daughter-in-law cannot stay in grand mother-in-law’s house without her consent: Delhi court
A grand daughter-in-law cannot stay in the house of her grand mother-in-law without her consent and neither can own a portion of it, a Delhi court has observed while deciding a case filed by an 80-year-old woman whose grandson’s wife was demanding a part of the property.
“The defendant being a grand daughter-in-law has no right to reside in the subject property which belongs to her grand mother-in-law without her consent as the said property is not covered by the definition of ‘shared household’,” said Civil Judge Nupur Gupta.
Defining ‘shared household’, the Judge said that the place can mean a house belonging or taken on rent by the household or a house which belongs to a joint family of which the husband is a member.
The observation was made while deciding a case wherein an 80-year-old woman had moved to the court against her grand daughter-in-law who wanted a share in the property where she was staying with her husband, ie, complainant’s grandson.
Krishna Devi Sabherwal’s grandson Hitesh and his wife Swati were staying at their grandmother’s house after marriage. But soon after the alliance, the couple started having regular fights. Following this spat, Swati and her family threatened Krishna Devi and demanded …read more