New Delhi: A wife is entitled to seek maintenance only from her husband and is not liable to be maintained by her in-laws, a special court has said.
Special judge Anil Kumar made the observations in a domestic violence case while barring a married woman from entering her matrimonial house, noting that the property belonged to her mother-in-law who had disowned her son.
The court allowed the appeal filed by the woman's mother-in-law against a magisterial court's order which had allowed the woman to enter her matrimonial house.
"In view of above observations it is held that respondent/complainant (wife) has prima facie no right to re enter the house of her mother-in-law," the court said.
However in March 2015, she and her husband were barred by her in-laws from entering the matrimonial house after a quarrel. Thereafter, a case was filed in this regard, the woman had claimed.
Thereafter, the woman's mother-in-law approached the sessions court, claiming that her daughter-in-law had no residence right in her property and it was only the husband who was solely liable to provide accommodation to her.
Special judge Anil Kumar made the observations in a domestic violence case while barring a married woman from entering her matrimonial house, noting that the property belonged to her mother-in-law who had disowned her son.
The court allowed the appeal filed by the woman's mother-in-law against a magisterial court's order which had allowed the woman to enter her matrimonial house.
"In view of above observations it is held that respondent/complainant (wife) has prima facie no right to re enter the house of her mother-in-law," the court said.
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However in March 2015, she and her husband were barred by her in-laws from entering the matrimonial house after a quarrel. Thereafter, a case was filed in this regard, the woman had claimed.
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Thereafter, the woman's mother-in-law approached the sessions court, claiming that her daughter-in-law had no residence right in her property and it was only the husband who was solely liable to provide accommodation to her.
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