NEW DELHI, March 7 (NNN-PTI) — A woman cannot claim the right to residence in the houses owned by her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act as she can seek maintenance only from her husband, sons and daughters, a Delhi court has said.
“The wife has no right to claim residence in the house belonging to her mother-in-law or father-in-law and a woman has the right of maintenance only against her husband, sons and daughters and not against her in-laws,” Additional Sessions Judge Madhu Jain said.
The court made the observations while dismissing an appeal of a woman against an order of a Metropolitan Magistrate, who had rejected her claim to residence in the house owned by her in-laws.
It said that the Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has been passed as a welfare measure and not to blackmail the other party.–NNN-PTI
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