Delhi High Court: Wife Entitled to Stay in Shared Household Even After In-Laws Disown Husband

Oct 20, 2025 02:40 am CST

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be evicted from a shared household where she resided after marriage, even if her in-laws later disown her husband. Justice Sanjeev Narula's landmark judgment protects women's residential rights under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, stating that a daughter-in-law can only be dispossessed through proper legal processes.