Wife’s Right to Reside in Shared Household Remains Despite Husband Being Disowned: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that a wife’s right to reside in a shared household under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act remains intact even if her husband has been disowned by his parents.

Justice Sanjeev Narula clarified that the house where the wife lived with her husband and in-laws after marriage qualifies as a shared household.

The Court further stated that her right to residence is independent of her husband’s ownership or title and continues as long as the property remains the shared household where they lived together.

[Khushwant Kaur v Smt. Gagandeep Sidhu & other connected matters]