Married Children Do Not Have Automatic Right to Father’s Property: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that married children have no automatic right to reside in their father’s self-acquired property against his wishes.

The Court observed that a child’s residence in the parental home during minority flows from the father’s love, affection, and duty of care, but such obligations do not extend to married, self-sufficient adults.

The Court noted that parents’ legal responsibilities are confined to maintaining minor children, and adult children cannot claim residence as a matter of right.

Finding the son’s second appeal non-maintainable and treating the litigation as harassment of the father, the Court imposed exemplary costs of ₹1 lakh on the appellant.

[Ritesh Khatri v Shyam Sundar Khatri]