A widow has the right to enjoy the property bought by her husband in her name in the manner she wants, and her daughter and son-in-law cannot lay claim to it, a Delhi court has held.
The court ruled in favoure of a 65-year-old woman who challenged the refusal of her daughter and son-in-law to vacate a portion of the house at Shastri Nagar in north west Delhi. Lajwanti Devi wanted back the portion of the property given to her daughter and son-in-law in 1985 but they refused to vacate. Additional District Judge Kamini Lau held the woman as the owner of the house and said the property was bought by her husband in 1966 in her name to “provide her a secure life” after his death.
