
Wife’s Right To Shared Household Under DV Act No Bar To Partition Of Matrimonial Home Between Divorced Couple: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a married woman’s right to reside in a shared household under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act cannot override or nullify the lawful entitlement of husband to seek partition or enforcement of ownership rights in civil proceedings. A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan…