Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 701 · Decided 15 December 2020
SMT. S. Vanitha v. The Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 701 · [2020] 12 S.C.R. 1057
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3822/2020
- Decided
- 15 December 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDU MALHOTRA, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Domestic Violence Act Section 2(s), 17, 26(3), 36
Headnote
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007: 2(b) and 3 - Petition under the Act - By respondent Nos. 2 and 3 seeking eviction of their daughter-in-law (appellant) from their house - Plea of appellant that she had been living in residence and that her husband (respondent No. 4) had deserted her and their daughter - The authorities concerned directed the appellant to vacate the house - Writ Petition - Single Judge of High Court held that the appellant had no cause of action against respondent
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