Wife can live in shared home even after husband's death: Kerala HC

Wife can live in shared home even after husband's death: Kerala HC

Here, there is a widow Meena, who applied under the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against her in-laws (brother-in-laws, sister-laws, mother-in-law). Since the death of her husband Gopi in 2009, her in-laws had tried to vacate her out of the matrimonial house and had hindered her peaceful stay at the home. The Court upheld the decision of Sessions Court that had awarded the reliefs of the following reliefs to Meena: 1. Protection Order- Entailing that the respondents (in-laws), restrain themselves against committing an act of domestic violence against Meena and her children 2. Residence Order- Preventing the respondents by acts of obstructing Meena and her children to: Enjoy the entry into the shared household (matrimonial home) as well as peaceful living in the shared household