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“Merely because the woman may have made that choice cannot be concluded to mean that she had separated from her matrimonial home without reasonable cause or that she would have sufficient means to survive on her own.”
The Delhi High Court said that this case is demonstrative of how S. 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 works against a woman.
“In the society a daughter-in-law, may she be widow, is always treated as an integral member of the family and she possesses all honour as well as the responsibilities of the household.”
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., reiterated that father-in-law has a moral responsibility to maintain