GEETA SHARMA vs KANCHANA RAI & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 31.07.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 20.08.2025 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 303/2024, CM APPL. 52917/2024, CM APPL. 72192/2024, CM APPL. 8781/2025,CM APPL. 22992/2025 & CM APPL. 33206/2025 GEETA SHARMA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Varun Singh, Ms. Deepeika Kalia, Ms. Alankriti Dwivedi, Ms. Somesa Gupta, Ms. Vasudha Singh & Mr. Sudeep Chandra, Advs. versus KANCHANA RAI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Parag P Tripathi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Niyati Kohli, Mr. Pratham Vir Agarwal & Mr. Nilay Gupta, Advs. for R-2 & 3. Mr. Trideep Pais, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Shravanth Shanker, Adv. for Applicant Uma Devi. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal filed under Section 19 of the 2. The question of law requiring adjudication of this Court in the present Appeal is whether a daughter-in-law, who becomes a widow after the demise of her father-in-law, is entitled to claim maintenance from the estate derived from coparcenary property of her deceased father-in-law. Since the issue before this Court pertains solely to