MANJU ARORA vs NEELAM ARORA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 14.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 30.10.2025 + RFA(OS) 64/2025, CM APPL. 64541/2025 and CM APPL. 64542/2025 MANJU ARORA . ....Appellant Through: Mr. Prabhjit Jauhar, Ms. Shreya Narayan and Ms. Anupama Kaul, Advs. versus NEELAM ARORA & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Ms. Preeti Singh, Mr. Sunklan Porwal, Ms. Anuradha Anand, Ms. Kirti Dhaiya, Ms. Sakshi Trivedi and Mr. Akshay Chabra, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. The issue that arises for consideration in the present Appeal is whether senior citizens are entitled to live peacefully with dignity in their own property, particularly when adequate steps have been taken to protect the Daughter-in-Law by the In-Laws? 2. The present Appeal assails the correctness of judgment dated 09.09.2025 [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Judgment”] passed by the learned Single Judge in CS(OS) No. 606/2023, whereby the Respondents/Plaintiffs, who are the parents-in-law and senior citizens, Signature Not Verified RFA(OS) 64/2025 Page 1 of 18 Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:30.10.2025 14:08:41 were granted a decree of mandatory injunction directing the Appellant/Defendant to vacate the property bearing No. GB 25, Shivaji Enclave, Tagore Garden, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as “suit property”], while providing alternate accommodation to the Appellant in terms of Section 19(1)(f) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [hereinafter referred to as “PWDV Act”]. FACTUAL MATRIX 3. The factual matrix giving rise to the present Appeal is that the Respondents herein, who are the parents-in-law of the Appellant and senior citizens in the evening of their