New Delhi: A woman has been restrained from staying in her matrimonial house located on the upmarket Amrita Shergill Marg by Delhi high court. Justice S N Dhingra has asked the woman to restrict herself to the ‘‘cottage outhouse’’ within the compound of the house and not to enter the main building where her estranged husband and inlaws live.

The court order came after it found that the woman had misbehaved with a local commissioner appointed by it to go and inspect the disputed premises. The woman who is the plaintiff in this case is locked in a dispute over the prime property with her husband’s family. She had approached the court alleging that her husband was plotting her murder and she feared for her life. On their part the husband and his family have denied all the allegations and claimed that she wants to make their lives miserable. They have also maintained that in fact it’s their lives which is in danger.

While asking the husband to ensure that no obstruction is created by his family in the peaceful enjoyment of the outhouse by his estranged wife, HC sought to create a midway for the woman to be able to spend time with her son who lives with the husband.

‘‘I consider that till the rights of the parties are determined after adjudication, it would be just that the plaintiff shall keep living in the guesthouse annexe (the outhouse) and shall not interfere in the main building where the defendant and son of the parties are living, except that she can go to her son’s bedroom and stay with him as per the wishes of her son and the son can also go to the guestroom annexe and stay with the mother as and when he likes,’’ Justice Dhingra decreed.

HC also took note of the fact that the woman has a business of her own with a number of employees and a factory to boot. It said that the couple seemed to be ‘‘fighting a battle of ego’’ and took a very serious view of her act of abusing the local commissioner who had visited the house to ensure all personal belongings of the woman are taken out of the main building.

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