Justice Chillakur Sumalatha stated that wives can’t be anticipated to solely do family work.
“This Court docket doesn’t perceive why an Indian girl is required to take permission of all current at her matrimonial house to fulfil her primary need of visiting her mother and father home as and when she want and feels to go. This Court docket is of the view that anybody together with husband can not command and demand any feminine together with his spouse to do the family actions and to take care of, his mother and father.”
The obligation of taking good care of mother and father vests upon the son or the daughter and never on the son-in-law or daughter-in-law, the Court docket added. Reiterating the selection each girl has, the Court docket stated,
“A lady has basic and absolute proper to make selections regarding her profession, funds, and many others. Huband can not compel spouse or coerce her to stay in line with his needs and expectations. Marriage shouldn’t be a license to manage, command, dominate or conquer the individuality, freedom, and can of the opposite social gathering.”
