Court evicts son, daughter-in-law from parent’s home for ill-treatment

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A Mumbai court directed a son and daughter-in-law to vacate their residence and pay ?25,000 to an elderly couple who they had been mistreating and pressuring to transfer their house in their name..

The couple had been residing in the house since before their son's marriage, but had been abused and prevented from going out to meet others by their son and daughter-in-law..

The court accepted the couple's plea and reduced their demand for ?1 lakh to ?25,000...

The 60-year-old woman approached the magistrate court in Borivali pleading that her son and daughter-in-law were mistreating her and her husband and were pressuring them to vacate their residence and transfer the house in their name..

Accepting the contentions of the woman, the court directed the son and the daughter-in-law to vacate the house within 30 days..