New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday reiterated that senior citizens are entitled to live peacefully and with dignity in their own property, even when disputes arise within the family.

Upholding a trial court's decision, the Division Bench dismissed an appeal challenging the eviction of a daughter-in-law from her in-laws' self-acquired home while ensuring her right to alternate accommodation under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act).

The court observed that the right of residence available to women under the PWDV Act is "a right of occupation, not of ownership." It cannot override the right of senior citizens to live without distress in their own home.

"The law must operate in a manner th...