SINGAPORE, May 13 -- A 62-year-old woman who was evicted by her elderly mother from the family's condominium unit has lost her lawsuit claiming a lifelong right to stay there rent-free.

Rita Kishinchand Bhojwani had lived under her parents' roof for nearly three decades when she was forced out in 2021.

She sued her 91-year-old mother, Maya Kishinchand, along with the family's real estate company HVS Properties and one of its directors, alleging that her eviction was unlawful and went against an "arrangement" that she could stay indefinitely.

But on January 28, 2025, the High Court dismissed her case, with Judicial Commissioner Christopher Tan later issuing written grounds stating that her account "lacked detail and credibility, and was...