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CHENNAI: Would a woman lose her residential status in her ‘home town’ once she is married and moves out of her marital home? No, said Madras high court on Wednesday, dismissing a plea challenging appointment of a woman as a panchayat secretary on the ground that she was no more a resident of the area owing to her marriage, reports Sureshkumar K.
A married woman, who ordinarily lives at her husband’s place, cannot be presumed to have disowned her residential rights at her parents’ house on account of her marriage, said Justice R N Manjula.The rules of marriage do not impose any such condition on a woman, the judge added.
“The parents of the woman are still in Jayakondam and she has every right to visit or stay with her parents at her own convenience or choice. She has got her roots at Jayakondam and that is not denied. While so, the petitioner cannot perceive the woman as a stranger to her natal family and say that she cannot claim any residential status at Jayakondam in view of her marriage,” the judge said.
A married woman, who ordinarily lives at her husband’s place, cannot be presumed to have disowned her residential rights at her parents’ house on account of her marriage, said Justice R N Manjula.The rules of marriage do not impose any such condition on a woman, the judge added.
“The parents of the woman are still in Jayakondam and she has every right to visit or stay with her parents at her own convenience or choice. She has got her roots at Jayakondam and that is not denied. While so, the petitioner cannot perceive the woman as a stranger to her natal family and say that she cannot claim any residential status at Jayakondam in view of her marriage,” the judge said.
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