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1998 Supreme(Del) 162

USHA MEHRA
ASHA DHINGRA – Appellant
Versus
SHANTI DEVI – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Hema Kohli, S.K.PRUTHI

Usha Mehra, J.

( 1 ) PETITIONER No. 1 is the wife and petitioner No. 2 and 3 are the daughters of respondent No. 2. Respondent No. 1 is mother and respondent No. 3 brother of respondent No. 2. Petitioner No. 1 s case in the suit was that the father of the respondents No. 2 and 3 acquired a residential house bearing No. Z-5, Model Town-II, Delhi-110009, with the HUF funds. That in 1994 respondents forced her to bring money from her parents for raising construction on the second floor of the said house. That the petitioner No. 1 brought gold ornaments weighing 15 Tolas of the value approx. of Rs. 75,000. 00 from her parents. The said gold ornaments were sold and with proceeds of the same the respondents raised construction on the second floor. Subsequently under pressure from respondents her parents gave a further sum of Rs. 20,000. 00 for completing the construction. Thus petitioner paid a sum of Rs. 95,000. 00 with which construction of second floor was raised and completed on the house in question. With her money construction on second floor was raised coupled with the fact that house in question was bought with HUF funds. Hence petitioner No. 1 has a vested right because with her




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