JUDGMENT

Rekha Palli, J.—The daughter-in-law or the mother-in-law/father-in-law, who is right or whose right should prevail over the right of the other: is a dilemma which husbands all over the world have been facing since time immemorial; today in this batch of appeals under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC” for short), this Court is faced with the same question. The appellants herein are daughters-in-law who, with their husbands and children, have been residing in the premises which, as on date, are owned by the respondents, who are their mothers-in-law, fathers- in-law or both, as the case may be (hereinafter referred to as “in-laws”). In each of these appeals, the appellant/daughter-in-law is aggrieved by the decree of possession passed under Order XII Rule 6 CPC by the trial Court in favour of her in-laws, upon an admission made by her regarding their title over the suit premises. While the daughter-in-law claims that she has a statutory right to reside in the suit premises which may be in the name of her in-laws, as it is her shared household under Section 2(s) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (“DV Act” for short), irrespective o