Married Woman Cannot Be Presumed To Have Disowned Residential Rights At Her Parents’ House:

Married Woman Cannot Be Presumed To Have Disowned Residential Rights At Her Parents’ House: Madras High Court

Case Title: G.Mayakannan v. The District Collector

Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Mad) 359

While dismissing a plea challenging the appointment of a woman to the post of Panchayat Secretary claiming that she was not a resident of that place, the Madras High Court observed that a married woman should not be presumed to have disowned the residential rights at her parents home on account of her marriage.

Justice RN Manjula stressed that retaining or waiving the residential address was completely at the will of the married woman and her family in certain circumstances. This will, along with a house was enough to provide her with a residential certificate, the court added