Son claims share in mother’s house, cites Rs 2.1L given; couple ordered to vacate

Your husband buys a property in your name. Does that give your son an automatic right to co-ownership by staying there? What if the son claims to have spent money on construction?In one such case, the Delhi High Court recently directed a son and his wife, residents of Karawal Nagar, to vacate his parents' house and remove any locks they had placed on the property.The case involved a son who continued living in his mother's house after his marriage despite having no independent title over the property. His mother, meanwhile, relied on a General Power of Attorney (GPA), an Agreement to Sale and a Will as documents establishing her ownership of the house.What the case is aboutThe woman had been living in the property since it was purchased in 1996.