“My Daughter Beats Me, Makes Me Remain Without Clothes, Gives Food Only Once A Day” | Senior Citizen Mother

We are often told how domestic violence is only a phenomenon where the husband beats up his wife or mentally and physically harasses her. As a society, this is the image of Domestic Violence created in our minds by most mainstream media as well as women rights NGOs.

However, a daughter torturing her own mother is equally criminal and shameful. In its recent order, Bombay High Court has warned a divorced woman to mend her ways and treat her mother with respect, else they shall be forced to evict her from her mother’s home. As reported by Live Law, the petitioner here is Rajni Somkuwar, a 70-year-old mother who is being ill treated ruthlessly by her own daughter.

Background of Accused Daughter

Ever since she was a teenager, Sarita Somkuwar was indulging in wrongful acts and had friends with a criminal background. The petitioner and her husband (Sarita’s father) constantly tried to make Sarita see sense, and would often reprimand her with regard to her conduct. However, Sarita never paid any heed to their advice and was always rebellious.

In 1998, Sarita absconded with her male friend Ritesh Devkar who also had a criminal background. She got married to him and started living at Vasai. Around February 2000, Ritesh was arrested in connection with a scam, on allegations of defrauding poor people, by collecting certain amounts on a promise to secure them jobs in Dubai.

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Due to constant fights between Sarita and Ritesh, Ritesh fled from their mortgaged house in Vasai abandoning Sarita and their infant son. Sarita then approached her sister Kavita, who was for help, as she was afraid to approach her parents knowing that they were always against her wrongful activities. At the instance of Kavita, the petitioner and her husband allowed Sarita to live with them in the said Flat for a few days, i.e. till she found a suitable place to live.

Threats Of False Cases To Father

Once Sarita secured a job at HDFC bank, she refused to leave the said flat. Instead she started instigating her other sister Kranti against the petitioner and her husband and tried to create differences between the family members. The petitioner’s husband asked his daughter Sarita to leave the said flat. Instead of leaving the said flat, Sarita threatened her father saying that,

If you force me to leave the house then I will lodge a police complaint against you that you are molesting me.

The harassment continued and once Sarita assaulted her father by intentionally spilling milk on the floor due to which the petitioner’s husband slipped and fractured his leg. The man ultimately passed away on January 26, 2011.

Brutality Continues – Finally Mother Filed Case

After her father’s death, Sarita is said to have intensified her harassment towards her mother, by repeatedly making demands for money, which the petitioner could not afford.

Finally in February 2020, petitioner’s other daughter Vaishali came to India from Singapore and after visiting her mother, she was shocked to see her condition. The petitioner gathered the courage to speak to Vaishali about her plight and what she had to undergo at the hands of Sarita, when nobody was around. The petitioner narrated to Vaishali,

Sarita would beat me up, make me remain without clothes, give me food only once a day and snatch away my plate whilst I was still eating.

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Thus, on February 22, 2020, an FIR was filed against Sarita at Samata Nagar Police Station, Mumbai, by the petitioner with Vaishali’s help.

Previously, the petitioner mother filed an application under Section 4 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 before Sub Divisional Officer, Maintenance Tribunal for Parents and Senior Citizens, on March 16, 2020 seeking Sarita’s eviction from the said Flat. However due to the lockdown, the Tribunal was not available to decide her application, thus the present writ petition was filed.

Bombay High Court Observation

Division bench of Justice SJ Kathawalla and Justice SP Tavade heard the writ petition filed by senior citizen woman who alleged that her daughter Sarita, who is a divorcee and is forcefully residing in her flat with her 19-year-old son and tortures her both mentally and physically. Rajni sought her daughter’s eviction from the said flat.

Advocate Shyam Dewani along with Sahil Dewani appeared on behalf of the petitioner and Advocate Amrendra Mishra for Sarita.

Mishra refuted the allegations of the petitioner and submitted that it is his client’s sister Vaishali, who is instigating the mother against her, since she wants Sarita to leave the said flat, where she has been residing since the last 20 years.

The Bombay High Court heard both sides and on Tuesday gave a stern warning to the accused Sarita Somkuwar, that if there is even one more complaint of harassment, she will not be allowed to enter the flat where she is residing with her 19-year-old son and mother.

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