A civil suit filed by a woman on behalf of her 76-year-old mother against her family members in the Bombay High Court was withdrawn by her last week after the death of the latter. Namrata Kapoor had filed the suit seeking permission for her mother Urvashi Sethi to enter her apartment at Marine Drive from which she was allegedly evicted. Urvashi had also sought Rs 5 crore for the mental trauma and harassment caused by her 104-year-old mother, brother and sister-in-law. Urvashi passed away in the month of October after which Namrata decided to withdraw the civil suit from the HC and continue fighting her mother’s case against family of domestic violence in the magistrates court.

The case

In the month of June 2022, Marine Drive police booked Sumitra Sethi, 104, her son Vinay Sethi, 85, and her daughter-in-law Nabia Sethi under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint) and 34 (common intention) for not allowing her 76-year-old daughter Urvashi in their home at Marine Chateau, located at Marine Drive. Namrata had claimed they were not allowed to enter home by her grandmother, uncle and aunt when they returned from hospital where her mother was under treatment for a month.