The Bombay High Court has directed the Marine Drive police not to file a charge sheet against a 103-year-old woman, her 85-year-old son and 71-year-old daughter-in-law who have been booked for not allowing the elder woman’s daughter, aged 78, to enter their south Mumbai flat. The court has also asked them not to take any coercive action against the three till February 15, when the court will next hear the matter.

The  incident took place in a tenancy flat at Chateau Marine building on Marine Drive where the Sethi family lives. On June 13, 2022 the victim, Urvashi Sethi, who had just gotten discharged from hospital, and her daughter Namrata Kapoor were denied entry to the flat by Urvashi’s mother Sumitra, brother Vinay and sister-in-law Nabia. Namrata had called the Mumbai police control room seeking help and eventually a case was filed against the trio at Marine Drive police station, in June 2022.