India, Oct. 7 -- The district court has dismissed an appeal filed by a 32-year-old woman seeking appointment as the court receiver of a flat she claimed to have partly financed and purchased jointly with her late husband, observing that such an appointment would effectively give her possession before the civil suit was decided.

District Judge-25 Mahendra R Jadhav, in an order dated October 5, upheld the January 24, 2025 order of the trial court rejecting the woman's application. The court held that the woman and her 66-year-old mother-in-law were prima facie equal first-class legal heirs of the deceased and that appointing the woman as receiver could amount to partially decreeing the suit at an interim stage.

The appellant, Madhup Sarin...