Supreme Court
stridhan is an “absolute property” of a woman, and while the husband has no control over the same
he can use it in times of distress. Nevertheless, he has a “moral obligation” to restore
the same or its value to his wife. The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta referred
to a three-judge Bench decision in Rashmi Kumar. A husband has no control over his wife's 'stridhan'
(woman's property) and while he may use it during the time of his distress
he has a moral obligation to return it to his wife, the Supreme Court has reiterated while directing
The woman, in this case, claimed that 89 sovereigns of gold were gifted to her by her family
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