stridhan property does not become a joint property of the wife and the husband. The latter “has no title or independent dominion over the property.

Citation 

(1997) 2 SCC 397. 

Rashmi Kumar v. Mahesh Kumar Bhada

Therein, apart from the aforesaid observations, the Court had added that stridhan property does not become a joint property of the wife and the husband. The latter “has no title or independent dominion over the property.”