Suit for recovery of money equivalent to Stridhan property - Stridhan property does not become a joint property of wife and husband and husband has no title or independent dominion over property as owner thereof.

Citation 

AIR 2024 SUPREME COURT 2454

: AIROnline 2024 SC 301

SUPREME COURT

(From: AIROnline 2022 Ker 1226)

SANJIV KHANNA, J. and DIPANKAR DATTA, J.

Civil Appeal No. 5296 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Civil) No.13398 of 2022), D/-24-4-2024

Maya Gopinathan v. Anoop S.B.

(A)Family Courts Act (66 of 1984), S.7 - Evidence Act (1 of 1872), S.3 Suit for recovery of money equivalent to Stridhan property - Standard of proof Strict principles of proof, as in criminal cases will not be attracted In civil cases including matrimonial disputes of a civil nature, the standard of proof is not proof beyond reasonable doubt but the preponderance of probabilities tending to draw an inference that the fact must be more probable. AIR 1975 SC 1534, Followed.

(B)Family Courts Act (66 of 1984), S.7(Paras 19 20) Stridhan property Stridhan property does not become a joint property of wife and husband and husband has no title or independent dominion over property as owner thereof.

AIR 1985 SC 628, Followed.