Property to be considered as Stree Dhan
1. If a Man dies without will, whether bank and post office account in which Wife is nominee/ joint holder, be considered as stree dhan? What is the share of other legal heirs?
2. Will immovable property purchased by man but registered in name of wife, form part of stree dhan? What is share of other legal heirs?
3. Will jewellery purchased by man while alive and purchased by wife from wealth left behind by man, be considered as Stree Dhan?
4. Do legal heirs have any share over pension account if man?
In general, such donations given by family members and parents to daughters giving the property for a comfortable living are called Streedhan. There should be the intention. So only a competent court can decide as to whether an item is treated as Sreedharan or not. A piece of jewelry has to be treated as donated by her husband and it is her absolute property. Legal heirs have no right to a pension when they have such independent income. Pension is not an asset to be distributed between the deceased's legal heir and it is the individual income of the pensioner. In law whatever is named in a female member/wife has to be treated as her absolute property.
