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Dear Querist if you gifted these article to her then the article comes under stridhan and now she is absolute owner of the same

Dear Querist if you gifted these article to her then the article comes under stridhan and now she is absolute owner of the same

At the time of your marriage you had gifted her now they are her property called her stridhan , you had no right over them .

Difficult bro. You have to state it was noy gifted bit just given to wear for the occasions. Still the argument would stand invalid as all these tjings tried by people in past. You can still try no harm. During wedding things given are assumed gifts to bride....stridhan

Stridhan, as per Hindu laws, is defined as that portion of a woman’s wealth over which she alone has the power to sell, gift, mortgage, lease or exchange — whole or in parts.

Besides the ornaments and trousseau given at marriage, stridhan also includes all the gifts of money, property, jewellery and so on received by the woman before, during and after marriage from her family, her husband’s family, friends and even strangers. It includes property inherited by the woman from her family or husband’s family; property received by her under a compromise, adverse possession or in lieu of maintenance; property obtained in partition; and property bought using proceeds from stridhan.

If the articles and ornaments were given by your family, to her, during marriage, it is her separate property. Since, as you have stated that the articles were given to her during the marriage, it forms a part of stridhan and as such, these articles cannot be recovered from the wife.

 

–Regards

Advocate Pooja

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