SC: Man can be prosecuted for misappropriating streedhan

Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on April 25, 2024
Reinforcing married women’s right over ‘streedhan’, Supreme Court on Wednesday held that streedhan cannot become joint property of a couple, and a husband has no control over his wife’s assets, which he may use during times of distress but must return to her. Adjudicating a matrimonial dispute over streedhan, a bench of...

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