https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284853 Dowry or streedhanam received by someone other than the woman was treated as property held for her benefit and recoverable by suit, with limitation running from demand for return; the claim was therefore maintainable and not time-barred. On the evidence, only one later payment of dowry was proved, while the alleged earlier payment and the claim for 16 sovereigns of gold ornaments failed for want of reliable proof. The Court also affirmed that a Christian father remains bound to maintain his minor child on the basis of justice, equity and good conscience, so the maintenance decree was sustained and the streedhanam recovery was reduced to the amount actually established. en-us Thu, 06 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 15:38:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284853 Dowry or streedhanam received by someone other than the woman was treated as property held for her benefit and recoverable by suit, with limitation running from demand for return; the claim was therefore maintainable and not time-barred. On the evidence, only one later payment of dowry was proved, while the alleged earlier payment and the claim for 16 sovereigns of gold ornaments failed for want of reliable proof. The Court also affirmed that a Christian father remains bound to maintain his minor child on the basis of justice, equity and good conscience, so the maintenance decree was sustained and the streedhanam recovery was reduced to the amount actually established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 06 Dec 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284853