T.R.M. Arunachellam Chetti vs V.R.R.M.A.R. Arunachellam Chetti And ... on 29 September, 1891
9. The next question is as to the nature of the interest possessed by Akkamma in that property. It is reasonably clear that the acquisition was made out of the income of the one-third, allotted to her originally on account of her maintenance and in which she had a life-interest. She was entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of the income during her life. That one-third share was not given to her on account of the share of her husband and was not inherited by her, as the separate property of her husband. The income from the one-third share was absolutely hers and any purchase made out of that fund would also be absolutely at her disposal. It would be her stridhanam and descend as such on her death. That position is conclusively established by the decision of the Full Bench of this Court in Subramaniam Chetti v. Arunachellum Chetti (1904) I.L.R. 28 M. 1 (F.B.)