other manner whatsoever, and also any such property held by her as stridhana immediately before the commencement of this Act. (2) Nothing contained
left her near Kailash Cinema Chowk,
(viii) that the articles (the stridhana) mentioned in the
list appended to the complaint were never given ... during coverture.
Sir Gooroodas Banerjee in 'Hindu Law of Marriage and
Stridhana' while describing the nature of stridhan quoted
Katyayana thus:
"Neither
time of bidai (farewell). She claims that all these
articles constituted her stridhana properties and were kept
in the custody of the respondent-husband ... from
the matrimonial home without getting an opportunity to take
with her Stridhana properties enumerated in Annexures I and
II.
She filed an application under
should be
excluded from his (the 1st appellant) holding as being
'Stridhana land' of his wife. Within the meaning of the said
expression ... section 3(42), the same
could not be treated as her 'stridhana'. It was consequently
held that no part of it could
maintenance", and "any such property held by her
as Stridhana" immediately before the commencement of the
Act. It, therefore, follows that ... Legislature in its
wisdom took pains to specify all kinds of "Stridhana" in the
Explanation and declared that the same would form
person had given
dowry to the family of her deceased husband and Stridhana to the
aggrieved person. For the period immediately following the
wedding ... working as a teacher to support herself and her child. That
the Stridhana given to her at the time of her wedding was never
allowed
items of property over which she had absolute control had become her Stridhana. It was further stated that as a dutiful wife and as daughter ... traditional presents given at the time of the marriage were not the Stridhana of the bride. It was submitted that dowry or these traditional presents
Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), where the stridhana land held by any female member of a family together with the other land ... land which the family is entitled to hold under sub-section (1), stridhana land not exceeding 10 standard acres: Provided that where any extent
Land)
Act 1961-Ss. 3 (42), 5 (4)(a)-Scope of-"Stridhana land"-
Whether includes land inherited by female or acquired ... Ceiling on
Land) Act, 1961 by S. 3 (42) defined "stridhana land" as any
land held on the date of the commencement
other manner whatsoever, and also any such property held by her as stridhana immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) Nothing contained ... deserves particular notice is the fact that the then existing concepts of stridhana exhibited so great diversity of doctrine on the point that