Supreme Court of India
Marabasappa (d) by Lrs. & Ors. v. Ningappa (d) by Lrs. & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the appeal is allowed and the Judgment and Order passed by the High Court in RFA No. 385 of 1993 dated 30.03.1999 is set aside and Judgment and decree passed by the Trial Court in O.S.No. 40 of 1990 dated D 15.07.1993 is restored.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - s. 14 - Rights of female Hindu under - Held: Any property of a female Hindu is her . absolute property - She has full ownership over any property that she has acquired on her own or as stridhana - She may dispose of the same as per her wish, and the same shall not be treated as a part of the joint Hindu family property - There is no presumption that of jqint family property, and there must be some strong evidence in .favour of the same - On facts, propositor after maffiage lived in the paternal house of his wife ('PJ - 'P' was gifted a propsrty by her father by a
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