Whether claim of wife for return of gifts items can be rejected if she has failed to produce bills of those items?

Third issue was whether appellant is entitled for items mentioned in the list. Appellant in her statement has categorically mentioned the items given in marriage. Learned Judge Family Court believed the version of respondent/husband that he had returned the items of appellant, however, disbelieved the version of appellant without any reason. He further observed that there was no bill of any item and no gift item was given in the marriage. Appellant in her statement categorically mentioned the list of items given in the marriage. In our opinion, nobody keeps bill of purchased item unless item is so expensive and it cannot be believed that in the marriage, nobody would not give any gift.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

First Appeal No. 105 of 2011

Decided On: 23.07.2018

 Sonia Vs. Sanjay Mehta

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:

Rajiv Sharma and Alok Singh, JJ.

Citation: AIR 2018(NOC) 882 UTR

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Meaning of word "Dowry" as appearing in dowry Prohibition act

Demand of valueables should be in connection with marriage to amount to dowry. Customary gifts are not covered under the term dowry.

Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar vs State Of Haryana on 8 July, 2010

Bench: B.S. Chauhan, Swatanter Kumar

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1489 OF 2004

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