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NRJ Series | Hindu widow’s income derived from husband’s estate to which she succeeds, is her own and at her disposal as her stridhan [(1954) 2 SCC 852]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment, on stridhan, dating back to the year 1954.

Position of law vis-a-vis woman being the sole owner of ‘Stridhan’ is consistent and unequivocal: Supreme Court

The Court found that insofar as Section 406, IPC was concerned, no cognizable offence was visible on the face of the record. Furthermore, charges under S. 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act were not made out either, against the appellants

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Why did ITAT decide to delete the addition of streedhan as ‘unexplained investment’ for the purposes of income assessment? Read to know

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jaipur: While deciding the instant appeal revolving around the addition of the assessee’s generational streedhan as unexplained