Annulment of marriage cannot mean that all the articles that the woman carried to the matrimonial house in the form of s tridhana can be retained by the family of husband, said the High Court of Karnataka.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna made these observations while refusing to quash a criminal proceedings initiated against a man and his parents based on a complaint lodged by his former wife for not returning ₹9 lakh that was given as s tridhana by her parents during marriage 24 years ago. The litigants belong to the Bunt community.
It was pointed out behalf of the petitioners that the marriage was declared as annulled on a decree passed by the Bombay High Court in 2014 and it was agreed in that degree that annulment was on the final payment of ₹4 lakh as alimony to her. They had also claimed that she cannot lay claim for any other payment except alimony granted by the court.
