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The law under these papers has moved. The Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Evidence Act were replaced by the BNS, BNSS and BSA on 1 July 2024; adultery (section 497) was struck down on 27 September 2018 and is not in the BNS. The Maternity Benefit Act, the Factories Act and the Equal Remuneration Act were repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Social Security, the OSH Code and the Code on Wages. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 gave way to the 2006 Act on 1 November 2007, and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 to the 2015 Act on 15 January 2016. Each answer gives the law the paper asked about and the law that applies now.
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Q.1
Q.1: Attempt the following in not more than two sentences each
20 Marks - 2 marks each
(a)Define Streedhan.[2]
Answer
Meaning. Stridhan, also spelt streedhan (literally "woman's property"), is the property a Hindu woman receives and owns as her own. It includes gifts made to her before, at or after her marriage by her parents, relatives, husband and in-laws. It also includes the ornaments and clothes given at the wedding, and what she earns or acquires herself.
Her absolute property. Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 makes a female Hindu the "full owner" of all property she possesses. The Explanation expressly includes property acquired "by gift from any person, whether a relative or not, before, at or after her marriage" and "any such property held by her as stridhana immediately before the commencement of this Act".
The husband is only a custodian. In Pratibha Rani v. Suraj Kumar, AIR 1985 SC 628, a wife's in-laws refused to return her wedding ornaments and articles. The Supreme Court held that stridhan is her absolute property. It does not become joint property on her entering the matrimonial home. A husband who keeps it is "a pure and simple custodian", and if he misappropriates it he risks prosecution for criminal breach of trust. Rashmi Kumar v. Mahesh Kumar Bhada, decided on 18 December 1996, reaffirmed this. The offence is now section 316 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Other protection.
- Any dowry received by another must be transferred to the woman (section 6, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961).
- A Magistrate may order the return of her stridhan under section 19(8) of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
- On her death, her property passes under section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act.
Conclusion. Stridhan is a Hindu woman's own property, which she may use and dispose of as she wishes. No one, not even her husband, may keep it from her.
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