SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH Vs. RUCHI SINGH @ AARCHANA SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By Court Heard learned counsel for the parties.

(2.) Appellants are husband and father-in-law aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 4th May 2016 passed in M.M. Case No.39 of 2015 by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Garhwa for return of the women's estate to the tune of Rs.7,26,979/- to the petitioner/respondent herein in terms of Section 27 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

(3.) The case of the petitioner/respondent herein as pleaded before the learned Family Court asserts as follows: Marriage between the petitioner and the respondent no.1 therein was solemnized as per the Hindu rites and rituals on 22nd April 2008 at Patna. They lived under the guardianship of respondent no.2 father-in-law/appellant no.2 herein who was the Karta of the family. A female child was born on 30th November 2009. The husband and the father-in-law received ornaments, costly cloths, furniture and other household articles from the parents and relatives of the petitioner wife as described in the plaint and enumerated hereunder :