Divorce case filed by in laws for theft of jewellery without any evide

909 votes

ma'am it is mandatory in your case to define whether that jewellery was strifhan or was a gift by your inlaws. ? what evidence do you have to show that it was your own jewelry. they might quote it as an issue in there reply for the petition of divorce filed by you but it is not going to effect your case.

Advocate Anushri Bhardwaj LawRato

572 votes

Hello there, Cruelty is one of the big grounds for getting the divorce, cheating/stealing etc would fall under that category only. But in your case the situation is different as you were in need of the money, and due to that you sold your jewellery, this is completely normal and cannot be considered as theft or cheating at all. There are two reasons for this 1) you were in need of the money and if you could produce the evidence before the court that there was some sort of requirement of the money then there will be no adverse effect on your case. 2) the jewellery was yours so no point of asking for permission or letting your in-laws know about the money/jewellery. There is a clear rule that all the jewellery and other things which the women received during her wedding will be considered as her Stree Dhan, and she has absolute ownership of the stree dhan. So this ground alone will not be enough.

Advocate Abhishek Singh Yadav LawRato