Kerala HC says woman can exclusively own property bought jointly with husband using her father’s money

The court also noted the husband’s admission that the property’s original title deed was in the petitioner’s possession and that she had obtained it from the Sub-Registry. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The Kerala High Court has held that a woman could be the exclusive owner of a property bought jointly with her husband if the money used to buy it was from her father.

A Division Bench of Justices Sathish Ninan and P. Krishna Kumar was considering a petition filed by a woman seeking the return of gold ornaments, money, and her share of the residential property bought jointly with her husband.

The court denied her claims to the gold, money allegedly given to the husband, and past maintenance, but found that she was entitled to exclusive ownership of the property, since it was satisfied that the property was purchased for the petitioner.