SangsLegal News A property bought by a husband in the name of his homemaker wife, who has no independent source of income is considered a family property: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court ruled that a property bought by a husband in the name of his homemaker wife, who has no independent source of income, is considered a family property. The Court stated that it is customary and usual for Hindu husbands to acquire properties in their wives' names. The Court noted that in the absence of evidence proving that the property was acquired with the wife's income, it is presumed to have been purchased by the husband with his own earnings.