JUDGMENT - GOKHALE H.L., J.: - This Family Court Appeal by the appellant wife seeks to challenge the judgment and order dated 11th June, 2001 passed by a learned Judge of the Family Court at Bandra, Mumbai in Misc. Application No. 47 of 1998 rejecting the same. The Misc. Application decided by the Family Court arose as a result of a remand to that Court by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 4th September, 1997 passed in Civil Appeal No. 126 of 1993 directing the Family Court to decide the limited issue with respect to the claim made by the appellant wife under section 27 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 concerning the return of ornaments and other articles. This judgment of the Apex Court is in the case of (Balkrishna Kadam v. Sangeeta Kadam)1, is reported in 1998(1) Bom.C.R. (S.C.)462. These ornaments and articles were claimed by the appellant in her written statement to M.J. Petition No. 662 of 1982 filed by the respondent-husband seeking divorce.

2. The short facts leading to this appeal are as follows: -

The appellant and the respondent were married on 11th May. 1969 as per the Hindu Vedic Rites in Mumbai. It appears that within a few months after the marriage, disput

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