JUDGMENT :

Dr. Kauser Edappagath, J.

1. This is an appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 (for short, "the Act") against the judgment of the Family Court, Ernakulam in O.P.No.683 of 2012 dated 15.10.2016.

2. The first appellant and the respondent are divorced spouses. Their marriage took place on 26.01.2014 as per the Hindu rites. Two children were born out of the wedlock. The respondent instituted O.P.No.2425 of 2011 before the court below against the first appellant and obtained a decree of dissolution of marriage which has become final. The second appellant is the mother of the first appellant. The original petition (O.P.No.683 of 2012) was instituted by the respondent against the appellants for return of gold ornaments, household articles, cash as well as for damages. It is the case of the respondent that at the time of marriage her parents had given her 75 sovereigns of gold ornaments and Rs. 3,00,000/-in cash which was later on taken away and misappropriated by the appellants. It is further alleged that immediately after the marriage, the respondent had brought furniture and household articles worth Rs. 60,000/-from her house to the house of the appellant