JUDGMENT :

SHOBA ANNAMMA EAPEN, J.

1. The husband is the appellant in the above two appeals filed against the common judgment in O.P.Nos.1072/2011 and 1058/2010 of the Family Court, Nedumangad. Mat Appeal No.299/2014 is filed by the husband against the decree for dissolution of marriage, and Mat Appeal No. 300/2014 is filed against the decree declaring the wife as the absolute owner of item Nos.1 to 3 in Schedule “A” properties, and to return 24 sovereigns of gold ornaments or its present market value, Rs. 1,00,000/- given as pocket money and Rs. 2,00,000/- as value of household articles. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as husband and wife.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

The marriage between the parties was solemnised on 28.05.2009. A child was born in their wedlock. According to the wife, 41 sovereigns of gold ornaments were given to her at the time of marriage. On the date of ‘Adukkalakanal’, a gold chain weighing 4½ sovereigns and a bracelet of 2½ sovereigns were given to the husband, and two gold bangles weighing one sovereign each were given to the husband's mother and sister, respectively. An extent of 50 cents of property was settled by