J U D G M E N T

Sophy Thomas, J.

These appeals arise out of the judgment in O.P No.283 of

2011 on the file of the Family Court, Kollam. The wife filed that O.P for recovery of 270 sovereigns of gold ornaments, Rs.6.5 lakh in cash and a dressing table worth Rs.30,000/-. The Family Court, as per impugned judgment dated 21.08.2015, partly decreed that O.P allowing the wife to realise 15 sovereigns of gold ornaments or its present market value from the husband and his assets, and her remaining claims were rejected. The wife filed Mat.Appeal No.1150 of 2015 against the reliefs which were rejected, and the husband filed Mat.Appeal No.453 of 2016 against the reliefs which were granted against him.

2. Brief facts necessary for the appeals could be stated as follows:

The marriage between the appellant/wife and the respondent/husband was solemnised on 01.05.2002 as per Hindu rites and custom. The appellant was given 270 sovereigns of gold ornaments at the time of marriage. The husband and his mother were gifted gold ornaments weighing 20 sovereigns from her family in connection with the marriage. Out of the 270 sovereigns of gold she was wearing, the respondent and his parents took 250 sovereigns