Husband demands wife pay him Dhs500,000 over false accusation of her jewellery theft in Abu Dhabi

Aya El Deeb, Staff Reporter

A husband filed a lawsuit before the Abu Dhabi Family Court, and civil and administrative cases, in which he demanded to obligate his wife to pay him Dhs500,000 as material and moral compensation for the damages he incurred and to obligate her to pay the fees and expenses of the lawsuit after the court acquitted him of stealing her belongings.

In his lawsuit, the husband explained that his wife filed a case accusing him of stealing her jewelry, clothes, bags and other belongings of Dhs500,000 but he was acquitted by the court of first instance and the appellate court upheld its verdict.

The court explained that the wife used her legitimate right guaranteed to her by law when she resorted to the competent authorities to report the theft crime and did not have bad intention.

The court also indicated that the case papers were devoid of evidence of the wife’s intent to harm her husband, especially since the ruling which acquitted him based on the fact that there was no evidence, and accordingly the court rejected the case and obligated the husband to pay fees and expenses.