law: Indian Divorce Act, 1869 
  39. Power to order settlement of wife’s property for
  
  benefit of husband and children 
  Whenever the court pronounces a decree of dissolution of
  
  marriage or judicial separation for adultery of the wife, if it is made to
  
  appear to the court that the wife is entitled to any property, the court may,
  
  if it thinks fit, order such settlement as it thinks reasonable to be made of
  
  such property or any part thereof, for the benefit of the husband, or of the
  
  children of the marriage, or of both.
  Any instrument executed pursuant to any order of the court at
  
  the time or after the pronouncing of a decree of dissolution of marriage or
  
  judicial separation, shall be deemed valid notwithstanding the existence of the
  
  disability of coverture at the time of the execution thereof.
   Settlement of damages-  The court may direct that the whole or
  
  any part of the damages recovered under section 34, shall be settled for the
  
  benefit of the children of the marriage, or as a provision for the maintenance
  
  of the wife.