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Family Law – I · March/April 2012 (3-YDC)
March/April (3-YDC) 2012 · Family Law – I (Hindu Law) · Semester 1
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) I Year I Semester Examination, March / April, 2012
LAW
PAPER - II : FAMILY LAW - I (HINDU LAW)
Time: 3 Hours[Max. Marks: 80]
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)
Answer any five of the following :
1. Mitakshara School.
2. Pious Obligation.
3. Monogamy.
4. Maintenance Pendente Lite.
5. Object of Adoption.
6. Kinds of Guardians.
7. Residuary Heirs.
8. Notional Partition.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks)
Answer any two of the following :
9. Who is the Karta of a Hindu joint family? State his powers and
functions.
10. Discuss the conditions of a valid Hindu marriage.
11. Discuss the irretrievable breakdown of marriage theory under the light
of the recent court decisions.
12. Discuss the Hindu women's property right under the Hindu Succession
Act.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any two of the following :
13. A makes a gift of his ancestral property. A son is born to him two
months later. Can the gift be set aside, and if so, to what extent?
14. A Hindu male and a Hindu female announce in the newspapers that
they propose to live as husband and wife from a specified date and
accordingly live together. Is it a valid marriage.
15. A files a petition for restitution of conjugal rights against his wife. The
petition is dismissed since B had sufficient reason to stay away, for A
had taken another wife. The wife claims maintenance under section
25 of the Hindu Marriage Act. Decide.
16. A Hindu dies leaving a widow 'K' and son M, adult and married. M
dies leaving a direction that no adoption should be made to him, but
that his mother K may adopt. K adopts. Discuss the validity of the
adoption.