Law of Property · Semester 3

Law of Property · January 2020

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Osmania University · Faculty of Law

Law of Property · January 2020

January 2020 · Law of Property · Semester 3

FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (Hon.) (3 YDC) II Year III Semester Examination, January 2020
Subject: LAW
PAPER - II: LAW OF PROPERTY
Code No.: D-12477 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Contribution.
2. Apportionment.
3. Chattels.
4. Vested Interest.
5. Mortgage.
6. Lease.
7. Charge.
8. Licence.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following questions.
9. What properties cannot be transferred? Explain this with the provisions of the Transfer of Property
Act.
10. Distinguish between marshalling and contribution, citing legal provisions and case law.
11. Discuss the essentials of lease. State how leases are made.
12. What is meant by doctrine of election? Is there any difference between Indian and English law on
this aspect?
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following questions.
13. X sold his adjacent land to Y with a condition that Y or his legal heirs should not construct any
building on that land. Examine the validity of the condition.
14. X buys land from Y and gets possession. But later he was dispossessed by Z owing to defect in title.
What is the remedy available to X?
15. The Government wants to lease land situated in a scheduled area for commercial purpose. Is it valid?
16. A transferred his property to an unborn person who is in his mother's womb. Decide the rights of the
unborn person.

Part A · 6 marks

  1. Contribution.
    2× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  2. Apportionment.
    Year and frequency →
  3. Chattels.
    Year and frequency →
  4. Vested Interest.
    Year and frequency →
  5. Mortgage.
    Year and frequency →
  6. Lease.
    Year and frequency →
  7. Charge.
    3× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  8. Licence.
    2× in bank
    Year and frequency →

Part B · 15 marks

  1. What properties cannot be transferred? Explain this with the provisions of the Transfer of Property Act.
    Year and frequency →
  2. Distinguish between marshalling and contribution, citing legal provisions and case law.
    Year and frequency →
  3. Discuss the essentials of lease. State how leases are made.
    Year and frequency →
  4. What is meant by doctrine of election? Is there any difference between Indian and English law on this aspect?
    Year and frequency →

Part C · 10 marks

  1. X sold his adjacent land to Y with a condition that Y or his legal heirs should not construct any building on that land. Examine the validity of the condition.
    2× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  2. X buys land from Y and gets possession. But later he was dispossessed by Z owing to defect in title. What is the remedy available to X?
    4× in bank
    Year and frequency →
  3. The Government wants to lease land situated in a scheduled area for commercial purpose. Is it valid?
    Year and frequency →
  4. A transferred his property to an unborn person who is in his mother's womb. Decide the rights of the unborn person.
    Year and frequency →