Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Law Relating to Women · January 2012 (5-YDC)
January (5-YDC) 2012 · Law Relating to Women · Semester 6
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (5 YDC) V Year IX Semester (New) Examination, January 2012
LAW Paper - III (b) : Optionals (b) WOMEN AND THE LAW
Subject : LAW
Code No. 1145
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)
Answer any five of the following:
1. Position of Women in Ancient India.
2. Fundamental Duties.
3. Maintenance of Muslim Wives.
4. Adultery.
5. Special Rights of Working Women.
6. Dowry Death.
7. Outraging the Modesty of Women.
8. Marriageable Age of Women.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks)
Answer any two of the following:
9. Explain the concept of Gender justice and the relating constitutional provisions in India.
10. Explain the impact of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 on the succession rights of Hindu
Women.
11. What is domestic violence? Explain the salient features of Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
12. Explain the salient features of The Convention Against Elimination of All Forms Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW) 1979.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any two of the following:
13. An unmarried daughter of a Hindu male, aged 25 years claimed maintenance from her father. Is she
entitled to it? Explain with reason.
14. A Hindu male married for the second time during the subsistence of his first marriage, after converting
himself into Islam. Is such second marriage valid? Explain.
15. A husband was continuously harassed by his psychopathic wife. He wanted to seek relief under the
domestic violence law in India. Can he succeed? Explain with reasons.
16. A working woman conceived and was harassed for the third time during her service. She applied for
maternity relief which she had already availed twice before. Is such refusal valid? Discuss.