Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Law Relating to Women · May/June 2017 (5-YDC)
May/June (5-YDC) 2017 · Law Relating to Women · Semester 6
FACULTY OF LAW
B.A. LL.B. (5 YDC) / B.B.A. LL.B. (5 - YDC) V - Year X - Semester Examination, May / June 2017
Subject : LAW
PAPER - III (A) : LAW RELATING TO WOMEN
Code No. 706
Time : 3 hours Max. Marks : 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Gender Justice.
2. National Commission for Women.
3. Uniform Civil Code.
4. Maternity Benefit.
5. MTP Act.
6. Domestic Violence.
7. Equal pay for Equal Work.
8. Insulting women.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Discuss the status of women under the Constitution of India.
10. Explain the provisions relating to women under the Indian Penal Code.
11. Discuss the law and practice relating to female foeticide in India.
12. Write the salient features of the Convention for Elimination Against Discrimination of Women (CEDAW).
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks)
Answer any TWO of the following:
13. 'A' a Hindu male marries 'B', a Hindu woman. Subsequently 'A' got converted to Islam and marries 'C', a
Muslim woman. Discuss the validity of the marriage between A and C.
14. Ram and Sita are wife and husband. Unable to bear his harassment, she left her husband's place and
started staying with her parents. The husband filed a case against the wife seeking divorce. What remedy is
available to the wife to save her marriage?
15. 'A', a higher caste girl, marries 'B', a lower caste boy. In the name of honour of the family, the girl's
family members killed A and B. What offence is committed and what is the remedy?
16. X, a woman employee unable to give birth to a child by natural course, took the help of a surrogate
mother. After completion of the gestation period the surrogate delivered the baby and handed over the
child to X. Taking custody of the child, X applied for maternity leave to her employer. It was denied by the
employer as she did not carry the baby in her womb and did not suffer the pains of delivery. Advise X.
Note: Part C, items 14 and 16, were faint/rotated in the source photo; wording is reconstructed to the
best of legibility and should be verified against the original page.