B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 5 Family Law I (Hindu Law) 2014 Jun Question Paper - KSLU

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UNIT - I

1. Q1 (a) Trace the history of the different schools of Hindu Law, pointing out their distinguishing features.
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2. Q1 OR Explain the meaning and essentials of custom. What is the effect of custom when it is opposed to statutory law ?
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3. Q1 (b) Write a note on 'equity, justice and good conscience'.
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4. Q1 OR How judicial decisions have affected the Hindu Law ?
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UNIT - II

1. Q2 (a) Explain the essential conditions of valid marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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2. Q2 OR Define and distinguish between 'void' and 'voidable' marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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3. Q2 (b) What kind of standard of proof required to prove adultery ?
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4. Q2 OR When divorced persons may remarry ?
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UNIT - III

1. Q3 (a) What are endowments ? State its essentials. How an endowment be created ?
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2. Q3 OR Explain the incidents of Hindu Joint Family properties and separate properties of a coparcener of joint family.
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3. Q3 (b) State the validity of an agreement between coparceners not to partition coparcenary property.
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4. Q3 OR State the son's liability to pay time-barred debt of the father.
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UNIT - IV

1. Q4 (a) Who are class I heirs ? Explain the rules of distribution of property between class I heirs.
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2. Q4 OR Explain the general provisions relating to succession under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
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3. Q4 (b) A female Hindu died intestate leaving behind her father-in-law, a step son, father and mother. She inherited the property from her husband. Assign their shares.
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4. Q4 OR What kinds of property a Hindu can dispose of by gift ?
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UNIT - V

1. Q5 (a) Define 'dependents' under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. How is the quantum of maintenance determined by the court ?
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2. Q5 OR When court may appoint and remove the guardian ? Explain the powers of guardian appointed by the court.
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3. Q5 (b) A Hindu widow inherits property from her husband in 2003 and adopts a son in 2007. Can the adopted boy inherit the property ?
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4. Q5 OR Who is a natural guardian ? What are his powers ?
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Typed from the KSLU paper above. The paper is the original. Long reading passages are shortened here to their first and last lines and a summary.