LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 10 Law Relating to Women and Children Nov 2011 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

SECTION I - Q.1: Attempt the following in not more than two sentences each (20 Marks - 2 marks each)

1. Q1 What is 'Talak Hasan'?
2. Q2 Define 'Dower' or 'Mehr'.
3. Q3 What is Protective home?
4. Q4 What is Nikah?
5. Q5 What are the essentials of Muta marriage?
6. Q6 State the orders which cannot be passed against a Juvenile.
7. Q7 When can a married Hindu adopt a child?
8. Q8 What is the minimum working period of a woman to claim maternity benefit under the Maternity Benefit Act?
9. Q9 What is 'in camera' proceedings?
10. Q10 Define 'Child' according to the Immoral Traffic Act, 1956.

SECTION II - Q.2: Write short notes on any four of the following (20 Marks - 5 marks each)

1. Q11 Guardianship under Muslim Personal Law.
2. Q12 Punishments for abetment of Sati.
3. Q13 Functions of the Family Court.
4. Q14 Important provisions of CEDAW.
5. Q15 Juvenile Justice Board.
6. Q16 Restraint of Child Marriages.

SECTION III - Q.3: Solve any two of the following problems (20 Marks)

1. Q17 Amar, a Hindu, married Priya, a Hindu, under Hindu rites. After eight years of marriage Amar told his wife Priya that he did not want to live with her, hence they should be divorced by mutual consent, as Amar wanted to marry one Vinita. Amar also embraced Islam for the same and obtained a certificate of conversion to Islam from a Qazi. (i) What is the nature of the offence committed? State the punishment for the same. (ii) Under which Section of the IPC is the offence and the punishment committed? (iii) Write the judgement and the name of the case law.
2. Q18 Sarita was married to Purohit under Hindu rites. As per the demands from the father-in-law, husband, three brothers and brother-in-law, dowry worth Rs. 60,000/- of gold ornaments and clothes were given to Sarita's father-in-law and husband. Sarita was still harassed, beaten up and kept without food by her in-laws and her husband. They refused to return her streedhan. (i) What is the nature of the offence committed? State the punishment for the same. (ii) Under which Section of the IPC is the offence and the punishment committed? (iii) Write the judgement and the name of the case law.
3. Q19 A Muslim married woman falls in love with another Muslim male and wants to marry him. (i) Can the Muslim married woman marry the other Muslim male during the subsistence of her earlier marriage? Yes or no, state the reason for the same. (ii) Can the Muslim married woman marry the other Muslim male after taking divorce from her first Muslim husband? If yes, then when?

SECTION IV - Q.4: Attempt any four essay type questions from the following (20 Marks)

1. Q20 Discuss fully the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
2. Q21 Discuss fully the objects of the 'Juvenile Justice' (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.
3. Q22 Discuss in detail Rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code.
4. Q23 Discuss in detail the Welfare and Safety of Women in the Factories Act, 1982.
5. Q24 Explain with case law: (i) Sexual Harassment at workplace. (ii) Right to Education.
6. Q25 Write in detail the status of women in pre-independent India and trace some of the historic events which led to the improvement of their status.

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