LLB 3 Years Sem 2 Family Law 1 Apr 2023 I Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Answer in two sentences. (Any Six) 12 marks
   • 1. Enumerate the provision and ground under which a Parsi can file a decree of nullity
   • 2. Who is a Muslim?
   • 3. Explain latent ambiguity under Indian Succession Act, 1925?
   • 4. Who is said to have died Intestate?
   • 5. What is the time and place for solemnization of a Christian marriage?
   • 6. What is a Codicil
   • 7. What do you mean by Qiyas
   • 8. Name the Class of Heirs under Muslim Law of Inheritance
2. Q2 Write Short Notes on any Two. 12 marks
   • 1. Right of Hizanat
   • 2. Dissolution of Marriage by Mutual Consent under Divorce Act
   • 3. Rule against perpetuity
   • 4. Kinds of Dower
3. Q3 Answer any two situational questions from the following 12 marks
   • i. Peter has 3 children - Mary, John & Henry. Mary dies leaving behind a daughter, John dies leaving behind 4 children (3 sons and one daughter) while Henry alone survived his
   • a) If Peter dies intestate, how will his property devolve upon the legal heirs
   • b) If Peter died intestate leaving behind no lineal descendants but only his widow, what would be the share of the widow? ul. Saffina, a widow was pregnant at the time of her husband death. After the delivery of child but only after 2 months of her husband’s death, she got married to her
   • a) Is the marriage valid?
   • b) What is iddat? State the period of iddat on divorce & death of husband after consummation of marriage? ili. made a will which is attested by “Y’ & ‘X’ bequeathed a certain property to in the will
   • a) Who is an attesting witness?
   • b) Is the Will sufficiently attested? State the provisions in the Indian Succession Act, 1925, relating to gift to attesting witness
   • c) To what extent is the will valid
   • iv. ‘A’ a Sunni Muslim has two sons ‘B’ & B dies in the lifetime of A, leaving behind a son D. Soon after the death of his son, A too dies
   • a) In the above case, explain if D will inherit the property of A and what will be his
   • b) When do the sons acquire the interest in the property belonging to the father?
4. Q4 Answer any three questions in detail: 39 marks
   • a) Discuss the grounds of divorce under the Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936?
   • b) Explain Wasiyat and discuss its essentials. What are the limitations as regards property and persons under Mohammadan law?
   • c) Discuss the Classification of Marriage among Muslims and the essentials of a valid
   • d) Explain the provisions relating to Lapsing of Legacies?
   • e) Discuss the Law relating to domicile under Indian Succession Act
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   • d) Lapsing of Legacies

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