LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 3 Family Law II Nov 2011 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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1. 1. Answer in not more than two sentences, all 10 20 Marks

1. (a) State any two disqualifications for a person to act as a guardian.
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2. (b) What is the presumption in case of simultaneous death?
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3. (c) List any two grounds of void marriage.
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4. (d) What is escheat?
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5. (e) Enumerate the requisites of a re-union after partition.
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6. (f) Who are the persons disqualified from inheriting under the Hindu Succession Act?
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7. (g) State the punishment for glorification of sati.
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8. (h) In which circumstances does a Hindu wife forfeits her right to maintenance under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act?
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9. (i) What is meant by sanskritisation?
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10. (j) List any two differences between Mitakshara and Dayabhaga.
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2. 2. Write short notes on any four of the following, any 4 of 6 20 Marks

1. (a) Minor's welfare in appointment of a guardian.
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2. (b) Uniform Civil Code
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3. (c) Children of void marriages
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4. (d) Laws dealing with dowry
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5. (e) Modernisation.
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6. (f) Settlement of spousal property.
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3. 3. Attempt any two from the following. Give reasons for all your answers, any 2 of 3 12 Marks

1. (a) A and B both Hindu males die intestate. A is survived by his father, mother, brother and sister. B is survived by his wife, mother, adopted daughter, father's father and father's brother. (i) How will A's property be distributed? (ii) Who will be entitled to B's property and in what share?
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2. (b) A has two adopted daughters. Elder daughter is married to a Muslim man under Islamic Law. The younger daughter is married to a Jain. A dies intestate. The younger daughter had inherited some property from her relatives before her adoption, with a condition that she has to provide maintenance to her aunt from that property. (i) What is the share in which the two daughters be entitled to A's property? (ii) Can the younger daughter retain the property inherited by her before her adoption? Explain.
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3. (c) Ashok and Avani are married under the Hindu Marriage Act. Ashok has an adulterous relationship with his neighbour. A child is born of that relationship. (i) What action can Avani take against Ashok under Hindu Marriage Act? (ii) Is the child entitled to inherit Ashok's property?
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4. 4. Answer any four from the following, any 4 of 6 48 Marks

1. (a) (i) Explain the different types of family. (ii) What are the essential conditions of a valid Hindu marriage?
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2. (b) Discuss the grounds for annulment of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act.
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3. (c) What are the conditions for a valid adoption? Who is eligible for adoption? What are the effects of adoption?
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4. (d) Discuss the bars to matrimonial relief under Hindu Marriage Act.
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5. (e) Who can be a Karta? Elucidate the rights and liabilities of a Karta.
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6. (f) Discuss the rules of succession relating to the property of a Hindu female.
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