LL.B. (Three Years) Sem 3 Family Law II Apr 2014 Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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

1. (1) What is meant by urbanization?
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2. (2) What is patriarchal family?
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3. (3) What is the jurisdiction of Family court?
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4. (4) What is the need to implement Uniform civil Code?
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5. (5) When can a reunion take place in a joint family?
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6. (6) State the punishment for glorification of sati.
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7. (7) What is the status of children of void marriages?
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8. (8) State the difference between half blood and uterine blood.
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9. (9) Who is disqualified from inheriting joint family property.
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10. (10) What is sapinda relationship?
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2. II. Write short notes of any four of the following, any 4 of 6 20 Marks

1. (1) Marumakkattayam law
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2. (2) Rights of a child in a womb
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3. (3) Maintenance of a Hindu wife
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4. (4) Child marriage
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5. (5) Dayabhaga law
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6. (6) Partial partition
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3. III. Answer any two from the following. Give reasons for your answers, any 2 of 3 12 Marks

1. (I) Meena's father arranges her marriage with Mohan. Mohan's mother demands as dowry a diamond set and Rs. five lakhs in cash. Meena's father gives it to her. (1) What is the punishment to which Mohan's mother could be liable? (2) After marriage, who would be entitled to receive the diamond set and cash?
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2. (II) Sushma and Manoj were married under the Hindu Marriage Act. They have a five year old daughter. Sushma left the matrimonial home since two years due to fights with Manoj, whose behavior towards her was cruel. (1) What is the status of their marriage? (2) On what grounds can Sushma seek divorce from her husband? What has she to prove for that?
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3. (III) A, a 29 years old Hindu unmarried male wants to adopt a son to himself. (1) What are the conditions he must satisfy in order to be able to adopt? (2) Will it make any difference if A was married?
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4. 4 Answer any four of the following, any 4 of 6 48 Marks

1. (1) (a) State the grounds of divorce available to a Hindu wife under Hindu Marriage Act. 1955. (b) Eludicate briefly cruelty and desertion as ground for divorce
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2. (2) (a) What is co-parcenary property. (b) What are the rights and duties of co-parceners.
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3. (4) Explain different types of guardians under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act. State the powers of natural guardian under Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.
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4. (5) Explain in detail adoption by an unmarried female under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956.
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5. (6) Explain the rules for succession of a Hindu male dying intestate?
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