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First published on munotes.in on 29 September 2026.
This edition revised 6 October 2026.
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The answers in this volume state the law as it stands today, not as it stood when the paper was set, and in this subject three amendments and two new codes do the work. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 made a daughter a coparcener by birth, abolished survivorship and the pious obligation for later debts, and omitted Sections 23 and 24, so a remarried widow is no longer disqualified from inheriting; the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2010 rewrote Section 8 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act so that a married woman may adopt with her husband's consent, where before she could not adopt at all, and gave the father and mother an equal right to give a child in adoption; and the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 removed leprosy as a ground of divorce and as a ground of separate maintenance. The older papers here were set before some of those changes and are answered on the law as amended, with the date of the change given. Where a question turns on the criminal law, the answers give the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and name the section of the Indian Penal Code or the Criminal Procedure Code that each replaced, and they record that adultery ceased to be an offence in Joseph Shine in 2018 while remaining a ground of divorce.
Contents
The questions below are the paper as the University of Mumbai set it at the Feb 2023 examination, in the order it was set.
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The Paper as Set
The questions in this volume are the questions asked at the Feb 2023 examination, reproduced as the University of Mumbai set them, in the order it set them. Nothing has been reworded, added or left out. Only the answers are ours. See the original question paper.
Duration 2 hours · Total marks 60 · 22 questions answered
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1. Answer any SIX of the following in not more than two sentences, any 6 of 10 12 Marks
1.Mention any two acts amounting to Glorification of Sati under The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987.[2]
Answer
Section 2(1)(b) of the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 defines glorification of sati. Any two of the four heads answer the question.
First, a ceremony or a procession. The observance of any ceremony, or the taking out of a procession, in connection with the commission of sati.
Second, supporting or propagating the practice. Supporting, justifying or propagating the practice of sati in any manner, which covers a speech, a pamphlet or a post.
The other two heads. The arranging of any function to eulogise the person who has committed sati; and the creation of a trust, the collection of funds, the construction of a temple or other structure, or the carrying on of any form of worship there, with a view to perpetuating the honour or preserving the memory of a person who has committed sati.
The punishment, section 5. Glorification is punishable with imprisonment of not less than one year and up to seven years, and fine of not less than five thousand and up to thirty thousand rupees. Sections 6 and 7 let the Collector or District Magistrate prohibit such ceremonies and seize the funds or the temple property. Under section 9 the offences are tried by Special Courts, and they are cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable.
What the section has achieved. After the death of Roop Kanwar at Deorala in 1987, a glorification prosecution was brought over a procession held on the first anniversary. Twenty-five of the accused were acquitted in 2004 and the last eight in October 2024, so the case closed after thirty-seven years with no conviction. The difficulty is evidentiary, not legal: glorification has to be proved against named individuals in a crowd.
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