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Q.I. Answer in not more than Two Sentences, all 10 20 Marks
1.Give two characteristics of joint family.[2]
Answer
Any two of the following are characteristics of a joint Hindu family.
First, it is a unit of status, not of contract. A person becomes a member by birth, by marriage into it, or by adoption, and not by agreement. A Hindu family is presumed to be joint in food, worship and estate until the contrary is shown.
Second, it is managed by a karta. The senior-most coparcener manages the property and the business, represents the family in legal, social and religious matters, and may contract debts and alienate property for legal necessity, the benefit of the estate or indispensable religious duties. Since the daughter became a coparcener in 2005, the eldest daughter may be karta: Sujata Sharma v. Manu Gupta (2016, affirmed by a larger Bench of the Delhi High Court).
Three more, briefly. Its property is held in community of interest and unity of possession, so no member can say what his share is until a partition. It is wider than the coparcenary, because it includes wives, widows and unmarried daughters who are entitled to maintenance and residence but take no interest by birth. And it does not end with a death: it continues so long as any member survives, and a sole surviving coparcener revives it when a son is born or adopted.
A point often missed. A family is presumed joint, but there is no presumption that it owns joint property. Whoever alleges that property is joint must first prove a nucleus sufficient to have acquired it.
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