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The law under these papers has moved. The Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Evidence Act were replaced by the BNS, BNSS and BSA on 1 July 2024; adultery (section 497) was struck down on 27 September 2018 and is not in the BNS. The Maternity Benefit Act, the Factories Act and the Equal Remuneration Act were repealed on 21 November 2025 by the Code on Social Security, the OSH Code and the Code on Wages. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 gave way to the 2006 Act on 1 November 2007, and the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 to the 2015 Act on 15 January 2016. Each answer gives the law the paper asked about and the law that applies now.
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Q.1
Q.1: Answer the following in not more than two sentences, any six
12 Marks - 2 marks each
(a)Define Dower/Meher.[2]
Answer
Dower (mahr or mehr) is money or property the wife is entitled to receive from the husband in consideration of the marriage. That is Mulla's definition (section 217). It is a right of the wife under Muslim law, and it belongs to her alone.
Its nature.
- It is an essential part of a Muslim marriage. Even if no dower is fixed, the wife is entitled to a proper dower (mahr-ul-misl). It is fixed by the dower of other women of her father's family.
- It is a debt on the husband, and after his death a debt on his estate.
- It is not dowry. The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 expressly excludes "dower or mahr" from dowry (section 2).
Kinds.
- Prompt dower (mu'ajjal) is payable on demand.
- Deferred dower (muwajjal) is payable on death or divorce.
Its protection. A wife may refuse to live with her husband until her prompt dower is paid. A widow whose dower is unpaid may hold her husband's property until it is paid. Section 5 of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 keeps her right to dower on dissolution.
Case. In Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, AIR 1985 SC 945, the Supreme Court held that paying mahr does not by itself end the husband's duty. He must still maintain a divorced wife who cannot maintain herself.
Conclusion. Dower is the wife's own property, payable by the husband because of the marriage. It may be prompt or deferred.
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