CCSU BA LLB - Family Law I (Hindu Law) - 2020 - Old question paper

BA LLB 5th Semester Examination, December 2020
Family Law - I
Hindu Law
(BL-5002)

Section A
Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 4 marks

1. What is maintenance?
2. Who is dejure guardian or guardian-al-litem?
3. What is Sapatapadi?
4. Distinguish between Mitakshara and Dayabhag.
5. Explain testamentry succession under Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

Section B
Note: Attempt any two question. Each question carries 10 marks

6. Hindu law is not a lex-loci bu a law of status. Explain.
7. Explain the remedy of restitution of conjugal right and its defences.
8. When can widow daughter-in-law claim maintenance from her father-in-law? Discus.

Section C
Note: Attempt any three question. Each question carries 20 marks

9. Who are the natural guardians of a Hindu minor in order of priority? Who is the natural guardian of an adopted child? What are their powers? Discuss with relevant law.
10. Name the different remedies under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which dissolve the marriage? State the grounds on which either party may obtain divorce? Discuss in brief.
11. Explain requisites of a valid adoption. A Hindu widow wants to adopt a son on the ground that her only son has renounced the world to become a sanyasi. Discuss the validity of such adoption with reasons.
12. What marriages are void marriages? What is the difference between void and voidable marriages? Discuss the legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages.
13. What are the general provisions relating to succession under Hindu Succession Act, 1956? Discuss.