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Code : 202
Subject : Hindu Law
Course : II
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Hindu Law
Q.1 Who is a Hindu and to whom Hindu Law is applicable? Is it true to say that Hindu law is not
lex loci, but a law of status?
lr i r i lr lli l lni i in ri n| r ` i r ri r| r l lr lli
-ii| lli r| lnnn lli r` li |l|
Q.2 Discuss the various sources of Hindu Law. Define custom as a source of Hindu Law and
its essentials.
lr lli lli -ini | li |l| ii i lr lli -in - liilin n
r ; i n-i i i |l|
Q.3 Is Hindu Marriage a sacrament or only a civil contract? Discuss with case law.
i lr lir -i r ii li` i lli lrn li |l|
Q.4 What are the conditions for a valid Hindu Marriage? Can a marriage take place between
two persons of different castes?
i lr lir | i in r` i i lli ilni lni | lir ri ni r`
Q.5 Can a court on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce pass instead a
decree of judicial separation under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955? Explain.
i lr lir lil-, srr i| lirls | l| ,ii lir li- l |
ii lirls | l| iln ni r` -- |l|
Q.6 Name the grounds of divorce available in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Explain any three of
them with relevant cases and provisions.
lr lir li-, srr - lin ni ii iii r, ii ln |l| lr| n| iiii
i lil- iiii nii liiln ii | - -- |l|
Q.7 Distinguish between void and voidable marriages. Under what conditions and on what
grounds can they be annulled? Are children of such marriages legitimate? Discuss.
i ii| liri - li |l| l ini nn n l iiii liri |
l-n li i ni r` i liri i- ri n r` li |l|
Q.8 What are the essential conditions for a valid Hindu adoption? Who can take a child in
adoption? Which persons are capable to give a child in adoption. Discuss.
i lr i l ii i in r` i i - ii ni r`
iii i ln l| i i - l i- r ` li |l|
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Q.9 Who can claim maintenance under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 and on
what grounds?
lr i iii ii lil-, src nnn iii iiiii i ii n r
nii l iiii `
or
Discuss the liability of a Hindu to maintain his minor children aged and infirm parents and
widowed daughter-in-law.
lr | - , ,i- -inilni lii ii iiiii i
il- | li |l|
or
Discuss the provisions relating to maintenance of wife under the Hindu Adoption and
Maintenance Act, 1956. When can she claim separate residence and maintenance?
lr i iii ii -i| ii | li |l| r i ii nii iiiii
i ii n| r`
Q.10 Who are the natural guardians of a Hindu minor and what are their powers ?
lr ~- iln i ii rin r nii i lii rin r`
or
Name the classes of guardians defined in Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.
What are their powers? Explain.
lr in nii i lil-, src - lin ii i- lli| | ii ilni
r` -- |l|
Q.11 Who can appoint testamentary guardians and what are their powers? Can a guardian be
appointed in respect of the undivided interest of the minor in the joint Hindu Family
property? Discuss.
|n| i ii ln ni r i | ilni i r` i n lr li |
l-n - - lin lr- l i ln li i ni r` li |l|
Q.12 Distinguish between succession and the rule of survivorship according to the Mitakshra
School, when a Hindu dies after the commencement of the Hindu Succession.
(Amendment) Act, 2005 his interest in the Mitakshara joint family property shall devolve by
intestate succession or by the rule of survivorship. Discuss.
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l-niii iiii i -nilii -n|lni l,in - li |l| lr -nilii
(ii i) lil- zoor in ri in lr -ni r ni n li | l-n -
lr- i in- l|ln -nilii ri ni nii -n|lni l,in rini| li
|l|
or
What is partition under Mitakshra? Discuss various modes of partition. How can it be re-
opened?
l-niii nn n lii i r` lii lili n|i | li |l| lii
li l i li i ni r`
Q.13 (a) What do you mean by Karta?
ni i i -nn r`
(b) What are the powers of Karta to alienate joint family property under the Mitakshra
School?
l-niii ,ln i ii n li -l-n i-i i lii r `
(c) Will it make difference if he happens to be the father of the remaining coparceners in
the family? Discuss.
l r -ilii i lni r ni i liii - i; n ni` -- |l|
(d) Can a female become Karta of a Joint Hindu family? What are her rights and liabilities?
Discuss.
i i| n lr li | ii n| r ` i lii il- r`
li |l|
Q.14 What are the rules and order of succession to the property of a female Hindu dying
intestate according to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956? Discuss.
lr iilii lil-, src i l |n| - n lr -| | -l-n -nilii
i l- - r ` li |l|
Q.15 Define gift with its various elements. By whom and how can it be made? Can it be
revoked? If so, in what circumstances? Discuss.
lli n-i ii ri i liilin |l| r l ,ii li i ni r ` i
;i lnri li i ni r ` lr ri, ni l ll-ilni - li |l|
Q.16 What do you understand by the pious obligation of a Hindu son to pay the debt of his
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father? Is a son also liable for the payment of his fathers preparation debt? Discuss.
lni ~i i i l lr lni ,ii lii l n ~i i
i l -ni| r` li |l|


Short questions
Q.17 (a) Debutter Property i i -l-n
(b) Coparcener under the Dayabhaga law. iiin lli nnn -i li
(c) Shebait and Mahant in -rn
(d) Self-acquired property and joint family estate -iln -l-n i n li -i
(e) Religious Endowment i-i
(f) Class I heirs under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
lr -nilii lil-, src nnn i- i| ii
(g) General rules of succession in case of males.
ii -i - -nilii i-i l-
(h) Gift to an unborn person.
- ln l li ni ri
(i) Doctrine of factum valet
-- - l,in
(j) Joint family property under the mitakshra school.
l-niii lli -inn n li -l-n|