Hindu Law – Important questions – Dec 2018

Prepared by – Vishwanath

1st Sem, LLB, KGLC

10 marks

Unit1
1) Who is a “Hindu” for the purpose of operation of “Hindu Law” ?
2) Explain the sources of Hindu Law.
3) Different schools of Hindu Law

Unit2
1) Discuss “cruelty” as a ground for divorce. Refer to decided cases.
2) Briefly state the grounds of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act
3) Essentials of Valid Marriage
4) What is Judicial Separation? Explain the grounds available for judicial
separation.
5) circumstances under which a Hindu wife can live separately from her
husband and claim maintenance
6) What are the changes introduced on Hindu Marriage under Hindu
Marriages Act.

Unit3
1) Who is a ‘Kartha’ ? Explain his rights, duties and powers.
2) Partition
3) What is antecedent debt. Discuss obligations of son and daughter to
discharge Antecedent debt?
4) Explain Joint family and coparcenary. Can mother be a Kartha of Joint
Hindu family? Explain.
5) Family property and Separate Property
6) Who is a coparcener ? What are his rights and liabilities in a Mitakshara
Joint Family ?
7) What are the circumstances under which a Joint Hindu Family
property can be alienated and by whom ? Who can challenge such alienations ?
Unit4
1) Discuss the general rules of succession of a female Hindu dying
Interstate
2) Enumerate the important changes brought by Hindu Succession Act.
3) separate property
4) Salient features of Hindu Succession act.
5) Succession of Male Hindu dying intestate

Unit 5:
1) Explain “natural” and “testamentary” guardians and their
powers.
2) Powers and liabilities of Guardian over person and property related to
Hindu Minor
3) When a court may appoint and remove a guardian ? Explain the powers of
a guardian appointed by a court
4) Adoption
5) Maintenance

6 marks

1) Divorce by mutual consent

2) Powers and duties of co-parcener.
3) Adoption
4) Voidable marriages
5) Karta
6) Gift
7) Will
8) Concept of Dharma
9) Divorce by mutual consent.
10) Testamentary guardian
11) Dependents.
12) Sapinda relationship
13) Conjugal rights
14) Maintenance Pendente lite
15) Immoral Debts of Father
16) Pious Obligations
17) Stridhana
18) Doctrine of Cypress

Less Important topics are in YELLOW background