FAMILY LAW II – PROBLEMS

1. A Muslim made a bequest of 1/3 of his property in favour of his son & the remaining 2/3
in favour of his son’s daughter. Examine the validity of the will.

2. A Hindu male dies intestate & is survived by a son of a pre- deceased half-blood brother
S & daughter of a predeceased full blood sister D. Distribute the estate of A.

3. A Muslim female W dies leaving behind father, husband, daughter & son. Divide the
property of the intestate.

4. X a Christian dies leaving a son, three children of a deceased son & 3 children of
deceased son of a deceased daughter. Divide the estate of X.

5. Distribute the asset of a Hindu died intestate leaving widow, father, brother & 2
daughters.

6. A Hindu female W dies & is survived by her husband, a living son, an unmarried
daughter, two children of a predeceased daughter & an illegitimate son. Distribute her
property.

7. A Muslim women dies & is survived by her husband, 2 daughters & 2 sons. Distribute
the assets.

8. A Christian male dies leaving his wife, 2 sons, father, mother & 2 sons of a predeceased
son. Divide the property of the deceased.

9. X, a Sunni Muslim executed a will in favour of Y for life & after the death of Y, the
property passes to B. Is it valid? Give reasons.

10. A Hindu male dies leaving his father, mother, 2 widows & 2 sons. Distribute his estate.

11. A partition was effected in a joint Hindu Family. Later one of the heir demanded the
reopening of partition stating that certain properties belongs to him was mistakenly
considered as joint family property & the same should be excluded from partition.
Decide.

12. A, Sunni woman, is found guilty of having killed her husband through mistake. Can A
succeed to the property of her husband. Will she succeed if she were a Shia?

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13. Two brothers, members of a joint hindu family inherited certain properties from their
maternal grand father. One of them died on 1st jan 1950 without a male issue.His widow
claimed his share by inheritance, while the other brother claimed it by survivorship.
Examine the claim of brother & widow.

14. A Sunni Muslim dies leaving behind her husband, father, mother & daughter. Distribute
the property of the deceased among the heirs.

15. A Hindu male died leaving behind his father, mother, brother & wife. Distribute the state
among the heirs.

16. A Hindu woman died in 1995 & she is survived by her father, mother & mother in law.
Who will inherit the property acquired by herself?

17. A Hindu’s male dies leaving behind his wife, 2 sons, 2 daughters& father. Divide the
estate among the legal heirs according to Hindu Succession Act,1956.

18. A Sunni Muslim dies leaving a son & a daughter. By his will he bequeaths ¾ the of his
estate to his son & ¼ th to his daughter. The daughter does not consent to the disposition.
Decide the right of the daughter.

19. The heirs of a Sunni Muslim are a) Full sister; b) Consanguine sister; c) Mother; & d)
Brothers son. How the heirs inherit the property of the deceased?

20. A Hindu died on 1965 leaving behind his father, mother, 2 brothers, 2 sons & widow of a
predeceased son. Who can succeed the estate of A & why?

21. A Hanafi Muslim dies leaving behind his mother & his daughter. How will you divide
the state among the heirs?

22. X, a Christian having property worth Rs.25 lakhs, dies intestate. He was survived by his
father, one brother, 2 sons & 2 sons of a predeceased son. Divide the property among the
heirs.

23. A Hindu male dies leaving behind mother , 2 widows , 3 sons and 3 daughters. Divide the
property among successors.

24. A Sunni Muslim dies leaving daughters D1, D2, a sons daughter, and a sons sons son.
Distribute the property among the successors.
25. A Muslim dies leaving behind his mother & daughter. Divide the property among his
heirs.
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26. X a Christian has 2 children John & Mary. John dies before his father leaving the wife
pregnant. Thereafter X dies leaving Mary surviving him & in due time a child of John is
born. Divide the property of X.

27. A Hindu dies intestate in 1992 leaving his self-acquired property and the following heirs
survived him. Two sons, 2 daughters, mother, father & widow. Distribute the estate
among the heirs.

28. A Hindu woman died leaving behind her husband & mother. Both of them are claiming
the property of the deceased. How will you settle their claims?

29. A Hanafi Muslim dies leaving behind the following relatives- father, father’s father,
mother and 2 sisters legal. Divide the estate of the deceased among the heirs.

30. A Christian dies leaving behind his wife, father & 2 sons. Divide the estate of the
deceased among the legal heirs.

31. X a father has incurred debt for personal benefit. Y his son has self-acquired property. Is
Y liable to discharge the debt of X. Decide?

32. X a Hindu dies leaving behind his daughter, son, father and mother in the year 2007.
Distribute the joint family property among the survivors.

33. A Sunni Muslim died intestate leaving behind mother, father, widow & 3 daughters.
Distribute his property under Sunni law of Inheritance.

34. P, a Christian dies leaving behind husband, Father, Mother and Brother & Sister.
Distribute her property under the Indian Succession Act,1925.

35. A, a Hindu woman dies leaving behind, her father, mother, sister & daughter. According
to Hindu Succession Act 1956, who can succeed the property & why?

36. A Hindu dies in 1962 leaving behind his widow, brother, & 2 daughters. Divide his estate
among the heirs.

37. A, a Muslim dies leaving a son B, widow W & grandson D by a predeceased son. A by
his will bequeathed 1/3 of this estate to D.B & W do not consent the bequest in favour of
D. Examine the right of D in the property.

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38. John, a Christian dies leaving behind his widow, 2 brothers & 3 Sons. Distribute his
estate among the legal heirs.

39. A Hindu male dies leaving behind one legitimate son, one illegitimate son, one widowed
daughter in law & one unmarried daughter. Distribute the property of the deceased.

40. A Mohammadean dies & he is survived by his widow, 2 sons & 3 daughters. The widow
created a Wakf of Musha for the purpose of a mosque out of the properties of the
deceased. Decide the legal validity of the creation of wakf.

41. A Sunni Muslim female dies intestate. She is survived by her husband, mother & 2
unmarried daughters. Distribute the property of the deceased.

42. A Christian male bequeathed certain properties to B & his heirs. He added a condition
that B should not alienate the properties. Does B gets an absolute estate of life estate
under the bequeath?

43. On the death of husband A claims to succeed to her husband’s property. The Brother of
the deceased objects saying that she was unchaste & murdered her husband. She was
acquitted by a criminal court on murder charges. Decide who will succeed to the property
according to Hindu law.

44. A Sunni Muslim female dies leaving behind her husband, two full sisters & mother. She
has inherited the property from her mother. Distribute the property of the deceased.

45. An Indian Christian dies leaving behind 2 daughters, two sons & her husband. Divide the
property.

46. A, a Hindu dies intestate. He is survived by his mother, widow, brother, 2 sons & 2
daughters. Distribute the property of A.

47. A Christian bequeathed to X,Y & Z certain sum of money to be equally divided among
themselves. Y dies before the testator A. Whether X & Z will get the money or will it
lapse. Decide.
48. A Shia Muslim female was found guilty of killing her husband by mistake. Will he
succeed to the property of her husband? Will she succeed if she is a Sunni Muslim?
Decide.

49. A Shia Muslim dies leaving behind his widow, father & mother. Distribute his properties.

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50. A Muslim made a bequest of 1/3 of his property in favour of his son & the remaining 2/3
in favour of his son’s daughter. Examine the validity of the will.

51. A Hindu male dies intestate & is survived by a son of a predeceased half-blood brother S
& daughter of a predeceased full blood sister D. Distribute the estate of A.

52. A Muslim female dies leaving behind father, husband, daughter & Son. Divide the
property of the intestate.

53. X, a Christian dies leaving a son, 3 children of a deceased son & 3 children of deceased
son of a deceased daughter. Divide the estate of X.

54. A male Hindu dies leaving behind widow W, a daughter D & son & widow of the
predeceased son. How the property will be inherited by them?

55. A Sunni Muslim died leaving her husband, 2 full sisters & mother. How the property will
be shared among them.

56. A Sunni Muslim male A dies leaving behind 2 daughters, Son’s son & Son’s daughter.
Distribute the property of A.

57. A has 3 children John, Mary &Henry. John dies leaving behind 4 children. One of John’s
children dies leaving 2 children. Mary dies leaving one child. A afterwards dies intestate.
Divide the estate of A.

58. A male Hindu died intestate leaving his father, mother, 2 sons of a predeceased son & a
daughter. Distribute his estate according to Hindu Succession Act.

59. A Christian died intestate leaving his widow & three sons of a predeceased son A & 2
daughters of predeceased daughter B. Distribute his estate.

60. A, Muslim gifted certain immovable property in favour of B reserving the right to receive
the income from the property and also made a condition that the property shall not be
alienated during the life time of A.Is the gift valid? Give reasons.
61. Two sisters A & B belongs to Hindu community inherited some property from their
mother. After the death of A, the property passed in to the name of B who entered into an
agreement for the sale of the property with C. A’s predeceased husbands brother filed a
suit for the cancellation of the sale agreement. Will he succeed? Give reasons?