JUDEX TUTORIALS

Hindu Law

Time – 3 hours

Total Marks – 150

 Answer any six questions

 Marks has been indicated against each question

1. A) Point out the sources of Hindu Law. Distinguish between Mitakshara and Dayabhaga schools.
Underline the importance of various schools of Hindu law after its codification. 15
B) When a Hindu is bound to maintain his widowed daughter in law and to what extent and
under what conditions? 10

2. A) Discuss the method of devolution of the property of a Hindu female dying intestate. 15

B) A son is adopted by a widow after several years of the death of her husband. Would he be the son of
the widow alone or as well as of her husband? 10

3. A)What do you mean by ‘pious obligation theory’? Discuss the liability of a son to pay off his father’s
debt. 15

B) A died leaving behind his widow AW and two daughters AD1 and AD2 with an amount of Rs. 60000.
Now his widow adopts a son X. How much does X get? Give reasons. 10

4. A) Explain the different categories of Guardians under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
and examine the situations when a guardian loses his or her guardianship rights. 15

B) What is constructive desertion? Give two illustration. 10

5. A) Mention the significant changes introduced in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 by way of Hindu
Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. 15

B) Briefly discuss the effects of adoption. 10

6. A) Discuss in detail the maintenance of Wife under Hindu Law? 15

B) Can a partition be re-opened? Explain the grounds on which a partition may be

reopened.

7. A) What are the powers and liabilities of a Karta in a Joint Hindu Family. Can the mother or any other
female member be a Karta in a Joint Hindu Family? 15

B) Write a note on “Irretrievable breakdown of marriage” as ground for matrimonial remedies. Refer to
recent Supreme Court judgments. 10
 8. A) Define the nature of Hindu marriage under Hindu law. What are the
characteristics of sacramental marriage among Hindus? How far these have been
affected by the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. 15

B) Mention the consequences of violation of the essential conditions under Section 5 of the Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955. 10