NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY

BHOPAL
B.A.LL.B. Hons.  VI TRIMESTER
REPEAT EXAMINATION, OCTOBER- 2004
FAMILY LAW - II

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 50

INSTRUCTIONS :
1. All questions are compulsory.

Q1. Objective Type

A: Multiple choice questions:
1. A Mitakshara Coparcener died in the year 1990, survived by his two brothers,
one sister and his own son. The share taken by sister is -
a) 1/3 b) 1/6 c) 1/8 d) Nil

2. A male Hindu died in the year 1995, and was survived by his mother’s father’s
father, and father’s mother’s father’s father. The share of father’s mother’s
father’s father in the self-acquired properties of the proposition shall be –
a) ¼ b) 1/3 c) ½ d) Nil

3. A Hindu female, who inherited certain property from her husband died intestate.
She was survived by her brother and her father-in-law. Who would inherit her
property under HAS, 1956?
a) only brother
b) only father-in-law
c) Both brother and father-in-law will take one share each.
d) Property would be escheated

4. Which of the following explains ‘unity of ownership’ in coparcenary property

most accurately?
a) Ownership of coparcenary property vests in the whole body of coparceners.
b) A coparcener’s interest in the coparcenary property is a fluctuating interest.
c) Coparcenary property cannot be alienated without the concurrence of the other
coparceners.
d) A coparcener’ interest in the coparcenary property is not demarcated.

B: Match the following:

5. State of Punjab vs. Balwant Singh and a. Son’s pious obligation.
others.
6. Hemraj vs. Khemchand b. Women’s absolute property
7. V. Tulsamma vs. Shesha Reddy c. Heirs of a hindu female
C. Fill in the blanks:
8. U/s.14(2) HAS, 1956 ________ title is conferred for the first time on a female
hindu.
9. The concept of ________ implies mere demarcation of a share of the deceased
coparcener after his death.
10. Doctrine of Aul is applied in situations where _________
(4+3+3=10)

Q2. What is a ‘Coparcenary’ under Hindu Law? What are its legal incidents?

OR
S.8 of HAS, 1956 has changed the notion of separate property acquiring the
characteristics of an ancestral property on its devolution. Explain and illustrate.
(10)
Q3. What are the rights of the purchaser of the undivided interest of the coparcener,
where the alienation is valid.
OR

What are the rights and obligations of a Karta of a Hindu Joint Family?
(10)

Q4. Discuss the “law of succession’ under the HAS, 1956, with regards to the
property of a hindu male dying intestate. Give suitable illustrations.

OR
Write short notes on
a) Notional partition
b) Son’s pious obligation
(10)

Q5. Discuss elaborately the concept of ‘stridhan’ and ‘womens’ estate?

OR

Discuss in the light of the scope of S.14HSA, 1956, Hindu Women’s Property
Rights. Refer to relevant case laws.
(10)