Karnataka State Law (KSLU) University Previous Years Model Question Papers for LLB First Semester – Family Law I

Karnataka State Law (KSLU) University Previous Years Model Question Papers for LLB First Semester – Family Law I

UNIT I: Family Law I Model Question Papers

ESSAY QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Explain the various sources of Hindu Law.
• [Jan 2010] – Explain the salient features of Mitakshara School.
• [June 2010] – Explain the ancient sources of Hindu Law and add a note on “Narada Smriti”.
• [June 2010] – Explain the salient features on Mitakshara Law. Is Mitakshara Law still relevant?
• [Jan 2011] – Write an explanatory note on two main schools of Hindu Law and state the distinctions between them.
• [Jan 2011] – Who is Hindu? Who are the persons governed by the Hindu law?
• [June 2011] – Explain the differences between Mitakshara and Dayabhaga schools of Hindu law.
• [June 2011] – Explain in detail the Hindu concept of Law. State the sanctions for breach of moral law.
• [Jan 2012] – Enumerate the sources of Hindu Law. Explain the importance of custom.
• [Jan 2012] – Hindu Law applies to Hindus by birth and by religion – Comment. State persons to whom uncodified and codified Hindu Law applies.

SHORT NOTE QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Who are Hindus?
• [Jan 2010] – Write a note on Varna Dharma.
• [June 2010] – Write a note on “legislation” as a source of Hindu Law.
• [June 2010] – Write a note on “Ashrama Dharma”.
• [Jan 2011] – State briefly the concept of ‘Dharma’.
• [Jan 2011] – Write a note on ‘Manu Smriti’.
• [June 2011] – Write a note on ‘custom’ as a source of Hindu Law.
• [June 2011] – Write a note on ‘Factum Valet’.
• [Jan 2012] – Distinguish between Sruthis and Smrithis.
• [Jan 2012] – What are the salient features of Mitakshara School of Hindu Law?

UNIT II: Family Law I Model Question Papers

ESSAY QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Explain the conditions for a valid marriage under Hindu Marriage.
• [Jan 2010] – Explain the grounds of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
• [June 2010] – Define and distinguish “void” and “voidable” Marriages under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
• [June 2010] – Explain ‘cruelty’ and ‘desertion’ as grounds for divorce. Discuss with reference to decided cases.
• [Jan 2011] – Elucidate the conditions for a valid marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
• [Jan 2011] – Describes the grounds available for judicial separation. Cite cases.
• [June 2011] – What is Judicial separation? Explain the grounds available for Judicial separation.
• [June 2011] – Explain the conditions for a valid marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
• [Jan 2012] – What is divorce? On what grounds divorce can be obtained?
• [Jan 2012] – Discuss whether Hindu Marriage is still a sacrament after passing Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

SHORT NOTE QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – A, a Hindu husband converts to Islam. Can his wife claim divorce? Decide.
• [Jan 2010] – Husband, his sisters and parents are longing to have a child in the family. But the wife always dashed their hopes by resorting to termination of pregnancy twice. Can husband claim divorce?
• [June 2010] – ‘Hindu Marriage’ is a sacrament – Comment.
• [June 2010] – Jagannath and his wife Padmini, both were gainfully employed. But Jagannath was not so well employed as his wife was and thus Padmini was getting higher salary than her husband. Padmini proposed to the husband that he should resign and stay with her. But he denies, and later on Jagannath filed a suit for restitution of conjugal rights. Decide.
• [Jan 2011] – Ranganath married Rajani in the year 2005 and both of them lived together for some time. Then, in 2006, Ranganath sent Rajani to her parent’s house, and starts living separately without giving reasonable cause. Now, Rajani wants to obtain divorce. Advise her.
• [Jan 2011] – Write a note on ‘Maintenance Pendentelite’.
• [June 2011] – Wife has moved the court questioning the constitutional validity of Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (Restitution of Conjugal Rights) on the ground of Right of Privacy – Discuss.
• [June 2011] – Husband tries to marry second time. Wife, apprehending of her husband taking a second wife, wants to approach the court. Can she succeed? Give reasons.
• [Jan 2012] – Prabhakara aged 25 years and Kusuma aged 17 years are married with the arrangement and consent of their parents. Discuss the validity of their Marriage.
• [Jan 2012] – Ramya is working as a teacher in a Government School. Her husband who is an unemployed filed a suit for maintenance against his wife. Is she liable?

UNIT III: Family Law I Model Question Papers

ESSAY QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Discuss the modes of partition. Can a coparcener re-open portion?
• [Jan 2010] – Explain the doctrine of ‘Pious obligation’. Discuss the liability of son to discharge father’s debts.
• [June 2010] – What is self-acquired property? Explain different modes of acquiring self-acquired property?
• [June 2010] – Who is Kartha? Examine the rights and duties of Kartha.
• [Jan 2011] – Who is a Coparcener? Explain his rights and liabilities in a Mitakshara joint family.
• [Jan 2011] – Define Partition? Explain the different modes of partition.
• [June 2011] – Explain the incidents of joint family property and separate property of the Hindu joint family.
• [June 2011] – Explain the nature and extent of ‘Pious Obligation’.
• [Jan 2012] – Explain the Joint Hindu Family and Coparcenary. Can a mother be a Kartha of a Joint Hindu Family? Explain.
• [Jan 2012] – Explain the process of partition. When partition can be re-opened?

SHORT NOTE QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Father has incurred debt for personal benefit, son has self-acquired property. Is son liable to discharge debt of his father? Decide.
• [Jan 2010] – Can a Father as a ‘Kartha’ gift joint family movable property to his son?
• [June 2010] – State the persons who can claim ‘Partition’.
• [June 2010] – Comment on “Vyavaharika debt”.
• [Jan 2011] – State the essential features of valid endowment.
• [Jan 2011] – Define per stripes and per capita.
• [June 2011] – Mother acting as a guardian of minor song, has effected the partition. Son, after attaining the age of majority, filed a suit of setting aside the partition on the ground of fraud. Can he succeed?
• [June 2011] – What is ‘Doctrine of Cy-press’?
• [Jan 2012] – State the essentials of Endowment.
• [Jan 2012] – Is the daughter liable for the debt incurred by the father for his person benefit? Discuss.

UNIT IV: Family Law I Model Question Papers

ESSAY QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Explain the general rules of succession of a Hindu Female dying instate.
• [Jan 2010] – Comment on the State and Central Amendments to Hindu Succession Act.
• [June 2010] – Elucidate the general principles of succession of a female Hindu.
• [June 2010] – Who are class I Heirs? Explain the rules relating to distribution of property among class I heirs.
• [Jan 2011] – Explain the general principles of successions of a male Hindu.
• [Jan 2011] – Elucidate the main features of Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
• [June 2011] – When succession opens ? Who are disqualified from succeeding to the property of the intestate?
• [June 2011] -Explain the general rules of succession of a female Hindu dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956.
• [Jan 2012] – Discuss the types of property owned by a Hindu Woman. State the changes brought to Women’s estate.
• [Jan 2012] – What are the significant changes introduced in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?

SHORT NOTE QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – A, a Hindu dies leaving behind his daughter, son, father and mother in the year 2007. Distribute the joint family property of the deceased among survivors.
• [Jan 2010] – Write a note on full blood, half blood and uterine blood relationship.
• [June 2010] – Write a note on ‘Sridhana’.
• [June 2010] – Smt. Rajalakshmi had inherited some property worth Rs.40 lakhs from her mother. She died leaving behind her brother, three sons, one adopted daughter and her husband. Distribute the property among these heirs. Give reasons.
• [Jan 2011] – Explain the full blood, Half blood, and Uterine blood relationship.
• [Jan 2011] – Bhandari Swamy died leaving behind his self-acquired property and his wife, unmarried daughter, two sons, one sister and mother who got remarried just before his death. Distribute his property.
• [June 2011] – ‘X’ a Hindu male dies intestate leaving behind his father, two sons and a son of the pre-deceased daughter. Who can succeed to ‘X’ ‘s property? What is the share of each person?
• [June 2011] – State the important changes brought about by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005.
• [Jan 2012] – A Joint Hindu Family consists of Father ‘F’ and his son ‘S’. Partition takes place between ‘F’ and ‘S’. Two years after partition another son ‘T’ is born to ‘F’. Now state who are all coparceners and what is the share of property of each person.
• [Jan 2012] – Distinguish obstructed and unobstructed heritage.

UNIT V: Family Law I Model Question Papers

ESSAY QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Who is a natural guardian? What are his powers?
• [Jan 2010] – Explain the circumstances under which a Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her claim to maintenance.
• [June 2010] – Discuss the capacity and right of women in taking adoption. Add a note on effects of adoption.
• [June 2010] – Who is a natural guardian ? State the powers and functions of natural guardian.
• [Jan 2011] – When a Hindu wife is entitled to maintenance and separate residence under Hindu Adoptions Maintenance Act 1956. Explain it by citing cases.
• [Jan 2011] – Who is a testamentary guardian? Discuss his powers and obligations.
• [June 2011] – Explain the powers and liabilities of the guardian over the person and property of a Hindu minor.
• [June 2011] – Who may give and take in adoption? What is the effect of taking in adoption?
• [Jan 2012] – State the dependents under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. When a wife looses her right to separate residence and maintenance?
• [Jan 2012] – Define adoption. Discuss the significant changes relating to adoption introduced under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.

SHORT NOTE QUESTIONS

• [Jan 2010] – Husband appoints ‘X’ as testamentary guardian for his minor son when his wife is living. Decide the validity of the appointment.
• [Jan 2010] – Who are dependents?
• [June 2010] – Write a note on ‘Dependents’.
• [June 2010] – Mangala, an unmarried woman aged about 30 years adopts Lalitha who is aged 16 years. Discuss the validity of such adoption. Give reasons.
• [Jan 2011] – State the essentials of a valid adoption.
• [Jan 2011] – Mr. ‘A’, the testamentary guardian sold the property of a minor ‘B’, so as to meet the minor’s educational expenses. On attaining the majority, the minor challenges the sale. Decide.
• [June 2011] – Can the guardian of child whose parentage is not known give the child in adoption?
• [June 2011] – The immovable property of a Hindu minor is sold by the father for the benefit of the minor without the permission of the court. Is the sale valid? Give reasons.
• [Jan 2012] – Explain the doctrine of Relation Back.
• [Jan 2012] – Father enters into an agreement to sell the minor’s property and delivers actual possession of the same in pursuance of that agreement. Whether the agreement is binding on the minor? Explain with reasons.