An application under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for interim maintenance
A. Can be filed after the filing of the written statement
B. Can be filed before the filing of the written statement
C. Either before or after the filing of the written statement
D. Only after the filing of the written statement & not before
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Under Hindu Marriage Act, 'condonation' applies to the matrimonial offence of:
A. Adultery
B. Cruelty
C. Desertion
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Where a coparcenery consists of several branches and a partition takes place
A. Each branch takes per capita
B. Each branch and the member of each branch takes per capita
C. Each branch and the members of each branch take per stirpes
D. Each branch takes per stirpes and the members of each branch take per capita
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Where the wife (a homemaker) does not comply with the decree for restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and instead files for divorce and maintenance, she would
A. Not be entitled to claim maintenance
B. Be entitled to claim maintenance
C. Be entitled to claim only starvation allowance
D. Be entitled to claim maintenance only from the date she complies with the decree for restitution of conjugal rights
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In a Divorce Petition, can the court grant alternative relief:
A. Yes
B. No
C. Yes, the relief of judicial separation
D. Cannot say
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Disqualification under section 25 of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is
A. Confined to murderer
B. Confined to those claiming title through the murderer
C. Not confined to murderer alone and extends to the persons claiming through him
D. Either (A) or (B)
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In case of John Vallamattom v. Union of India, AIR 2003 SC 2902, the Supreme Court held that section 118 of the Indian Succession Act is violative of the article
A. 25 and 26 of the Constitution
B. 21 and 32 of the Constitution
C. 32 and 226 of the Constitution
D. 136 and 141 of the Constitution
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Maintenance order under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 under Section 27 will be
A. Like a surety
B. Like a pre-emption
C. Like a charge
D. Like a deposit
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On the death of father, the sons under the Dayabhaga law, take the ancestral property as
A. Joint tenants
B. Tenants in common
C. As per the law of primo geniture
D. Joint tenants or tenants in common as per the consent of all
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Application for maintenance can be made to:
A. Trial Court
B. Appellate Court
C. High Court
D. Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court's directive calling for compulsory registration of marriages was laid down in-
A. Lily Thomas v. Union of India
B. Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli
C. Seema v. Ashwini Kumar
D. Savitri Pandey v. Prem Chand Pandey
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The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, abolishes
A. The doctrine of acquisition of right by birth
B. The doctrine of the right survivorship
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
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Property acquired by a male under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is his
A. Separate property
B. Ancestral property
C. Separate property in relation to existing members
D. None of these
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The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 became applicable on
A. 11th December, 1956
B. 31st December, 1956
C. 22th December, 1956
D. 21st December, 1956
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Father-in-law's obligation to maintain the daughter-in-law is
A. A personal obligation
B. Co-extensive with the ancestral property in the hands of father-in-law
C. Co-extensive with the personal property of the father-in-law
D. Both (B) and (C)
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In Gita Jagdish Mangtani v Jadish Mangtani the Supreme Court dealt with
A. Cruelty
B. Desertion
C. Desertion and abandonment of spouse
D. None of the above
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The alienation by Karta will not be considered as for the purpose of legal necessity?
A. Selling of the property for marriage of grand daughter
B. Selling of the property to discharge the debts of a close family friend
C. Selling of the property to purchase business machinery
D. Selling of an old house as he had insufficient income to support several family members
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The wife is entitled to separate residence and maintenance if the husband is under section 18(2) of the Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
A. Suffering from virulent from of leprosy
B. A drunkard
C. Suffering from venereal disease
D. Either (A) or (B) or (C)
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Which of the following cannot be a Karta:
A. A male below the age of 18
B. A married female
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. An adult male coparcener
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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. A female Hindu can take a son or daughter in adoption
B. A female Hindu can take a son or daughter in adoption with consent of her husband, if her husband is alive
C. A widow or an unmarried woman cannot adopt a child
D. None of the above
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