During judicial separation the
A. Parties continue to be husband and wife but marital rights and obligations are suspended.
B. Parties continue to be husband and wife and the marital rights and obligations remain intact.
C. Parties continue to be husband and wife and other rights and obligations are suspended.
D. Parties cease to be husband and wife.
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Adultery by a Hindu husband is-
A. Ground of divorce only
B. Not a ground of divorce
C. Ground of judicial separation only
D. Ground of divorce and Judicial separation of the both
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Which of the following is not a requirement of a valid Hindu Marriage?
A. Performance of necessary ceremonies
B. Marriageable age of parties
C. Consent of parties to the marriage
D. Absence of degrees of prohibited relationship
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By Section 6 of Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act?
A. Registered partition, which is taken place before 20th December, 2004 is not affected
B. Registered partition, which is taken place before 10th September, 2005 is not affected
C. Registered partition, which is taken place before 20th October, 2004 is not affected
D. Registered partition, which is taken place before 20th September, 2004 is not affected
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Where on a promissory note executed by the manager of a joint family, a decree has been obtained against the manager and a minor coparcener, the same.
A. Can be executed against the manager and the minor coparcener, both personally
B. Can neither be executed against the manager personally or the minor coparcener personally
C. Can be executed against the manager personally but not against the minor personally, however, the liability of the minor coparcener shall extend to his share in the joint family property
D. Can be executed only against the manager and his share in the property but not against the minor coparcener personally or against his share
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The amount of maintenance which can be altered under section 25 of Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act, 1956
A. Must be the one fixed by a decree of court
B. Must be the one fixed by agreement
C. Either by a decree of court or by agreement
D. Only (A) and not (B)
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Give Correct Response.
Apetition for restitution of Conjugal Rights can be filed:
A. When either the husband or the wife has without reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other
B. When the husband only withdrawn from the society of the wife
C. When the husband or the wife has withdrawn from the society of each other
D. When either the husband or the wife has due to reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other
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Lakshmi and Ram married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Ram died in 2010 leaving behind Lakshmi, his mother, a son and a daughter. The intestate and testamentary succession to his property would be governed by
A. Intestate succession according to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and testamentary succession according to the Indian Succession Act, 1925.
B. His ancestral property would devolve on his son and mother and separate property to his wife, son and daughter.
C. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
D. The Indian Succession Act, 1925.
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Under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of . . . . . . . . . years shall be with the mother ordinarily.
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In which of the following reports, the Law Commission recommended the "Breakdown Principle" to be accepted as the additional ground for divorce
A. In 70th report
B. In 72nd report
C. In 71st report
D. In none of the above
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Son and daughter in class I of the Scheduled include children of a
A. Void marriage
B. Voidable marriage
C. Both void and voidable marriage
D. Only voidable marriage and not void marriage
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The number of female relatives in class I of the Schedule, of a male Hindu, is
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Under the HA (Hindu Adoption) & MA (Musli Adoption), 1956 the requisites of a valid adoption have been laid down in
A. Section 6
B. Section 5
C. Section 4
D. Section 7
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A person is said to be a 'cognate' of another if:
A. Two are related to each other by blood or adoption wholly through males
B. Two are related to each other by blood or adoption but not wholly through males
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Either (A) or (B)
E. None of these
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In Sarla Mudgal Vs. Union of India, it was held that:
A. A Muslim converting to Christianity and then marrying again will be guilty of bigamy
B. A Hindu husband converting to Islam and then marrying again will be guilty of bigamy
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. All of above
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The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 extends to
A. The whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
B. Buddhists and Jains
C. Those who are not Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Jews by religion
D. All
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Adoption is not recognised under the
A. Muhammadan law
B. Parsi law
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Only (A) and not (B)
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The Family Law under the Constitution of India falls in:
A. State List
B. Union List
C. Concurrent List
D. None of these
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Breakdown theory of divorce was introduced in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 in the year
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Which one of the following sections of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, provides capacity to take in adoption a child to a female Hindu?
A. Section 3
B. Section 4
C. Section 7
D. Section 8
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