West Bengal Civil Judge Mains 2021 (Optional Papers) Question Paper

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West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2021: Optional Papers

WEST BENGAL JUDICIAL SERVICE MAINS (OPTIONAL PAPERS)

West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2021:

Optional Papers

HINDU LAW

Time Allowed: 3 Hours

Full Marks: 100

If the questions attempted are in excess of the prescribed number, only the questions

attempted first up to the prescribed number shall be valued and the remaining ones ignored.

Answers may be written either in English or in Bengali, but all answers must be in one and

the same language. Separate answer books to be used for Group A and Group B.

Group A

Answer Question No. 1, which is compulsory, and any two from the rest.

1. (a) Write an explanatory note on the two main schools of Hindu Law and state the

distinctions between them.

(b) Write a brief note on the requirements of a valid custom as a source of Hindu law.

[15 + 5 = 20]

2. Explain the general rules of succession and distribution of property between the heirs

of a male Hindu dying intestate.

‘X’, a Hindu, dies leaving behind his mother, father, widow, one daughter and one

son. How will you divide his self-acquired property among the aforementioned heirs

under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956? [10 + 5 = 15]

3. Explain the conditions for a valid Hindu marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act,

1955.

Explain the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 on void and voidable

marriages. [8 + 7 = 15]

4. Briefly explain the various grounds of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. [15]

Group B

Answer Question No. 5, which is compulsory, and any two from the rest.

5. Write short notes on any four: [5 × 4 = 20]

Escheat.