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West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2022: Optional Papers

WEST BENGAL JUDICIAL SERVICE MAINS (OPTIONAL PAPERS)

West Bengal Judicial Service (Main) Examination 2022:

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) Describe the ancient and modern sources of Hindu Law.

(b) Examine the importance of “Dharma” under Hindu Law. [15 + 5]

2. Do you think that the provision of “Restitution of Conjugal Rights” is intended to

preserve the institution of marriage? Justify your answer with suitable judicial

decisions.

Draw a distinction between judicial separation and divorce under the Hindu

Marriage Act, 1955. [8 + 7]

3. Explain the rules of succession and distribution of property among heirs of a female

Hindu dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

Describe the concept of “Streedhan” and “Woman’s Estate”. [10 + 5]

4. Discuss the capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption under the Hindu Adoptions

and Maintenance Act, 1956.

‘X’, a male Hindu aged about 35 years, wants to adopt a girl child of 15 years. Can

‘X’ take the child in adoption?

(c) ‘P’, a female Hindu, wants to adopt ‘D’, a married girl. Can ‘P’ adopt ‘D’?

(d) What are the effects of adoption? [5 + 2 + 2 + 6]

Group B

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