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Read the Acts: The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (official text, section by section).

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  1. Question 1 · Hindu Law Practice Set 1

    Under Section 5(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, at the time of the marriage the bridegroom and the bride must have completed the ages of:

    1. A. twenty-one years and eighteen years respectively
    2. B. eighteen years and eighteen years respectively
    3. C. twenty-one years and twenty-one years respectively
    4. D. eighteen years and sixteen years respectively
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    A. twenty-one years and eighteen years respectively

    Section 5(iii) HMA requires the bridegroom to have completed twenty-one years and the bride eighteen years at the time of the marriage; these ages were substituted by Act 2 of 1978 (w.e.f. 1-10-1978).

  2. Question 2 · Hindu Law Practice Set 1

    In Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande v. State of Maharashtra (1965), the Supreme Court held that for a conviction for bigamy arising from a Hindu marriage, the second marriage:

    1. A. is an offence even where no marriage ceremony of any kind was performed
    2. B. is punishable only if the first spouse has not consented to it
    3. C. may be proved by the accused's admission alone without more
    4. D. must be proved to have been solemnised with the requisite ceremonies
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    D. must be proved to have been solemnised with the requisite ceremonies

    Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande v. State of Maharashtra (1965) held that 'solemnised' in Section 17 HMA means celebrated with proper ceremonies, so unless the second marriage was performed with the essential ceremonies the offence of bigamy is not made out. Section 17 applies the bigamy provisions of the IPC (Sections 494 and 495), now Section 82 BNS.

  3. Question 3 · Hindu Law Practice Set 1

    Which of the following are grounds on which either spouse may seek divorce under Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, as it now stands? 1. The other party has renounced the world by entering a religious order. 2. The other party has not been heard of as being alive for seven years or more by those who would naturally have heard of it. 3. The other party has been suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form. 4. The other party has failed to pay maintenance awarded to the petitioner for one year. Select the correct answer using the code below:

    1. A. 2, 3 and 4 only
    2. B. 1 and 2 only
    3. C. 1, 2 and 3 only
    4. D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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    C. 1, 2 and 3 only

    Clauses (vi), (vii) and (v) of Section 13(1) HMA contain the first three grounds. Non-payment of maintenance is not a ground under Section 13(1); the related maintenance-based ground in Section 13(2)(iii) is available to the wife alone and turns on non-resumption of cohabitation for one year after a maintenance decree or order.

  4. Question 4 · Hindu Law Practice Set 1

    Under Section 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, desertion is a ground for divorce if it has lasted for a continuous period of not less than:

    1. A. three years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition
    2. B. two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition
    3. C. seven years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition
    4. D. one year immediately preceding the presentation of the petition
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    B. two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition

    Section 13(1)(ib) HMA requires desertion for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition. Seven years is the period in clause (vii) for a spouse not heard of as being alive.

  5. Question 5 · Hindu Law Practice Set 1

    A Hindu man and a Hindu woman marry by the customary rites of the bride's community only. Those rites do not include the Saptapadi, and the bridegroom's community follows different rites. All conditions of Section 5 are met. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the marriage is:

    1. A. valid only once it is entered in the Hindu Marriage Register
    2. B. invalid, because the Saptapadi is essential to every marriage
    3. C. invalid, because the rites of both parties must be performed
    4. D. valid, because the customary rites of either party suffice
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    D. valid, because the customary rites of either party suffice

    Section 7(1) HMA allows a Hindu marriage to be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party. Saptapadi matters under Section 7(2) only where it forms part of those rites, and Section 8(5) says omission to register does not affect validity.