END TERM EXAMINATION, APRIL-2018 B.A.LL.B. (HONS.) SEMESTER-VIII &X Women Law (Opt.- Max. Marks: 60 Time Allowed: 3:00 Hrs. Note: Answer five questions including Question No. 1 which is compulsory.The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.
1. Explain the following (each explanation should be in approximately 100 words): (Marks 2×10=20)
a. Right of women to adopt a child.
b. Victimization of Women.
c. Marital Rape.
d. What kinds of Measures required to be taken to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters relating to marriage and family relations under CEDAW 1979?
e. Special Status of Women under Indian Constitution.
f. Constitutionality of adultery under Section 497 of Indian Penal Code.
g. Woman's right to terminate pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy, Act.
h. An overview of the provisions of The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017. i. Need of Social Transformation in order to protect right of women in India.
j. Prevention of Immoral Trafficking and Forced Prostitution.
2. "All live-in- relationships are not relationships in the nature of marriage". In the light of the statement of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan in Indira Sharma vs. V K V Sharma, Discuss the Right of women and the status of Children born out of such relationship and highlight the conflicting interests of those with legally wedded wife and legitimate children. (Marks 10)
3. Various sections of society have raised their own concerns and objections towards the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013. Discuss the mechanism in order to protect women from sexual Harassment under the Act and critically examine the effeteness of the Act. (Marks 10)
4. The legal feminists claim that the modern jurisprudence is "masculine". Discuss the dichotomy between Biological Sex and Gender with special reference to radical feminism. (Marks 10)
5. Discuss the role of National Women Commission in order to monitor all matters relating to the constitutional and legal safeguards provides for women in India. (Marks 10)
6. Write short notes on the following:- (Marks
a. Discuss the additional grounds of divorce available only to wife under Section of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
b. "Devaluation of interest in coparcenary property has always been pointed out as source of discrimination between male and female heirs. Amendment in Hindu Succession Act in 2005 has been passed with objective to abolish the discrimination male and female heirs" Critically examine above statement.
7. Write short notes on any two of the following:- (Marks 5×2=10)
a. Surrogacy in India
b. Legal framework in India for prohibiting dowry.
c. Women's Position during the British Period in reference to Social Reforms Movement.