END TERM EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
B.A.LL.B. (HONS.)
SEMESTER-VIII X
Women Law
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. Answer the following (each answer should be in approximately 100 words): (Marks 2×10=20)
a. Status of women under the Muslim law relating to adoption.
b. Maintenance under section 125 of Cr.P.C. and personal laws.
c. Gender disparity in law relating to inheritance under personal laws.
d. Role of BrahmoSamaj in liberation of women in India.
e. Effect of the Sati Prevention Act.
f. Procuration of minor girls.
g. Role of Protection officers under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence
Act, 2005.
h. Meaning of dowry death and punishment for it.
i. Law relating to Maternity relief.
j. Legal consequences of commercial surrogacy.
2. Write a note on social reform movements in pre constitutional period with reference to Hindu
and Muslim women. How far do you think that these social reform movements became the
foundation for further initiatives towards the legal reforms in India? Give illustrations.
(Marks 10)
3. "It seems that women in India under Hindu, Muslim and Christian laws continue to suffer
discrimination and inequality in the matter of marriage, divorce, guardianship, succession and
inheritance. So as a step towards the gender just code, the personal laws of various
communities in India need a closer look and reform, not only in compliance with the Indian
constitution but also as per the spirit and demand of International law." Discuss. (Marks 10)
4. Discuss as to what extent the provisions of International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights cast an obligation on the Indian state for taking step to recognize the right of
fair conditions for work, to protect the women from sexual harassment at work places and to
make its laws gender sensitive. (Marks 10)
5. Make an evaluation of unequal position of women with reference to succession and
inheritance under Hindu, Muslim and Christian personal laws. (Marks 10)
6. Discuss the following:- (Marks 5×2=10)
a. The efficacy of the law relating to domestic violence in India.
b. Role of corrective institutions and protective homes under the Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act, 1956
7. Answer the following:- (Marks 5×2=10)
a. How far do you think that National Commission for Women in India has been
successful in achieving the object for which it was established?
b. Discuss the relevant provisions of labour and industrial laws relating to women.