Hindu Law - Study Mode
[#531] Kanyadaan is an important ceremony in Hindu marriages. It is mandatory for a marriage to be held valid:
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(B) False
[#532] A boy of 16 years of age may validly be taken into adoption
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(D) If custom usage applicable to parties so permits
[#533] Under Hindu Law, a Karta of the joint family can alienate the property
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(C) For both legal necessity and benefit of estate
[#534] Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the requisites of a valid adoption have been laid down in
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(C) Section 6
[#535] Even right of women to derive interest in a property by way of inheritance, gift or bequeath is statutorily accepted by reason of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and other enactments. This court (Supreme Court), therefore, while considering constitutionality of section 118 of the Indian Succession Act, is entitled to take those facts also into those consideration. This lines are the part of the judgment of
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(A) John Vallamattom v. Union of India, (2003) 6 SCC 611