National Law School of Indian University (NLSIU) 2008 COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT) - , , ngalore - Question Paper

175. Under the identical fact situation as above, which 1 of the subsequent helps you to circumvent the situation?
(a) change education with money and make poor rich
(b) To achieve equality encourage inter-caste wedding
(c) Only downtrodden people should form the government
(d) Identify good natured and meritorious people within downtrodden group to make them teachers


part - V
LEGAL REASONING
PART - A

Instructions: Each ques. contains a few basic principles and fact situation in which these basic principles have to be applied. A list of probable decisions and reasons are provided. You have to select a decision with reasons specified by shading the improper ans in the space given for it on the OMR ans sheet.

Marks: Each ques. carries three (three) marks. (Total 30 marks)

176. Principles
(1) On the death of husband, the widow shall inherit the property of her deceased husband along with children equally.
(2) A widow can not claim the property of the deceased if on the date when the ques. of succession opens, she has remarried.
(3) A female acquiring property in any way has the absolute title to the property.
Apply the above 3 principles and decide the case of the subsequent fact situation:

Facts: When Sudhir died, he had 1/3rd share of the family property, which the 3 brothers Rudhir, Sudhir and Yasu inherited from their father, B.
Sudhir died on September 23rd 2006 without having any problem. The widow of Sudhir, Ms. Win remarried on January 1, 2007.
Rudhir and Yasu refused 'Win' the share from Sudhir's portion when Win claimed the entire property belonging to Sudhir on January 30, 2007.
choose your decision from the possible decisions provided in list I and the improper cause from the indicated reasons provided in list II provided below:



List I - Decisions
(a) Win cannot inherit the property of Sudhir
(b) Win can inherit the property of Sudhir

List II - Reasons
i) Win does not belong to the family
ii) Win was remarried
iii) Her claim was on the date of Sudhir's death
iv) Her claim was submitted after she was remarried

Your decision and cause

Shade the right decision with cause from the subsequent
(a) (a) (i) (b) (a) (ii) (c) (b) (iii) (d) (b) (iv)

177. Principles:
1) If a person commits an act by which death is caused to a different person and the act is done with the intention of causing death, that person is liable for murder.

Earning:   Approval pending.