The term "Hindu" denotes the persons : (i) professing Hindu religion (ii) professing Buddh, Jain or…
Section 2 of the Hindu Marriage Act applies to persons who are Hindu by religion and to Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, so propositions (i) and (ii) are correct. The residuary…
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The term "Hindu" denotes the persons :
(i) professing Hindu religion
(ii) professing Buddh, Jain or Sikh religion
(iii) who are not professing Muslims Christian, Parsi or Jain religion. In respect of the aforesaid propositions which is correct ?
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Correct answer A
Section 2 of the Hindu Marriage Act applies to persons who are Hindu by religion and to Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs, so propositions (i) and (ii) are correct. The residuary class covers persons who are not Muslims, Christians, Parsis or Jews; proposition (iii), which excludes Jains, is wrong. Hence "(i) and (ii) are correct and (iii) is incorrect."
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