Which statements about the history of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, are correct? Statement A. The…
Section 2 of the 2005 amendment omitted former section 4(2), which preserved specified laws on agricultural holdings. The amendment took effect on 9 September 2005. In…
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Which statements about the history of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, are correct?
Statement A. The 2005 amendment omitted former section 4(2), which preserved specified laws concerning agricultural holdings.
Statement B. The substituted section 6 took effect on 3 September 2005.
Statement C. In Gurupad Khandappa Magdum v. Hirabai Khandappa Magdum (1978), the Supreme Court included both the widow’s share on a deemed partition and her Class I share in her husband’s interest.
Statement D. The four Class I entries added in 2005 included a daughter of a predeceased son of a predeceased son.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
Section 2 of the 2005 amendment omitted former section 4(2), which preserved specified laws on agricultural holdings. The amendment took effect on 9 September 2005.
In Gurupad (1978), the Court counted the widow’s deemed partition share and her inherited Class I share of her husband’s interest.
The daughter of a predeceased son of a predeceased son was already a Class I heir. The 2005 entries instead included the son and the daughter of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased daughter, a daughter of a predeceased son of a predeceased daughter, and a daughter of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased son.
Option feedback
Option A
This excludes the true statement about section 4(2) and includes false statements about the date and the Schedule.
Option B
This includes 3 September, but the amendment commenced on 9 September 2005.
Option C
The omission of section 4(2) and the two components of the widow’s Gurupad share are the true statements.
Option D
The daughter described was already on the Schedule and was not one of the four additions.
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