Family and Marriage Law

The idiom 'leave someone for dead' means to abandon someone when they are injured or helpless, assuming they won't survive. It doesn't mean literally leaving a corpse, but rather deserting a person in a critical condition who might still be saved with help. The phrase emphasizes the cruelty of abandonment.

Alimony refers to financial payments made to a former spouse after divorce. Bilk means to cheat, sinewy means muscular, and aid means general assistance.

This is a logic puzzle. For a man to have a widow, he must be deceased. A dead man cannot marry anyone, including his widow's sister. Therefore, it is impossible and not a matter of legality.

Polyandry specifically refers to a woman having multiple husbands, from Greek 'andros' (man/male). Polygamy is the general term for multiple spouses (could be multiple wives or husbands), Bigamy is marrying twice while the first spouse is still alive, and Monogamy is having only one spouse.

If a man has a widow, he must be dead. A dead person cannot marry anyone, making the marriage legally impossible. The question creates a logical contradiction - a widow exists only if her spouse has died.

Couvade is a cultural practice where fathers adopt bed rest or experience sympathy symptoms during their partner's pregnancy and childbirth. The term specifically refers to this custom observed in certain societies, where the husband mimics the physical experiences of childbirth. Prestidigitation means sleight of hand magic, solecism is a grammatical error, and triste is French for sad - none related to this custom.

Bigamy is the act of marrying someone while already legally married to another living person. Marriage after the death or divorce of a first spouse is simply remarriage and is legal - not bigamy. The definition in the question describes remarriage, not bigamy.

Option (1) is incorrect: No such amendment. Option (2) is correct: Section 13B (divorce by mutual consent) under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was introduced by Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976. Option (3) is incorrect: No such amendment. Option (4) is incorrect: No such amendment.

Option (1) is correct: Any marriage solemnised after the commencement of this Act shall be null and void and may, on a petition presented by either party thereto, be so declared by a decree of nullity if it contravenes any one of the conditions specified in clause (v) of Section 5. Option (2) is incorrect: It is a void marriage under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Option (3) is incorrect: It is a void marriage under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

Option (1) is correct: For a valid adoption, if the adoption is by a female and the person to be adopted is a male, the adoptive mother should be at least 21 years older than the person to be adopted. Option (2) is incorrect: It is a valid adoption. Option (3) is incorrect: It is not voidable at the option of husband.

Option (1) is incorrect: An unmarried person can adopt a child. Option (2) is incorrect: Husband is entitled to adopt a child with the consent of his wife. Option (3) is incorrect: A divorced wife can adopt a child under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. Option (4) is correct: Under Section 7 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, if a person has a wife living, he shall not adopt, except with the consent of his wife.

Option (1) is correct: Yes, it is a ground of divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Option (2) is incorrect: Yes, it is a valid ground. Option (3) is incorrect: It is a ground for divorce.

Option (1) is correct: Section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 includes husband of a subsisting marriage. Option (2) is incorrect: Section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not include a divorced husband. Option (3) is incorrect: Section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 includes husband of a subsisting marriage only. Option (4) is incorrect: Only option (1) is correct.

Option (1) is incorrect: Dower can be prompt or deferred. Option (2) is incorrect: Dower can be prompt or deferred. Option (3) is correct: Dower can be prompt or deferred. Option (4) is incorrect: Dower can be prompt or deferred.

The minor son on attaining majority can challenge the sale on the ground of not taking permission from the court.