Current Affairs Question - 17 August 2020

Explanation :

• Mount Sinabungis a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano of andesite and dacite in the Karo plateau of Karo Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
• It is among more than 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific’s Ring of Fire.

Explanation :

• The term Mitakshara is derived from the name of a commentary written by Vijnaneswara, on the Yajnavalkya Smriti.
• It is observed in all parts of India and subdivided into the Benares, the Mithila, the Maharashtra and the Dravida schools.
• According to the Mitakshara law school a joint family refers only to the male member of a family and extends to include his son, grandson and great-grandson. They collectively have co-ownership/Coparcenary in the Joint Family.Thus a son by birth acquires an interest in the ancestral property of the joint family.
• Under this school all the members of the Joint family enjoy coparcenary rights during the father’s lifetime.
• Here, none of the members of the coparceners can claim a definite physical share of the joint property. So partition in this system involves in ascertaining and defining the share of the coparcener i.e.In the numerical division of the property.
• In the Mitakshara system the wife cannot demand partition. She however has the right to a share in any partition affected between her husband and her sons.