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Paper 102 · Semester 1 · Personal Law

Family Law I (Hindu Law)

Hindu marriage, divorce, adoption, maintenance, guardianship, joint family, and succession.

Study Notes: 28 Chapters

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Syllabus Overview (5 Units · 28 Chapters)

Unit 1

Sources of Hindu Law · Scope and Application of Hindu Law · Schools of Hindu Law Mitakshara and Dayabhaga · Joint Family Coparcenary and Coparcenary Property · Institution of Karta Powers and Functions · Pious Obligation · Partition Debts and Alienation of Property

Unit 2

Hindu Marriage Definition Importance and Conditions · Ceremonies and Registration of Hindu Marriage · Monogamy and Polygamy · Recent Trends in the Institution of Marriage

Unit 3

Restitution of Conjugal Rights · Judicial Separation · Nullity of Marriage Void and Voidable Marriages · Divorce Grounds under Hindu Marriage Act · Maintenance Pendente Lite and Importance of Conciliation · Role of Family Courts in Matrimonial Disputes

Unit 4

Concept and Essentials of Hindu Adoption · Effects of Adoption and Inter Country Adoption · Law of Maintenance under Hindu Law · Natural and Testamentary Guardians under Hindu Law · Guardianship of Property and Welfare of the Minor

Unit 5

Hindu Succession Act Scheme and Intestate Succession to Male · Succession to a Female Hindu · Dwelling House · Classes of Heirs · Notional Partition · Daughters Right to Ancestral Property and Recent Changes