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Family Law II

5 units · 31 chapters. Case law integrated, exam ready.

Start with Origin and Development of Muslim Law →

  1. Unit 1: Sources & Schools of Muslim Law

    1. 01Origin and Development of Muslim Law
    2. 02Sources of Muslim Law
    3. 03Schools of Muslim Law: Sunni and Shia
    4. 04Operation and Application of Muslim Law
    5. 05Conversion to Islam and its Effects
    6. 06Nature and Essentials of Muslim Marriage
    7. 07Kinds of Marriage: Valid, Void and Irregular
    8. 08Dower (Mahr)
    9. 09The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

  2. Unit 2: Divorce & Modes of Talaq

    1. 01Classification of Divorce under Muslim Law
    2. 02Modes of Talaq
    3. 03Triple Talaq: Judicial Interpretation and Legislative Response
    4. 04Divorce at the Instance of the Wife: Khula, Mubarat and Tafweez
    5. 05The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939
    6. 06Maintenance under Muslim Law
    7. 07The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986

  3. Unit 3: Parentage, Guardianship & Gift

    1. 01Parentage, Legitimacy and Acknowledgment
    2. 02Guardianship under Muslim Law
    3. 03Gift (Hiba): Requisites and Formalities
    4. 04Kinds of Gift, Musha and Revocation
    5. 05Wills (Wasiyat) under Muslim Law

  4. Unit 4: Waqf & Its Administration

    1. 01Waqf: Definition, Essentials and Kinds
    2. 02The Waqf Act 1995 and the 2025 Amendment
    3. 03Mutawalli: Powers, Duties and Removal
    4. 04Succession under Muslim Law: General Principles
    5. 05Sunni and Shia Schemes of Inheritance

  5. Unit 5: Secular Family Statutes

    1. 01Special Marriage Act, 1954
    2. 02The Indian Divorce Act, 1869: Salient Features
    3. 03Domicile
    4. 04Maintenance to Dependents and Spouses
    5. 05Intestate Succession of Christians under the Indian Succession Act, 1925