Family Law - II (Hindu Law)
University of Allahabad · LL.B. Semester 2
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- Evolution of the institution of marriage and family
- Role of religious rituals and practices in molding the rules regulating to marital relations
- Types of family based upon Lineage — patrilineal, matrilineal
- Emerging concepts: Maitri Sambandh and divided home
- Hindu Marriage Act 1955
- Special Marriage Act, 1954
- Establishment of family Courts — Family Courts Act, 1984 Constitution, power and functions Administration of gender justice
- Mitakshara joint family
- Mitakshara coparcenary-formation and incidents
- Dayabhaga coparcenary-formation and incidents Property under Dayabhaga law
- Karta of the joint family-his position, powers, privileges and obligations
- Alienation of property-separate and coparcenary
- Debt-doctrines of pious obligations and antecedent debt
- Partition and re-union
- Matrilineal joint family
- Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law as a background to the study of Hindu succession Act 1956
- Succession to property of a Hindu male dying intestate under the provisions of Hindu Succession Act 1956
- Devolution of interest in Mitakshara coparcenaries with reference to the provisions of Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956
- Disqualification relating to succession
- General rules of succession
- Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
- Adoption by members of other religion with special reference to CARA Rules
- The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956