Family Law - II
Chaudhary Devi Lal University · LL.B. Semester 2 · 308
Unit I
Muslim Law and its Sources, Statutory Application of Muslim Law including the Muslim Personal · Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, Schools of Muslim Law in India, Muslim Marriage (Nikah), its legal requirements including all forms of Marriage and Legal impediments thereon, effects of marriage
Unit II
Dower: Its characteristics and enforcement, Post Marriage Conversion to Islam and Post Marriage renunciation of Islam · Divorce: It s Forms in Muslim Law of India, including divorce by wife outside and through courts under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, Post-Divorce Rights of parties including Iddat · Period, Remarriage, Maintenance including the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) · Act, 1986 aud Maintenance of Wife and Widow under 125-128 Cr. P.C., 1973 · The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
Unit III
Parents-Child Relations including Acknowledgement of Paternity and Concept of Legitimacy · Concept of Minority and puberty including guardianship and custody of minor s person and/or property ' · Parents maintenance under Muslim Law and B.N.S.S Sec. 144, Disposition of property including Gifts (hiba), Debts and Bequests (Wasiyat), Revocation and Lapse of Legacies, Bequest to Heirs, and Bequeathable third and Death-bed Transactions · Muslim Law of Inheritance including Women s Right to Inherit and Disqualification of Heirs, Muslim · Law on Increase and Return · Muslim Law relating to wakfs and their administration including the Wakf Act, 1995
Unit IV
Salient Features of the Family Courts Act 1984 including their Composition, Jurisdiction and Procedure of Adjudication, Civil Marriage Law especially the Special Marriage Act, 1954 including essential requirements for Solemnization and/or Registration of Marriage and Consequences of Marriage under the Act · Relevant provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 pertaining to Wills and legacies including probate and letters of administration