Family Law-II (Muslim Law)

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya · LL.B. Semester 2

Unit I — Nature, History and Schools

Origin and development of Muslim, who is Muslims, conversation to Islam · Nature and history of Mohammedan Law · Schools of Muslim Law and Sources of Muslim law Siya and Sunnie

Unit II — Marriage and Divorce

Concept of marriage and essential conditions of Muslim marriage · Iddat, Muta Marriage, option of puberty, · Divorce · Dissolution of Marriage Act 1939

Unit III — Guardianship, Maintenance, Dower

Minority , Inheritance · Guardianship- elements, types · Maintenance — BNSS,Personal Laws , liability · Mehar- types,unpaidMehar, Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Divorce Act 1986, Personal Law

Unit IV — Wills, Gifts, and Waqf

Wills(Wasiyat), · Gift (Hiba) Its Kinds and Revocation, doctrine of musha, pre-emption(Shufa), · waqf -Essential formation and claim over property

Unit V — Inheritance and Contemporary Issues

Parentage and Acknowledgement · Sucession and death bed transaction · Inheritance, · UCC-religious, pluralism, Article 44 need and comparison with other states