Family Law-I
University of Delhi · LL.B. Semester 1 · LB-105
Unit I — Marriage under Hindu Law
Concept of marriage in general: Nature of Hindu Marriage; Applicability of Legislation (s. 2 HMA, 1955); Conditions for validity of marriage (ss. 3 and 5); Solemnisation with special reference to live-in relationship (s. 7 r/w s. 114 Indian Evidence Act); Registration of Marriage (s. 8); Void marriages (ss. 11 r/w 17, 18); Voidable marriage (s. 12)
Unit II — Matrimonial Remedies under Hindu Law
Restitution of Conjugal Rights (s. 9); Judicial Separation (ss. 10 and 13(1A)); Divorce (ss. 13(1), (2), 13(1A), 13A, 13B HMA, 1955): theories of divorce; grounds of divorce with emphasis on Cruelty, Desertion, Option of Puberty, Mutual Consent, Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage: Seventy-first Report of Law Commission of India; Marriage Laws Amendment Bill 2013
Unit III — Maintenance under Hindu Law
HMA, 1955, ss. 24 and 25; Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, s. 18; Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 125; Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
Unit IV — Adoption (read with CARA Guidelines 2017)
The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Unit V — Minority and Guardianship under Hindu Law
The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
Unit VI — Sources and Schools of Muslim Law
Unit VII — Marriage under Muslim law
Nikah - Solemnisation of Marriage - conditions for validity, classification and types; Dower
Unit VIII — Divorce under Muslim law
Extra-judicial - Talaq, Khula, Mubarat; Judicial - The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939