Family Law-II

Unit 1 — Joint Hindu Family and Hindu Coparcenary (Part A: Hindu Law of Joint Family)

Concept of joint Hindu family and coparcenary under Mitakshara and Dayabhaga law and their incidents · Karta - position, power · Judicial and Legislative Trends - position before 2005 · Daughter as a Coparcener - position after 2005 · Property in Hindu Law

• 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

Unit 2 — Alienation of Joint Hindu Family Property

Alienation by karta - sale, mortgage, gifts and wills · Alienation by father · Alienee's rights, duties and remedies · Pious obligations of the son

• Alienation of property-separate and coparcenary
• Debt-doctrines of pious obligations and antecedent debt

Unit 3 — Partition

What is partition · Subject matter of partition · Partition how effected · Persons who have a right to claim partition and who are entitled to a share · Rules relating to division of property

• Partition and re-union

Unit 4 — General Introduction and the Application of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Part B)

General principles of inheritance · Disqualifications of heirs

• Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law as a background to the study of Hindu succession Act 1956
• Disqualification relating to succession
• General rules of succession

Unit 5 — Succession to the Property of Male Intestate

Mitakshara property · Separate property

• 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

Unit 6 — Succession to the Property of Female Intestate

• Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956

Unit 7 — Hindu Women's Estate

Unit 8 — Law Relating to Gifts (Part C: Muslim Law)

Meaning and essentials of a valid gift · Gift of Mushaa · Gift made during Marz-ul-Maut

• Property Hiba Doctrine of Pre emption Mutawali — powers and duties

Unit 9 — Law relating to Wills

Capacity to make Will · Subject matter of Will · To whom Will can be made · Abatement of legacies

Unit 10 — Law relating to Inheritance

General rules of inheritance of Sunnis and Shias · Classification of heirs · Entitlement of primary heirs