Family Law II

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University · LL.B. Semester 4 · LLB 202

Unit I — Joint Hindu Family

a. Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Schools · b. Formation and Incident under the Coparcenary Property under Dayabhaga and Mitakshara · c. Karta of Joint Family: Position, Powers and Privileges · d. Debts: Doctrine of Pious Obligation and Antecedent Debts

Unit II — Partition

a. Meaning, Division of Right and Division of Property · b. Persons Entitled to Demand Partition · c. Partition how Effected; Suit for Partition · d. Re-opening of Partition; Re-union

Unit III — Principles of Inheritance under Hindu and Muslim Law

a. The Hindu Succession Act,1956 General Rules of Succession of a Hindu Male and Female dying Intestate under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 · b. Stridhan and Women’s Estate · c. Principles of Inheritance under MuslimLaw(Sunni Law)

Unit IV — Muslim Law of Property

a. Hiba: Concept, Formalities, Capacity, Revocability · b. Wasiyat: Concept, Formalities. · c. Marz-ul-Maut