Family Law – II

Unit 1 — Uncodified Hindu Law

1. Mitakshara joint family. · 2. Mitakshara coparcenary -formation and incidents. · 3. Property under Mitakshara law -separate property and coparcenary property. · 4. Dayabhaga coparcenary -formation and incidents. · 5. Property under Dayabhaga law. · 6. Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana laws

• Mitakshara joint family
• Mitakshara coparcenary-formation and incidents
• Dayabhaga coparcenary-formation and incidents Property under Dayabhaga law
• Matrilineal joint family

Unit 2 — Uncodified Hindu Law

1. Karta of the joint family -his position, powers, privileges and obligations. · 2. Alienation of property -separate and coparcenary. · 3. Debts -doctrines of pious obligations and antecedent debt. · 4. Partition and reunion.

• Karta of the joint family-his position, powers, privileges and obligations
• Alienation of property-separate and coparcenary
• Debt-doctrines of pious obligations and antecedent debt
• Partition and re-union

Unit 3 — Inheritance: Hindu Succession Act

1. Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law · 2. Succession to property of a Hindu male dying intestate · 3. Devolution of interest in Mitakshara coparcenary · 4. Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate · 5. Disqualification relating to succession. · 6. General rules of succession · 7. Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana

• Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law as a background to the study of Hindu succession Act 1956
• 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
• Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956
• Disqualification relating to succession
• General rules of succession
• Matrilineal joint family

Unit 4 — Inheritance: Muslim Inheritance

1. General rules of succession · 2. Exclusion from succession · 3. Classification of heirs under Hanafi school and their shares and distribution of property. · 4. Classification of heirs under lthna Ashria school and their shares and distribution of property. · 5. Doctrine of Aul · 6. Doctrine of Raad · 7. Marz ul Maut

Unit 5 — Inheritance: Intestate succession under The Indian Succession

Act of 1925 · 1. Rules in cases of Intestates other than Parsis · 2. Special Rules for Parsi Intestates · 3. Gifts in Contemplation of Death

• Introduction Scheme of the Act Application of the Act
• Inheritance (For other than Parsis) Meaning of Intestacy Meaning of Consanguinity Rules of Inheritance
• Law of Inheritance for Parsis Rules of Inheritance

Unit 6 — Inheritance: The Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory

Proceeding Act, 2012 · 1. Application of Act · 2. Intestate Succession · a. Opening of the inheritance, competence to succeed and transmission of ownership and Possession · b. Right to partition the inheritance · c. Acceptance and Renunciation of the inheritance · d. Liabilities of the inheritance · e. Legal Succession · f. Right of representation · g. Order of Succession · h. Preferential Right of the Spouse · i. Mandatory Succession, Collation and Reduction · j. Management of the inheritance head of the family · k. Disinheritance