Family Law - I
Hidayatullah National Law University · LL.B. Semester 2 · LLB-C-205
Unit I — INTRODUCTION OF HINDU LAW
Origin and sources of Hindu Law · Schools of Hindu Law · Applicability and non- applicability of Hindu Law · Constitutionality of personal laws
Unit II — MARRIAGE UNDER HINDU LAW
Unit I Evolution and various forms of marriages under classical Hindu Law · Essential conditions of a valid marriage · Solemnization of marriage · Void and voidable marriages · Legitimacy of children born out of void/voidable marriages, and their inheritance rights
Unit III — MATRIMONIAL REMEDIES UNDER HINDU LAW
Restitution of Conjugal Rights · Judicial Separation · Divorce · Irretrievable breakdown of marriage · Bar to matrimonial remedies
Unit IV — MINORITY AND GUARDIANSHIP UNDER HINDU LAW
Meaning and purpose of guardianship · Types of guardians · Powers and duties of a guardian
Unit V — INTRODUCTION TO MUSLIM LAW
Origin and historical development of Muslim Law · Sources of Muslim Law · Schools of Muslim Law · Applicability of Muslim Law
Unit VI — CONCEPT OF MUSLIM MARRIAGE
Solemnization/formalities of marriage · Disabilities · Types of marriages · Muta marriage · Option of puberty (Khiyar-al-bulugh) · Valid retirement (al-khalwat al-sahiha)
Unit VII — DIVORCE
Talaq · Dissolution of marriage under The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 · The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 · Dower (Mehr)
Unit VIII — MINORITY AND GUARDIANSHIP UNDER MUSLIM LAW
Types of guardianship (wilayat) who can be a guardian (wali) · Custody of children (hizanat)