FAMILY LAW-I: HINDU LAW
Karnataka State Law University · LL.B. Semester 1 · Course-IV
Unit 1
Introduction - Concept of Dharma - Sources of Hindu Law – Modern and Ancient - Importance of Dharma Shastra on Legislation – Two Principal Schools of Hindu Law -Application of Hindu Law.
Unit 2
Marriage and Kinship - Evolution of the Institution of Marriage and Family- Law Prior to Hindu Marriage Act -A detailed study of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Matrimonial Remedies - Maintenance and Alimony; Customary Practices and legislative provisions relating to dowry prohibition.
Unit 3
Hindu undivided family – Mitakshara Joint Family - Formation and Incidents - Property under both Schools – Kartha: His Position, Powers, Privileges and Obligations - Debts – Doctrine of Pious Obligation - Partition and Reunion –Religious and Charitable Endowment.
Unit 4
Inheritance and Succession - Historical perspective of traditional Hindu Law relating to Inheritance - A detailed study of Hindu Succession Act, 1956. · Stridhana- Woman’s Property - Recent State and Central Amendments to Hindu Succession Act; Gifts and Testamentary Succession – Wills.
- 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
- General rules of succession
- Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956
- Testamentary Succession Wills
Unit 5
Law relating to Hindu Minority and Guardianship: Kinds of Guardians; Duties & Powers of Guardians; A detailed study of Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956; Maintenance: Traditional Rights and Rights under Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act 1956.