Family Law - I (Hindu Law)
Osmania University · LL.B. Semester 1 · P-II
Unit I
Sources of Hindu Law · Scope and application of Hindu Law · Schools of Hindu Law · Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Schools · Concept of Joint Family, Coparcenary, Joint Family Property and Coparcenary Property · Institution of Karta- Powers and Functions of Karta · Pious Obligation · Partition · Debts and alienation of property
- 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
- Alienation of property-separate and coparcenary
- Debt-doctrines of pious obligations and antecedent debt
- Partition and re-union
- Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law as a background to the study of Hindu succession Act 1956
Unit II
Marriage · Definition · Importance of institution of marriage under Hindu Law · Conditions of Hindu Marriage · Ceremonies and Registration · Monogamy · Polygamy · Recent Trends in the institution of marriage
Unit III
Matrimonial Remedies under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 · Restitution of Conjugal Rights · Nullity of marriage · Judicial separation · Divorce · Maintenance pendente lite · importance of conciliation- Role of Family Courts in Resolution of matrimonial disputes
Unit IV
Concept of Adoption · Historical perspectives of adoption in India · In country and inter-country adoptions · Law of Maintenance · Law of Guardianship · The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 · The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act1956
Unit V
Succession · Intestate succession · Succession to property of Hindu Male and Female; Dwelling House · Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as amended by Hindu Succession (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act,1986&the Hindu Succession( Amendment) Act,2005 · Notional Partition · Classes of heirs · Enlargement of limited estate of women into their absolute estate · Daughter’s right to inherit ancestral property and impact of recentchanges in law
- 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