Family Law-I
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 3
Unit I
1. Concept and Importance of Family Law In India · 2. Sources and schools of Hindu and Muslim Law · 3. Laws Regarding Marriage under Hindu and Muslim law · a) Evolution and Concept of Institution of Marriage · b) Definition, object and nature of Marriage (Nikah Under Islamic Law) · c) Capacity and Essentials of Marriage · d) Validity and Void ability of Marriage · e) Polygamy: A Critical Analysis · 4. Civil Marriage Laws- · a) Nature and scope · b) Marriage under Special Marriage act 1954. · 5. Live -in — relationship · 6. Domestic Violence Act 2005
Unit II — Dissolution of marriage and matrimonial Relief
1. Theories of Divorce- · 2. Grounds of Divorce under Muslim and Hindu law · I) S.13 of HM Act 1955 · Il) Muslim Women Dissolution of Marriage Act 1939 · 08) Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 · IV) Modes of Talag by Husband and wife · 3. Divorce By Mutual Consent in Hindu Law and Muslim Law · 4. Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage · 5. Customary divorce under Hindu law · 6. Restitution of Conjugal rights under Hindu Law and Muslim Law · 7. Dissolution of marriage under special marriage act 1954
Unit III — Maintenance under Muslim and Hindu Law
1. Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. · i) Entitlement and Enforcement · 2. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. · 3. Maintenance under Code of Criminal procedure 1973.
Unit IV — Laws of Adoption and guardianship in Hindu and Muslim
1. Introduction · 2. Capability and Effects of adoption under Hindu Law · 3. Guardianship Under Hindu and Muslim Law · i. Meaning, Kinds and Rights and Obligations of Guardianship · ii. Statutory provisions · iii. Concept of welfare of child · iv. Guardianship of property
Unit V — Emerging trends in family Law
1. Family law and NRI’s · 2. Position of transgender in Family Law · 3. UCC and its effects on personal laws and women · 4, Family law in other jurisdiction (UK, USA, and Canada)