Family Law - I

Unit I — Family Relations- Hindus, Muslims, Christains and Parsis

1.1 Natural and sources of Hindu Law · 1.2 Schools of Hindu Law · 1.3 Nature and sources of Muslim Law · 1.4 Schools of Muslim Law

• Sources of Muslim Law Shariat Application Act, 1937 Sources of Mohammedan Law
• Schools of Muslim Law

Unit II — Marriage and Kinship

2.1 Evolution of the institution of marriage and Family · 2.2 Role of Religious rituals and practises in moulding the rules regulating to marital relations · 2.3 Types pf family based upon · 2.3.1 Lineage – patrilineal, matrilineal · 2.3.2 Authority structure –patriachcal; matriarchal · 2.3.3. Location patrilocal, matrilocal · 2.3.4 Number of conjugal units – nuclear, extended, joint and composite · 2.4 Emerging concepts – maître – sambhand and divided homes.

• Evolution of the institution of marriage and family
• Role of religious rituals and practices in molding the rules regulating to marital relations
• Types of family based upon Lineage — patrilineal, matrilineal
• Emerging concepts: Maitri Sambandh and divided home

Unit III — Matrimonial Remedies

3.1 Marital conflicts · 3.1.1 Non- judicial resolution of marital conflicts · 3.1.2 Customary dissolution of marriage – unilateral divorce, divorce by mutual consent and other modes of dissolution · 3.1.3 Divorce under Muslim personal law – talaq and talaq-e-tafweez · 3.2 Judicial resolution of marital conflicts : the family court · 3.3 Nullity of marriage · 3.4 Option of puberty · 3.5 Restitution of conjugal rights · 3.6 Judicial separation · 3.7 Desertion : a ground for matrimonial relief · 3.8 Cruelty: a ground for matrimonial relief · 3.9 Adultery : a ground for matrimonial relief · 3.10 Other grounds for matrimonial relief · 3.11 Divorce by mutual consent under : · 3.11.1 Special Marriage Act 1954 · 3.11.2 Hindu Marriage Act 1955 · 3.11.3 Muslim law (Khula and Mubaraat)

• Establishment of family Courts — Family Courts Act, 1984 Constitution, power and functions Administration of gender justice
• Hindu Marriage Act 1955
• Special Marriage Act, 1954
• Dissolution of Muslim Marriage

Unit IV — Bar to matrimonial relief

4.1 Doctrine of strict proof · 4.1.1 Taking advantage of one’s own wrong or disability · 4.2 Accessory · 4.3 Connivance · 4.4 Collusion · 4.5 Condonation · 4.6 Improper or unnecessary delay · 4.7 Residuary clause – no other legal ground exists for refusing the matrimonial relief.

• Hindu Marriage Act 1955

Unit V — Law of maintenance (Hindu and Muslim Law)

5.1 Claim of spouses · 5.2 Claim of parents and children · 5.3 Alimony (pendent and permanent)

• Maintenance General Principles of Maintenance
• Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
• The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
• Custody, maintenance and education

Unit VI — Minority and adoption

6.1 Adoption under the Hindu Law · 6.2 Acknowledgement under the Muslim law · 6.3 Minority and Guardianship

• Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
• Paternity Legitimacy, Parentage and Acknowledgment Parentage
• The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
• Guardianship Custody (Wali) & Hijnat Definition of Guardian Classification of Guardianship Power of Guardian Disqualification of Guardian
• Guardianship and parental rights — welfare of the child principle

Unit VII — Conversion and its effect on family

7.1 Marriage · 7.2 Adoption · 7.3 Guardianship · 7.4 Succession ( In view of the conflict of inter-personal laws, conversion is causing problems. How conversion affects the family and whether it is compatible with the concept of secularism and to what extent such problems would stand resolved with the enactment of a uniform civil code needs to be examined.)

• Religious pluralism and its implications
• Uniform Civil Code

Unit VIII — Customary practises and State regulation

8.1 Polygamy · 8.2 Concubine · 8.3 Child Marriage · 8.4 Sati · 8.5 Dowry