Family Law-I
Solapur University · LL.B. Semester 2 · CC-VI
Unit 1 — Marriage and Kinship
1.1 Evolution of the institution of marriage and family. · 1.2 Role of religious rituals and practices in moulding the rules regulating to martial relations. · 1.3 Types of family based upon · 1.3.1 Lineage- patrilineal, matrilineal · 1.3.2 Authority structure- patriarchal and matriarchal · 1.3.3 Location- patrilocal and matrilocal. · 1.3.4 Number of conjugal units-nuclear, extended, joint and composite. · 1.4 Emerging concepts: maitri sambandh and divided home.
Unit 2 — Customary practices and State regulation
2.1 Polygamy · 2.2 Concubiage · 2.3. Child marriage · 2.4 Sati · 2.5 Dowry
Unit 3 — Conversion and its effect on family
3.1 Marriage · 3.2 Adoption · 3.3 Guardianship · 3.4 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 are some of the basics that need to be examined)
Unit 4 — Joint Family
4.1.1 Mitakshara joint family · 4.1.2 Mitakshara coparcenary -formation and incidents · 4.1.3 PropertyunderMitaksharalaw-separatepropertyandcoparcenaryproperty · 4.1.4 Dayabhaga coparacenary- formation and incidents. · 4.1.5 Property under Dayabhaga law. · 4.1.6 Karta of the joint family- his position power, privileges and obligations · 4.1.7 Alienation of property-separate and coparcenary · 4.1.8 Debts-Doctrines of Pious obligations and antecedent debt. · 4.1.9 Partition and re-union. · 4.1.10 Joint Hindu family as a social security institution and impact ofHindu Gains of · Learning Act and various tax laws on it · 4.1.11 Matrilineal joint family.
- 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
- Matrilineal joint family
Unit 5 — Inheritance
5.1 Hindus · 5.1.1 Historical perspective of traditional Hindu law as a back-ground to the Study of · Hindu Succession Act1956. · 5.1.2 Succession to property of a Hindu male dying intestate under the provisions Of · Hindu succession Act 1956. · 5.1.3 Devolution of interest in Mitakshara coparcenary with reference to the Provision ofHindu Succession Act, 1956. · 5.1.4 Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu · Succession Act, 1956. · 5.1.5 Disqualification relating to succession · 5.1.6 General rules of succession. · 5.2 Marumakkattayam and Aliyasantana laws governing people living in · Travancore –Cochin and the districts of Malabar and South Kanara · 5.3 Muslims · 5.3.1 General rules of succession and exclusion from succession · 5.3.2 Classification of heirs under Hanafi and Ithna Ashria Schools and their shares and · Distribution of property · 5.4 Christians, Parsis and Jews · 5.4.1 Heirs and their shares and distribution of property under the Indian Succession · Act of 1925.
- 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
- Succession to property of Hindu female dying intestate under the Hindu Succession Act 1956
- Disqualification relating to succession
- General rules of succession
- Inheritance (For other than Parsis) Meaning of Intestacy Meaning of Consanguinity Rules of Inheritance
- Law of Inheritance for Parsis Rules of Inheritance
Unit 6 — Matrimonial Remedies
6.1 Non-judicial resolution of marital conflicts · 6.1.1 Customary dissolution of marriage -unilateral divorce, divorce by Mutual · Consent and other modes of dissolution · 6.1.2 Divorce under Muslim personal law- talaqandtalaq-e-tafweez. · 6.2 Judicial resolution of marital conflicts: the family court. · 6.3 Nullity of marriage · 6.4 Option of puberty · 6.5 Restitution of conjugal rights · 6.6 Judicial separation · 6.7 Desertion: a ground for matrimonial relief. · 6.8 Cruelty: a ground for matrimonial relief · 6.9 Adultery: a ground for matrimonial relief. · 6.10 Other grounds for matrimonial relief · 6.11 Divorce by Mutual Consent under: Special Marriage Act 1954; · Hindu Marriage Act 1955; Muslim law ( Khula and Mubaraat). · 6.12 Bar to matrimonial relief · 6.12.1 Doctrine of Strict Proof · 6.12.2 Taking advantage of one's own wrong or disability · 6.12.3 Accessory · 6.12.4 Connivance · 6.12.5 Collusion · 6.12.6 Condoning · 6.12.7 Improper or unnecessary delay · 6.12.8 Residuary clause - no other legal ground exists for refusing the · Matrimonial relief