Family Law - I

PAPER-II:

FAMILY LAW–I (Hindu Law)

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.
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 matrimonialdisputes.
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 the property of Hindu Male and
Female; Dwelling House – The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as amended by the
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 recent changes inlaw.