Family Law Lectures (Family Law I)

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Description
amily Law-I deals with laws governing marriage and matrimonial remedies of nullity, restitution of conjugal rights, judicial separation and divorce, and ancillary remedies of maintenance, legitimacy, adoption, custody and guardianship of children and distribution of spousal property. Matrimonial laws vary with the religion, region and tribe of the parties in India and co-exist with secular laws covering virtually every aspect of domestic relations.
Key Features:
The book examines and covers all the major aspects of matrimonial laws applicable to Hindus and Muslims drawing comparisons from the analogous laws applicable to other communities in India.
 It discusses the legislative and judicial changes that have brought certain complexities in terms of both recognition of alternate forms of intimate unions, though for limited purposes and extensive dilution of divorce provisions
Also examines the secular legislations governing domestic relations in the area of adoption, custody and guardianship of children and maintenance
ncludes important case law and legislative changes
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Table of Contents
Part- I
Hindu Law
Part- II
Law Governering Marriage and Matrimonial Remedies
Chapter 1. Sources of Indu Law
Chapter 2. Law Governing Marriage Amongst Hindus
Chapter 3. Registration of Marriage
Chapter 4. Matrimonial Remedies
Chapter 5. Legitimacy of Children
Chapter 6. Anciallary Reliefs Pending Matrimonial Proceeding
Chapter 7. Juriadiction and Procedures
Part- III
Muslim Law Laws Governering Marriage and Matrimonial Remedies
Chapter 8. Marriage
Chapter 9. Restitution of Conjugal Rights
Chapter 10. Divorce
Chapter 11. Maintenance
Chapter 12. Paternity and Guardianship
Part- IV
Esseys on Law Governing Adoptions, Custody and Guardianship and Maintenance
Chapter 13. Adoption
Chapter 14. Custody and Guardianship
Chapter 15. Maintenance
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Author Details
Dr POONAM PRADHAN SAXENA is presently the Vice Chancellor of National Law University, Jodhpur and has been in teaching and administrative positions for the past 39 years. She is a Fulbright Scholar and a visiting faculty at the University of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is a Shastri Indo-Canadian fellow and has delivered lectures in eleven different universities across Canada. She is the author of Property Law (2017), and Family Law-ll (2019) LexisNexis publication and has also contributed to four volumes on Halsbury's laws of India, viz, Trust and Charities (Volume 29(2)) Property and Easements (Volume 12), Family Law-I (Volume 26) and Family Law-II (Volume 28). Additionally, she has also revised Mulla's Transfer of Property Act (2013) and (2018). Her articles have been published in several Indian and Foreign law journals and books.