NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY AND JUDICIAL ACADEMY, ASSAM

B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) IIIrd year Vth semester

Academic Year: 2019-20
Course: 5.3 FAMILY LAW II
Course Teacher: Ms. Gitanjali Ghosh
PROJECT TOPICS
SL UID NAME TOPIC A ROUGH IDEA ABOUT THE TOPIC
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1 SF0117001 Aakhya Sharma Right to Property What disabilities debarred a person from
of Persons with inheriting/holding property? Right to gift /will.
Disabilities: An
Analysis
2 SF0117002 Aashana The Karta: A A critical look at this all powerful entity, his
Agarwal
Detailed Study position and his powers.
3 SM0117005 Adarsh Awasthi Women as The revolutionary amendments in the southern
Coparceners states and at the Centre in the last decade.
under Hindu law:
A Detailed Study
4 SM0117007 Amit Jain Hindu Succession A wide look at Acts modifying/supplementing
Law: A study of its Classical Hindu Law.
dynamism
5 SF0117008 Anjali Singh Intestate A critical look at heirs of a Hindu Male.
Succession to the
property of a
Hindu Male: A
Critical Study
6 SF0117010 Arunabha Barua Intestate A critical look from a gender perspective at heirs
Succession to the of a Hindu female.
property of a
Hindu Female: An
Analytical Study
7 SM0117011 Aviral Vats Limited Estate: A A provision for widows/women. Does it continue
Critical Study or has it become extinct?
8 SM0117012 Ayush Gaur The Joint Family Merits and demerits as a form of business
as a Business organization, coparcenary and the Karta, tax
Institution: A implications.
Study
9 SM0117013 Bhavya Kohli Right to Rights of adopted and biological children.
succession of Rights of children ‘adopted’ under the
adopted children: Guardians and Wards Act.
An in-depth Study
10 SM0117014 Darshan Examining the Conversion impacts succession in many ways.
Upadhyaya
Impact of A critical look at this in the light of the freedom
Conversion on of religion guarantee.
Succession
11 SM0117015 Dechen Notional Partition: Is it a partition or a fiction and what is the
Khonglah
An Analysis character of the property as a consequence?
12 SM0117016 Devang Gaur Dayabhaga Now extinct, but does the present system
System: A Study incorporate its main features?
13 SF0117017 Dimple Pareek Alternate Dispute Procedure in court, use of other methods to
Resolution and settle succession disputes, enforceability of
Succession Law: agreements within the family.
An Analysis
14 SM0117018 Gargi Shankar Gains of Science Is there any obligation today to give back to the
Garg
or Learning: A Joint Family?
Study
15 SM0117019 Himangshu Exploring Critique of existing law and lessons from around
Sonowal
Reforms in the world.
Muslim Law of
Succession
16 SF0117021 Jafrin Israt Law Commission Look at the different LCI reports pertaining
Borbora
of India and succession laws in India. How have they
Succession Laws: contributed?
A Study
17 SF0117022 Jawamongla Partition under How is it effected? Safeguards to be kept in
Yaden
Hindu Law: An mind by coparceners and third parties.
Analysis
18 SF0117023 Jupitara Gogoi Alienation: A One of the most litigated areas of Joint Family
Study Property. Grounds for alienation, who can
challenge, rights of third parties etc.
19 SF0117024 Jyoti Singh Reopening and What are the exceptional cases where this is
Revision of allowed? What are the problems if allowed?
Partition: A Critical
Study
20 SF0117025 Jyotiringa Puzari Parsi Law of Is it the most beneficial to women? Some
Intestate historical milestones too must be looked at.
Succession: A
Detailed Study
21 SF0117026 Jyotishikha Stridhana: A Once the only property of some Hindu women,
Deka
Study does it still hold some relevance today in law
and in society?
22 SF0117027 Kopal Agarwal Wills and Can a person will away his share in coparcenary
Coparcenary property? Pros and cons of such a step from the
Property: A Study point of view of the HUF/Gender Concerns.
23 SM0117028 Kunwar Joint Family: A Unique in its abolishing the joint family and in its
Kushagra
Detailed Analysis matrilineal history, should this model be
Srivastava
of the Kerala replicated?
Experiment
24 SF0117029 Moon Mishra Joint Family: With changes in the law, is the joint family on its
Towards Demise last lap or will it continue?
or Survival?
25 SM0117030 Mranal Sharma Hindu Religious The law relating to this and issues such as who
and Charitable may make, valid purpose, process, certainty of
Endowments: A subject and object. A case study is desirable.
Study
26 SM0117031 Navneet Singh Doctrine of When is a coparcener’s property created by his
Blending: A Study own effort deemed to be a part of joint family
property and when is it separate?
27 SF0117032 Neha Sharma Impact of Wills on When and why was it permitted? To what
Personal Laws: A extent? Can a Muslim will away his/her
Comparative property? Are wills being used to deprive
Study ‘legitimate heirs’ of their property?
28 SM0117033 Neils Mosahary Privileged Wills: A What are the special circumstances under
Detailed Study which they are allowed? How are they
executed?
29 SM0117034 Nilim Sarma Unprivileged Step by Step study from creation, common
Wills: An Analysis mistakes people make up to the point when
heirs get the property.
30 SM0117036 Pranjal Singh Dwelling House: A Restrictions on rights of daughters, proposed
Critical Study changes and the social necessity of providing a
roof over the heads of family members.
31 SM0117037 Pranoy Christian Law of A critical look at Christian law in addition to a
Goswami
Succession: A review of some of the historical milestones.
Critical Study
32 SM0117038 Prateek Parth Mary Roy and its A look at Mary Roy’s Case, and how it has
Aftermath: A impacted Christian women’s rights to property.
Detailed Study
33 SM0117040 Priyadarshi Jha Women’s Right to Examining women’s property rights under two
Property: A or more laws.
Comparative
Study
34 SF0117041 Rajshri Kalita Hanafi Law of An understanding of the system of law
Intestate governing the bulk of Muslims in India.
Succession: An
Assessment
35 SF0117042 Rashmi Priya Shia Law of Though not as numerous as Hanafi’s (Sunnis),
Intestate their (Shias) numbers in India are significant. An
Succession: A understanding of the Shia law.
Study
36 SM0117043 Ritre OO Shia and Sunni Though both are based on Sharia there are
Lyngdoh
Law of Intestate differences – what are these and why did they
Succession : A happen?
Comparative
Study
37 SM0117044 Saharsh Dubey Hiba: An Analysis How far is it applicable to Indian Muslims?
Types of gifts and rules applicable. Would they
apply in the case of one of the parties being a
non-Muslim? (Gifts here do not include death
bed gifts/bequests)
38 SF0117045 Saloni Inheritance under Looking at the special position occupied by
Tribal Customary tribal laws. Examining one or more specific tribal
laws: A study of laws to see how property devolves even if it is
______________ not succession in the strict sense. The choice of
Tribe tribe is to be done by the student.
39 Shellina Bhabar Deathbed Neither a gift nor a bequest? Position of such
SF0117046
bequests: A Study bequests and rationale.
40 Shikhar Garg Pre-emption: A The right of some persons to have the first right
Critical Study (Pre-emptive right) to buy property which is

SM0117047 being alienated. Evolution of this right in

different systems and its continued relevance
today.
41 SM0117048 Shubham Uniform Civil Is this feasible or are there unbridgeable gaps?
Kayshap Kalita
Code and
Succession Laws:
A Detailed
Analysis
42 SF0117049 Sonika Sekhar Wasiyat: A Muslim’s Wills - capacity, formalities, object and
Critique subject of legacy, execution etc. Modification
by laws in India.
43 SF0117050 Stuti Marz ul maut: A Muslim law relating to deathbed gifts/ bequests.
Study
44 SM0117051 Subham Das Wakfs: A Detailed A look at wakfs created for charitable, religious
Analysis and other purposes and the law relating to
wakfs over time.
45 SF0117052 Suparba Illegitimacy and An illegitimate concept- Should it be done away
Chattaraj
Succession: A with? Determination of paternity and treatment
Study of illegitimate children in personal and secular
laws.
46 SM0117053 Surya Prabhat Right to A look at some legal situations across the globe
Pali
Succession of which gives to partners some rights in
Cohabitees: A succession.
Study
47 SF0117054 Tanya Verma The Constitution A comparative look at different laws on
of India and succession in the light of constitutional
Succession Laws safeguards particularly equality, special
provisions for women and children and freedom
of religion.
48 SM0117055 Tawhid Alom Examining the Loopholes in the law which allow the State to
Laskar
relationship claim in the presence of living relatives.
between the State Escheat, priority of states claims.
and the deceased
49 SF0117056 Tripti Kejriwal Marriage as a A critical look at marriage and succession laws.
basis for heirship: Recognition of other relationships and
A Detailed Study partnerships- heterosexual and homosexual,
concubinage, bigamous marriages.
50 SM0117057 Uditanshu Misra Impartible Estate: Some property by their very nature cannot be
A Study divided. How are these different kinds of
property and impartible estates treated?
51 SM0117058 Ujjawal Jyoti Onerous Imposing liabilities on heirs as a prerequisite to
bequests: A Study claiming property. How far is it justified in the
Indian context? Is it related to the doctrine of
pious obligation?
52 SM0117059 Ujjwal Mani Remedies of an What are the different remedies available to an
Tripathi
heir: A Study heir who feels he has not received his rightful
share to the property?
53 SF0117060 Vaishali Mishra The Unborn Child Rights of the unborn child to property, to
and Succession challenge alienations, partitions etc. Rationale
Laws: A Study and justification.
54 SM117061 Yash Gupta The Doctrine of A child adopted by a Hindu widow was
Relating Back: An considered a child of her husband. Does this
Analysis doctrine survive after the Hindu Adoptions and
Maintenance Act? What is its relevance today?
55 SM117062 Dipendra Pious Obligation: Its rigour in the past, the position now, priority of
Sekhawat
A Detailed Study payments.