SCHOOL OF LAW

TEACHING PLAN (Jan-May) – BA & BBA LLB batches-2019

Name of the Subject: Family Law-I
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Prachi and Prof. Mita

LECTURE MODULE TOPIC READING/CASE

LAWS
1-3 Introduction What is a family? Akhilendra Pratap
• Types of family Singh, Religious
Freedom under the
• Different Personal Law
personal law for System, 10 NUJS
different LAW REV. 245
communities (2017).
• Overview of the
course

4-12 Sources and • Sources of • Faiz Tajuddin,

Schools of Hindu Law: From Sunna to
Hindu Law ancient and Smriti: A Roadmap
modern sources of Religious
• Schools of Traditions, 14
Hindu Law: STUDENT BAR
Mitakshara and REV. 26 (2002).
Dayabhaga • PARAS
• Application of DIWAN,
Hindu Law: who MODERN
are Hindus? HINDU LAW (23
ed. 2016).
• S.R. MYNENI,
HINDU LAW (1
ed.).
• Sapna v. State of
Kerala 1993 Ker
75
• Adi Saiva
Sivachariyargal
Nala Sangam v.
The Government of
Tamil Nadu 2016
(2) SCC 725

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 • Shastri
Yagnapurushadasi
v Muldas Vaishya,
AIR 1966 SC
1119.
• Perumal v
poonnuswami,
AIR 1971 SC 2352
• CM Arumugan v
S. Raja Gopal,
(1976) 1 SCC 863
• Vimla Bai v Hira
lal Gupta, (1990) 2
SCC 22.

13-19 Concept And • Evolution of the

Forms Of institution of • PARAS
Marriage Under marriage DIWAN,
Hindu Law • Concept of MODERN
marriage: as a HINDU LAW (23
Sacrament/ ed. 2016).
Contract • S.R. MYNENI,
• Marriage under HINDU LAW (1
the Hindu ed.).
Marriage Act, • Hindu Marriage
1955 Act, 1955
• Forms of • Sarla Mudgal v
marriage UOI, AIR 1995 SC
• Ceremonies of 1531
marriage • Lily Thomas v
UOI, AIR 2000 SC
1650
• Bhaurao Shankar
Lokhande v. State
of Maharashtra,
AIR 1965 SC 1564
• Babui Panmato
Kuer v. Ram Agya
Singh, AIR 1968
Pat. 190
• Pinninti
Venkataramana v.
State, AIR 1977
A.P. 43
• P. v. K., AIR
1982 Bom. 400
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20-26 Capacity To • Capacity to • PARAS
Marry As Per Marry DIWAN,
Hindu Law • Inter caste and MODERN
inter sub caste HINDU LAW (23
marriage ed. 2016).
• Inter religious • S.R. MYNENI,
marriage HINDU LAW (1
ed.).
• Spinda
relationship • Lata Singh v
State of UP, AIR
• Degrees of 2006 SC 2522.
prohibited
relationship • Budhu Singh v
Laltu Singh, AIR
• Mental capacity 1915 PC 70.
• Physical • Reform in Indian
capacity Marriage Law: A
• Bigamy comment on
Debates of 1974-
75 by Derrett,
1975 JILI 177-
198.

27-33 Dissolution and • Void and • PARAS

Cause of voidable marriage DIWAN,
Marriage • Separation MODERN
(Hindu Law) HINDU LAW (23
and • Restitution of ed. 2016).
Maintenance Conjugal Rights
• S.R. MYNENI,
• Divorce: theories HINDU LAW (1
and grounds of ed.).
divorce
• Maintenance of • Prohibition of
wife Child Marriage
Act, 2006
• Maintenance of
children • Hindu Marriage
Act, 1955
• Alimony
• Flavia Agnes,
Conjugality,
Property, Morality
and Maintenance,
Economic and
Political Weekly,
VOL 44 No. 44
October 31 -
November 06,
2009

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 • N. Pillai,
Regulating
Marriage and
Divorce- Need for
a Comprehensive
legislation, 2006
JILI at 106-111.
• Tahir Mahmood,
Marriage Age in
India and Abroad,
1980 JILI 38-79.
• Saroj Rani v
Sudarshan Kumar,
AIR 1984 SC 1562
• Dadaji Bhikaji v
Rukhmabai, (1885)
ILR 9 Bom
• T Sareetha v T
Venkatasubbiah,
AIR 1983 AP 356
• Harbinder Kaur
v Harminder
Singh, AIR 1984
Del 66
• M.M. Malhotra v
UOI, AIR 2006 SC
402
• Naveen Kohli v.
Neelu Kohli,
(2006) 4 SCC 558
• Samar Ghosh v.
Jaya Ghosh, 2007
(3) SCJ 253

33-43 Introduction to • Origin and

Muslim law and development of • A. FYZEE,
Marriages under Muslim law OUTLINES OF
Muslim Law • Sources of MUHAMMADAN
Muslim Law LAW (Tahir
Mehmood ed., 5th
• Schools of ed. 2009).
Muslim Law: Shia
and Sunni • S.R. MYNENI,
MUSLIM LAW (1
• Who is a ed. 2015)
Muslim?

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 • The Shariat Act
of 1937
• Effects of
conversion
• Mohamedan
theory of
Marriage
• Rules of
Marriage
• Essential
requisites of a
valid Muslim
marriage
• Prohibited
relations
• Effects of a
valid marriage
• Presumption
of a lawful
marriage
• Kinds of
Marriage
• Mura
Marriage
• Doctrine of
puberty
• Doctrine of
equality in
marriage
• Iddat
• Validity of
anti-nuptial
agreements

44-50 Dower • Nature

• Classification • A. FYZEE,
OUTLINES OF
• Rights and MUHAMMADAN
remedies to LAW (Tahir
enforce dower Mehmood ed., 5th
ed. 2009).
• S.R. MYNENI,
MUSLIM LAW (1
ed. 2015).
• M. Afsal Wani,
Muslim Women

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 Right to Mahr: An
Appraisal, 2001
JILI 388-409.
• Lucy Carroll,
Mahr and muslim
Divorcee’s Right
to Maintenance,
1985 JILI 485-
495.
• Dr. S. Indira
Devi, Concept of
Mahr, 2007 AIR
(J) 12.

51-60 Dissolution of • Divorce • FYZEE,

Marriage and • Revocation and OUTLINES OF
Maintenace Irrevocation of MUHAMMADAN
(Muslim Law) Talaq LAW (Tahir
Mehmood ed., 5th
• Different modes ed. 2009).
of Talaq by the
Husband: Talaq • S.R. MYNENI,
al-Sunna and MUSLIM LAW (1
Talaq-ul-biddat ed. 2015).
• Talaq by the • Salim Akthar &
Wife: Talaq-e- Mohd. Wasim Ali,
tafwid Repudiation of
Marital Tie at the
• Divorce by Instance of Muslim
common consent Wife: Misgiving
• Judicial divorce and Clarification,
• Obligation in 2003 JILI 471-
Marriage 483.
• Right of Muslim • Furqan Ahmad,
divorced woman Understanding the
• Maintenance of Islamic Law of
children Divorce, 2003 JILI
484-508.
• Muslim Women
(Protection of • Dissolution of
Rights on Muslim Marriage
Divorce) Act, Act, 1939
1986 • Flavia Agnes,
Triple Talaq -
Gender Concerns
and Minority
Safeguards within
a Communalised
Polity: Can

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 Conditional
Nikahnama Offer a
Solution, 10 NUJS
LAW REV. 427
(2017).
• DINSHAW
FARDUNJI
MULLA, Shayara
Bano v. Union of
India and Others,
PRINCIPLES OF
MOHAMEDAN
LAW (Khan Iqbal
Ali ed., 22nd ed.
2017)
• Mohd. Ahmed
Khan vs Shah
Bano Begum And
Ors 1985 SCR (3)
844
• Ahmedabad
Women Action
Group (AWAG) v.
Union of India
(AIR (1997) 3 SCC
573

TUTORIAL PLANNING

TUTORIAL NO. ACTIVITY

1 Discussion on marriages.types and related
case laws
2 Internal activities discussion and
explanation
3 Internal test-I
4 Discussion on Provisions of Special Marriage
Act, 1954

5 Discussion on Surrogacy
6 Internal test-II
7 Discussion on Uniform Civil Code
8 Discussion on Live-in Relationships
9 Discussion on Same Sex Marriage
10 Internal test-III

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11 Discussion on Domestic Violence and Cases
12 Research paper presentation
13 Internal test-IV
14 Research paper presentation

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