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Family law is a composite field wherein multiple personal laws of varied religions are involved. India is a vast secular country. Along with such secularism comes the need to keep different personal laws in check for better adjudication and to avoid injustice. Family law primarily talks about the laws of marriage & its dissolution, inheritance, succession, partition, adoption and guardianship under Hindu and Muslim Laws in India. Since a number of small statutes are involved, this Book emphasizes on the basic important concepts of every such law.TOPICS COVERED IN THE BOOK:I. Hindu Marriage and Dissolutiona. Institution of Marriage under Hindu Law: Forms, Validity and Voidability of Marriageb. Matrimonial Remedies:i. Restitution of Conjugal Rights ii. Judicial Separationiii. Dissolution of Marriage : Forms of Divorce, Grounds iv. Divorce by Mutual Consent v. Irretrievable Breakdown as a Ground for DissolutionII. Muslim Marriage and Dissolution of Marriagea. Nikah (Muslim Marriage): i. Definition, Object and Nature ii. Essentials for Validityiii. Obligations Arising out of Marriage – under Classical and Statutory Lawb. Dissolution of Marriage: i. Talaq: Concept and Modes ii. Grounds: i. Under Classical Law ii. Underc. Statutory Law: Dissolution of the Muslim Marriage Act, 1939III. Adoption, Maintenance of Guardianship a. Adoption: (i) Nature (ii) Law on adoption (iii) Inter Country Adoptionb. Adoption: Conditions and Effect (i) Ceremonies (ii) Capability (iii) Effectc. Maintenance (i) Entitlement (ii) Enforcement (iii) Maintenance Rights of Muslim Women (iv) Maintenance under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973d. GuardianshipIV. Emerging trends in Family Lawa. Emerging trends: i. Surrogacy ii. Live-in Relationship iii. IVF iv. Domestic Violence b. Same Sex MarriageV. Joint Hindu Familya. Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Schools: Formation and Incident under the Coparcenary Property under Dayabhaga and Mitakshara: Extent and Mode of Successionc. Karta of Joint Family: Position, Powers and Privilegesd. Debts: Doctrine of Pious ObligationVI.Partitiona. Meaning, Division of Right and Division of Propertyb. Persons Entitled to Demand Partitionc. Partition how Effected- Suit for Partitiond. Re-opening of Partition, Re-unionVII. Principles of Inheritance under Hindu and Muslim Lawa. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 General Rules of Succession of a Hindu Male and Female dying Intestate under the Hindu Succession Actb. Stridhan and Women’s Estatec. Principles of Inheritance under Muslim Law (Sunni Law)VIII. Muslim Law of Propertya. Hiba: Concept, Formalities, Capacity, Revocabilityb. Wasiyat: Concept, Formalities.c. Waqf