Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
Course Objectives
To make the student aware about matrimonial and family laws in a broader, social
context.
To introduce the jurisprudence of family law and to give light to the importance of
family as a fundamental unit of society. To make them understand how delicate
and carefully the law related to family disputes are framed and the objectives
behind.
Students will learn the importance of customary law by comparatively analyzing
different personal laws
Recent trends of society with regard to the marriage as an institution and approach
of judiciary will be analyzed so as to improve their analytical and critical thinking
on fast growing ,dynamic society and its impact on family
Detailed outline *
UNIT ONE
Concept of marriage
UNIT TWO
Theories of divorce
Dissolution of marriage under personal laws
Judicial separation
Grounds of divorce
Jurisdiction and procedure
UNIT FOUR
UNIT FIVE
New developing and emerging trends in personal laws and response of judiciary
Teaching methodology
Evaluation pattern
o Research Project + viva voce- ---- 20+5 marks
o Attendance ----05 marks
o Mid semester examination ----20 marks
o End semester examination ---- 50 marks
Prescribed Reading
Legal text
Books
Important cases
1. Raj Kumar Singh V shanti Raghuvanshi
2. National Laegal Services Authority V Respondent :Union Of India (UOI) and ors
2014(5)SCALE1
3. Chand patel v Bismillah Begum &Anr 2008 4 SCC 744
4. Harvinder Kaur v Harminder Singh, AIR 1984 Del 66.
5. Manjit Kaur V Mohan Singh, AIR 2007 P&H 66 (NOC)
6. Samar Ghosh V Jaya Ghosh , 2007 (3)SCJ 253
7. Asha Qureshi V Afaq Qureshi ,AIR 2002 MP 263
8. Shamim Ara V state of UP ,AIR 2002 SC 3551
9. S nagalingam Vsivagami (2001)SCC487
10. Daniel Latifi V Union of India (2001)7 SCC 740
11. Lily Thomas V UOI ,AIR 2000 SC 1650
12. Vandana Shiva V J . BandhopadhyayAIR 1999 SC 1149
13. Sarla Mudgal V UOI ,AIR 1995 SC 1531
14. Vimala Bai V Hiralal Gupta (1990) 2 SCC 22
15. Saroj Rani V Sudarshan Kumar AIR 1984 SC 1562
16. T Sareetha V T venkatasubbaih AIR 1983 AP 356
17. N G Dastane V S Dastane AIR 1975 SC 1534