Contents
Foreword;
Preface to the Seventeenth Edition;
Acknowledgement;
About the Revising Authors;
Preface to the Twelfth Edition;
Preface to the First Edition;
Abbreviations;
Table of Cases;
CHAPTER 1: The Nature and Origin of Hindu Law;
CHAPTER 2: The Sources of Hindu Law;
CHAPTER 3: The Sources of Hindu Law;
CHAPTER 4: The Constitution and Hindu Law;
CHAPTER 5: Family Relations - Marriage and Sonship;
CHAPTER 6: The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
CHAPTER 7: Family Relations - Adoption ;
CHAPTER 8: The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956;
CHAPTER 9: Family Relations - Minority and Guardianship
CHAPTER 10: The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act,1956;
CHAPTER 11: Early Law of Property ;
CHAPTER 12: The Joint Family;
CHAPTER 13: Liability for Debts;
CHAPTER 14: Alienations;
CHAPTER 15: Partition;
CHAPTER 16: Succession under Mitakshara Law;
CHAPTER 17: Succession under Dayabhaga Law;
CHAFTER 18: The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act,;
CHAPTER 19: Exclusion from Inheritance;
CHAPTER 20: Stridhana;
CHAPTER 21: Woman's Estate;
CHAPTER 22: The Hindu Succession Act, ;
CHAPTER 23: Maintenance;
CHAPTER 24: The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,;
CHAPTER 25: Impartible Estates;
CHAPTER 26: Gifts;
CHAPTER 27: Wills;
CHAPTER 28: Religious and Charitable Endowments;
CHAPTER 29: Benami Transactions; CHAFTER 30: Marumakkattayam and Auyasantana Law;
CHAPTER 30: Marumakkattayam and Auyasantana Law;
APPENDICES;
APPENDIX I:
Section A: Samskaras in Smrltis;
Section B: Order in Obsequies;
Appendix II: Male Bandhus in order of succession according to the Mitakshara;
Appendix ill: The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850;
Appendix IV: The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916;
Appendix V: The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928;
Appendix VI: The Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930;
Appendix VII: The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961;
Appendix VIll: The Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of Lists of Presents to the Bride and Bridegroom) Rules, 1985;
Appendix IX: The Anand Marriage Act, 1909;
Appendix X: The Anand Marriage (Amendment) Act, 2012;
Appendix XI: The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Repealed);
Appendix XII: The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937;
Appendix XIII: The Special Marriage Act, 1954;
Appendix XIV: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005;
Appendix XV: The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006;
Appendix XVI: The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007;
Appendix XVII: Rules under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007;
SUBJECT INDEX.