CONTENTS
1. Table of Cases;
2. List of Tables;
PART 1: INTRODUCTION;
1.1 Conceptual Framework;
1.2 Research Problem, Material and Methodology;
PART 2: STRUCTURES, PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL;
2.1 History and Philosophy;
2.2 Establishment and Jurisdiction of Family Courts;
2.3 Procedure and Evidence in Family Courts;
2.4 Judges of the Family Courts;
2.5 Counsellors in Family Courts;
2.6 Alternate Techniques used in Family Therapy;
2.7 Lawyers in Family Courts;
2.8 Police and Family Courts;
2.9 Gender Justice in Family Courts;
PART 3: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS;
3.1 Analysis of Performance Data from Courts;
Family Court, Jaipur;
Family Court, Lucknow;
Family Court, Bombay;
Family Court, Madras;
Family Court, Bangalore;
Matrimonial Courts, Delhi;
3.2 Impact of Reconciliation of Cases on Comparative Performance of Courts at various places;
3.3 Comparative Performance of the six Courts;
3.4 Conclusions and Inferences;
CHAPTER 4: VIEWS AND COMMENTS OF PARTIES AND PERSONAL;
4.1 Responses from Litigants;
4.2 Responses from Lawyers;
4.3 Responses from Counselors;
PART 5: A REVIEW OF FAMILY COURTS: TOWARDS A SYSTEMS APPROACH;
5.1 A Review of Family Court: Towards a Systems Approach;
5.2 Summary of Suggestions;
5.3 Recommended Family Courts Act (with notes wherever changes proposed);
5.4 Recommended Family Court Rules;
PART 6: APPENDICES AND REFERENCES;
1. The Family Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 66 of 1984);
2. Government of India Notification, 1988;
3. The Family Courts (Court) Rules, 1988 of the Bombay High Court;
4. The Maharashtra Family Court Rules, 1987;
5. List of Family Court Established;
6. Bibliography;
(a) Statutes;
(b) Government Orders and Notifications;
(c) Government Report;
(d) Books;
(e) Articles;
(f) Workshop/Training Programmes (Literature).