Table Of Contents:
Sectionwise Contents;
Table of Cases;
Table of Statutes;
Tables;
Abbreviations;
PART I
INTRODUCTION;
CHAPTER 1
Family: Meaning, Origin, Types and Functions;
Meaning of family;
Friedmann’s view;
Origin of family;
Prehistoric period;
Birth of groups and clans;
Types of family;
Hindu joint family;
Roman joint family;
Functions of a family;
Marriage;
Western outlook;
Modern family and current developments;
CHAPTER 2
Sources;
Family laws;
Plurality of family laws in India;
Hindu Law;
Who is a Hindu?;
Sources (Contd.);
Sources of Hindu Law;
PART II
MARRIAGE;
CHAPTER 3
Marriage;
Institution of marriage: Its object, nature and kinds;
Hindu Law;
Object;
Kinds;
Muslim Law;
Object;
PART III
BREAKDOWN AND REMARRIAGE;
CHAPTER 4
Breakdown (Introduction);
CHAPTER 5
Restitution of Conjugal Rights;
Constitutionality of this remedy;
Hindu Law;
Restitution of conjugal rights: Provision;
Principle;
What the petitioner has to prove?;
How to oppose a petition for restitution of conjugal rights?;
Transfer of proceedings;
Burden of proof;
CHAPTER 6
Judicial Separation;
Difference between divorce and judicial separation;
Judicial separation as a cause for divorce­;
Its effect;
Hindu Law;
Muslim Law;
CHAPTER 7
Divorce;
Theories of divorce;
Fault theory;
Consent theory;
Accepted by majority countries;
Criticism against the consent theory;
Other grounds;
PART IV
MAINTENANCE, GUARDIANSHIP, PATERNITY AND ADOPTION;
Maintenance of Wife, Children and Other Dependants;
Introduction;
Meaning;
Applicable laws;
Maintenance of wife;
Pendente lite and expenses of proceedings;
Hindu Law;
Conditions;
Important ideas inherent in the section;
Considerations;
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956;
Subject Index