ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON HINDU LAW
(HINDU LAW – SYLLABUS)Unit I: Introduction
- Concept and nature of Hindu Law
- Sources of Hindu Law
- Ancient sources: Shruti, Smriti, Commentaries and Digest
- Modern sources: Legislation, Judicial decisions, Custom
- Schools of Hindu Law
- Mitakshara School and its sub-schools
- Dayabhaga School
- Applicability and extent of Hindu Law
Unit II: Marriage
- Concept, nature and forms of Hindu Marriage
- Conditions for a valid marriage (Section 5, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955)
- Ceremonies of marriage
- Void and voidable marriages
- Matrimonial remedies/li>
- Restitution of conjugal rights
- Judicial separation
- Divorce and divorce by mutual consent
- Maintenance and alimony
- Legitimacy of children
Unit III: Adoption and Maintenance
- Concept and object of adoption
- Who can adopt and who can be adopted
- Capacity of a female to adopt
- Effects of adoption
- Maintenance
- Persons entitled to maintenance
- Maintenance of wife, children, aged parents
- Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
Unit IV: Minority and Guardianship
- Concept of minority under Hindu Law
- Natural, testamentary and court-appointed guardians
- De facto guardians
- Powers and duties of guardians
- Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
Unit V: Joint Hindu Family and Coparcenary
- Concept and nature of Joint Hindu Family
- Coparcenary before and after Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
- Rights and liabilities of coparceners
- Karta: position, powers and liabilities
- Partition and reunion
Unit VI: Inheritance and Succession
- General rules of succession
- Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Succession to property of a male Hindu
- Succession to property of a female Hindu
- Disqualifications from succession
- Doctrine of pious obligation
- Stridhana
Unit VII: Gifts, Wills and Alienation
- Gifts under Hindu Law
- Wills and testamentary succession
- Alienation of joint family property
- Legal necessity and benefit of estate
Unit VIII: Religious and Charitable Endowments
- Hindu religious and charitable endowments
- Maths and Mahants
- Debutter property
- Shebait and their rights
- Cy-pres doctrine