Paper II

Family Law – I (Hindu Law)

Sources and schools of Hindu law, joint family, marriage, matrimonial remedies, adoption, maintenance, guardianship and succession.

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Unit I: Sources, schools, joint family and coparcenary

Sources and schools of Hindu law 2 cases Joint family, karta, pious obligation and partition 2 cases

Unit II: Hindu marriage

Conditions, ceremonies and monogamy 2 cases

Unit III: Matrimonial remedies under the Hindu Marriage Act

Restitution, judicial separation, nullity and divorce 2 cases Maintenance pendente lite, conciliation and family courts 2 cases

Unit IV: Adoption, maintenance and guardianship

Adoption under HAMA 2 cases Maintenance and Hindu minority and guardianship 2 cases

Unit V: Hindu succession

Intestate succession and the 2005 amendment 2 cases