FLII 2013 Course Outline
FLII 2013 Course Outline
FLII 2013 Course Outline
Gujarat National
Law University
Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)
Course Outline
of
BA/BCom/BSc/BBA/BSW, LLB
Semester: VI
Session: (Winter, January-May
2016)
Faculty:
Sushil Goswami
Assistant Professor of Law
Gujarat National Law University
Email: sgoswami@gnlu.ac.in
Mob: 8128650813
A-103 First Floor, Administrative Block
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Teaching methodology
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Contact hours
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Semester: VI
Faculty: Sushil Goswami
In India different religions like Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Parsi etc are
governed by their own personal law as Hindu law, Muslim law, Christian law,
Parsi law respectively. Every religion follows their own personal laws in the
family matters pertaining to marriage, adoption, succession and so on. This
Course module aims to provide exhaustive curriculum with respect to
personal laws in India. The objective of this paper is to apprise students with
the laws relating to the, Hindu Law of Joint Family & Karta, Alienation of Joint
Hindu Family Property, Womens property and effects of codification,
Succession & Inheritance under personal Laws, other provisions such as gift,
Will, washiyat, Waqfs.
On completion of all modules of this paper student will have the
understanding of personal matters pertaining to devolution of property in
different personal laws
Module
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Total
Modules
Joint Hindu Family System
Womans property: Ancient and modern
approach
Succession and inheritance (Hindu and
Muslim law)
Five royal family disputes in India:
Perspective of succession law.
Succession under Indian Succession Act
Will under Muslim and Hindu Law
Wakf under Muslim Law
Hiba (gift) under Muslim Law
The Family Courts Act, 1984
No. of
Sessions
(Classes)
10
2
25
5
5
5
5
5
2
64
* No. of Sessions are indicative only and may be increased/decreased as per the
need of students or requirement of course.
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Re- Union
Who may reunite and procedure
1 VI stands for semester, 1 stands for the order in which the course/paper appears in a semester
and1 stands for the module number.
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Effect of reunion
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Course: Family Law-II
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Succession in Christian law, Parsi law
Applicability and extent of Indian Succession Act .
Module-VI.1.6 Will under Muslim and Hindu Law
Sessions: 05
Nature, object and meaning of will under Hindu and Muslim Law
Capacity and formalities to make will under Hindu and Muslim Law
Subject matter and extent of will
Construction of the wills
Revocation of the wills
Requisites of valid will
Difference in Sunni and Shia Law
Death bed transaction (Marz-Ul-Maut)
Semester: VI
Faculty: Sushil Goswami
Tahir Mahmood & Saif Mahmood , Muslim Law in India and Abroad,
Universal law publishing co. pvt. ltd, 2012 (ISBN : 978-93-5035-1598)
Recommended Readings
Semester: VI
Course: Family Law-II
Faculty: Sushil Goswami
Dr. S.R. Myneni , Hindu Law, Asia law house, Hyderabad, 2009
(GNLU Library
Call No . 340.58:MYN
Accession No.
0004870)
Principles
of
Mahomedan
Butterworths, Wadhwa, Nagpur.
K P C Padma, T
Rao, Principles of family law-I, Alt
publications, Hyderabad , 2010
(GNLU Library Call No 346.015:PAD Accession No. 0007316)
Kohli Dr. H.D. , Muslim Law Cases & Materials , Universal law
publishing co. pvt. ltd, 2012, (ISBN : 9789350351147Werner
Menski, Modern Indian Family Law, Routledge publication,
2001 (ISBN 9780700713165)
Law;
Mulla:
LexisNexis
Relevant Reports :
Semester: VI
Course: Family Law-II
Faculty: Sushil Goswami
207th report on section 15 of Hindu Succession Act
208th report on Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act
Legislations :
The Hindu Succession Act,1956
The Hindu Succession(Amendment) Act,2006
The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
The Special Marriage Act, 1954
The Wakf Act 1995
The Shariat Law(Application) Act,1937
The Indian Succession Act,1925
The Transfer of Property Act,1881
Relevant Case Laws* :
Kewala Devi & Anr V Sri Krishna Devi & Anr (SC on 15 December,
2015)
Municipal Corporation V Puran Singh AIR 2014 SC 2665
Jagdish Singh V Heeralal and Ors. AIR 2014 SC 371
Jagannath Rangnath Chavan V Suman Sahebrao Ghawte, Shanti
alias Vimal Kundlik Gatkul 2013(6)ALLMR187
Vimi Vinod Chopra V Vinod Gulshan Chopra, 2013 (13) SCALE 142
Pushpalatha V Padma AIR 2012 Kant 124.
Smt.Phulvati V Prakash and Ors. AIR 2011 Kant 78.
Pushpalatha N. V. V Padma VAIR 2010 Karnataka124.
Omprakash V Radhacharan, 2009(7) SCALE 51 157
Chand Patel V Bismillah Begum, 1 (2008) DMC 588 (SC) 201
Sugalabaiv. Gundappa A. Maradi and Ors 2008 (2) Kar LJ 406.
M/s. Nopany Investments (P) Ltd. V Santokh Singh (HUF), 2007 (13)
JT 448
Samar Ghosh V Jaya Ghosh, 2007 (3) SCJ 253
A.M. Jagjakh V Rajathi Ziaudeen and Anr (2007)DMC365
S. Narayanan V Meenakshi, AIR 2006 Ker. 143
Seema V Ashwani Kumar (2006) 2 SCC 578
Eramma V Veerupanna AIR 2006 SC 1993.
Naveen Kohli V Neelu Kohli, (2006) 4 SCC 558
Vellikannu V R. Singaperumal (2005) 6 SCC 622 127
R. Kuppayee V Raja Gounder (2004) 1 SCC 295 81
Namdev Vyankat Ghadge V Chanadrakant Ganpat Ghadge (2003) 4
SCC 71
Shamim Ara V State of U.P., 2002 Cr LJ 4726 (SC) 212
Bhagat Ram V Teja Singh, AIR 2002 SC 1
Asha Qureshi V Afaq Qureshi, AIR 2002 M.P. 263
Dev Kishan V Ram Kishan, AIR 2002 Raj. 370 60
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Faculty: Sushil Goswami
Comparative analysis
Semester: VI
Course: Family Law-II
Faculty: Sushil Goswami
Research Project/GD/Poster writing/Group Play/Drama
Registration by email only: 22 January, 2016 (Research
Project/GD Topic will be allotted by Faculty)
Last date of project Submission: 31 March, 2016 Soft and hard
copy)
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