Hindu Law

Powers of Natural Guardian under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956

Section 4 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 defines Minor, and Section 8 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act speaks about Po…

Reopening of Partition - According to Manu, " once only a partition made. To this principle, however, there are the following e…

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, This Act came into force on 18 May 1955. This Marriage Act governs Hindu marriages and has brought about important…

1 ) Introduction In Hindu joint family, the senior most male ascendant is the head of the family and is called The Karta. Karta represe…

1) Introduction - Source means "basis from which law is evolved". Source of law is a basis, which enables the Court to interpre…

1) Introduction - Divorce is a process by which the marriage is dissolved. After the dissolution of marriage, the parties revert to the…

The joint family consists male, his wife and unmarried daughter and his male descendants, their wives and unmarried daughters. It is patr…

Introduction: Adoption is an act of giving and taking a child, male or female into the family having no son or daughter. Under the Sh…

1) Meaning of Guardian - The law of guardianship is based on the incapacity which the law attributes to minors and to persons who are def…

The Schools of Hindu law emerged from the commentaries and digests. There are two main schools, namely : 1. Mitakshara school and 2.…

There are two main school of Hindu Law - Dayabhaga and Mitakshara Difference between Dayabhaga Coparcenary and Mitakshara Coparcenary …

According to Manu, "Once only a partition made". If the partition is once made, it is final and irrevocable and hence, it canno…

Earlier, there were 12 kinds of sons. Two more kinds of sons were added by a few text writers as stated below : …

1) A married woman obtained by way of gift two sums of Rs. 10000 each from her father and father-in-law. She died in 1960 and is survived by her h…