Chapter 1 : Marriage
Chapter 2 : Matrimonial Reliefs
Chapter 3 : Grounds for Matrimonial Reliefs
Chapter 4 : Bars to Matrimonial Reliefs
Chapter 5 : Maintenance
Chapter 6 : Division of Matrimonial Property/Home and Right of Residence
Chapter 7 : Guardianship and Custody
Chapter 8 : Adoption
Chapter 9 : Selected Topics on Muslim Law
Chapter 10 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 11 : Matrimonial Dispute Settlement: Alternative methods, Procedures and Forums
Appendix
App. I - List of Statutes
App. II - The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
App. Ill—The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
App. IV—The Hindu Minority And Guardianship Act, 1956
App. V - The Special Marriage Act, 1954
App. VI - The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969
App. VII - The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872
App. XVIII—The [***] Divorce Act, 1869
App. IX - The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936
App.X - The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939
App. XI - The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937
App. XII - The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986.
App. XIII - The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890
App.XIV - The Family Courts Act, 1984
App. XV - The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
App. XVI - The Protection of Child Marriage Act, 2006
App. XVII - The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
App. XVIII - The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
Subject Index

This sixth edition of Family Law—I is a comprehensive study of all important aspects of family law, including marriage and divorce, maintenance and division of matrimonial property, guardianship and child custody, as well as adoption, as developed by the Supreme Court and various High Courts. The author has discussed major recent judgments of the Supreme Court on such contemporary concerns as the status of live-in relationships and of the rights of the women and of the children born of such relationships. The book also provides insights into contemporary matrimonial issues that have emerged as a result of the development of new perceptions of rights and duties, as well as alternative methods for matrimonial dispute settlement. Further, the latest statutory provisions, as well as judicial pronouncements, have been analyzed. This book is an essential reading for law students, professors teaching in law schools, students, and scholars of gender studies and sociology; it is a must-have for law and social science libraries. ---provided by publisher