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Dr. Satya Pal Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at MDU Rohtak, where he has been teaching for 15 years. He holds an LL.B degree from MDU Rohtak, an LL.M degree from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, a D. Pharmacy degree from PGIMS Rohtak, and a D. Cyber Law degree from Bombay University, Bombay. Dr. Singh has authored a book on the topic “Drug Addiction, Criminal Justice and Human Rights” and has published 30 research articles in reputed national and international journals. He has also presented his research work in 61 national and international seminars and conferences. Dr. Singh’s interest areas in teaching include Hindu Law, Muslim Law, Drug Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Environmental Law, and related subjects. With his vast knowledge and experience in the field of law, Dr. Satya Pal Singh is a highly respected and soughtafter academician in the legal community.

About The Book

Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India. Hindu law, in modern scholarship, also refers to the legal theory, jurisprudence and philosophical reflections on the nature of law discovered in ancient and medieval era Indian texts. It is one of the oldest known jurisprudence theories in the world and began three thousand years ago whose original sources were the Hindu texts. Hindu tradition, in its surviving ancient texts, does not universally express the law in the canonical sense of ius or of lex. The ancient term in Indian texts is Dharma, which means more than a code of law, though collections of legal maxims were compiled into works such as the Naradasmti. The term "Hindu law" is a colonial construction, and emerged after the colonial rule arrived in Indian Subcontinent, and when in 1772 it was decided by British colonial officials, that European common law system would not be implemented in India, that Hindus of India would be ruled under their "Hindu law" and Muslims of India would be ruled under "Muslim law" (Sharia). The substance of Hindu law implemented by the British was derived from a Dharmasastra named Manusmriti, one of the many treatises (sastra) on Dharma. The British, however, mistook the Dharmasastra as codes of law and failed to recognise that these Sanskrit texts were not used as statements of positive law until the British colonial officials chose to do so. Rather, Dharmasastra contained jurisprudence commentary, i.e., a theoretical reflection upon practical law, but not a statement of the law of the land as such. Scholars have also questioned the authenticity and the corruption in the Manusmriti manuscript used to derive the colonial era Hindu law.

Table of Contents

UNITI Chapter 1 Application of Hindu Law Chapter 2 Sources of Hindu Law Chapter 3 Schools of Hindu Law Chapter 4 Hindu Joint Family Chapter 5 Features of Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Hindu Joint Family Chapter 6 Coparcenary Chapter 7 Classification of Property Chapter 8 Karta of Joint Family Chapter 9 Karta Under Hindu Law Chapter 10 Liabilities and Powers of Karta in Hindu Law Chapter 11 Karta's Power of Alienation in Hindu Law Chapter 12 Woman’s Power Of Alienation Chapter 13 Alienee Rights and Remedies UNITII Chapter 1 The Nature and Concept of Hindu Marriage Chapter 2 Evolution of Institution of Hindu Marriage Chapter 3 Ceremonies of Hindu Marriage Chapter 4 Registration of Hindu Marriage Chapter 5 Restitution of Conjugal Rights Under the Hindu Marriage Act Chapter 6 Void And Voidable Marriage Chapter 7 Judicial Separation and Divorce Chapter 8 The Legitimacy of Children Chapter 9 Ancillary Reliefs UNITIII Chapter 1 Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Chapter 2 Hindu Succession Amendment Act, 2005 Chapter 3 General Rules of Succession amongst Hindus Chapter 4 Reunion of Partition under Hindu Law UNITIV Chapter 1 The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 Chapter 2 Natural Guardian and Their Powers Chapter 3 Hindu adoption and maintenance act 1956 Bibliography Index