End Term portion in Family Law- I
1) Custom – as the foundation of many laws, efficacy of law
*Collector of Madura v Moottoo Ramalinga
• Post British- Judicial decisions, Principle of Justice,
equity, good conscience.
*Gurunath v Kamalaban
2) Is Marriage a Sacrament or a Contract? - Hindu, Muslim and
Christian marriages.
3) Codified Law
• Dissolution of Hindu Marriage Pre 1955- Manusmriti
• Dissolution of Hindu Marriage post 1955- customary
divorce U/S 29 (2), HMA, 1955, Native Converts
Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866, Special Marriage Act,
1872, Indian Divorce Act, 1869, Baroda Hindu
Nibandha, 1937, Rau Committee Report 1947
*Abdul Kadir v Salima ILR (1886)8 All 149
4) HMA, 1955
• Sec 1- Domicile-Intention and Residence, Types of
Domicile, Rules of PIL- Lex Loci Celebrationis and
Lex Domicile
*Winans v AG,
White v Tennant,
Lalithamma v Kannan
• Sec 2- Application- Position of STs
Sec 2 to be read with Art 342, sec 494 IPC
*Surajmani Stella Kujur v Durga Charan Hansdah
• Sec 3- Customs
*Lajya Devi v Kamala Devi
Balusami v Balakrishna
Bhaurao v State of Maharashtra
• Sec 5,7,11,12,17,18 HMA; 494 IPC; s 18 HAMA; 125
CrPC
Sec 5(1) and Sec 7- Conditions of marriage and
ceremonies of marriage, s 5(i) to be read with s7,
s 7A, s 8, s 17, IPC s 494, 495
*Bhaurao v State of Maharashtra,
Surjit Kaur v Ghujhar Singh,
Ramesh Chandra Daga v Rameshwari Daga,
Kanwal Ram v HP Admin,
Priya Bala v Suresh Chandra,
Gopal Lal v State of Raj,
State of HP v Rajinder Kumar,
Lily Thomas v UOI
Sec 5 (ii)- mentally unsound- acid test
S 5 (ii) to be read with s 12, 13 (1) (iii) Expl (a),
(b) HMA
*Alka Sharma v Abhinesh Chandra Sharma,
Whysall v Whysall,
Bani Devi v Banerjee,
Kartik Chandra v Manjurani
Sec 5(iii), 12 (1) (c), s 13 (2) (v), s18- Consent and Age, SMA 4, 24, Child
Marriage Restraint Act, 1978, PCMA ss 2,3,9,10,11; JJ Act s 2; Pocso ss 3, 5, 6,
42A; IPC s 375 exp 2; HMGA ss 4(a),6 (a), (c). Harmonizing b/w POCSO, JJ
Act, IPC s 375 Ex 2
Lajja Devi v State
Gajara Naran Bhura v Kaubi Kunverbai
Parbat, Birupakshya Das v Kunja Behari
Sec 5 (iv), (v) read with s 17- Relationships- prohibited and sapinda
*Shakuntala Devi v Amar Nath,
Balusami v Balakrishna
Sec 7, 7A, read with HMA s 5, s 8, 12 (1) (c); IPC 494 – Ceremonies of
Marriage
Nitin v Rekha
S Nagalingam v V Sivagami
Kanwal Ram v HPAdmin
D Grahalakshmi v Prashanth
Sijala v Prabhu
• Sec 8- Registration of Marriages
Seema v Ashwin Kumar
• Sec 9 to be read with HMA s 13 (IA) (ii), 23, 24, 25; 125 CrPC; DV Act s 20;
HAMA s 18; CPC O21 r32-
Saroj Rani v Sudarshan Kumar,
Sareetha v Venkatasubiah,
Harvinder Kaur v Harminder Singh,
Veena Handa v Avinash Handa,
Bitto v Ram Deo,
Russell v Russell
Joseph Shine v UOI
Ojaswa Pathak v UOI
U/ HMGA, 1956 - Ss 4,6,7,8,9,13
Githa Hariharan v RBI
Sheela v Soli
Kumar v Chethana
U/ HAMA, 1956, (Maintenance) S-18
Chand Dhawan v Jawahar Dhawan
Manisha Gade v Sandeep Gade
HMA, 1955
U/s 13 HMA- Sec 13, 13A, 13B, 25- Faulty Theory, Breakdown theory, Mutual
consent, grounds for wife alone
Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage- Law Commission 71 st Report
Navin Kohli v Neetu Kohil,
Visnu Dutt Sharma v Manju Sharma,
V Bhagat v D Bhagat
Jayachandra v Aneel Kumar
Shobha Rani v Madhukar Reddi
Siraj Mahmed Khan v Harizunnisa yasim khan
Dastane v Dastane
Mahendra Nanavati v Sushila Nanavati
Bhola Kumar v Seema Devi
K Srinivas v K sunita
Bipin Chandra v Prabhavati
X v Y (2014)
Mohandas Panicker v KK Dakshayani
Chetan Das v Kamal Devi
Swati v Arvind Mudgal (2015)
U Sree v U Srinivas (2013)
K Srinivas Rao v DA Deepa
Malathi Ravi v BV Ravi(2014)
Harjit Kuar v Rooplal
Ss 23, 24, 25 HMA
HAMA, 1956, (Adoption) & HMGA,1956
U/ HAMA, 1956, (Maintenance)
S-18
Chand Dhawan v Jawahar Dhawan
Manisha Gade v Sandeep Gade
Ss 24, 25 HMA; Ss under HAMA; S 125 Cr pc, Guardianship and wards Act: JJ
Act (Comparison and effect)
U/ HMGA, 1956
Ss 4,6,7,8,9,13
Darshana Gupta v None (2015)
Roxann Sharma v Arun Sharma (2015)
Lalita v Ganga AIR 1973 Raj
Githa Hariharan v RBI
Sheela v Soli
Kumar v Chethana
5) U/Special Marriage Act, 1954
Ss 4 to 16 and s 19, 20, 21, 21A
Ss 22 to 30, 34
Goolrokh M Gupta v Burjor Pardiwala (2012)
Dr Abdul Rahim Undre v Padma Abdur Rahim Undre AIR 1982 Bom 341
6) Muslim Law
Marriage as a permanent and unconditional civil contract
Capacity for marriage
Essentials of a marriage
Nikah by phone, video etc
Valid, irregular and void marriages and distinction between them, their effects
Iddat, Mehr- specified, proper prompt and deferred
Mutta marriage,
Maintenance after divorce
Shah Bano case,
Daniel Latifi case
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce Act, 1986) s 3, 4 and 5
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
Divorce, Different forms of divorce- oral and written (talaq, Illa, Zihar)
Different modes of talaq- talaq ahsan, talaq hasan, talaq-ul-bidaat
Rahmtullah v State of UP
Shamim Ara v State of UP
When is talaq irrevocable?
Khula
Mubarat
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939- grounds for divorce
Shayara Bano v UOI,
Masroor Ahmed Vs State ( NCT DELHI CASE )- 2007
