CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................1-7
CHAPTER II
CONCEPT OF MARRIAGE................................................................................8-34
(1) MEANING
(2) OBJECTS
(3) PRINCIPLES
(4) CAPACITY
(a) Age of discretion
(b) Marriage or Nikah
(5) NATURE OF MARRIAGE
(6) HOW NIKAH IS ESTABLISHED?
(7) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ‘CIVIL CONTRACT’ AND ‘NIKAH’
(8) CLASSIFICATION
(A) Sahih Marriage
(B) Batil Marriage
(C) Fasid Marriage
(9) WHETHER THE INSTITUTION OF POLYGAMY IS RECOGNIZED?
(10) FORM
(11) LEGAL EFFECT
(a) Duties of husband
(b) Duties of wife
(c) Remedies of wife
(12) TEMPORARY MARRIAGES OR MUTAA
CHAPTER III
HISTORICAL PROFILE, MEANING, SCOPE AND CONCEPT OF
DIVORCE ................................................................................35-56
(1) HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
(2) HEBREW LAW
(3) ROMANS
(4) CHRISTIANS
(5) HINDU LAW
(a) Divorce allowed by Custom
(b) Ground of Supercession of Wife
(c) Grounds of Desertion of Wife
(d) Grounds of Desertion of the Husband
(6) MODERN LAW – HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955
(7) DIVORCE BEFORE ISLAM
(a) Halala or Tahil
(8) ADVENT OF ISLAM AND DIVORCE
(9) EXERCISE OF POWER OF DIVORCE
(a) Enunciation of the Radd-ul-Muhtar
a. Talaq when Permitted and when Obligatory
b. Talaq
c. Khula
d. Mubaarrat
(10) DIVORCE UNDER SCHOOL OF LAW
CHAPTER IV
CLASSIFICATION OF DIVORCE UNDER MUSLIM LAW ......................57-104
(1) ACT OF PARTIES
(A) By husband
(a) Talaq
(i) Talaq-ul-Ahsan
(ii) Talaq-ul-Hasan
(2) TALAQ-A-BIDDAT
(i) Talaq by deed of divorce
(ii) Triple Talaq
(a) Difference between Sunni and Shia Rules on the Intention
of Talaq
(i) Sunni Doctrines
(ii) Shia Doctrines
(b) Talaq-ul-Mariz
(i) Shia doctrine
(ii) Hanafi Law
(3) PRESENCE OF WITNESS
(A) Shiah Law
(4) DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE BY WIFE
Talaq-i-Tafwid
(a) Ikhtidr
(b) Amr-ba-yed
(c) Mashiat
Shia Doctrine
(5) DIVORCE BY MUTUAL CONSENT
Khula
(6) CAPACITY FOR KHULA
Under the Shiah Law
Mubaarraat
Shiah doctrines
General rule
Dispute between the parties
General rule
Sunni doctrine
Shiah rule
General rule—Maintenance
(7) DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE BY LAW
(A) Lian
(B) Faskh
(8) REVOCATION OF TALAQ
(9) CAPACITY TO TALAQ
(10) TALAQ BY A MINOR
Husband’s Intention
Talaq with an Option
Shiah Doctrines
Talaq may be oral or in writing
(1) Oral Talaq
(11) WIFE’S CAPACITY TO RECEIVE DIVORCE
(12) MAJORITY UNDER MUSLIM LAW
Repudiation
(a) Under compulsion
(b) By fraud
(13) TALAQ DURING INTOXICATION AND JEST
Sunnie Law
(14) TALAQ EXTORTED UNDER COMPULSION
Hanafi Law
Maliki Law
Shiah Law
(15) LEGAL EFFECTS OF A TALAQ
(16) REMARRIAGE OF DIVORCED COUPLE (HALALA)
CHAPTER V
TRIPLE TALAQ AND JUDICIARY..............................................................105-156
(1) SUNNIE LAW
(A) The Talaq-us-Sunnat
(B) The Talaq-ul-bid’at or talaq-ul-bad’ai
(2) SHIA LAW
(a) Talaq-ul-Bid’i (irregular or heretical), and
(b) Talaq-ul-Sunnat (regular)
(3) MALIKI LAW
(4) SHAFI LAW
(5) HANBALI LAW
(6) MALIKI LAW
(6) Conditional Divorce
(7) EFFECT OF DIVORCE
(8) TRIPLE TALAQ
(A) Maliki Law
(B) Hanbali Law
(C) Shafi’i Law
(9) CONCEALMENT OF DIVORCE
(10) RELIGIOUS ASPECT
(11) LEGAL ASPECT
(12) OUTSIDE INDIA
(13) EFFECT ON SOCIETY
CHAPTER VI
DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE UNDER STATUTORY LAW AND
JUDICIAL DELINEATION ...........................................................................157-181
(1) MUSLIM LAW
A. Absence of Husband
(i) Hindu Law
(ii) Parsi Law
B. Neglect in Maintenance
(i) Muslim Law
(ii) Hindu Law
(iii) Parsi Law
(iv) Christian Law
C. Sentence of Imprisonment
D. Failure to Perform Marital Obligations
E. Impotency of Husband
(i) Muslim Law
(ii) Hindu Law
(iii) Parsi Law
(iv) Christian Law
F. Insanity of Husband
(i) Muslim Law
(ii) Hindu Law
(iii) Parsi Law
G. Repudiation of Marriage by Wife
(i) Muslim Law
(ii) Hindu Law
(iii) Christian Law
(iv) Parsi Law
H. Cruelty
(i) Muslim Law
(ii) Hindu Law
(iii) Parsi Law
(iv) Christian Law
(2) CRIMINAL LAW
(3) JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION
(4) GROUND RECOGNISED UNDER MUSLIM LAW
(a) Li'an or Imprecation
(b) Conversion
i. Muslim Law
ii. Hindu Law
iii. Parsi Law
iv. Christian Law
CHAPTER VII
TALAQ – A SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECT .........................................................182-188
CHAPTER VIII
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ..........................................................189-193
BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................i-iv
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Paper II
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