FAMILY LAW

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
The main purpose of the act was to amend and codify
the law relating to marriage among Hindus and
others. Besides amending and codifying Sastrik Law, it
introduced separation and divorce, which did not exist
in Sastrik Law. This enactment brought uniformity of
law for all sections of Hindus. In India there are
religion-specific civil codes that separately govern
adherents of certain other religions
This Act applies –
• to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or
developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the
Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj;
• to any person who is a Buddhist, Jain or Sikh by religion; and
• to any other person domiciled in the territories to which this Act
extends who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion,
unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed
by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in
respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not
been passed.
The parties to the marriage should not be within the
prohibited degree relationship unless the custom permits.

A marriage falling within the prohibited degrees of

relationship would be void under section 11 of the act.
1. A lineal ascendant: father and daughter, son
and mother
2. Wife or Husband of a lineal ascendant or
descendant
Eg – Father in law and widowed daughter in
law; widowed mother in law and son in law.
3. A man can not marry the widow who was
the wife of his brother or uncle or
grandfather’s brother or grandmother’s
brother.