This book provides a more interesting approach with a holistic understanding of the key issues involved in the domain of family law with the help of problem-based questions and answers. This will not only help the students to comprehend the concepts in a more pragmatic manner, but will also help them to ameliorate their analytical power of matrimonial advocacy in the long run. The technical knowhow about the contents of Hindu and Islamic law are simplified and laid down in a very plain and elementary form, which will help the students to understand the concepts more easily. ...This book, in its first part, discusses the issues and challenges in the forte of Hindu Law, relating to its law of Marriage, Adoption, and Succession. Hindu Marriage faces a number of key legal issues like divorce complications, judicial separation, etc., which are all analyzed and conceptually formulated in this book. This book has further more talked about the Islamic Laws and has analyzed them in detail. The Mohammedan Law considers marriage to be not a sacrament unlike the Hindus, but to be a civil contract. Issues relating to Muslim marriage starting from Divorce to other matrimonial disputes among Muslims has also been discussed in this book. It has further analyzed the challenges regarding the issue of Hiba (Gift deed) and the formation and maintenance of Waqf Board under the Waqf Act. All these concepts have been explained with the help of example-based and problem-based questions and answers which will not only help the students in their examination, but also to understand the concepts in a more practical manner.
Dr. Kabita Chakraborty Since an early childhood, Dr. Chakraborty had a massive interest in the legal field. She completed her LLB in the year 1997 and LLM from Burdwan University in the year 2001. Thereafter, she started her professional carrier as a junior lawyer in the Calcutta High Court and alongside, she also joined the Calcutta University, Department of law as a Guest Lecturer in the year 2001. This was the beginning of her academic career. After being felicitated with a Ph.D. from Calcutta University in 2007, she served many colleges and universities at various competencies viz., as an Assistant/Associate Professor, Research Associate or as a Project Fellow. Currently, she is working as a Professor of Law at ICFAI University, Tripura. She has published many articles on law in a number of reputed journals and presented many papers in national as well as international seminars. She has also been invited as a speaker in various occasions. Dr. Chakraborty's area of interest of research extends to Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law, Family Law and Laws relating to children and women. This is not an exhaustive list and she keeps exploring on new horizons under the umbrella of law.