Ascent's Chapterwise Solved Papers – Family Law-I (First Semester) by Dr. Ashok K. Jain

Ascent Publications' Q&A revision series for LL.B. and B.A. LL.B. students, written by Dr. Ashok K. Jain. This volume covers Family Law-I — Hindu law — as taught in the First Semester, and sets out previous years' university examination questions arranged chapter by chapter, each with a model answer written to examination length.

How the book is built

• Chapterwise arrangement — questions sit under the syllabus topic they belong to, so you revise one chapter at a time instead of working through year-wise papers.
• Previous years' university questions with model answers.
• Q&A format throughout — each answer shows what the examiner wants, how much to write, and which sections and leading cases to cite.
• Short notes and repeat questions flagged by topic, which is where a large share of the marks in a Family Law paper sits.

Topics covered in Family Law-I

• Sources and schools of Hindu law — Mitakshara and Dayabhaga, and the application of Hindu law.
• Marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — conditions, ceremonies, void and voidable marriages, and registration.
• Matrimonial remedies — restitution of conjugal rights, judicial separation, nullity, divorce and the grounds for it, divorce by mutual consent, bars to relief, and irretrievable breakdown.
• Maintenance and alimony, including maintenance pendente lite and permanent alimony.
• Adoption and maintenance under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.
• Minority and guardianship under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956.
• Coparcenary and joint family property — karta, partition, and the daughter's coparcenary right after the 2005 amendment.
• Succession under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, and Stridhan and the woman's property.

Why students pick this series

• Revision-first. Written for the weeks before the semester examination, not as a first textbook.
• Answers in the examiner's own vocabulary — the structure, phrasing and length a university answer-sheet rewards.
• Pattern recognition. Reading the questions chapter by chapter shows at once which topics return every year.
• Compact and inexpensive, designed to sit beside Dr. Ashok K. Jain's main Family Law textbook rather than replace it.

Who should buy this book

• LL.B. (3-year) and B.A. LL.B. / B.B.A. LL.B. (5-year) First Semester students preparing for the Family Law-I paper.
• Students of Delhi University, GGSIPU, CCS, MDU, Lucknow, Rajasthan and other Indian universities following a comparable Hindu law syllabus.
• Judicial service and APO aspirants revising Hindu personal law.
• Anyone sitting a supplementary or improvement paper who needs examination-ready answers quickly.

About the author

Dr. Ashok K. Jain writes the Ascent Publications series of law guides and examination books, used by LL.B. students and judicial service aspirants across India.