Mulla Principles of Mahomedan Law

• This comprehensive classic work illustrates and explains the provisions of Mahomedan law in a lucid, comprehensive and systematic manner.
• Highly acclaimed and most authoritative commentary on the subject is widely quoted in judgments of the Supreme Court as well as various High Courts
• Incorporates legislative developments as well as judgments of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts
• Covers all aspects of Mahomedan Law as applied in India, making each topic easily assailable
• An extensive introduction provides useful information about the basic sources of law and provides a starting point for future studies
• This evergreen legal classic remains the unrivalled reference work on Muslim law both for the Bench and Bar and is must have for Lawyers, Judges, Faculty, Law firms, Libraries, National and State Judicial Academies, State and District Bar Associations, NGOs, Government Institutions

CHAPTERS

I Introduction of Mahomedan Law into India

II Conversion to Mahomedanism

 III Mahomedan Sects and Sub-Sects

 IV Sources and Interpretation of Mahomedan Law

V Succession and Administration

VI Inheritance

General Rules

VII Hanafi Law of Inheritance

VIII Shia Law of Inheritance

IX Wills

 X Death-bed Gifts and Acknowledgments

XI Gifts

XII Wakfs

XIII Pre-emption

XIV Marriage, Maintenance of Wives and Restitution of Conjugal Rights

XV Dower 372 XVI Divorce

XVII Parentage — Legitimacy and Acknowledgment

XVIII Guardianship of Person and Property

XIX Maintenance of Relatives

APPENDICES

I The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937

II The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986

III The Waqf Act, 1995 (As amended by the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013)

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 IV The Wakf Act, 1995 (As stood prior to the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013

V The Central Wakf Council Rules, 1998

VI The Wakf Act, 1954 577 VII Statement of Objects and Reasons of Wakf (Amendment) Act, 1984  

VIII The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939

IX The Mussaslman Wakf Act, 1923

X The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913

XI The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1930

XII The Public Wakfs (Extension) of Limitation Act, 1959

XIII The Kazis Act, 1880 624 Subject Index