Marriage and Divorce Laws

GENERAL CONTENTS : PART I - SECULAR LAWS : - The Special Marriage Act, 1954. The Foreign Marriage Act, 1969. Indian Succession Act, 1925 (Relevant Provisions) PART II - HINDU LAWS: - The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The Anand Marriage Act, 1909. The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937. The Hindu Marriage (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956. PART III - CHRISTIAN LAWS : - The Divorce Act, 1869. The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872. The Marriage Validation Act, 1892. PART IV - MUSLIM LAWS :- The Dissolultion of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Rules, 1986. The Mulim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. PART V - PARSI LAWS : - The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936. PART VI - The Indian Penal Code (Relevant Provisions) The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. The Dowry Prohibition (Maintenance of List of Presents to the Bride and Bridgegrooms) Rules, 1985. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. The Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005