The scholarly work provides a comprehensive coverage and in-depth analysis of the subject, covering various aspects of both codified and uncodified law.

The book discusses different facets of Hindu law, namely Hindu marriage law, child marriage, divorce, maintenance law, succession, adoption, guardianship, various key judicial pronouncements including cases on daughter’s right to coparcenary property, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and adoption.

Contents: 1. Introduction and origin. 2. Sources and operation. 3. Joint family. 4. Debts. 5. Partition and reunion. 6. Impartible estates. 7. The rule of Damdupat. 8. Benami transactions. 9. Gifts and wills. 10. Religious and charitable endowments. 11. Stridhana. 12. Woman’s estate. 13. Inheritance under the Mitakshara and Dayabhaga schools before 1956 . 242. 14. Exclusion from inheritance and partition. 15. Law as to illegitimate children. 16. Marriage. 17. Succession. 18. Adoption. 19. Maintenance. 20. Minority and guardianship. 21. A postscript.