Unit 1 of Family Law I (Muslim, Parsi and Christian Law; Indian Succession Act) (syllabus: Module 1 — Shariat Act 1937; sources and schools; nikah, kinds of marriage, iddat, muta, option of puberty, mehr). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
Full case summaries
- Ghulam Kubra Bibi v Mohammad Shafi (Peshawar, 1940) — a nikah must be proved, witnesses and all
- Chand Patel v Bismillah Begum (Supreme Court, 2008) — marrying the wife's sister is irregular, not void
- Masroor Ahmed v State (Delhi High Court, 2008) — a talaq not communicated is no talaq, and even three pronouncements are one