Hindu personal law
Hindu personal laws are the laws of the
Calcutta, to help them arrive at a definitive idea of the Indian legal system.[1] It is from here that the Hindu Personal Law had its beginnings; and more appropriately so in 1772, when Warren Hastings appointed ten Brahmin pandits from Bengal to compile a digest of the Hindu scriptural law in four main civil matters—marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession.[1] The Hindu Personal Laws underwent major reforms over a period of time, and created social and political controversies throughout India.[citation needed
]
Effects
The Hindu Personal Laws beginning with the creation of the
Anglo-Hindu Law led to legal issues of ownership and distribution of property in ascetic-run institutions. The early twentieth century witnessed ascetic orders seeking to 'purify' their genealogies through the medium of property disputes fought in colonial courts, which also led to the removal of women and children from certain ascetic orders with varying degrees of success.[2]
See also
- Christian personal law
- Muslim personal law
- Special Marriage Act, 1954
- Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Uniform civil code
References
- ^ a b c Kishwar, Madhu (13 August 1994). Codified Hindu Law: Myth and Reality. Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 29, Number 33, pp.2145-2161.
- ^ Kasturi, Malavika (Sep., 2009). 'Asceticising' Monastic Families: Ascetic Genealogies, Property Feuds and Anglo-Hindu Law in Late Colonial India. Modern Asian Studies, Volume 43, Number 5, pp. 1039-1083.