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The Hindu code bills were several laws passed in the 1950s that aimed to codify and reform Hindu personal law in India, abolishing religious law in favor of a common law code. The Indian National Congress government led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru successfully implemented the reforms in 1950s.
Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India. [1] [2] [3] Hindu law, in modern scholarship, also refers to the legal theory, jurisprudence and philosophical reflections on the nature of law discovered in ancient and medieval era Indian texts. [4]
The nature of marriage for Hindus was radically changed by the passage of the Hindu Marriage Act (1955), the Special Marriage Act, 1954, which brought marriage into the realm of civil law. It was further changed in 1983 by addition of section 498A to the Indian Penal Code , which aimed to protect married women from cruel treatment by husbands ...
This act is one of four Hindu Code Bills that were codified by the Nehru Administration in 1956. The other three Acts include the Hindu Succession Act, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, and Hindu Marriage Act. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act delineates the policies regarding minors according to Indian Hindu personal law.
Indian Succession Act 1925 39 Trade Unions Act: 1926: 16 Indian Forest Act: 1927: 16 Sale of Goods Act: 1930: 3 Hindu Gains of Learning Act: 1930: 30 Indian Partnership Act: 1932: 9 Murshidabad Estate Administration Act: 1933: 23 Reserve Bank of India Act: 1934: 2 Aircraft Act: 1934: 22 Petroleum Act: 1934: 30 Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act ...
The Hindu Personal Laws beginning with the creation of the Anglo-Hindu Law lead to widespread changes, controversies and civil suits in Hindu society across all strata and in monastic orders. Between 1860 and 1940, the issue of succession in the Anglo-Hindu Law led to legal issues of ownership and distribution of property in ascetic-run ...
Hindu code bills; Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928; Hindu joint family; Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Hindu marriage laws in Pakistan; Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956; Hindu personal law; Hindu titles of law; Hindu wedding; History of Anglo-Hindu law; History of Dharmaśāstra; History of Indian law
The act does not also apply to adoptions that took place prior to the date of enactment. However, it does apply to any marriage that has taken place before or after the Act had come into force and Moreover, if the wife is not a Hindu then the husband is not bound to provide maintenance for her under this Act under modern Hindu Law. [1]