Discuss the various provisions available under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

·               A series of four major pieces of legislation were passed in 1955–56 and these laws form the first point of reference for modern Hindu law: 

ü  Hindu Marriage Act (1955), 

ü  Hindu Succession Act (1956), 

ü  Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956),

ü  and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956).

·               Criticism of the document is based on the belief that the laws in the Hindu Code bill should apply to all citizens regardless of religious affiliation. 

·               Though these legislative moves purported to resolve still unclear parts of the Anglo-Hindu law, the case law and interpretive tradition of British judges and Indian judges in the British employ remained and remains crucial to the application of Modern Hindu Law.

·               Hindu law in its current usage refers to the system of personal laws (i.e., marriage, adoption, inheritance) applied to Hindus, especially in India.

·               Modern Hindu law is thus a part of the law of India established by the Constitution of India (1950).

·               The modern Hindu legal system is applied to strictly personal law, including issues of marriage, inheritance and adoption, whereas India's secular legal system is applied to issues of criminal law and civil law.