Do Pakistani Law Colleges teach Hindu Personal Law as a part of your Law academic course?

[Sam6536]

I'm curious if the Law courses of Pakistan teach Hindu personal laws as you have a sizable hindu minority.

In India we are taught the Muslim code and the legal jurisprudence as it evolved here as a part of our course.

 

[Mighty_Dragon_Strike]

I'm curious if the Law courses of Pakistan teach Hindu personal laws as you have a sizable hindu minority.

In India we are taught the Muslim code and the legal jurisprudence as it evolved here as a part of our course.

non-muslims are not taught Islamic jurisprudence, although, they could if they opt to!

 

[Baibers_1260]

I'm curious if the Law courses of Pakistan teach Hindu personal laws as you have a sizable hindu minority.

In India we are taught the Muslim code and the legal jurisprudence as it evolved here as a part of our course.

They do.
The recent Hindu Marriage Act of 2017 is an example.
Pakistan inherited all the British era Hindu Personal Laws which have been slightly amended ( the Marriage Act is an example) to suit the demands of the Hindu minority.
There are Hindu lawyers and Hindu Law students well versed in Hindu Law particularly those pertaining to inheritance ( example: Meetakshara )

 

[Baibers_1260]

non-muslims are not taught Islamic jurisprudence, although, they could if they opt to!

There are exceptions.
Justice Rana Bhagwan Das was well versed in Islamic Jurisprudence. I am not sure about Justice Dorabji Patel .
Fun fact:
Interestingly there has been no Christian judge in India's Supreme Court so far.

 

[Sam6536]

non-muslims are not taught Islamic jurisprudence, although, they could if they opt to!

It's compulsory for us to study Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Parsi personal codes.

These includes marriage, succession, divorce, will etc for each law.

Apart from this there is the Special Marriage Act for inter religion marriage which is an all encompassing code.

 

[Sam6536]

They do.
The recent Hindu Marriage Act of 2017 is an example.
Pakistan inherited all the British era Hindu Personal Laws which have been slightly amended ( the Marriage Act is an example) to suit the demands of the Hindu minority.
There are Hindu lawyers and Hindu Law students well versed in Hindu Law particularly those pertaining to inheritance ( example: Meetakshara )

Interesting. I'll take a look at the act when I'm free.

Yeah we also inherited the British era codes. There has been a lot of jurisprudential changes so far though. Indian Judiciary has been very pro-active in this regards.

Can Hindu women be part of coparcenary as a successor? As in an inheritor of the property. This was a big amendment for hindu code here in 2005.

In India we have Family law courts and mostly anyone could take up the case as many have studied that part as part of their curriculum.

 

[Mighty_Dragon_Strike]

It's compulsory for us to study Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Parsi personal codes.

These includes marriage, succession, divorce, will etc for each law.

Apart from this there is the Special Marriage Act for inter religion marriage which is an all encompassing code.

I cant tell from here and why structure is like is what it is!

I cant judge honestly, although, I can see apparently there should be choice here!

BTW, you left out Buddhism, Jow, Sikhs, Jainishm1

so something is missing here

 

[Sam6536]

BTW, you left out Buddhism, Jow, Sikhs, Jainishm1

They are treated as deemed Hindus. Hindu personal codes apply for them. They don't have any special code due to them being offshots of Hinduism and following the same customs.

The exception is that if any individual or group can prove that they have beem following any special custom that is different from standard Hinduism from a long time without a break in events then that's allowed unless it's derogatory to the spirit of the constitution.

 

[Sam6536]

I cant tell from here and why structure is like is what it is!

I cant judge honestly, although, I can see apparently there should be choice here!

I think it's good to have early exposure to each law. You'll have decent base and knowledge about each of these codes this way.

We also had a debate on the implementation of Uniform Civil Code and its pros and cons, it was interesting.

 

[Mighty_Dragon_Strike]

Those are treated as deemed Hindus. Hindu personal codes apply for them. They don't have any special code.

The exception is that if any individual or group can prove that they follow any special custom that is different from standard Hinduism from a long time without a break in events then that's allowed.

the way I see it, it is intentionally created!
after all, why should Hindu study Islamic Juris., there is'nt a question of debate about it

 

[Sam6536]

the way I see it, it is intentionally created!
after all, why should Hindu study Islamic Juris., there is'nt a question of debate about it

Did you quote the wrong message? But yeah my opinion remains the same as above.

 

[Baibers_1260]

Interesting. I'll take a look at the act when I'm free.

Yeah we also inherited the British era codes. There has been a lot of jurisprudential changes so far though. Indian Judiciary has been very pro-active in this regards.

Can Hindu women be part of coparcenary as a successor? As in an inheritor of the property. This was a big amendment for hindu code here in 2005.

In India we have Family law courts and mostly anyone could take up the case as many have studied that part as part of their curriculum.

Question:
Since India is going for the Uniform Civil Code in the next year or so, why are the law colleges including the prestigious National Law College in Bangalore still teaching Personal Laws?.
The students graduating won't be using those laws anyway .
By the way my personal opinion is that the Uniform Civil Code is a welcome development.

 

[Sam6536]

Question:
Since India is going for the Uniform Civil Code in the next year or so, why are the law colleges including the prestigious National Law College in Bangalore still teaching Personal Laws.
The students graduating won't be using those laws anyway .

All NLUs and Law Colleges for that matter teach Personal Civil Codes because there's no national level UCC Act yet. It has only been debated upon.

UCC is still a political idea not a reality at national level.

Only Uttrakhand has ratified and implemented UCC code (this year). We are going the individual state level implementation way i believe. 2-3 states including Gujarat have stated they will implement UCC in the future (can be in part too).

 

[r3alist]

I'm curious if the Law courses of Pakistan teach Hindu personal laws as you have a sizable hindu minority.

In India we are taught the Muslim code and the legal jurisprudence as it evolved here as a part of our course.

Is it codified ?

 

[Baibers_1260]

@Sam6536
Funny the Jain Succession Act of 1928 was overruled and merged with the Hindu Succession Act of 1956 which applies to Sikhs, and Buddhists, also.
I don't know if the Arya Samajis who are also a deemed minority are governed under the Hindu Succession Act .