DEPARTMENT OF LAW

AWADHESH PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY

REWA (M.P.)

PROSPECTUS OF STUDIES
IN
TEN-SEMESTER B.A. LL.B.(HONOURS) FIVE YEAR DEGREE
COURSE

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 TEN- SEMESTER B.A.LL.B. (HONS.)FIVE YEAR
INTEGRATED COURSE
A.P.S.University, Rewa (M.P.)
Schemes of Examination
Course Nature of Max. Min. Min.
Course Marks Marks Aggregate
in each for Passing
paper Passing Marks
50%
Code No. B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) I-Semester
BLBH 111 General English including Legal Language Compulsory 100 40
BLBH 112 Political Science – I Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 113 Sociology – I Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 114 Economics – I Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 115 Historical Development of Legal and Judicial Systems Core 100 40
in India
BLBH 116 Law of Torts-I Core 100 40
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) II-Semester
BLBH 121 Political Science – II Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 122 Political Science – III Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 123 Sociology – II Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 124 Economics – II Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 125 Legal Method Core 100 40
BLBH 126 Law of Torts II (MV Accident and Consumer Core 100 40
Protection Laws)
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) III-Semester
BLBH 211 Political Science – IV Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 212 Sociology – III Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 213 Economics – III Degree Minor 100 40
BLBH 214 Constitutional Law I Core 100 40
BLBH 215 Law of Crimes I (General Principles) Core 100 40
BLBH 216 Law of Contract Core 100 40
B.A. LLB. (Hons.) IV-Semester
BLBH 221 Political Science –V Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 222 Political Science –VI Degree Major 100 40
BLBH 223 Constitutional Law -II Core 100 40
BLBH 224 Law of Crimes- II (Specific Crimes) Core 100 40
BLBH 225 Professional Ethics and Professional Accountability Core 100 40
BLBH 226 Specific Contract Core 100 40
Code No. B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) V Semester Nature of Credit
Course s
BLBH 311 Interpretation of Statutes Core 100 40
BLBH 312 Information Technology (IT) Offences Core 100 40
BLBH 313 Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act Core 100 40
BLBH 314 Family Law-I (Hindu Law) Core 100 40
BLBH 315 Public International Law Core 100 40
BLBH 316 Law of Property –I Core 100 40
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) VI Semester
BLBH 321 Administrative Law Core 100 40
BLBH 322 Law of Property- II Core 100 40
BLBH 323 Law of Crimes-III (Criminal Procedure Code) Core 100 40
BLBH 324 Family Law-II (Muslim Law) Core 100 40
BLBH 325 Law of Evidence Core 100 40
BLBH 326 Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing Core 100 40
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) VII Semester
BLBH 411 Jurisprudence Core 100 40
BLBH 412 Private International Law Core 100 40
BLBH 413 Human Rights Law and Practice Core 100 40
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 BLBH 414 Company Law Core 100 40
BLBH 415 Environmental Law Core 100 40
BLBH 416 Labour and Industrial Law - I Core 100 40

B.A. LLB. (Hons.) VIII Semester 100 40

BLBH 421 Alternative Dispute Resolution Core 100 40
BLBH 422 Labour & Industrial Law -II Core 100 40
BLBH 423 Moot Court Core 100 40
BLBH 424 Right to Information Core 100 40
Electives
Group-A
BLBHE 421 Intellectual Property Rights Law and IPR Litigation Electives 100 40
BLBHE 422 International Organisation Electives 100 40
BLBHE 423 Indian Federalism Electives 100 40
Group-B
BLBHE 424 International Human Rights Electives 100 40
BLBHE 425 Gender Justice and Feminist Jurisprudence Electives 100 40
BLBHE 426 Land Laws Electives 100 40
(i) M. P. Land Revenue Code 1959
(ii) M.P. Accommodation Control Act 1961
Note: A student has to offer one course each from the above Code No.
BLBHE 421 to 423 and BLBHE 424 to 426 in the VIII-Semester.
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) IX Semester
Electives
Group-A
BLBHE 511 Bankruptcy and insolvency law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 512 Criminal Sociology Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 513 Corporate Governance Electives 100 40 6
Group-B
BLBHE 514 Information Technology Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 515 Foreign Trade Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 516 Merger and Acquisition Electives 100 40 6
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Group-C
BLBHA 511 Comparative Constitution Electives 100 40
BLBHB 511 Media and Law* Electives 100 40 6
BLBHC 511 Special Contract Electives 100 40 6
BLBHD 511 Direct Taxation Electives 100 40 6
BLBHF 511 General Agreement on Tariff and Trade Electives 100 40 6
BLBHG 511 Trade in Intellectual Property Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHH 511 Offences Against Child and Juvenile Justice Electives 100 40 6
BLBHI 511 White Collar Crimes Electives 100 40 6
BLBHJ 511 Copyright including Neigbouring Rights Electives 100 40 6
BLBHK 511 Other forms of Intellectual Rights Electives 100 40 6
BLBHL 511 Humanitarian and Refugee Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHM 511 Maritime Law Electives 100 40 6

Note: (i) (ii) (iii) A student has to offer one course each from the
above Code No. BLBHE 511 to 513 and BLBHE
514 to 517 in the IX Semester.
(iv) A student has to offer any four courses out of
Code No. BLBHA 511 to BLBHL 511in the IX
Semester.
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) X Semester
Electives
Group-A
BLBHE 521 Health Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 522 Penology and Victimology Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 523 Equity and Trust Electives 100 40 6
Group-B
BLBHE 524 Insurance Law Electives 100 40 6
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 BLBHE 525 Competition Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHE 526 Forensic Science Electives 100 40 6

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Group-C
BLBHA 521 Law of Education Electives 100 40 6
BLBHB 521 Civil Society and Public Grievance Electives 100 40 6
BLBHC 521 Banking Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHD 521 Indirect Taxation (GST) Electives 100 40 6
BLBHF 521 Anti –Dumping and countervailing Duty Electives 100 40 6
BLBHG 521 Trade in Services and Emigration Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHH 521 Women and Criminal Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHI 521 International Criminal Law and International Criminal Electives 100 40 6
Court
BLBHJ 521 Trademark & Designs Electives 100 40 6
BLBHK 521 Patent Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHL 521 International Environmental Law Electives 100 40 6
BLBHM 521 Law of Sea and International River
Note: (i) (ii) (iii) A student has to offer one course each from (a)
BLBHE 521 to 523 and (b) BLBHE 524 to 527;
(iv) A student has to offer Four courses out of
BLBHA 521 to BLBHL 521, corresponding to
the Four Courses offered in IX Semester
(BLBHA 511 to BLBHL
511) as per the following table

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 SCHEDULE

B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) I SEMESTER

BLBH 111 GNERAL ENGLISH INCLUDING LEGAL LANGUAGE

The course shall comprise of the following :

1. Introduction to Legal Language

(a) Need and Importance of Legal Language

2. Proficiency in General English

(a) Parts and Types of the Sentences

(b) Parts of Speech - A Brief Introduction

(c) Tenses: Forms and Uses

(d) Active and Passive Voice

(e) Direct and Indirect (or Reported) Speech

(f) Some Common Mistakes in English

3. Legal Terminology

Meaning and use of the following shall be explained:

Ab Initio, Ad Idem, Ad Infinitum, Ad Nauseam, Ad Valoram, Alibi, Ambiguitas Latens,

Ambiguitas Patens, Amicus Curiae, Animus Possidendi, Audi Alteram Partem, Bonafide, Caveat
Emptor, De Facto, De Jure, De Novo, Ejusdem Generis, Ex Gratia, Ex Parte, Ex Post Facto,
Factum Valet, Fait Accompli, Fiat Justitia, Inter Alia, In Limine, Jus Ad Rem, Jus In Personam,
Letter Rogatory, Locus Standi, Malafide, Modus' Operandi, Mutatis Mutandis, Nudum Pactum,
Obiter, Onus Probandi, Parens Patriae, Pari Passu, Per Incuriam, Prima Facie, Pro Bono Publico,
Quid Pro Quo, Ratio Decidendi, Raison D'etre, Res Integra, Res Nullius, Sine Qua Non, Intra-
Vires, Ultra Vires
4. Translation of passages from English to Hindi and from Hindi to English.
5. Précis Writing in English
6. Essay Writing in English on Topics of Legal Interest
7. Letter Writing in English.

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 BLBH 112 : DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT (POLITICAL SCIENCE) PAPER I

The course shall comprise of the following :

Unit I: Introduction to Political Science

1- Politics: Various Interpretations
2- Political Science: Definition, Nature, Aim, Scope and Significance
3- Relationship between Political Science and Law
Unit-II: Approaches and Methods to the study of Political Science
1- Approaches to the study of Political
Science Traditional Approach
Modern Approaches: Behaviouralism, Post-Behaviouralism, System Approach, Structural-
Functional Approach
Marxist Approach
2- Methods of Studying Political Science:
Philosophical
Method Historical
Method Legal
Method
Institutional
Method
Deductive and Inductive
Method Normative and
Empirical Method Unit-III-
The State
1- Sate: Concept and its Elements
2- State and Other Associations: State and Society; State and Civil Society; State and
Government; State and Nation
3- Origin of the State:
a) Divine Theory
b) Force Theory
c) Organic Theory
d) Social Contract Theory
e) Historical or Evolutionary Theory
f) Marxist Theory
4- Modern Nation State and Challenges to its existence
Unit-IV: Sovereignty
1- Meaning, Evolution and Characteristics of Sovereignty
2- Types of Sovereignty: Legal, Political, Popular, De jure and De
facto 3-Theories of Sovereignty: Monistic and Pluralistic Theory
Unit-V: Political Thinkers:
1- Indian Political Thinkers:
a) Manu (Theory of State)
b) Kautilya (Saptang Theory)
c) Gandhi (Religion and Politics; Truth and Non-Violence; Satyagrah; Principle of
Trusteeship and; Concept of Stateless Society)
2- Western Political Thinkers:
a) Plato (Ideal State and Theory of Justice)
b) Aristotle (Theory of Justice, Rule of Law, Theory of State, Citizenship and;
Classification of Constitution and Cyclic theory of Constitution)
c) St. Augustine (Concept of Two Cities)
d) St. Aquinas (Doctrine of Natural Law)
e) J.S. Mill (Theory of Liberty and Representative Government)
f) T.H. Green (Concept of Liberty, Principles of political Obligations and Theory of Punishment)

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BLBH 113 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (SOCIOLOGY) PAPER I

The course shall comprise of the following:

Unit 1:
Sociology: Definition, Nature and Scope of Sociology; Relevance of Sociology for the study of
Law. Law as a tool of Social Engineering: Durkheim, Weber, Pound and Bentham.
Unit 2:
Marriage: Meaning, Features, Functions, kinds of marriages, Rules of Marriage and Tribal Marriage.
Unit 3:
Family & Kinship: Family: Definition, Functions of family, and kinds of families. Kinship:
Definition, Classification, Degree and Forms of kinship.
Unit 4:
Social Control: Meaning and Function; Distinction between formal and informal social control;
Agencies of social control: Formal & Informal.
Unit 5:
Social Change in India: Meaning; Nature or Characteristics of Social Change; Factors of Social
Change: Biological, Education, Technological, Social Legislation; Customs and Law: Differences,
Compliment and supplement each other.

BLBH 114 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (ECONOMICS) PAPER I

The course shall comprise of the following

Nature and Methodology of Economics:

Definitions of Economics, Nature of economics, Micro and Macro economics, Methodology:
Inductive vs. Deductive methods; Economics and Law.

Consumer Behavior and Utility Analysis:

Utility Analysis: Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility; Law of equi-marginal utility ;Indifference
curve analysis, Consumer’s equilibrium; Law of demand and supply, Elasticity of demand
and supply ; Marshallian Scissors, Marshall’s concepts of Consumer’s surplus.
Theory of Production and Market structure:
Factors of Production, Laws of returns, Returns to scale; Cost curves and revenue concepts;
Market: Meaning and classifications, equilibrium of the firm and industry; Price and output
determination under perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competitions, and oligopoly.
Factor Pricing:
The Theory of factor pricing: Wage determination, Theory of Rent; Quasi rent; Theory of Interest :
Classical, Neo Classical and Loanable Fund Theory, Liquidity Preference Theory ; Theories of
Profit: Risk Bearing and Uncertainty Bearing theories.

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BLBH 115 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS IN INDIA
The course shall comprise of the following

I: Rise of East India Company (1600- 1836)

a. Charters of the East India Company: 1600, 1661, 1726 and 1753

b. Settlements: Surat, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta

c. Courts: Mayor’s Court of 1726 and Supreme Court of 1774

d. Statutes: Regulating Act, 1773; Pitts India Act, 1784; the Act of Settlement 1781

e. Conflict: Raja Nanad Kumar, Kamaluddin, Patna Case, and Cossijurah

f. Warren Hastings: Judicial Plans of 1772, 1774 and 1780

g. Lord Cornwallis: Judicial Plans of 1787, 1790 and 1793

h. Lord William Bentinck (With special focus on Appraisal of Criminal law)

II: Evolution of Law and Legal Institutions

a. Development of Personal Laws

b. Development of Law in Presidency Towns

c. Development of Civil law in Mufassil: Special Emphasis on Justice, Equity and Good Conscience

d. Codification of Laws: Charter of 1833, the First Law Commission, the Charter of 1853,
The Second Law Commission

e. Establishment of High Courts, 1861, Government Act of 1909, 1919, 1935 and Indian
Independence Act 1947.

f. Legal Education: History and Basic Aims of Legal Education

BLBH 116 LAW OF TORTS- I

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Nature and definition of Tort

2. Tort distinguished from crime and contract

3. General differences in Tort: Volenti non Fit Injuria, Act of God, inevitable accident,
statutory authority.

4. Vicarious liability: Master’s liability for act of servant

5. Remoteness of damage

6. Absolute and Strict liability

7. Tort against person: Assault, Battery, False imprisonment

8. Tort against property: Nuisance

9. Tort of Negligence: Essentials; contributory negligence, rule of Res ipsa loquitur

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) II SEMESTER

BLBH 121 DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT (POLITICAL SCIENCE)

PAPER II (Government System)
The course shall comprise of the following

Unit-I- Constitution
1- Meaning and Classification of the
Constitution 2- Characteristics of a good
Constitution
3- Classification of the Constitution: Developed and Constituted; Unwritten and Written; Flexible,
Rigid and Semi-Rigid
4- Constitutional Government
5- Constitutionalism: Meaning and Types
6- Difference between Constitution and Constitutionalism
7- Rule of Law
Unit-II: Government and Its Organs
1- Government and its relationship with State
2- Organs of the Government:
a) Legislature: Concept, Types and Functions
b) Executive: Concept, Types and Functions
c) Judiciary: Concept, functions, Judicial Review and the Principles of the Independence of
Judiciary
Unit-III: Separation of Powers
1- Meaning and Evolution of the concept of Separation of Powers
2- Theory of Separation of Powers with Checks and Balances (Montesquieu)
3- Separation of Powers in the American Constitution and its comparison with the India
Unit-IV: Federalism
1- Federalism: Concept and Characteristics
2- Types of Federalism: Unitary and Cooperative
Unit-V: Types of Government
1- Unitary and Federal form of Government:
a) Unitary form of Government: Features, Merits and Demerits
b) Federal form of Government: Features, Merits and Demerits
c) Co-Federal and Quasi-Federal Government
2- Parliamentary and Presidential form of Government
a) Parliamentary form of Government: Features, Merits and Demerits
b) Presidential Form of Government: Features, Merits and Demerits

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BLBH 122 DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT (POLITICAL SCIENCE) PAPER III
(International Relations-I)
The course shall comprise of the following

Unit-I: International Relations

1- International Relations: Meaning, Nature and Scope
2-Approaches to the Study of International Relations:
a) Idealist
b) Liberalist and Neo-Liberalist
c) Realist and Neo-Realist
d) Marxist
Unit-II: Power
1-The Concept of Power in International Relations: Definition, Nature and
Types 2- Power Based Classification of States and Power Vacuum
3-The Struggle for Power: Policy of Status Quo, Policy of Imperialism, Policy of
Prestige 4-National Power: Concept, Elements and Limitations
Unit-III: National Interest and Ideology
1- National Interest: Concept and Types
2- Instruments for Promotion of National Interest
3- Role of National Interest in International Relations
4-Ideology: Meaning and its importance as an instrument of National Power
5- Role of Ideology in n International Relations
Unit-IV- Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
1-Foreign Policy: Meaning, Determinants and Instruments
2- Process of Making of Foreign Policy
3- Diplomacy: Meaning, Nature and Objectives 4- Types of
Diplomacy and its importance
5- India’s Foreign Policy: Determinants and Basic Principles

BLBH 123 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (SOCIOLOGY) PAPER II

The course shall comprise of the following

Unit 1:
Features of Indian Society: Caste and Varna: Meaning and Difference; Hindu Philosophy: Basic
Tenets of Hinduism, The Ashramas and The Purusharthas; Diversity: Linguistic, Racial, Ethnic and
Religious.
Unit 2:
Family and Kinship: Kinship: Descent: Rules of descent, Concepts: Phratry, Moiety, Clan, Lineage;
Family: Nuclear and joint, merits and demerits, causes for the changes in Joint Family.
Unit 3:
Man and Society: Man and Society: Relationship; Socialization: Meaning and Stages; Agencies of
Socialization: Family, School, Peer Group, Educational Institutions.
Unit 4:
Social Problems and Legislative measures: Communalism; Alcoholism and Drug Addiction;
Terrorism; Dowry; Honour Killing; Human Trafficking, Population Ageing; Problems and Status of
SCs, STs, BCs, and Minorities and the Legal Regime. Problems and Status of Women, Children and
the Legal Control.
Unit 5:
Social Deviance: Meaning and Factors facilitating deviance ; Forms of crime : Juvenile Delinquency,
White Collar Crime, Corruption, Organized crime ; Theories of Deviant behavior with special
reference to Sutherland’s theory of differential association.

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BLBH 124 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (ECONOMICS) PAPER II

The course shall comprise of the following:

Overview of Macroeconomics:
Interdependence of macro and micro economics, Classical and Keynesian theory of employment,
Consumption function, Investment multiplier, Marginal Efficiency of Capital (MEC).
Money and banking:
Money: Functions, classifications; value of money, Quantity theory of money :Cash Transaction and
Cash Balance Approaches, Inflation and deflation; Commercial Banking: functions and credit
creation; Central Banking: functions and credit control; Money market and capital market.
Public finance:
Public Finance: Nature and scope of public finance, Public vs. Private finance, Principle of Maximum
Social Advantages; Tax: Meaning, classification: Direct and Indirect taxes; Canons of Taxation;
Principle of Taxation: Least Aggregate Sacrifice; An introduction to GST; Budget: Revenue and
Capital Budget; Preparation of Budget; Concepts of Budget deficits, A brief idea of latest Budget.
Business cycles & National Income:
Features and stages of Business cycles; Meaning and concepts of GNP, GDP, NNP and NDP;
Nominal and Real GNP; Methods of measuring National Income, Difficulties in measuring National
Income.

BLBH 125 : LEGAL METHOD

The course shall comprise of the following:
1. Characteristics of Indian Legal System – Constitutionalism and Rule of Law
2. Court System in India:
(i) Supreme Court – Composition and Jurisdiction
(ii) High Court- Composition and Jurisdiction
(iii) District Court – Civil and Criminal
(iv) Revenue Court
(v) Nyaya Panchayat and Gram Nyayalaya
(vi) Tribunals with special reference to Administrative Tribunal
3. Sources of Law:
(i) Custom
(ii) Legislation
(iii) Precedent
4. Codification of Law in India
5. Mechanism for Law reform in India
6. Law Reporting in India – Important Official and non-official reports, Mode of Citation
7. System of Citing Documents:
(i) Various System of Citation – Numeric System, Harvard System, Harvard
Law Review Association System and Indian Practice.
(ii) First Footnote References – Books, Journal, electronic Sources etc.
(iii) Subsequent Footnote References and other terms used in the footnotes including
the terms like: Ibidem/Idem, Supra, Infra Et.Seq.Op.cit/cit,ef., See, See also, See
generally, Contra, In re etc.
(iv) Preparation of Bibliography
(v) Common Abbreviations used in footnotes and general legal writing.
8. Growth of Legal profession in India

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BLBH 126 LAW OF TORTS --II (MV ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER
PROTECTION LAWS)
The Course shall comprise of the following:

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

I. Objects of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986

II. Working of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986

• Definitions:

Consumer

Complaint

Defect

Deficiency

Unfair Trade Practices

III. Consumer Redressal Forum

• District Forum

• State Commission

• National Commission

IV. What Difference Does the Consumer Protection Act 1987 really make?

V. Consumer Protection Act, 2015: An overview.

Motor Vehicle Act 1988

• Salient features of MVA.

• Insurance; Insurer’s liability for third party risk,
• Comprehensive Insurance
• Driving License.

Motor Vehicle Act, 2016: An overview.

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) III SEMESTER
BLBH 211 DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT (POLITICAL SCIENCE) PAPER IV
(Political Ideas and Political Ideology)
The Course shall comprise of the following:
Unit-I: Concept of Democracy
1- Meaning, Definition, Evolution and Characteristics of Democracy
2- Models of Democracy: Direct, Representative, Participatory and Deliberative
3- Theories of Democracy: Classical Liberal and Elite Theory of Democracy
4- Public Opinion
Unit-II: Rights and Duties
1- Rights: Meaning, Characteristics and
Types 2- Duties: Concept and Types
3- Relationship between Rights and Duties
Unit-III- Liberty, Equality and Justice
1- Liberty: Meaning and Conception of Negative and Positive liberty
2- Equality: Meaning and Types
3- Justice: Meaning, Dimensions and Theories (John Rawls and Amartya Sen)
Unit-IV: Liberalism and Totalitarianism
1- Liberalism
a) Meaning and Features
b) Merits and demerits
2-Totalitarianism
a) Meaning and Features
b) Merits and demerits
c) Fascism & Nazism
Unit-V: Socialism and Marxism
1- Socialism
a) Meaning, Evolution and Features
b) Schools of Socialism: Fabianism, Syndicalism, Guild
2-Marxism:
a) Concept of Marxism
b) Historical and Dialectical Materialism
c) Concept of Class and Class Struggle
d) Merit and Demerits of Marxism

BLBH 212 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (SOCIOLOGY) PAPER III

The Course shall comprise of the following:

Basic Concept: Social groups: Meaning, Characteristics, Functions and Classification; Reference
Group; Status and Roles: Meaning, Characteristics.
Society and Law: Meaning and types of Legitimacy; Law as a subsystem of society; Role of courts
and lawyers as social engineers.
Social organization and disorganization: Organisation and Disorganisation as a process,
characteristics of disorganization, distinction between social organization and disorganization.
Causes of social disorganization.
Social Stratification and Social Mobility: Social stratification: Characteristics and functions; forms
of social stratification: estate system, caste system, class system. Social mobility: Definition and
types; horizontal mobility; vertical mobility; intra and intergenerational mobility; consequences of
social mobility.
Social Change in India: Jajmani System: Merits, Demerits and Changes; Internal social processes of
change: Sanskritization, Universalization and Parochilization; External sources: Modernization and
Westernization
Marriage: Hindu marriage: A Religious Sacrament, Recent Trends and factors affecting Hindu
Marriage; Muslim Marriage: Preconditions, Conditions of Invalid Marriage, Divorce.

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BLBH 213 DEGREE PAPERS MINOR SUBJECT (ECONOMICS) PAPER III

The Course shall comprise of the following:

Economic development:

Concepts of economic development and growth, Determinants of economic growth, Obstacles to

economic growth, Vicious circle of poverty, Features of Indian economy as Developing Economy,
Strategies of economic development: Balanced and Unbalanced Growth; Meaning and concepts of
Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development.
Indian Agriculture:

Features of Indian Agriculture; Importance of Agriculture in Indian Economy; Problems of Indian

Agriculture, Agricultural Finance.
Industrial Development:

Industrial Development in India, Small Scale Industries, Public vs. Private sector Enterprises,
Industrial Sickness in India.
Foreign Trade & Foreign Capital:

India’s Foreign trade: Volume, Composition and Direction; India’s Balance of Payments; Special
Economic Zone; Foreign Direct Investment & Foreign Institutional Investment.

Economic Reforms:

An overview of Liberalisation, Globalisation & Privatisation.

Issues in Indian Economy:

Poverty; Unemployment; Problem of Rising Prices; Inequalities of income and wealth.

BLBH 214 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-I

The course shall comprise of the following

1 Characteristics of the Indian Constitutions. Special Emphasis shall be placed on (A) Federal
Structure and (B) Form of the Government.

2 Union Parliament : Organization, Procedure regarding Enactment of Legislation,

Parliamentary Privileges.

3 Union Executive : The President, his Powers and Position including Ordinance Making
Power.

4 Prime Minister and the Cabinet. Is the Prime Minister Real Head?

5 Distribution of Legislative Powers between Union and the States. Territorial and
Topical Distribution of Powers. Power of Parliament to Legislate on State Matters.
Doctrine of Territorial Nexus. Doctrine of Pith and Substance, Doctrine of Colourable
Legislation.
6 Emergency Provisions with Special References to Proclamation of Emergency
and President's Rule.

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BLBH 215 LAW OF CRIMES- I (GENERAL PRINCIPLES)
The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Definition and Nature of Crime

2. General Conditions creating Criminal Liability: actus reus, mens rea- Intention,
Recklessness and Negligence, motive, Strict Liability
3. General Exceptions:
(a) Mistake
(b) Accident
(c) Necessity
(d) Infancy
(e) Unsoundness of Mind
(f) Intoxication
(g) Consent
(h) Act done in good faith for the benefit of person without consent
(i) Communication made in good faith
(j) Compulsion by threat
(k) Trifling act
(l) Right of Private Defence
4. Joint and Constructive Liability
5. Preliminary offences: Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy, Attempt

BLBH 216 LAW OF CONTRACT

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Formation of Contract- Essential conditions:

(a) Proposal and acceptance: Meaning and law relating to communication of
proposal, acceptance and its revocation.
(b) Consideration: Meaning, essential conditions and doctrine of privity of
contract.
(c) Lawful object and lawful consideration.
(d) Consent and free consent: Meaning and essential conditions including
standard Form Contracts.
(e) Capacity to contract including nature and effects of minor’s agreement
(f) Void agreement: Meaning and agreements declared to be void by the Indian
contract Act, 1872 with special emphasis on agreements in restraint of trade
and wagering agreements.
2. Discharge of Contract with special reference to:
(a) Discharge by breach including anticipatory breach of contract.
(b) Discharge by impossibility of performance and its relation with English
Law Doctrine of Frustration.
4. Law Relating to certain Relations resembling those created by contract with special
emphasis on doctrine of unjust enrichment.

5. Remedies available under Indian Contract Act, 1872:

(a) Compensation: Meaning and nature
(b) Law relating to award of compensation in case of breach of contract.
(c) Liquidated damages and penalty.

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) IV SEMESTER
BLBH 221 DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT
(POLITICAL SCIENCE) PAPER V (International Relations-II )
Unit-I: Balance of Power
1- Balance of Power: Meaning and
Definition 2- Types of Balance
3- Characteristics of Balance of Power
4- Devices for Maintaining Balance of Power: Compensation, Intervention, Buffer State,
Armament and Disarmament, Alliances and Counter Alliances, Divide and Rule,
5- Concept of Balancer and Balance of Terror
6- Relevance of the concept of Balance of Power

Unit-II: Cold War

1- Cold War: Meaning, Nature and Causes
2- Phases of Cold War
3- Case Studies of Cold War: Korean Crisis, Vietnam Crisis, Cuban Crisis, Afghanistan Crisis,
Gulf War-I
4- Impact of Cold War on International Politics
5- Détente and its impact on International Politics
6- New Cold War
7- Developments during Cold War: NATO, CENTO, SEATO and WARSAW Pact
8- Non-Alignment Movement (NAM): Evolution and its significance during Cold War; Relevance
of NAM in Post Cold War World

Unit-III: United Nations

1- United Nations – Six Principal Organs – General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and
Social Council, Secretariat, Trusteeship Council and International Court of Justice
2- Peaceful settlement of Disputes- Negotiations, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and judicial
settlement.
3- Collective Security Mechanism

Unit-IV: Contemporary Global concerns

1- Non-State Actors NGOs
Inter- Governmental Organisations (IGOs)- IMF, World Bank, WTO, OPEC
Regional Organisations- EU, ASEAN, SAARC
2- International Terrorism
Terrorism: Meaning and Types (Unorganised, Organised, State Sponsored and Islamic)
Terrorism and International Scenario: Issues of Resources, Territorial Claims, Culture and Religion,
Changing face of Terrorism

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BLBH 222 DEGREE PAPERS MAJOR SUBJECT (POLITICAL SCIENCE)
PAPER VI (Public Administration)
The course shall comprise of the following:

Unit-I: Principles of Public Administration

1- Meaning, Nature and Scope of Public Administration
2- Public and Private Administration
3- Development of Public Administration as a Discipline, New Public Administration (NPA) and
New Public Management (NPM)
4-Relation of Public Administration with Law
5- Role of Public Administration in Modern State
Unit-II: Organization
1- Organization: Concept and Types (Formal and
Informal) 2- Primacy of Functional Basis in an
Organization
3- Principles of Organization: Hierarchy, Span of Control, Unity of Command, Delegation of
Authority, Coordination, Centralization and Decentralization.
Unit-III: Personnel Administration
1- Recruitment
2- Promotion
3- Training
4- Position Classification
5- Public Relation
Unit-IV: Financial Administration
1- Budget: Meaning, Functions, Principles and
Types 2- Process of Budget in India
3- Audit: Concepts, Significance
4- Audit System in India: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and Public Account Committee
(PAC)
Unit-V: Control over Administration
1- Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control over
Administration 2- Ombudsman: Lokpal and Lokayukt
3- Good Governance and E-Governance

BLBH 223 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW -II

The course shall comprise of the following :

1. Fundamental Rights - General : Scheme of Fundamental Rights, Who can Claim Fundamental
Rights : Against whom Fundamental Rights are Available ? Suspension of Fundamental
Rights.
Definition of State, Principle of Judicial Review.
2. Fundamental Rights - Specific : Special Emphasis shall be Placed on the
Following Rights :
(a) Right to Equality (Articles 14 to 18)
(b) Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression (Article 19(1) (a); Freedom of Press
(c) Right to Life and Personal Liberty (Article 21)
(d) Right to Freedom of Religion (Articles 25 to 28)
(e) Right to Constitutional Remedies (Article 32)
3. Directive Principles of State Policy. Their Importance and Relationship
with Fundamental Rights.
4. Fundamental Duties; Importance and its Effectuation.
5. Union Judiciary : Supreme Court of India. Composition and Jurisdiction
6. Amendment of the Constitution. Power and Procedure; Basic Structure of the
Constitution.

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BLBH 224 LAW OF CRIMES -II (SPECIFIC CRIMES)
The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Offences against Human Body:

(a) Culpable Homicide
(b) Murder
(c) Dowry Death
(d) Hurt and Grievous Hurt
(e) Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement
(f) Assault and Outraging the Modesty of Woman
(g) Kidnapping and Abduction
2. Offences against Property:
(a) Theft
(b) Extortion
(c) Robbery and Dacoity
(d) Criminal Misappropriation and Criminal Breach of Trust
(e) Cheating
(f) Mischief
(g) Criminal Trespass
3. Offence against Document: Forgery
4. Criminal Defamation
5. Offences against Marriage:
(a) Bigamy
(b) Adultery
(c) Cruelty by Husband or relatives of Husband
6. Offences against State: Sedition
7. Offences against Public Tranquillity:
(a) Rioting
(b) Affray

BLBH 225 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS & PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILTY

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Historical Perspective and Regulation of Legal Profession

2. Nature and Characteristics of Legal Profession
3. Code of Ethics for Lawyers and Professional Misconduct
4. Changing Profession and Changing Ethics
(a) Right to Advertisement
(b) Entry of Foreign Law Firms in India
(c) Multi-disciplinary Practice of Law
(d) Limited Liability Partnership
5. Extent of Professionalization of Legal Profession
6. Contempt of Court by the Lawyers:
(a) Civil Contempt
(b) Criminal Contempt
(i) Punishment
(ii) Defenses
7. Accountability of Lawyers towards Court and Bar Bench Relations
8. Accountability of Lawyers towards Society

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BLBH 226 SPECIFIC CONTRACT

The course shall comprise of the following:

I Contract of Indemnity, Guarantee, Bailment and Pledge

1. Contract of Indemnity: Nature and definition of contract of indemnity and extent of

indemnifier’s liability
2. Contract of Guarantee: Meaning of contract of guarantee, nature and extent of
surety’s liability and discharge of surety under the contract of guarantee.
3. Contract of Bailment: Meaning, essential conditions and rights and duties of bailor
and bailee
4. Contract of Bailment of Pledge: Meaning, essential conditions and pledge by
persons other than the owner.
Contract of Agency
1. Meaning and nature of contract of agency
2. Modes of creation of agency relationship
3. Rights and duties of Principal and Agent
4. Rights and liabilities of undisclosed principal towards third parties
5. Personal liability of agent
6. Modes of termination of agency relationship

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) V - SEMESTER

BLBH 311: INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Meaning and purpose

2. Aids to Interpretation – Title, Preamble, Marginal Notes, Parliamentary History and
Dictionary
3. Rules of Interpretation – Literal, Golden and Mischief Rule
4. Presumptions – Operation of Statutes, Jurisdiction of Court, International Law
5. Maxims- Ejusdem generic, ut res magis valeat quam pareat
6. Interpretation of Penal Statutes
7. Interpretation of Taxing Statutes

BLBH 312 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. The Information Technology Act, 2000.
(a) History, Object, Scope and Commencement of the Act.
(b) Overview of a Computer, Computer Network and the Internet.
2. (a) E-Governance, Attribution, Acknowledgement and Dispatch of Electronic Records.
(b) Digital Signature and Secure Digital Signature.
(c) Authorities - Controller, Certifying Authorities, Adjudicating Officer and Cyber Appellate
Tribunal.
3. Contravention and Offences, Power of Police Officers and Jurisdiction.
4. Cyber Space - Intellectual Property Rights.
5. Amendments to the various enactments.
(a). The Indian Penal Code, 1860.
(b). The Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
(c). The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
6. Liability of Network Service Providers
(a). U.S.A.
(b). U.K.
(c). India

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BLBH 313 CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE AND LIMITATION ACT
The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Judgment, Decree, orders, Means profit and Foreign Judgment

2. Suit of Civil Nature, Res-Subjudice ad Res judicata

3. Cause of action, place of suing, Framing of Issues

4. Particular types of suit: Suit by indigent persons and suit by or against minor

5. Attachment: Property liable to attachment and Sale in execution of decree

6. Mode of execution: Decree for payment of money, decree for Specific movable

Property, decree for specific performance for restitution of conjugal rights or for an

Injunction. Decree for execution of document or endorsement of negotiable instrument.

Decree for immovable property.

7. Appeal: First appeal and Second appeal. Reference, review and Revision

8. Limitation: Suits, appeal and applications, Effect of sufficient cause for not preferring

an appeal or making an application within a period of limitation, legal disabilities and

acknowledgement in writing.

BLBH 314: FAMILY LAW-I (HINDU LAW)

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Sources of Hindu Law

(a) Ancient
(b) Modern
2. Schools of Hindu Law
3. Law relating to Marriage, Essential conditions, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
4. Matrimonial Remedies
(a) Nullity
(b) Restitution of conjugal rights
(c) Judicial Separation
(d) Dissolution of Marriage by Divorce
5. Law of Succession : Hindu Succession Act, 1956
(a) Succession to the interest in coparcenary property
(b) Succession to the property of Hindu female
(c) Succession to the property of a Hindu male
(d) Disqualifications of heirs
6. The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
(a) Requisites of a valid adoption
(b) Effect of adoptions
7. Maintenance under The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
(a) Maintenance of wife, daughter-in-law, children and aged parents

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BLBH 315: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
The course shall comprise of the following:
1. Theoretical Foundation of International Law
(a) Definition, Nature and Scope
(b) Schools of International Law
2. Sources of International Law
(a) Traditional Sources
(b) Modern Sources
3. Relation between International and Municipal Law
(a) Theories of Relationship
(b) Indian, British and American practices
4. Recognition in International Law
(a) Concept, Kind and Theories
(b) Legal Consequences
5. Acquisition of State Territory
6. Jurisdiction
7. Asylum and Extradition
8. Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

BLBH 316 LAW OF PROPERTY –I

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Concept of Property

2. Important definitions under the Transfer of Property Act, 1982.

(a) Immovable Property (b) Attestation (c) Notice

3. Meaning of Transfer of Property ( Section 5 )

4. Properties which cannot be transferred (Section 6 )

5. Persons competent to transfer, Incidents of Transfer, Oral Transfer

( Sections 7, 8 & 9 only)

8. Condition restraining alienation (S. 10), Restriction repugnant to interest created (S.11) and
Condition making interest determinable on insolvency or attempted alienation (S. 12)
9. Transfer for benefit of Unborn Person and Rule against Perpetuity (Sections 13 and 14)
10. Vested and Contingent Interests (Sections 19 and 21 )
11. Conditional Transfer, Fulfilment of condition precedent and condition subsequent (Ss. 25, 26 and
29)
12. Doctrine of Election (S. 35)
13. Transfer by unauthorized persons ( Section 41 and 43 )
14. Doctrine of Lis-Pendens (Section 52)
15. Fraudulent Transfer ( Section 53 )
16. Part Performance (S. 53-A)

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) VI - SEMESTER
BLBH 321 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Definition, growth and development of Administrative Law

2. Rule of Law
3. Separation of Powers
4. Delegated Legislation – Necessity and Constitutionality, Judicial, Parliamentary and
Procedural Control
5. Principles of Natural Justice
6. Writs – Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo-warranto-grounds and scope
7. Right to Information Act, 2005
8. Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985

BLBH 322 LAW OF PROPERTY –II

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Sale of Immovable Property: Definition and Mode of Sale; Distinction of sale from
Exchange; Rights and Liabilities of buyer and seller (Sections 54, 55 and 118)
2. Mortgages: Definitions: Mortgage, Distinction of Mortgage from charge, Mortgagor,
Mortgagee, Mortgage Money, Mortgage Deed, Kinds of Mortgages and creation of
Mortgage (Sections 58, 59 and 100)
3. Right to Redeem, Partial Redemption, Clog on Redemption (Section 60), Right to
foreclosure or sale (Section 67)
4. Marshalling and Contribution (Section 81 and 82 )
5. Subrogation (Sections 91 and 92)
6. Leases of Immovable Property:
a) Definition of Lease (Section 105) and Distinction from License
b) Leases How Made (Section 107)
c) Determination of Lease (Section 111)
d) Effect of Holding Over (Section 116)
7. Gift:
a) Definition of Gift (Section 122)
b) Transfer how affected ( Section 123)
c) Onerous Gift (Section 127)
d) Universal Donee ( Section 128)

BLBH 323: CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Introduction
2. Arrest and Rights of Arrested Person
3. Information of Offence to Police and Investigation Procedure
4. Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Inquiries and Trial
5. Power to Cognizance and its Limitations
6. Charges: Forms and Joinder of Charges
7. Trials: Session Trial, Warrant Trial, Summon and Summary Trial
8. Bail and Bonds
9. Appeal and Revision
10. Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents

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BLBH 324: FAMILY LAW-II (MUSLIM LAW)

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Introduction
(a) Who is a Muslim
(b) Conversion
(c) Apostasy
2. Sources of Muslim Law
3. Schools of Muslim Law
4. Marriage
(a) Definition
(b) Nature of marriage
(c) Capacity of marriage
(d) Essential of marriage
(e) Khyal-ul-bulag (Option of Puberty)
(f) Iddat
(g) Classifications/kinds of marriage and legal effects of marriage
5. Dower (mahr)
(a) Meaning
(b) Nature
(c) Kinds
(d) Objects and Subject matter
(e) Wife’s rights on non-payment of dower
6. Dissolution of marriage under Muslim Law
(a) Talaq(Divorce)
(b) Talaq-tafweez
(c) Mubarat
(d) Khula
(e) Lien
(f) Legal effects of divorce
7. Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act,1939
8. Maintenance of wives with special reference to Section 125 of Cr. P.C.
(a) Maintenance of wives with special reference to Section 125 of Cr.P.C.
(b) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
9. Parentage and Legitimacy
(a) Acknowledgement of legitimacy
(b) Brief study of Section 112 of the Evidence Act.

10 Will (Vasiyat)
(a) Competence of testator and legatee
(b) Valid subjects of will
(c) Testamentary limitations
(d) Formalities of a will and abatement of legacy
11. Gift
(a) Meaning and requisite of gift(hiba)
(b) Gift of Musha
(c) Conditional and future gifts
(d) Hiba-bil-ewaj
(e) Hiba-ba-shart-ul-ewaj

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BLBH 325 : LAW OF EVIDENCE
The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Fact I-Issue; Relevant Facts; Document

2. Evidence: Proved; Disproved; Not proved;
3. May Presume, Shall Presume, and Conclusive Proof
4. Circumstantial Evidence
5. Relevancy and Admissibility; Res Gestac (Sections 6 to 14)
6. Admission: Confession ( Sections 17 to 31 )
7. Dying Declaration ( Section 32 (1) )
8. Opinion of Experts; Opinion of Third Persons ( Section 45 to 47)
9. Conduct and Character of Parties ( Section 52 to 55 )
10. Judicial Notice ( Sections 56 to 57 )
11. Estoppel ( Sections 115 to 117 )
12. Means of Proof: Oral Evidence; Documents – Public Document, Private Document, Primary
and Secondary Evidence; (Sections 59 to 65 and 74 to 78); Exclusion of Oral by
Documentary Evidence (Sections 91 to 92)
13. Burden of Proof ( Sections 101 to 106 )
Witness: Competency and compellability of Witnesses; Examination of Witnesses;
Privileges: State Privilege and Private Privilege (Sections 118 to 155)
14. Competency of Witnesses (118-121)
15. Privileged Communication
a. Marriage Communication (122)
b. Professional Communication (126-129)
16. Examination of Witnesses (135-140)
17. Leading Question (141-143)
18. Hostile Witness (154-155)
19. Scope of Examination in chief and cross examination (145-153)

BLBH 326: DRAFTING, PLEADING AND CONVEYANCING

The course shall comprise of the following :
This course will be taught through class instructions and simulation exercises, preferably with the
assistance of practising lawyers / retired judges. Apart from teaching the relevant provisions of law,
the course will include 15 written exercises in Drafting and pleading as detailed below :
I. Drafting :
General Principles of Drafting and Relevant Substantive Rules shall be taught.
II. Pleadings :
1 Civil
(a) Plaint
(b) Written Statement
(c) Inter-Locutory Application
(d) Original Petition
(e) Execution Petition
(f) Memorandum of Appeal
(g) Memorandum of Revision
(h) Petition under Articles 226 and 32 of the Constitution of India
2. Criminal
(a) Complaints
(b) Criminal Miscellaneous Petition
(c) Bail Application
(d) Memorandum of Appeal and Revision

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) VII SEMESTER

BLBH 411: JURISPRUDENCE

The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Definition, Nature, Scope and Utility of Jurisprudence

2. Natural Law Theory and its Revival in 20th Century
3. Analytical Positivism:
(a) Features of Positivism
(b) Imperative Theory of Law: John Austin
(c) Pure Theory of Law: Hans Kelsen
(d) Law as System of Rules: HLA Hart
4. Historical School:
(a) Features of Historical School
(b) Volkgeist Theory of Law: Savigny
(c) Anthropological Theory of Law: Sir Henry Maine
5. Sociological School:
(a) Features of Sociological School
(b) Contribution of Ihering and Ehrlich
(c) Social Engineering Theory: Roscoe Pound
6. American Realism:
(a) Features of Realism
(b) Contribution of Karl Llewellyn
(c) Contribution of Jerome Frank
7. Marxist Approach to Law
8. Legal Feminism – A very Brief Survey
9. Concept and Theories of Justice
10. Legal Concepts: Legal Person, Legal Rights, Possession and Ownership

BLBH 412: PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Definition, nature and Scope of Private International Law

2. Domicile, Nationality and renvoi
3. Classification
4. General Principles relating to jurisdiction
5. Persons: Status and capacity, corporation
6. Family: Validility, Effect of marriage, divorce; legitimacy; adoption, guardianship and lunacy
7. Contracts: Form, interpretation, illegality and discharge
8. Torts
9. International Sale of Goods

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BLBH 413 HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND PRACTICE
The Course shall comprise of the following:

I. Concept & Nature of Human Right

II. Human Rights in Historical Perspective
III. Standard Setting in Human Rights
a. Human Rights and the UN Charter
b. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
c. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
d. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
IV. Regional Standard setting in Human Rights
a. European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
b. European Social Charter
c. American Convention on Human Rights
d. Protocol of San Salvador
e. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
f. ASEAN Human Rights Declaration 2012
V. Implementation of Human Rights
a. Treaty-monitoring Bodies under the ICESCR and ICCPR
b. Reporting System under the ICCPR and the ICESCR
c. Individual Petition System under the First optional protocol to the ICCPR and the
optional Protocol to the ICESCR
d. European Court of Human Rights :
Composition and Jurisdiction

VI. Protection of Human Rights Act

VII. National Human Rights Commission :
Powers and Functions.
VIII. Awareness and Education of Human Rights

BLBH 414: COMPANY LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Company: Meaning, Kinds, Characteristics and companies distinguished from other forms of business
organizations.
2. Corporate personality and lifting the veil of corporate personality.
3. Promoter: Meaning, legal position and liability of promoter and company for pre-
incorporation contracts.
4. Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association:
(a) Meaning nature, contents and relationship between Memorandum of Association
and Articles of Association.
(b) Objects clause and doctrine of ultra-vires
5. Director: Legal status, appointment and removal,
6. Concept of CSR and duty towards society
7. Prospectus: Meaning, Kinds and liability for untrue statement in the prospectus.
8. Share and share capital: Meaning, Kinds of share and distinction between equity
share and preference share.
9. Indian Companies Act, 2013: An overview

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BLBH 415 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Constitutional Aspects
(a) Distribution of Legislative Power
(b) Directive Principles of State Policy
(c) Fundamental Duties
(d) Fundamental Rights
2. The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
(a) Salient Features of the Act
(b) Pollution Control Boards and their functions
(c) Mechanism to Control the Pollution with reference to sampling, consent mechanism and
power to give directions
(d) Procedure and Penalties
3. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
(a) Salient Features of the Act
(b) Pollution Control Boards and their functions
(c) Mechanism to Control the Pollution with reference to sampling, consent mechanism and
power to give directions.
(d) Procedure and Penalties
4. The Environment Protection Act, 1986
(a) Salient Features of the Act
(b) Definitions
(c) Central Government’s powers to take environmental measures.
(d) Mechanism to Control the Pollution
(e) Procedure and Penalties
5. Control of Noise Pollution
(a) The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control Rules), 2000
(b) Judicial Control
6. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Authorities with special to:
(a) National Board and State Board Chief Wild Life Warden
(b) Powers and Functions of National Board, State Board.
(c) Sanctuary National Park, Hunting
(d) Cognizance of Offence
(e) Prohibition of Trade in Wild Life with Special reference to ‘Ivory trade’

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BLBH 416: LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS-I
The course shall comprise of the following :

I. Evolution of Industrial Legislation in India.

II. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

1 Scope and Object, Main Features, Important Definition

2 Industry
3 Industrial Dispute and Individual Dispute
4 Workman and Employer
5 Reference of Disputes
6 Voluntary Arbitration (Section
10A) 7 Award
8 Authorities under the Act
9 Procedures, Powers and Duties of Authorities
10 Strike
11 Lock-Out
12 Retrenchment
13 Transfer and Closure
14 Regulation of Management's Prerogative During Pendency of Proceedings.
III Trade Unions Act, 1926
1 Growth of Unions
2 Important Definitions
3 Registrations of Trade Unions
4 Rights and Liabilities of Registered Trade
Unions 5 Collective Bargaining

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BLBH 421: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The course shall comprise of the following:
Arbitration Agreement, International Commercial Arbitration, Composition and Jurisdiction of Arbitral
Tribunals.
Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings and its Termination and Making of Arbitral Award
Finality and Enforcement of Arbitral Award, Recourse Against Arbitral Award Enforcement of Foreign
awards (New York Convention Awards and Geneva Convention Awards)
Conciliation- Commencement of Proceedings, Appointment and Role of Conciliators, Submission of
Statement to Conciliators, Settlement Agreement, Termination, Cost and Deposits of Proceedings,
Protection for Conciliation Proceedings.
Negotiation Skills
Substantial part of evaluation shall be done by simulation and case exercises

BLBH 422 - LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW II

The course shall comprise the following:
I. Employees States Insurance Act, 1948:
1. Historical Development
2. Objects and Application of the Act, Important Definitions
3. Employment Injury
4. Liability of the Employers for Accidents during and In the Course of Employment.
5. Various Benefits Available Under the Act
6. Constitution, Jurisdiction and Powers of Employees State Insurance Court.
II. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948:
1. Object, Constitutional Validity and Salient Features of the Act
2. Important Definitions
3. Fixation of Minimum Rates of Wages
III. The payment of Wages Act, 1936:
1. Scope and Applicability of the Act.
2. Important Definitions
3. Payment of Wages and Deductions from Wages
4. Authorities under the Act
IV. The Factories Act, 1948 :
1. Important Definitions
2. Inspecting Staff
3. Health, Safety and Welfare Measures
4. Working Hours of Adults
5. Employment of Young Persons
6. Annual Leave with Wages
V. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 :
1. Scope and Applicability of the Act
2. Important Definitions
3. Minimum Bonus and Maximum Bonus
4. Calculation of Bonus
5. Eligibility and Disqualification for Bonus

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BLBH 423 : MOOT COURT
The course shall comprise of the following:

I. Moot Court: Every student will do at least three moot courts in a year. The moot court work will
be on assigned problems.

II. Observance of Trial in Two Cases, One Civil and One Criminal. Students will attend Two Trials.
They will maintain a record and enter the various steps observed during their attendance on different
days in the court assignment.

III. Interviewing Techniques and Pre-Trial Preparations:

IV. Each student will observe two interviewing sessions of clients at the lawyers office / legal aid
office and record the proceedings in a diary. Each student will further observe the preparation of
documents and court papers by the Advocate and the procedure for the filing of the suit / petition.

BLBH 424 – RIGHT TO INFROMATION

1 Conceptual Background : Right to know]open government and transparency in governance.

2 Privilege to withhold disclosure of documents/ informations :
Comparative analysis of Laws in other Common Laws-countries with special reference to (a)
England (B) U.S.A.
3 Privilege to withhold documents and the law in India- with special reference to :
(a) Indian Evidence Act, 1872
(b) Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
(c) The Official Secret Act, 1923
(d) The Atomic Energy Act, 1962
4 Right to Information and Legislative Measures in India.
Efforts / attempts made to legislate Right to Information
Right to Information Act, 2005
5 Right to Information and Judiciary
Electoral reforms, transparency in governance, privilege and immunities of
Journalist involve in legal reporting.
Extent of liability for Contempt pf Court, scope of defences under the Contempt of Court Act,
1971 and the Right to Information Act 2005

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BLBHE 421: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LAW AND IPR LITIGATION

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. The Concept of Property vis-à-vis Intellectual Property

(a) Concept of Property and theories of Property-An Overview.

(b) Theories of Intellectual Property Rights

(c) Social and Economic Development and Role of Intellectual Property System.

(d) Need for Protecting Intellectual Property-Policy Consideration-National Perspectives

and International Demands

2. Kinds of Intellectual Property-organised Development-An Overview.

3. Intellectual Property Rights as Human Rights

4. Role of International Institutions - WIPO

(a) WIPO
(b) Functions of WIPO

(c) Membership of WIPO

(d) Agreement between WIPO and WTO

(e) Dispute Settlement- New Treaties

5. International Legal Instruments Relating to IPR- Paris Convention, Berne Convention,

PCT etc.

6. IPR Litigation vis-à-vis general litigation

7. Nature and Complexities of IPR Litigation

8. I.P.R. Litigation and National Internet.

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BLBHE 422: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION
The course shall comprise of the following:

Concept and Nature of International Organization; Progress of Mankind Towards International

Organization; Individual Visions and Organized Peace Movement

League of Nations: General Provisions, Organs of the League - Assembly, Council, Secretariat;
Causes of the Failure of the League.

Comparative View of the League Covenant and the U.N. Charter. United

Nations : Genesis and Creation

Purposes and Principles

Membership

Legal Capacity

Privileges and Immunities

U.N. Organs : Their Composition; Power and Functions.

Achievements of the United Nations;

Review and Revision of the Charter

Specialized Agencies : Concept, Relationship with U.N., UNESCO, ILO, WTO Regional Organizations

BLBHE 423 : Indian Federalism

The course shall comprise of the following

1. Introduction
Concept of federalism with special reference to the constitution of U.S.A.
objectives and features of federalism.
2. Distribution of Legislative powers between the Union and the State-
Territorial and topical distribution of powers, various principles of interpretation i.e- Doctrine
of territorial nexus, doctrine of pith and substance, doctrine of colorable legislations.
3. Administrative relation between the Union and the States- Obligation of the States and the
Union, Control of Union over state, power of the state to enterest function to the states and
adjudication of disputes.
4. Distribution of financial power between the Union and the States – Distribution of revenue,
Consolidated and public accounts of India and the states, Contingency fund.
5. Centre and the States revisited – Sarkaria Commission, Punchhi Commission.
6. Indian Federalism : Emerging issues – Cooperative Federalism, Challenges before Indian
Federalism-perspective and prospects.

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BLBHE 424 : INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS

The course shall comprise of the following:

Meaning and concept of Human Rights

Evolution and Development of Human Rights Law Impact of

Natural Law and Natural Rights Broadening of Context

Human Rights and the United Nations Charted

Provisions

International Protection of Human Rights Universal

Declaration of Human Rights Historical

Development

Nature and Characteristics Legal

Significance

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Nature and

Characteristics

Implementational Mechanism

International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights Nature and

Characteristics

Implementational Mechanism Regional

Protection of Human Rights European

Convention

American Convention African

Charter

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BLBHE 425 : GENDER JUSTICE AND FEMINIST JURISPRUDENCE

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Concept of equality, Patriarchy and Policy of inclusiveness

2. Feminist jurisprudence: its studies;

a) Liberal

b) Radical

c) Socialist

3. Legal Feminism in India

4. Women’s right and Indian Constitution

5. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979

6. a) International Commission on Status of Women

b) National Commission for Women Act, 1990

7. Offences against Women under Indian Penal Code

a) Rape
b) Dowry Death
c) Cruelty
d) Termination of Pregnancy under the Indian Penal Code.
8. Compensatory jurisprudence with special reference to victims of Crime
9. Female Foeticide with special reference PNDT Act, 1994.

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BLBHE 426: LAND LAWS
The course shall comprise of the following:

(I) M.P Land Revenue Code 1959

(2) M.P.Acomodation Control Act 1961
Unit-1: M.P Land Revenue Code 1959 Definitions :
Abadi, Agriculture, agricultural Year,Board, Bonafide Agriculturist,Cooperative Society:
Government Forest,Govt.Lessee,Holding,Improvement,Land,Landless Person,Land
Records,Legal Practitioner,Mango Grove Orchard,Plot No. Recognised
Agent,Region,Rent, Revnue Officer,Revenue Year: Sub Division of
Survey,Number,Survey Number, Tenent;Tennure Holder,Timber Trees,To Cultivate
Personally,Unoccupied land,Urban Area,Village.

Unit-II : Board of Revenue-

Revenue Officers and Their Classes & Powers. Procedure of Revenue Officer, Revenue Course.
Apeal,Revision & Review.
Land& land Revenue.
Revenue Survey & Settlement in Non Urban Areas. Assessment&re-essessment of Land in Urban
Areas.

Unit-III Land Records.

Boundaries&Boudary-Marks,Survey Marks. relation of land Revenue.
Tenure Holders.
Govt.Lessee & Service land.
Occupancy
Tenant,
Alluvion & Service land,Consolidation of Holding
Village Officers.Rights in Abadi&Unoccupied Land& its Produce.

Unit-IV The M.P.Celling on agricultural Holding Act. 1960

definition-section 2
Exemptions&Restriction on transfer of Land(Sec. 3 to 5)
Fixing of Celling Area;Determination of surplus Land and acquisition there of
(Section. 6-16) Payment of Compensation (Sec. 6-21)In-Cumbrances on surplus
land (Sec. 22-34)
Disposal of surplus land (Sec. 35-37) Ofences and & Penalities (Sec. 37-AC-37.8)
Miscellaneus (Sec.38-50)

Unit-V The Madhaya Predesh accommodation Contro Act. 1961

Lagislative History Preliminary ,definitions,Provision regarding Rent,Control of
eviction of tenants,eviction of Tenants on Grouns of Bonafied requirement
,Deposite of Rent,appointment of Rent Controlling Authorities, their Powers,
function and Apeals.
Provisions regarding Special Obligations of Landlords and Penalties Miscellaneaus

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Electives : Group – A

BLBHE 511 : BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAW

The course shall comprise of the following

1. emphasis will, inter-alia , be led on the coverage of insolvency statutes in India.

2. Nature of the Acts of insolvency on the commission of which a person may be adjudged
insolvent.
3. Adjudication Proceeding and interim Proceedings.
4. Order of adjudication and its annulment.
5. Effect of the order of adjudication including consequential proceeding.
6. Property available for distribution including the doctrine of reputed ownership and the
consequences of doctrine of relation back.
7. Proof of debts, composition and scheme of arrangement.
8. Distribution of property, Discharge of property, discharge of the debtor.
9. Powers, Duties and liabilities of the official assignee and received.
10. The law relating to appeals, revision and reviews.

BLBHE 512: CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY

The course shall comprise of the following

Introduction of Criminology
The concept of crime (Sin, tort and crime) and characteristic of criminal law.
Mala in se and Mala Prohibita.
The Legal Making of a Criminal?
What is Criminology?
Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Criminology.
Relation with other social sciences.
Whether criminology is a science?
criminology and public policy
Sociology of Criminal Law.
Methods of Criminological Studies.
Pre-Sociological Position of Crime Causation: Pre Classical Criminology (Demonology), Classical School
(Ideas of Bentham and Beccaria), Positivist Criminology Lombroso, Garofalo and Charles Goring,
Psychopathic approach
Sociological School of Criminology: Edwin Sutherland, Robert K. Merton, Emile Durkheim and Cohen.
Radical and Critical Criminology.
Future direction of Criminology with special reference to Peace Making Criminology, Post Modern
Criminology and Feminist Criminology.
Globalization and Crime.

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 BLBHE 512: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The course shall comprise of the following
1. Corporate Governance: need for regulation - concept, benefits
2. Evolution, best practices
3. Corporate governance - features and problems of law reforms
4. Codes and guidelines on corporate governance – Analysis
5. Corporate Social Responsibility CSR -
concept, different approaches, Problem in

delimiting boundaries. Regulation - Voluntary

CSR Provisions of Companies Act, 2013

Current Issues.

Electives : Group – B

BLBHE 514 : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW

The course shall comprise of the following
1: Introduction
a) Historical Evolution of Telecommunications Law.
b) Terrestrial and Satellite broadcasting
c) Internet services
d) Cable television
e) Telecommunication Laws in India: the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 –
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
2: International Bodies
a) International regulations
b) ITU reform
c) ICANN
d) World Trade Organization
3: Reforms in Telecommunication
a) Economic reform in Telecommunication
b) Constitutional aspects of Telecommunication
c) Liberalization and deregulation policies of Govt.
d) Foreign Direct Investment Policy in Telecommunication
e) Technological reforms: Satellite Communication,
Internet 4: Telecommunications: Issues and
Challenges
a) Jurisdictional issues: National & International Aspects
b) Cellular and mobile services
c) Dispute Settlement under TRAI
d) Consumer protection
e) Intellectual Property Rights
f) Competition Law

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 BLBHE 515: FOREIGN TRADE

The course shall comprise of the following

I: Theories Related To International Trade

1. The theories that would mainly be discussed would be:
• Mercantilism,
• Theory of absolute advantage of Adam Smith,
• Theory of comparative advantage of David Ricardo
2. Why do governments intervene in the market?

Ii: Historical Background, Structure And Role Of The World Trade Organization (Wto) In International
Trade Along With Dispute Settlement Mechanism
• Historical background of WTO
• WTO Agreement and other Uruguay Round Agreements
• Organizational Structure of the WTO
• Difference between GATT 1947 and GATT 1994
• Role of the WTO in International Trade
• Dispute Settlement Mechanism within the WTO
• Relationship of WTO with the other two Bretton Woods institutions i.e. IMF and World Bank
Iii: Non-Discrimination
1. National Treatment:
i) Concept of “Like products”
ii) Difference in treatment of “like products” and “directly competitive and substitutable
products”.
• Exceptions to the Rule
2. Most Favored Nation Treatment:
i) Advantages of the MFN Rule
ii) Exceptions to the Rule
iii) Growing phenomenon of RTAs and FTAs whether a threat to multilateralism?
Iv: Elimination Of Quantitative Restrictions And Tariffs As Preferred Mode For Regulating Trade In Goods
• Tariff v. Quantitative Restrictions
• Why tariff is preferred over quantitative restrictions as a tool for regulation of trade in goods?
• General Elimination of quantitative restrictions under Article XI of GATT 1994
• Exceptions to the Rule in Article XI
• Tariff bindings under Article II of GATT 1994
V: Non-Tariff Barriers To Trade
• Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
• Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures
• Rules of Origin
• Pre-shipment Inspection
Vi: Protection Of Domestic Industries
• Antidumping Measures under Article VI of GATT 1994 and the Antidumping Agreement
• Subsidies and Countervailing Duties under Article VI and XVI of GATT 1994
and Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Safeguard Measures under Article XIX of GATT 1994 and the Safeguards Agreement
Vii: Cross Cutting Issues Of International Trade
• Trade and Environment
• Trade and Investment
• Trade and Competition Policy

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 BLBHE 516 : MERGER AND ACQUISITION OF COMPANIES

The course shall comprise of the following

Legal & Regulatory framework - Companies Act Procedural Aspects/Requirements

Powers of Court to sanction/modify schemes Fast Track Mergers

Cross-Border Merger

Position of Dissenting shareholders from the scheme Purchase of minority shareholding

Amalgamation of Companies in Public Interest Demerger

Meaning & Nature & Scope Types of Demerger Conditions for demerger

]oint Venture Concept & Meaning Modes and Types Structural framework

Electives : Group – C

BLBHA 511: COMPRATIVE CONSTITUTION

The course shall comprise of the following:

Chapter I
Comparative Constitutionalism Parliamentary and Presidential form of Government federal and
Unitary form of the constitution.
Chapter II
The idea of limited government development of democratic government in England and America.
Chapter III
Salient features of the British Constitution, Salient characteristics of the American Constitution.
Chapter IV
Comparative view of Executive Structure in England and United States of America, British King and Crown,
Royal prerogatives, Cabinet System in England. President of America : Powers, privileges and Immunities.
Chapter V
Comparative View of Lagislative Structure in England and United States of America.
British Parliament: House of Commons and House of Lords, Composition and powers, privileges of
parliament.
American Congress : House of representatives and senate, fedral lagislative powers
Chapter VI
Comparative View of Judicial Systems in England and United States of America.
Concept of Rule of Law, Exception, New Horizons of Rule of Law, Prerogative Writs. Federal Judicial
power. The Supreme Court of USA, Judicial review and Self Restraint.

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 BLBHB 511 : MEDIA AND LAW
The course shall comprise of the following

Freedom of Speech and Expression of Press under Indian Constitution Freedom of the Press in article 19(1)(a)
of the Constitution
Right to Circulation, Right to Publication, Right to conduct interviews, Right to advertise,
Right to broadcast etc.
Restriction on Freedom of Press Censorship of Press

Censorship of Films, its Constitutionality, Pre-censorship of Films Right to Privacy and Media

International Instruments for Protection of Right to Privacy Right to Privacy under Indian Constitution

Right to Privacy under Various Laws Right to Privacy and Sting Operations Parliamentary Privileges and
Media
Origin of Parliamentary Privileges
Parliamentary Privileges under Indian Constitution, 42th and 44th Amendment, Art. 361
Qualified Privileges
4. Social Media, Technology and Law
Freedom of Speech and Expression and Social Media Misuse of Social Media and Law
Social Media and Information Technology Act 2000, Hate Speech and Media
Meaning and Definition of Hate Speech
Freedom of Speech and Expression and Hate Speech Hate Speech and Criminal Laws
Hate Speech and Judicial View Broadcasting Law in India
Meaning of Broadcasting, History of Broadcasting in India Freedom of Speech and Expression and Right to
Broadcast
Government monopoly over broadcasting rights: Secretary, Mininstrhy of Information and Broadcasting v.
Cricket Association case
Prasar Bharti Act 1990: Autonomy to Akashvani and Doordarshan Report of the Chanda Committee.
Government policy of Broadcastign Contempt of Court and Media Freedom of Speech & Expression
Contempt: a ‘reasonable restriction’ on free speech: Article 19(2) Criminal Contempt: Section 2(c) of the
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971
Balancing of Two Competing Democratic Values: The Right to free speech and the right of criticism
Defamation and Media
Defamation: Meaning, Kind, Essentials Defamation by Press, Film, Radio and Television Media and Criminal
Law of Defamation
Media and Tort Law of Defamation Media and Law
Need of Copyright in Media Copyright Law and Press
Copyright Law and Film and Television Copyright Law and Radio
Related Rights and Media: Right to reproduce, Broadcasting etc. & Moral Rights
Procedural Aspects of registration of Copyright, where and how application can be filed, how many offices
are in India and its jurisdiction.
Infringement
Freedom of Press and Press Council of India History of Press Commissions in India
Press Council Act 1978- Object, Constitution of Press Council, Term, Functions, Powers, Power to make
rules, regulations
Role of Press Council of India and its Broad Guidelines for the Press- Codes Suggested for the Press by
Press Council and Press Commissions

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BLBHC 511: SPECIAL CONTRACT
The course shall comprise of the following:

1- Contract of Partnership
(a) Nature and Definition of Partnership including conditions essential for the determination of the
existence of partnership, relationship of partnership with other forms of business organization, non-
partnership interests.
(b) Mutual Relation of Partners
(c) Relation of Partners to third parties
(d) Registration of partnership firms and effects of its non-registration.
(e) Dissolution of Partnership firms
2- Contract of Sale of Goods and Hire- Purchase
(a) Nature and Definition of Contract of Sale of Goods
(b) Conditions and Warranties: Meaning and inter se relations.
(c) Rule of Caveat Emptor: Meaning, relevance and exceptions.
(d) Rule relating to transfer of title
(e) Unpaid Seller: Meaning and Rights
(f) Transfer of Property in Goods.

BLBHD 511: DIRECT TAXATION

The course shall comprise of the following:
Income Tax Act, 1961
1. Introduction and Definitions:
(a) Historical development of Income Tax Law in India
(b) Assessee, Assessment year, Previous year, Agricultural income, income, person.
2. Residence ( Section 5,6,7 & 9)
3. Income from salaries (Section 15-17)
4. Income from House Property (Sections 22-27)
5. Profits and gains of Business or Profession (Section 28)
6. Income from Capital gains ( Section 45, 46 & 54 )
7. Income from other sources ( Sections 56-58)
8. Income of other persons included in assessee’s total income (Section 60-65)
9. Search and Seizure ( Section 132)
10. Procedure for assessment (Section 139,139A, 140/140 A, 142, 143,144,147)
11. Appeals and Revision (Sections 246-264)

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BLBHF 511 : GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFF AND TRADE

The course shall comprise of the following:

Havana Charter for International Trade Organization (ITO): An Overview GATT 1947: An

Overview

GATT and Its Institutional Inadequacies GATT tariff Negotiations.

The Five Pillars of GATT 1994: Most-Favored-Nation Obligation, Tariff Bindings, National
Treatment Obligation, Elimination of Quotas, Other Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade.

The Uruguay Round Negotiations on Institutional Issues and Establishment and Scope of the World Trade
Organization.

Structural Dimension of the World Trade Organization: Objective, Functions, Governance

Structure, Decision making, amendments, Membership, Accession and Withdrawal, WTO
Relations with Intergovernmental and Nongovernmental Organizations.

Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Dispute settlement under GATT and Dispute settlement under WTO.

General and Security Exceptions under WTO.

Doha round and Contemporary discussions in Ministerial conferences.

BLBHG 511: TRADE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The course shall comprise of the following:
1. Meaning and nature of Intellectual Property Rights, reason for protection of IPRs,

development of international intellectual property law.

2. Background to the TRIPs Agreement – Structure of TRIPs Agreement.

3. General Provisions and Basic Principles
4. Substantive standards; copyright and related right, trademarks, geographical

indications, patents, industrial designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits,

protection of undisclosed information.

5. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

6. Institutional arrangement.
7. Dispute settlement
8. Emerging issues – biodiversities, transfer of technology and health
9. National perspective on TRIPs

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BLBHH 511: OFFENCES AGAINST CHILD AND JUVENILE JUSTICE

The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. (a) Historical background of juvenile delinquency

(b) Meaning of juvenile delinquency

(a) Causes of juvenile delinquency

2. Theoretical foundations of juvenile delinquency with special reference to-
(a) Sutherland’s Differential Association theory and
(b) Albert K. Cohen’s Delinquent subculture theory
3. (a) United Nations efforts on elimination of juvenile delinquency
(c) Cross-cultural perspective on juvenile delinquency with special reference to laws
relating to juvenile delinquency in Common Law counties and civil law countries
4. Offences against child
(a) Sexual abuse
(b) Drug abuse
(c) Forced prostitution
(d) Offences against juveniles under Juvenile Justice (Carte and Protection) Act, 2000
5. Treatment of Juveniles under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000

BLBHI 511 : WHITE COLLAR CRIMES

The course shall comprise of the following:

1 Concept of White Collar Crime and difference with Traditional crimes

2 Causes of White Collar Crime

3 White Collar Crimes and Public Servants with Special references to Prevention of Corruption

Act.

4 Professional Ethics of Doctors, Advocates, Engineers, Teachers and White Collar Crimes.

Corporate Crimes and Stock Market Frauds

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BLBHJ 511: COPYRIGHT INCLUDING NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Introduction to Copyright

(a) Conceptual Basis

(b) International Conventions/Treaties on Copyright

2. Indian Copyright Law

(a) The Copyright Act 1957 with its amendments

(b) Copyright Office and Copyright Board

(c) Copyright works

(d) Ownership, Assignment and Licensing

(e) Term of Copyright and Registration of Copyright

(f) Neighbouring Rights

(g) Fair Use, Infringement of Copyright and Remedies

(h) Collective Administration of Copyright- Copyright Societies

(i) International Copyright.

3. Industrial Designs

(a) Need for Protection of Industrial Designs

(b) Subject matter of Protection and Requirements

(c) The Designs Act 2000

(d) Procedure for Obtaining Design Protection

(e) Revocation, Infringement and Remedies

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BLBHK 511 : OTHER FORMS OF INTELLCTUAL RIGHTS

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Industrial Designs. –
(a) Need for protection of industrial designs.
(b) Subject matter of protection and requirements.
(c) The Designs Act 2000.
(d) Procedure for obtaining Design Protection.
(e) Revocation, Infringement and remedies .
2. Geographical Indication –
(a) Concept of application of origin, indication of source and Geographical Indication.
(b) International Conventions/agreement.
(c) The Geographical Indication of goods ( registration and protection) Act 2000.
(d) Procedure for registration, Duration of protection and renewal.
(e) Infringement, Penalties and remedies.
3. Layout-Designs of integrated circuits
(a) The Semiconductor integrated circuit layout-Design Act 2000
(b) conditions and procedure for registration
(c) Duration and Effect for Registration
(d) Assignment and Transmission
4. Protection of Plant varieties and Farmers Rights

(a) Need for protection of Plant Varieties, Rights of Farmers and Plant Breeders

(b) The Protection of Plant Varieties, Farmers Rights Act 2001.

(c) PPV and FR authority, functions and power of the authority.

(d) Registration of plant varieties and derived varieties.

(e) Duration, effect of registration and benefit sharing .

(f) Farmers rights

(g) PVP appellate tribunal.

(h) Infringement, offences, penalties and procedure.

(i) PPV and FR Act and Seed Act 1966.

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 BLBHL 525 : HUMANITARIAN AND REFUGEE LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Meaning, Origin and Development of International Humanitarian Law
2. Fundamental Principles of International Humanitarian Law.
3. Protected persons and protection available to them under International Humanitarian Law.
4. Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law.
5. National Prospectives on International Humanitarian Law.
6. Meaning and definition of refugee and determination of refugees status under International
refugees Law.
7. Solution to refugees problem.
8. Status of refugee in India.

BLBHM 525: MARITIME LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1 History and Jurisdiction :

Public International Law and Merchant Shipping Laws; Relationship of Merchant Shipping Law to
National and International Law; Maritime Flag and State Responsibility. Equality of Flag and Use of
National Ports; Merchant Shipping in Territorial Water and High Seas.
2 Carriage by sea:
The Form of the Contract Charter Party and Bills of Lading; Rights and Duties of Shipowners at
Common Law, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924; Protection of Shipowner and Limitation of His
Liability Under the Merchant Shipping Act; Bill of Lading as a Document of Title and its Function in
Relation to Overseas Trade; Bills of Lading Act, 1855; Contract for the Sale of Goods and C.I.F. and
FOB Terms; Average and the York Antwerp Rules (All in Outline Only); The Shipowners Lien,
Stoppage in Transit. Measure of Damages for Breach of the Contract.
3 Marine Insurance:
General Principles; What is Insured; Insurable Interest Duty of Disclosure; Principle of Indemnity,
Formation of the Contract: Premium its Retention and Return Conditions and Warrantees and their
Interpretation; Loss and Abandonment and Measure of Indemnity, Assignment; Reinsurance.
4 Collision:
The Importance of Collision; The Elements of Collision Liability; The Standards of Proper
Action; The Effect of Fault; Causation Collision Litigation.
5 Salvage :
The Nature of Salvage; What Property May be Salvaged; Who may become Salvors; The
Salvage Award how Computed how Distributed; Liability for Salvage Award, Salvage under Contract.
6 International Regulation of Navigation, Shipping and Overseas Communications (in Outlines Only)

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 B.A. LL.B. (HONS.) X - SEMESTER

GROUP – A
BLBHE 521: HEALTH LAW
The course shall comprise of the following:

UNIT-I Concept
1. Concept & Definition of Health.
2. Right to health
3. International law & health.
4. Indigenous and Allopathic health system
UNIT-II Constitution of India
1. Constitutional protection – Fundamental Right & Directive principle.
UNIT-III Public health offences and Law
1. Offence affecting the Public Health, (Chapter XIV of IPC)
2. Nuisance, Miscarriage, (312.3.313 IPC), relevant provision of CrPC.
UNIT-IV Special critical problems
1. Immoral trafficking,
2. Female foeticides
3. Kidnapping and abduction – National protections.
UNIT-V Health and Legal Protection
1. Health and Legal protection – Environments law, J.J. Act, prenatal diagnostic technique, regulation &
prevention of misuses,
2. Factory Act, Mental Health Act 1987, Maternity Benefit Act.
UNIT-V Jurisprudence of health services
1. Health law & Judiciary.
2. Types of health insurance
3. Public service related situations – Negligence (Private eye sterilization camp etc.)
4. Disposal of medical and surgical waste
5. Health Care Units (Public/Private) Liabilities

BLBHE 522: PENOLOGY AND VICTIMOLOGY

The course shall comprise of the following:

Introduction of Penology
Concept and Forms of Punishment: From Ancient to Modern What is Poenology?
Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Poenology
Relation between Criminology and Penology
2. The Sociology of Punishment
3. Theories of Punishment
4. Capital Punishment with special reference to 262 Report of Law Commission in India.
5. Crime Prevention and the Role of Police
6. Concept of Treatment with Special reference to Prison, Probation and parole
7. Victims, Victimization and Victimology: Evolution and Growth of Victimology, Definition of Victim,
Victim-Precipitation, Victim –Blaming, Victim Support and Victim Rights.
8. Approaches to Victimology: Positivist Victimology, Radical Victimology and Critical Victimology.
9. Compensation to Victims of Crime in Indian perspective: Provision of Criminal Procedure
Code, 1973, Victim Compensation Found, Judiciary view on Victim Compensation.

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BLBHE 523: EQUITY AND TRUST

The Course shall comprise of the following:

Unit I:
The Origin and Development of Equity Equity and its relation with law, The Maxim of
Equity, The concept of Trust Maxims of Equtiy Doctrine of Equity Election, Mortgage once a
mortgage always a mortgage. Clog on redemption, Foreclosure
Unit II:
The Concept of Trust, Distinction with agency and contract, Classification of Trust,
Constructive trust, Religious and Charitable Trust Common property resources and public trust
doctrine, Power, Right and Duties and Disabilities of Trustee, Discharge and appointment of new
Trustee, Extinction of Trust, Rights and Liabilities of Beneficiary
Unit-III:
Specific Relief Act Introduction: Meaning, Nature & Scope of equitable relief, History of
Specific Relief. Relieves regarding possession of immovable & movable property Meaning of
specific performance, enforcement of contract, defences, part-performance of contract
Unit-IV:
Conditions of ractification, Cancellation, Partial cancellation, Power of restoration or
compensation Conditions of Rescission, Grounds of Declaration, The effect of decree of declaration,
Meaning of injunction & its kinds Grounds of issuing of perpetual injunctions & the exception.

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BLBHE 524 : INSURANCE LAW

The Course shall comprise of the following:
1. Meaning, definition and importance of Insurance
2. Origin, History and Development of Insurance
(a) Pre-independence period
(b) Nationalisation
(c) Privatisation
(d) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(i) Establishment
(ii) Composition
(iii) Duties, Power and Function
3. Formation of Insurance Contract
4. Premium
(a)Definition and Mode of
Pament (b)Days of Grace
(c)Return of Premium
5. Assignment and Nomination
6. Life Insurance
(i) Definition, Essentials, Nature and Scope
(ii) Even Insured
(iii) Circumstances Affecting the Risk including suicide
(iv) Categories of Life Insurance Policies
7. Fire Insurance
(i) Definition, Nature and Scope
(ii) Meaning of the term “Fire” and “Loss by Fire”
(iii) Categories of Fire Insurance Policies
8. Marine Insurance
(i) Definition, Nature and Scope
(ii) Categories of Marine Insurance Policies
(iii) Insured Perils
(iv) Loss and Abandonment
(v) Partial Losses and General Average
9. Double Insurance and Re-insurance
10. Health Insurance

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BLBHE 525 : COMPETITION LAW
The course shall comprise of the following

1. Aims and objects of competition Act, 2002 and its relationship with Monopolies and
Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969.
2. Definition and meaning of following words:
(a) Acquisition
(b) Agreement
(c) Consumer
(d) Enterprise
(e) Person
(f) Service
3. Law relating to Prohibition of certain agreements, Abuse of dominant position and Regulation
of Combinations.
4. Competition Commission of India: Establishment Composition, Powers, Duties and
Functions.
5. Benches of Competition Commission: Composition, Distribution of business amongst
commission and Benches, Jurisdiction of Benches and Procedure for adjudication of
matters before it.
Penalties for offences under Competition Act, 2002.

BLBHE 526 : FORENSIC SCIENCE

1- History and development of Forensic Science area and scope .

2- Scene of crime and its preservation, collection,packing and transportation of various types of

physical evidence.

3- Impressions finger prints, foot and foot wear prints, type prints, track marks, call patterns.

4- Questioned documents, nature, types and examination of forged documents, charged

documents,attestation in documents.

5- Characteristics seal and examination of hand written typed printed and indented materials. Seal and

rubber stamps

6- DNA prifiling and forensic aspect.

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GROUP – C
BLBHA 521 : LAW OF EDUCATION
The course shall comprise of the following:

Right to Education as a fundamental right in part-III of the Constitution.

Right to Education in DPSP of Indian Constitution
Global Scenario of Right to Education
Right to Education – The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009:
Introduction, Objectives, Main features of Act, Right to Free and Compulsory Education.
Duty of appropriate Government and local authority and parents.
Responsibility of Schools and Teachers.
Curriculum and Completion of Elementary Education
Protection of Right of Childrens
Human Rights Education in India – Meaning, Rights, Responsibilities and Action,
Goals of Human Rights Education
Need of Human Rights Education

BLBHB 521 : CIVIL SOCIETY AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCE

The course shall comprise of the following:

UNIT-I :
Civil Society : Concept, Historical Development, Features
Civil Society in India : Emergence, Nature, Issues
Civil Society : Role in the Development of Law
Citizenship : Concept, Types, lssue
UNIT – II
The public: concept, public Sphere.., ,Public opinion, Public Action
Public Grievances: concept, Types, Causes, Modes of Expression
Public Grievances Redressal : Concept, Types, Non-availability of Redressal
UNIT-III
Public Grievance Redressal Agencies :
State : Public Dissatisfaction with State Redressal
Quasi-State : Redressal by lnternal Complaints Committees and Cells
Non-State : Redressal by Voluntary Groups, Community Groups, Media, Activists, Self- Redressal
UNIT-IV
Important Domains of Civil Society and the Public : Public Interest, Human Rights, Environment,
Transparency, Accountability, Peace, Aid-Health, Food, Legal, Human Trafficking

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BLBHC 521: BANKING LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

I. Origin and Development of Banking System

II. Relationship of Banker and Customer and their rights and duties

III. E-Banking System and Legal Aspects

IV. Laws Relating to the Banking Companies in India

(1) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

(a) Evolution of Reserve Bank of India

(b) Compositions and functions of Reserve Bank of India

(c) Reserve Bank as a banker’s bank and advisor to the Government

(2) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(a) Business of Banking Companies

(b) Prohibited Banking functions

(c) Suspension of Business and Winding Up of Banking Companies

(d) Application to Co-operative Banks

(3) Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

(a) Objectives, Scope and Commencement of the Act

(b) Contravention and Penalties

(c) Adjudication and Appeal

(d) Directorate of Enforcement

5. Meaning and kinds of Negotiable Instruments

6. Endorsement, Negotiability and Assignability

7. Holder and Holder in due course

8. Rights and Liabilities of Paying and Collecting Banker

9. Dishonour of Negotiable Instruments Including Criminal Liability of Drawer and

Protection of Collecting Banker

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BLBHD 521: INDIRECT TAXATION (GST)

I. Concept of Value Added Tax and its Merits and Demerits

II. Application of Value Added Tax in India in the field of Indirect Taxation and reasons for
introducing Goods and Service Tax (GST)
Goods and Service Tax
Important Definitions
Business
Capital Goods
Export and Import of Goods and Services
Goods
Services
Classes of Officers under the Central goods and Services Tax Act (CGTST Act) and States Goods
and Services Tax Act, their appointments and powers
Levy and Collection of CGST and SGST
Power to grant exemption from Tax and Remission of Tax on Supplies found deficient in quantity
Time of Supply of Goods and Services Value
of Taxable Supply
Manner of taking input Tax Credit
Registration of Suppliers Goods and Services, Amendment and Cancellation of
Registration and Revocation of Cancellation of Registration
Special provisions relating to casual taxable person and non-resident taxable person Tax
Invoice, Credit and Debit Notes
Furnishing details of Outward and Inward Supplies
Furnishing of Returns
Payment and Refunds of Tax Taxation
of Electronic Commerce
Assessments: Self Assessment; Provisional Assessment; Scrutiny of Returns; Assessment of non-
filers of Returns; Assessment of Unregistered Persons; Summary Assessment in certain Special
Cases
Demand and Recovery of Tax Inspection,
Search, Seizure and Arrest Appeals and
Revisions
Integrated Foods and Service Tax (IGST)
Meaning, levy and Collection of IGST Place of
Supply of Goods and Services
Apportionment of IGST between Central and State Governments
v. Custom Duty
Introduction & types of custom Duties
Powers of Customs Officers (Section 100-135A)
Power to Inspect
Power to X-ray bodies
Power of Search
Power of Seizure
Power to call for documents and examine a person Power to summons,
Power to arrest ,
Penalty

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BLBHF 521: ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING
The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Meaning, Definition and purpose of anti- Dumping, Development of anti- Dumping Law of
the International level.

2. The Uruguay round anti- Dumping Code- Principles, Determination of dumping.

3. Dumping investigation- Definition of domestic industry, initiation and subsequent

investigation, evidence.

4. Provisional measures, price undertakings, imposition and collection of anti- Dumping

duties.

5. Duration and review of anti- Dumping Duties and price undertaking public notice and
explanation of determinations, anti- Dumping action on behalf of a third country.

6. Conciliation and dispute settlement, jurisprudence of WTO dispute settlement mechanism.

7. Anti- Dumping legislation in India and judicial approach.

BLBHG 521 : TRADE IN SERVICES AND EMIGRATION LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

1. General Agreement on Trade in Services- An Analysis

2. General Obligations and Disciplines.

3. Monopolies and exclusive service suppliers; payment and transfers, safeguards and

subsidies.

4. GATS exceptions to general obligations

5. Specific commitments and GATS

6. Disputes Resolution under GATS.

7. Emigration: Passport and Visa system, human rights dimensions of migration and

voluntary and involuntary immigrations, rights of migrant workers.

8. National Perspective on migration and emigration.

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BLBHH 521 : WOMEN AND CRIMINAL LAW
The Course shall comprise of the following:

1. Sexual Offences under Indian Penal Code:

(a) Outraging the Modesty of Women
(b) Rape
2. Sexual Harassment at Workplace
3. Obscenity and Indecent Representation of Women.
4. Dowry Crimes under Indian Penal Code:
(a) Dowry Death (Section 304B)
(b) Cruelty against Married Women (Section 498A)
5. Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
6. Termination of Pregnancy under the Indian Penal Code (Ss.312-318)
7. Female Foeticide with special reference to Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
(Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act
8. Domestic Violence Act, 2005

BLBHI 521 : INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT
The course shall comprise of the following:
1. Origin and development of international criminal law.
2. International Crimes: Meaning, definition
3. Major international crimes – genocide, aggression, organized crimes and corruption war crimes and
crimes against humanity, terrorism Issues relating

4. Prevention and Punishment of international crimes – jurisdiction, extradition and

mutual legal assistance.
5. International Regional and Mixed Tribunals.
6. International Criminal Court – Organisation structure, personal, material and temporal jurisdiction of
the Court. Procedure and evidence.

7. National Perspectives on International Criminal Law.

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 BLBHJ 521: TRADEMARK AND DESIGNS

The course shall comprise of the following:

I. Trade Marks
1. Introduction to Trade Marks
2. Need for Protection of Trade Marks
3. Kind of Trademarks
4. International Legal Instruments on Trade Marks
5. Indian Trademarks Law
(a) The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958
(b) Trade Marks Act, 1999
• Procedural Requirements of Protection of Trade Marks
• Contents of Rights, Exhaustion of Rights
• Assignment and Transmission (Including Licensing )
• Infringement,
• Appellate Board
6. Passing off
7. Domain Names with special reference to Trade Mark.
8. Indian Trademarks Law
(a) The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958
(b) Trade Marks Act, 1999
II. Geographical Indications
(a). Concept of Appellations of origin, Indication of Source and Geographical
(b). Indication,
(c). International Conventions/Agreement
(d). The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 2000
(e). Procedure for Registration, Duration of Protection and Renewal
(f). Infringement

BLBHK 521: PATENT LAW

The course shall comprise of the following:

Introduction to Patent Law

Theoretical Justification for Protection of Patent Law System
International Patent System: Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, WTO- TRIPs Indian Patent Law
(a) Overview and History of the Indian Patents Law
(b) Patentable Subject Matter and exclusions from Patentability
(c) Patentability Requirements
(d) Specification and Disclosure
(e) Ownership of Patent Rights
(f) Procedure for Filing Patent Applications and Patent Granting Procedure
(g) Revocation of Patents
(h) Patent Infringement and Defenses to Patent Infringement
(i) Remedies
(j) Compulsory Licensing
(k) Use and Acquisition of Inventions by Central Government
5. Interface between Patent Act,1970 and Bio-diversity Act, 2002
6. Protection of plant varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001: An overview
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 BLBHL 521: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWs
The course shall comprise of the following:

1. Definition of Pollution and Roots of Environmental crisis and Sovereignty

2. 2. U.N. Declaration of Human Rights-Standard of living-Right to water
3. Stockholm Declaration, 1972
4. Earth Summit – Declarations and Conventions Adopted in Rio-1992 (a) Environment and
Development (b) Framework Convention of Climate Change
5. Convention on the Control of Trans Boundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their
Disposal 1989
6. Protection of Ozone Layer- Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol
7. Role of International Institutions
8. Standards Applied in Civil and Criminal Liability

BLBHM 521: LAW OF SEA AND INTERNATIONAL RIVER

The course shall comprise of the following:
1. Origin and development of the Law of the Sea
2. Territorial sea width, juridical status, delimitation and the rights of the coastal state.
3. International straits and Contiguous Zone
4. Exclusive Economic Zone- definition and rights and duties of coastal states.
5. Continental Shelf, definition rights and duties of the coastal state
6. The High Seas – jurisdiction on the high seas , exceptions to the exclusivity of flag state
jurisdiction.
7. International seabed- International Seabed authority.
8. Settlement of disputes
9. Indian Law and practice
10. International boundary rivers, with special reference to boundary rivers in the Indian
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