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Ref. No. DU/DR-A/6-1/14/ 851 Dated.08.12. NOTIFICATION As recommended by the meeting of the Board of Studies in Law held on 02.07.2014, the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Dibrugarh University is pleased to approve the Revised Syllabus of Three Year LL.B/ LL.B (Hons) Programme for the First and Second Semester under report to the Under Graduate Board and Academic Council, Dibrugarh University. The above shall come into effect from the academic session 2014-2015. Sd/ A. Hazarika Deputy Registrar (Academic)i/c Dibrugarh University Copy to:
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COURSE STRUCTURE
(FROM 2014-15 SESSION ONWARDS)
SEMESTER – I
Code Paper Credits Marks LL.B.: 1.1 Constitutional Law of India– I 8 100 LL.B.: 1.2 Family Law – I 7 100 LL.B.: 1.3 Law of Contract 8 100 LL.B.: 1.4 Jurisprudence 7 100 LL.B. (Hons): 1.5 H 1 Honours – 1, any one from following:
- Indian Federalism (CL Group) 2.Corporate Governance (BL Group) 3.CriminalJurisprudence I (CrL Group)
Total for Non Honours Course 30 400 Total for Honours Course 36 500
Semester I LL.B.: 1. Family Law – I End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Total Marks: 100 Credit – 7 Marks Unit 1: Sources, Schools and Joint Hindu Family 1.1Sources of Hindu Law 16 1.2Mitakshara and Dayabhaga 1.3Points of similarity and distinction between the Mitakshara and the Dayabhaga Laws 1.4Formation and Incident under the coparcenary property 1.5Karta of Joint Family: Position, Powers and privileges; Alienation of property by Karta 1.6Debts – Doctrine of pious obligation and antecedent debts 1.7Partition: Meaning, Division of right and division of property, Persons entitled to demand partition, Partition how effected, Re-opening of partition; Re-union Unit 2: Marriage Laws 16 2.1Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 2.2Evolution of the institution of marriage 2.3Concept of marriage 2.4Forms, validity, void, voidable 2.5Dissolution of Marriage 2.6Theories of Divorce 2.7 Separation and Dissolution of Marriage under Hindu Law 2.8 Judicial separation,Grounds of Divorce,Divorce by mutual consent Unit 3: Principles of Inheritance 16 3.1Ancient Concept of inheritance 3.2The Hindu Succession Act, 1956: 3.3 Definitions: agnate, cognate, full blood etc. 3.4 General rules of succession in the case of a Hindu male Dyeing intestate under the Act, 3.5General rules of succession in the case of a Hindu female Dyeing intestate under the Act 3.6 Distribution of property among class I and II 3.7General Provision relating to succession 3.8 Stridhan and Women’s estate Unit 4: Adoption and Maintenance (Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956) 16 4.1 Adoption,Ceremonies,Capability,Effect 4.2.Maintenance,Entitlement,Enforcement 4.3.Maintenance under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Unit 5: Guardianship & Religious and Charitable Endowments 16 5.1.Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 Guardianship – Meaning, Kinds of Guardianship, Right, obligations and Disqualification of guardian,Entitlement to guardianship 5.2 Endowments:Meaning, kinds and essentials. 5.3 Math – Kinds, Powers and obligations of Mahant and Shevait Removal and replacement of Idol Internal Assessment 20
Referred Cases:
- Sitabai Vs. Ramchandra, AIR 1958, Bombay 116
- MouchumiMaytraGangulyVs, JayantiGanguly, AIR 2008 SC 2262
- Vijaylaxmlaxmana Vs. B. T Shankar, AIR 2001 SC 1424
- Gurunathan Vs. Kamalabai, AIR 1955 SC 206
- M/S Bay Berry Apartments Ltd. Vs. Shobha, AIR, 2007 SC 226 Recommended books:
1. Modern Hindu Law – Dr. ParasDiwan
2. Modern Hindu Law- Dr.U.P.D.Kesari
3. Family Laws-Dr. ParasDiwan
4. Modern Hindu Law- Ramesh Chandra Nagpal,
5. Family Law- B.M.Gandhi,
6. Hindu Law and usage - J.D.Mayne
7. Hindu Law – P.N.Chaddha
8. Testamentary and Intestate Succession- Suresh Kumar Sharma
9. Principles of Hindu Law(15th^ Edn.1982)- Mulla
Semester III LL.B.: 1. Jurisprudence End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment – 20 Full Marks: 100 Credit 7 Marks Unit 1: Introduction 16 1.1 Definition, Nature and Scope of Jurisprudence 1.2 Definition, nature and kinds of Law 1.3 Justice 1.3.1 Meaning of Administration of Justice, Kinds of Justice 1.3.2 Civil and Criminal Justice. 1.3.3 Punishment theories
- 4 Source of Law - 1.4.1 Legislation 1.4.2 President 1.4.3 Custom Unit 2: Basic Theory of Law: Schools of Law (Part-I) 16 2.1 Natural Law School - Origin, Development of Natural Law School 2.2 Analytical Legal Positivism 2.2.1 Different approaches of Austin, Bentham and Hart 2.3 Kelson’s Pure Theory of Law 2.3.1 ‘Grundnorm’ 2.4 Historical School of Law 2.4.1 Contribution of Savigny 2.4.2 Distinction between Analytical School and Historical School Unit 3: Basic Theories of Law (Part-II) 16 3.1 Legal Rights and Duties 3.1.1 Analysis of legal rights and kinds of legal rights 3.1.2 Essentials of legal rights 3.1.3 Hohfeld’s Theory 3.2 Sociological School of Law (Rosecoe Pound’s ‘Social Engineering’) 3.2.1 Sociological Jurisprudence in Indian Perspective and its new judicial response on Social Interest, Protection of Bonded Labour& Child Labour and Control of Environmental Pollution. Unit 4: Legal Concepts-I 16 4.1 Ownership and Possession 4.1.1 Concepts & Distinction 4.1.2 Kinds of Ownership 4.1.3 Social Control of Ownership 4.1.4 Kinds of Possession 4.1.5 Possessory remedies 4.2 The Law of Property Unit 5: Indian Legal System 16 5.1 Concepts of Dharma – Sruti and Smriti 5.1.1 Supremacy of Law over King & State – Law is the King of Kings 5.2 Indian Legal System after independence 5.3 Natural Law – Indian concepts and perception with special reference to KesavanandaBharti Vs. State of Kerala AIR 1973 SC 1461 5.4 Concept of Truth (Satya), Non-violence (Ahimsa) and Right code of Moral conduct (Sadachar) and Indian Constitution 5.5 Analytical Positivism and Legal Positivism
Internal Assessment
Referred Cases: 1 Olga Tellies Vs. BMC, AIR 1986 SC 180 2 BondhuMuktiMorchs Vs. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 802 3 Peoples Union for Democratic Rights Vs. Union of India, AIR 1982, SC 1473 Recommended Books :
1. Jurisprudence and Legal Theory by V. D. Mahajan 2. Fundamentals of Jurisprudence – The Indian Approach – by Dr. S. N. Dhyani 3. Jurisprudence – The Philosophy and Method of Law – by Bodenheimer. 4. Jurisprudence^ – by R. W. M. Dias 5. Jurisprudence^ – Legal Theory^ – by Dr. B. N. Mani Tripathi 6. The Concept of Law – by H. L. A. Hart 7. Introduction of Jurisprudence – by Dr. Avatar Singh 8. Studies in Jurisprudence and Legal Theory – Dr. N. V. Paranjape
Semester I LL.B.(Hons):1.5 – H 1
2. Corporate Governance(BL Group) Honours – 1:Business Law Group End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Total Marks: 100 Credit: 6 Marks Unit 1: Formation, Registration & Incorporation of Company 16 1.1 Nature and Kinds of Company 1.2 Promoters: Position, Duties & Liabilities Unit 2: Memorandum and Article of association 16 2.1 Uses & Abuses of the corporate form, lifting of Corporate Veil 2.2 Memorandum of Association, alteration & the doctrine of Ultra – Virus 2.3 Article of Association, binding nature, alteration Unit 3: Capital Formation and Regulation 16 3.1 Prospectus: Issues, Contents, Kinds, Liability for misstatement and statement in lieu of Prospectus The nature & classification of Company Security Share &general principle of allotment Share Capital Debentures- Kinds, Shareholder& Debenture holder Unit 4: Corporate Administration 16 4.1 Directors- Kind, powers & duties 4.2 Insider trading 4.3 Meeting- Kinds & Procedure 4.4 The balance of within Companies 4.4.1 Prevention of Oppression 4.4.2 Power of Court & Central Government 4.5 Legal liability of Company- Civil, Criminal, Tortuous & Environmental Unit 5: Winding up of Company 16 5.1 Kinds, consequences & reason of Winding up 5.2 Role of Court 5.3 Payment of Liability Internal Assessment: 20 Referred Cases 1. Salman v. Salmon & Company Ltd. (1897)AC 22 2. Lee v. Lee’s Air Farming Ltd. (1961) AC 12 3. S.P. Jain v. Kalinga Tubes Ltd. AIR 1965 SC 1535 Recommended Books:
- Indian Company Law - Avtar Singh
- Company Law - Palmer
- Guide to Companies Act – Ramiaya
- Law of Corporation- Carry
- Principles of Modern Company Law- L.C.B. Grower
- Guide to Memorandum, Articles and Incorperation of Companies- M.C. Bhandari&Mukheeja
Semester I
LL.B.(Hons):1.5 – H 1
4. CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE-1 (CrL Group) Honours – 1: Crime and Criminology Group End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Total Marks: 100 Credit: 6 Marks UNIT 1: History of Criminal Law 16 1.1.1 Criminal Jurisprudence in Primitive age 1.1.2 Development of Criminal Law 1.1.3 Criminal Law and India UNIT 2: Nature and Definition of Crime 16 2.1 Types of Wrong 2.2 Test of Criminality 2.3 Distinction between Civil and Criminal Wrong UNIT 3: Elements of Crime and Theories of Criminal Liability 16 3.1 Principles of Legality 3.2 Subjective Theory 3.3 Objective Theory UNIT 4: Mental Elements in Crime 16 4.1 Mensrea and actusreus 4.1.1 Intention 4.1.2 Knowledge 4.1.3 Recklessness 4.1.4 Negligence UNIT 5: Group Liabilities 16 5.1 Vicarious Liability 5.2 Strict Liability and Absolute Liability 5.3 Liability of Corporations Internal Assessment 20 Referred Cases _1. Bachan Sing Vs. State of Punjab (1980) 2 – SCC 684 (Capital Punishment)
- GianKaurVs. State of Punjab, (1996) 2 SCC 648 (Euthanasia – Mercy Killing) 3 Joti Prasad V State of Haryana AIR 1973 SC 1167 4 Umesh Chandra V State of Rajasthan, (1982) 2 SCC 202_ Referred Books
- Principoles of Criminal Law, R.C. Nigam
- Criminal Law, Smith and Hogan
- PSAPillai’s Criminal Law, K I Vibhuti
- Law of Crime, RatanLal&DhirajLal
Semester II LL.B.:2. Constitutional Law of India – II End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Credit Total Marks: 100 Marks Unit 1: The Union and the State Executive 16 1.1 The Union and the State Executive 1.1.1 The President of India – qualification – election – term of office – power – impeachment. (Article 52 – 72) 1.1.2 The Governor – appointment and powers. (Article 153, 261) 1.1.3 Relationship between the President and Governor with the Council of Ministers. (Article 73, 162) 1.1.4 Nature, scope and extent of executive powers of the Union and the States – Articles 73 & 162. 1.2 The Union Parliament and State Legislatures 1.2.1 Compositions of the Parliament and State Legislatures. 1.2.2 Qualification/Disqualification of Members of Parliament and State Legislatures – Anti Defection Law. 1.2.3 Prime Minister – Cabinet System – Collective Responsibility 1.2.4 Legislative Process – Legislative Privileges – Immunities of members of the Parliament and state legislature. (Article 105, 195) Unit 2: Union and State Judiciary 16 2.1 Supreme Court of India – Composition – appointment and removal of Judges of the Supreme Court. (Article 124 – 147) 2.2 High Courts in the States 2.3 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court – original/appellate/advisory jurisdiction – statutory appeal- special leave to appeal – power of review- 2.4 Writs (32-226) 2.5 Judicial Review (nature and scope) – independence of the Judiciary – Judicial activism – PIL Unit 3: Relationship between the Union and the States 16 3.1 Distribution of Legislative Powers. 3.2 Administrative Relation. 3.3 Financial Relation. Unit 4: Amendment of the Constitution and Emergency Provisions 16 4.1 Amendment of the Constitution 4.1.1 Power of the Parliament to amend the Constitution and procedures (Article 368) 4.1.2 Limitation on the power to amend the Constitution – Doctrine of basic feature/structure 4.2 Emergency Provisions 4.2.1 National Emergency 4.2.2 State Emergency – Grounds of imposition 4.2.3 Financial Emergency 4.2.4 Effect of declaration of emergency – emergency and fundamental rights
Unit 5: Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India, services under the Union and States
5.1 Freedom of trade, Commerce and Intercourse – meaning-power of the Parliament – restrictions. 5.2 Services under the Union and the States – Doctrine of Pleasure – protection against arbitrary dismissal, removal or reduction in rank – Exception of Article
Internal Assessment 20 Reffered Cases: 1 KesavanandaBharati Vs. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461 2 Maneka Gandhi Vs. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597 3 In Reference No. of 1998 (Judges Appointment Case), AIR 1999 SC 1 4 SR Bomai Vs. Union of India, AIR 1994 SC 1918 5 KuldeepNayar Vs. Union of India, AIR 2006 SC 312 6 A.D.M. Jabalpur Vs. SrikanthShukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207 7 Rameswar Prasad Vs. Union of Inda, AIR 2006 SC 980 8 Powers, Privileges and Immunties of State Legislatures, Re, AIR 1965 SC 745 9 Union of India Vs. Tulshi Ram, AIR 1985 SC 1416 10 Atiabari Tea State Co. Vs. State of Assam, AIR 1961 SC 232 Recommended Books
- Dr. J. N. Pandey – Constitutional Law of India.
- D. D. Basu – Shorter Constitution of India.
- V. N. Shukla – Constitutional Law of India.
- M. P. Jain – Constitutional Law of India.
- H. M. Sreevai – Constitutional Law of India.
5.2.2Rights, obligations and disqualification of maintenance 5.2.3Kharcha - e- pandan 5.2.4Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 5.2.5Maintenance under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Internal Assessment 20 Referred Cases:
- Abdul Khadar Vs. Taib Begum AIR 1957
- Abdul LatifMandal Vs. AnawarKhatoon (2002) 1, CLJ 186
- HamidaBibi Vs. ZubaidaBibi, (1916), 43 IA 294
- MainaBibi Vs. ChoudhuryVakil Ahmed (1924) 52 IA 145
- SaralaMudgal Vs. Union of India (1985) 3, SCC 635 Recommended Books:
1. Outlines of Mohammadan Law – A. A.A.Fyzee
2. Muslim Law of India - TahirMahmood
3. Mohammadan Law : Aqil Ahmad
4. Ameer Ali: Mahomedan Law
5. Mulla :Principle of Mohammedan Law
6. Tyabji : Muslim Law
7. Sir William Jones: The Mohammedon Law of Inheritance
8. Wilson and Ali: Aglo-Mahomedan Law
Semester II LL.B.:2. Specific Contract End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Total Marks: 100 Credit 8 Marks UNIT 1:Contract of indemnity and guarantee : 16 1.1 Definition, nature. 1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities. 1.3 Interrelation between the parties. UNIT 2 :Bailment and Pledge: 16 1.1 Definition, nature. 1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities. 1.3 Interrelation between the parties. UNIT 3 :Contract of Agency: 16 1.1 Definition, nature. 1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities. 1.3 Interrelation between the parties. UNIT 4 :The Indian Partnership Act: 1932 16 1.1 Definition, nature kinds, 1.2 Rights, duties, liabilities and interrelations between the partners, 1.3 Registration of partnership, 1.4 Limited liability partnership, 1.5 Dissolution of partnership UNIT 5:The Sales of Goods Act: 1930 16 1.1 Definition, nature, 1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities of buyer and seller, 1.3 Condition and warranty. 1.4 Doctrine of Caveat Emptor 1.5 Rights of unpaid seller. Internal Assessment 20 Referred Cases:
- GajananMoreshwar Vs. MoreshwarMadan, AIR 1942, Bombay, 302
- KaliapernmalPillai Vs. Visalaxmi, AIR 1938 Madrash, 32
- Union of India Vs. Anawar Singh
- Delhi Electric Supply undertaking Vs. Basanti Devi and other, AIR 2005 SC 43
- Sarswati Devi Vs. Motilal, AIR 1928,Raj. 108 Books Recommended: Beatsen (ed), Anson’s law of Contract ( 27 th ed 1998) P.S. Atiya, - Introduction to the law of contract 1992 reprint. Avtar Singh – Law of contract 2000. M. Krishnam Nair – Law of Contract Mulla on contract :Commentory by J.H. Dalal. Avtar Singh, Principles of Law of Sale of Goods and Hire Purchase (1998), Eastern, Lucknow
Semester II LL.B.:2.4 OP 1
1. Land Laws of Assam Optional - 1 End Semester - 80 Internal Assessment - 20 Total Marks: 100 Credit 7 Unit1: Introduction 16 1.1 Origin of Land Rights in Assam, Proprietor, Land-holder and Settlement holder, other than land holder. 1.2 Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1881, Definitions; rights over land – acquisition of rights over land, rights of proprietors, land holders, settlement holders, 1.3 Allotment of grazing land, disposal of government waste land, rights in fishery. Unit 2: Land Revenue 16 2.1 Settlement &Resumptionunder the Assam Land & Revenue Regulation, 1886 – Settlement, operation, procedure for settlement – survey & demarcation of land – preparation of record of rights – assessment of land revenue; resumption, Hoe tax. 2.2 Mutation – classes of persons entitled to pray mutation – obligation to pray for mutation – procedure for mutation; field mutation; 2.3Arrears & Mode of recovering it – defaulter – defaulting estate; models of recovering Arrears – Attachment & sale of movables – attachment of defaulting estate – sale of defaulting estate, sale of immovable property other than the defaulting estate. Unit 3: Partition 16 3.1 partition – meaning – need – who can sue for partition – procedure – restriction for partition. 3.2 Powers of officers – revenue officers – procedure and appeals – matters exempted for cognizance of civil court. 3.3 Protection of backward classes - tribal belts & blocks. Unit 4: State legislations on tenancy 16 4.1 The Assam non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1955 4.2 The Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas Tenancy) Act, 1971. Unit – 5: State Legislations on – 16 5.1 Rent control:- The Assam Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1972 5.2 Ceiling on land:- The Assam Fixation of Land Holding Act, 1956. 5.2 Land Requisition & Acquisition:- The Assam Land (Requisition &Acquision) Act, 1964. Internal Assessment 20 Refered cases:
- Swasna brahma v. Assam Board of Revenue, AIR,1972,GAU 121
- Refiqunnessa v. LalBahadurChetri, AIR 1964 SC 1511
- Kali Kumar Sen v. MohanlalBiswas AIR 1969 ASM 66(FB)
- Satyaranjan v. Assam Board of Revenue AIR 1999 GAU-83(FB) Recommended Books:
- O.D. ladia, “Land laws in Assam & Meghalaya”, Assam Law House, Guwahati.
- K.C. Mazumdar, “Commentaries on Land Laws of Assam”, Assam Law house, Guwahati
- J.N. Das, “Land laws of Assam, ed. Book land, Guwahati
- K.N. Saikia, “Land Laws of Assam”
Semester III LL.B.:2.4OP 1
2. Securities Law (BL Group) Optional – 1 End SemesterMarks: 80 Internal Assessment: 20 Total Marks: Credit 6 Unit 1 : Securities Contract (Regulation) Act , 1956 Marks 16 1.1 Recognised Stock Exchanges. 1.2 Power of Central Government and SEBI in case of recognition and suspension of Stock Exchange, 1.2 Contract of Securities, 1.3 Contract of Derivaties, 1.5 Requirement of listing of securities, Unit 2:Securities Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 16 2.1 Need and objectives of the SEBI Act, 2.2 Constitution of the SEBI, 2.3 Power and function of the SEBI, 2.4 Securities Appellate Tribunal and its procedure. Unit 3:Depositories Act, 1996 16 3.1 Definitions 3.2 Setting up of depository, 3.3 Role and functions of depository, 3.4 Depository participants 3.5 Inspection and penalties, Internal audit and concurrent audit of depository participants, 3.6 Overview of depository system in India. Unit 4 : Capital Market 16 4.1Importance of Capital Market in the context of Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, 4.2Capital Market instrument and Rating 4.3 Capital Market intermediaries, 4.4 Secondary Market Institutions, 4.5 Mutual funds, 4.6 Venture Capital, 4.7 Collective Investment Schemes, 4.8 Buy- Back of Securities Unit 5 : Issue Management and Compliances 16 5.1Importance of issue of capital and resource mobilisation 5.2Issue of Capital, 5.3 Resource mobilisation and International Capital Market, 5 .4 Indian Depository Receipts. Internal Assessment 20 Recommended Books -
- E. Gordon & K. Natarajan – Capital Market in India, Himalaya Publishing House, Ramdood,, Dr.BhaleraoMarg,Girgaon, Mumbai, 400004
- SanjeevAggarwal :- Guid to Indian Capital Market, Bharat Law House, 22, Tarun Enclave, Pitampura, New Delhi - 110034
- V.L.Iyer: SEBI Practice Manual, Taxman Allied Service (P) Ltd. 59/32, New Rohtak Road, New Delhi- 110005
- V.K.Bhalla – Investment management Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, S. Chand & Co. Ltd.
- Students are advised to read relevant Bare Acts and Rules and Regulation relating thereto.
