SEMESTER-VI
PAPER-I:
Entire syllabus is replaced as follows:
CRIMINAL LAW –II
Unit-I:
Offences against State - (Sec 147-158 of BNS, 2023)- Offences Relating to Army,
Navy and Air Force (Sec 159-168 of BNS, 2023)-Offences relating to Elections-
(Sec 169-177 of BNS, 2023).
Unit-II:
Offences Relating to Coin, Currency-Notes, Bank-Notes and Government Stamps
- (Sec 178-188 of BNS, 2023) - Offences against Public Tranquility- (Sec 189-197
of BNS, 2023)- Offences by or Relating to Public Servants-(Sec 198-205 of BNS,
2023).
Unit-III:
Contempt of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants-(Sec 206-226 of BNS, 2023)-
False Evidence and Offences against Public Justice - (Sec 227-269 of BNS, 2023) -
Offences affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals-
(Sec 270-297 of BNS, 2023).
Unit-IV:
Offences relating to Religion- (Sec 298-302 of BNS, 2023) Offences against
Property- (Sec 303-334 of BNS, 2023)- Theft- Robbery and Dacoity- Criminal
Misappropriation of Property – Criminal Breach of Trust- Receiving Stolen
Property- Cheating- Fraudulent Deeds and Dispositions of Property- Mischief-
Criminal Trespass.
Unit-V: Offences relating to Documents and Property Marks - (Sec 335-350 of
BNS, 2023)- Criminal Intimidation, Insult, Annoyance-(Sec 351-355 of BNS, 2023)
and Defamation (Sec 356 of BNS, 2023)- Breach of Contracts to attend on and
supply wants of helpless person - (Sec 357of BNS, 2023). 39
*Note: A Comparative Study of IPC, 1860 and BNS, 2023 shall be made
wherever Necessary.
Suggested Readings:
1. BNS, 2023 Bare Act
2. Ratan Lal and Dhiraj Lal: Indian Penal Code, Wadhwa & Co., 2000
3. Achutan Pillai: Criminal Law, Butterworth Co., 2000.
4. Gour K.D.: Criminal Law - Cases and Materials, Butterworth Co., 1999.
5. Kenny's: Outlines of Criminal Law, (1998 Edition).
6. Saxena R.N Indian Penal Code, Central Law Publication,2017
7. Tandon M.P Indian Penal Code,2015
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PAPER-II:
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-II
Unit-I:
Legislature under Indian Constitution - Union and State Legislatures -
Composition, Powers, Functions and Privileges - Anti-Defection Law - Executive
under Indian Constitution - President and Union Council of Ministers
Governor and State Council of Ministers - Powers and position of President and
Governor
Unit-II:
Judiciary under Constitution - Supreme Court - Appointment of Judges, Powers
and Jurisdiction – High Courts - Appointment and Transfer of Judges - Powers and
Jurisdiction - Subordinate Judiciary - Independence of judiciary - Judicial
Accountability
Unit-III:
Centre State Relations – Cooperative and Competitive Federalism - Legislative,
Administrative and Financial Relations - Cooperation and Coordination between
the Centre and States - Judicial Interpretation of Centre-State Relations – Local
Self Government under 73rd and 74th Amendments, 1992.
Unit-IV:
Liability of State in Torts and Contracts - Freedom of Interstate Trade, Commerce
and Inter course - Services under the State - All India Services - Public Service
Commissions – Election Commissions.
Unit-V:
Emergency – Need of Emergency Powers - Different kinds of Emergency -
National, State and Financial emergency - Impact of Emergency on Federalism
and Fundamental Rights - Amendment of Indian Constitution and Basic Structure
Theory
Suggested Readings:
1. [Link], Indian Constitutional Law, Wadhwa & Co, Nagpur
2. [Link], Constitution of India, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow
3. Granville Austin, Indian Constitution-Cornerstone of a Nation, OUP, New
Delhi
4. [Link], Constitutional Law of India (in 3 Volumes), [Link],
Bombay
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1. [Link] Rao, Indian Constitutional Law, [Link] & Co., Hyderabad
2. [Link] Rao, Framing of India’s Constitution (in 5 Volumes), Indian
Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
3. [Link], Constitutional Law of India, Central Law Agency, Allahabad
PAPER-III:
CORPORATE LAW-II
UNIT – I
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 – Definition of Securities Contracts –
Meaning and Definition of Stock Exchange – Recognised Stock Exchange –
Contracts and Captions in Securities – Listing of Securities – Penalties and
Procedure – Securities Appellate Tribunal: Constitution, Powers and Functions --
Appeals against the orders of Securities Appellate Tribunal - Collective
Investment Scheme – Title to Dividends.
Unit – II
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 - Definitions of Board,
Collective Investment Scheme, Fund, Regulations & Securities -- Establishment of
Securities and Exchange Board of India - Constitution, Powers and Functions of
SEBI – Registration of Stock Brokers – Sub-brokers – Share Transfer Agents etc.-
Prohibition of Manipulative and Deceptive Devices, Inside Trading and
Substantial Acquisition of Securities or Control – Penalties and Adjudication –
Appeals to Securities Appellate Tribunal – High Court and Supreme Court –
Capital Markets Regulations.
Unit – III
Depositories Act, 1996 - Definition of Depository Board and Beneficial Owner –
Certificate of Commencement of Business – Rights and Obligations of
Depositories, Participants, Issuers and Beneficial Owners – Enquiry and
Inspection
. Penalties – appeals.
Unit – IV
Competition Act, 2002 - Applicability of the Act – Definitions – Prohibition of
certain agreements – Abuse of dominant position and Regulation of combinations
– Competition Commission of India – Establishment – Powers – Functions – Power
of Central Government to supersede Commission – Restriction on disclosure of
information – Overriding effect of the Act – Penalties – Appeals – Competition
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Unit – V
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 – Definitions – Regulation and
Management of Foreign Exchange – Authorised Person Contravention – Penalties
– Adjudication and Appeal – Directorate of Enforcement – Powers – Functions-
Non –banking finance Companies – Formation and regulation of NBFC’s
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Salient Features – Definitions of complainant,
Consumer, Manufacturer, Consumer Dispute, Service, Good, Unfair Trade
Practices,- Liability of Companies to consumers - Corporate Governance –
International dimensions of Company Law- THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY
CODE 2016 – The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act. 2018
Suggested Readings:
1. Palmer: Company Law
2. Ramayya: Guide to the Companies Act, (in three volumes), Wadhwa and
Company, Nagpur.
3. Avtar Singh: Company Law, Eastern Book Company,
4. H.K. Saharay: Principles and Practice of Company Law in India, Prentice
Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
5. S.M. Shah: Lectures on Company Law, N.M. Tripathi Private Ltd, Bombay.
6. Chalesworth & Cain: Company Law, Geoffrey Morse, Stevens and Sons,
London.
7. L.C.B. Grover: The Principles of Modern Company Law, Stevens and Sons,
London.
8. Pennigton: Company Law, Butterworths, London
9. THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016
PAPER-IV:
JURISPRUDENCE
Unit-I:
Meaning and Definition of Jurisprudence — General and Particular Jurisprudence -
Elements of Ancient Indian Jurisprudence — Schools of Jurisprudence —
Analytical, Historical, Philosophical and Sociological Schools
of Jurisprudence. Theories of Law — Meaning and Definition of Law — The Nature
and Function of Law — The Purpose of Law — The Classification of Law
. Equity, Law and Justice — Theory of Sovereignty.
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Unit-II :
Sources of Law — Legal and Historical Sources — Legislation - Definition of
legislation – Classification of legislation- Supreme and Subordinate Legislation -
Direct and Indirect Legislation - Principles of Statutory Interpretation. Precedent
— Definition of Precedent — Kinds of Precedent — Stare Decisis — Original and
Declaratory Precedents — Authoritative and Persuasive Precedents. Custom –
Definition of Custom – Kinds of Custom – General and Local Custom – Custom
and Prescription - Requisites of a valid custom - Relative merits and demerits of
Legislation , Precedent and Custom as a source of Law . Codification — Concept,
Advantages and disadvantages of codification.
Unit-III:
Persons — Nature of personality — Legal Status of Lower Animals, Dead Persons
and Unborn persons — Legal Persons — Corporations — Purpose of Incorporation
. Nature of Corporate Personality Rights and Duties — Definition of Right —
Classification of Rights and Duties — Absolute and Relative Rights and Duties —
Rights and Cognate concepts like Liberty, Power, Immunity, Privilege etc.
Unit-IV :
Obligation — Nature of Obligation — Obligation arising out of Contract, Quasi
Contract, trust and breach of obligation etc. — Liability — Nature and kinds of
liability — Acts — Men’s Rea — Intention and Motive — Relevance of Motive —
Negligence — Strict Liability — Accident — Vicarious Liability — measure of Civil
and Criminal Liability.
Unit-V:
Ownership — Definition and kinds of Ownership - Possession — Elements of
Possession – Relation between Ownership and Possession — Possessory
Remedies — Property — Meaning — Kinds of Property — Modes of Acquisition of
Property — Legal Sanctions - Meaning of Sanction — Classification of Sanctions
— Civil and Criminal Justice — Concept of Justice — Theories regarding purpose
of Criminal Justice — Deterrent, Preventive, Reformative and Retributive
theories.
Suggested Readings:
1. Salmond: Jurisprudence, Universal Publishers.
2. Paton : Jurisprudence
3. Allen : Law in the Making, Universal Publishers.
4. Mahajan V.D.: Legal Theory and Jurisprudence, Eastern Book Company,
Lucknow,
5. Dias : Jurisprudence, Aditya Books.
6. Rama Jois, Legal and Constitutional History of India, Universal Law
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2 G.C.V. Subba Rao, Jurisprudence and Legal Theory, Eastern Book
Company.
PAPER-V:
LAW OF PROPERTY
Unit-I:
Meaning and concept of property — Kinds of property — Transfer of property —
Transferable and non-transferable property — Who can transfer — Operation of
transfer — Mode of transfer — Conditional transfer —Void and unlawful
conditions — Condition precedent and condition subsequent — Vested and
contingent interest — Transfer to unborn persons
Unit-II:
Doctrine of Election — Covenants — Transfer by ostensible owner — Doctrine of
Feeding the Grant by Estoppels — Doctrine of Lis Pendens — Fraudulent Transfer
— Doctrine of Part-performance.
Unit-III:
Sale- Essential features — Mode of Sale — Rights and liabilities of parties.
Mortgage - Kinds of Mortgages - Rights and liabilities of mortgagor and
mortgagee — Marshalling and Contribution — Charges.
Unit-IV:
Lease — Essential features — Kinds of leases — Rights and liabilities of lesser
and lessee — Termination of lease — forfeiture — Exchange — Gifts — Different
types of gifts — Registration of Gifts — Transfer of Actionable Claims.
Unit-V:
Easements — Definition of easement — Distinction between Lease and License
— Dominant and Servient Tenements. Acquisition of property through
testamentary succession — Will — Codicil — Capacity to execute Will — Nature
of bequests
Executors of Will — Rights and Obligations of Legatees.
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Suggested Readings:
1. Mulla : Transfer of Property, Butterworth’s Publications.
2. Subba Rao GCV: Commentaries on the Transfer of Property Act.
3. Krishna Menon: Law of Property.
4. Upadhyaya's Common Matrix of Transfer of Property.
5. Avatar Singh, Textbook on the Transfer of Property Act, Universal Law
Publishing Company.
INTERNSHIP – AFTER SEMESTER-VI
Introduction of viva-voce Examination for internship record for 5YDC (B.A LL.B)
Introduction of monitoring the mandatory internship programmed undergone by
the students of VI of 5YDC (B.A LL.B) Mentoring system for internship:
Mentoring system for internship of students (one mentor for 10 intern students
shall be introduced to monitor the allotment of internship provider, the progress
of internship, certification of internship provider and submission of internship
reports).
. a) Identification of Internship Providers: Internship Providers can be
statutory Bodies, Courts, Judges, Senior Advocate, Commissions, Tribunals,
Industries, NGO’s, etc. Who can impart practical knowledge and Training to the
students.
. b) An Official Letter to be address to the Internship Providers by the
Principal of respective college.
. c) The University-appointed examiner shall conduct Viva-Voce
Examination for all the students intern immediately after completion of
internship shall award the Grades as under.
A----above 80% (Excellent)
B----above 70% upto 79% (Very Good)
C----above 60% upto 69% (Good)
D----above 50% upto 59% (Satisfactory)
E----Less than 50% (not satisfactory)
* Note: No impact on Results
. d) The grades awarded by the examiners appointed by Examination
branch on the recommendation of Chairman, Board of Studies in Law, OU shall
be submitted in the examination branch of OU to be reflected in the marks
memos of VII of LL.B
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. (5YDC). The concerned colleges should pay suitable honorarium to the
Examiners by way of sitting fee.
The internship Viva-Voce Examination should be conducted for the concerned
semester students from the Academic year 2024-25.