SEMESTER - II

Code Paper Credits Marks

LL.B.: 2.1 Constitutional Law of India - 1 8 100
LL.B.: 2.2 FamilyLaw-I1 100
LL.B.: 2.3 Specific Contract 8 100
LL.B.: 2.4 OP1 Optional- 1, any one from following: 100
1. Land Laws of Assam
2. Securities Law (BLGroup)
LL.B. (Hons): 2.5 H2 Honours-2, any one from following: 6 100
1. Right to Education(CL group)
2. International Trade Law (BLGroup)
3. Criminal jurisprudence-lI(CrLGroup)
| Total for Non Honours Course 30 400
Total for Honours Course 36 500
 Semester II
LL.B.:2.1
Constitutional Law of India - II

End Semester -80

Internal Assessment -20 Credits
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 -clection -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 ofthe 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)
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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
-44 Amendment Act. rights
Unit S: Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of 16
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, remo val or reduction in rank -Exception of Article
311.

Internal Assessment 20

Reffered Cases:
IKesavanandaBharati Vs. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461
2 Maneka Gandhi Vs. Union of lndia, AIR 1978 SC 597
3 In Reference No. of 1998 (Judges Appointment Casc), AIR 1999 SCT
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 ofIndia Vs. Tulshi Ram, AIR 1985 SC 1416
10 Atiabari Tea State Co. Vs. State of Assam, AIR 1961 SC 232

Recommended Bookks
1 Dr. J. N. Pandey -Constitutional Law of India.
2. D. D. Basu -Shorter Constitution of India.
3. V. N. Shukla -Constitutional Law of India.
4. M.P. Jain -Constitutional Law of India.
5. H. M. Sreevai -Const itutional Law of India.
 Semester 11
LL.B.:2.2
Family Law -

II
End Semester -80
Intermal Assessment -20
Total Marks: 100
Marks

Unit 1-General Concept 16

1.1. Devclopment ofIslamic Jurisprudence
1.2. Sources of Mohammedan law
13. Schools of Mohammedan law.
14. Person govemed by Mohammedan law

Unit 2-Law of Marriageand Divorce 16

2.1. Esscntials of Mohammedan marriage.
2.2. Dower- Mehr. Kinds of Dower
2.3. Kinds of marriage
2.4. Nature and Kinds of divorce.
2.4.1. Legal Effect of divorce.
24.2. Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939.

Unit 3-Guardianship and Maintenance 16

3.1. Guardianship of person and property.
3.2. Acknowledgement of paternity.
3.3. Law of Adoption
3.4 Maintenance of wife. divorced wife, children and parents.
34.1. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on
Divorce) Act.1986.

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Unit 4- Special Mohammedan law
4.1. Law of Wills.
42. Law of Gifts.
4.3. Law of Pre-emption.
4.4. Law of Wakfs

Unit 5-Succession and Uniform Civil Code 16

5.1. Law of inheritance (Sunni Law).
S.2. Law of inheritance (ShiaLaw)
5.3.Uniform Civil Code.
54 Indian Succession Act, 1925

Internal Assessment

Referred Cases:
1. Abdul Khadar Vs. Taib Begum AIR 1957
2. Abdul Latif Mandal Vs. Anawar Khatoon (2002)1, CLJ 186
3. Hamida Bibi Vs. Zubaida Bibi, (1916), 43 IA294
4. Maina Bibi Vs. Choudhury Vakil Ahmed (1924) 52 IA 145

S. Sarala Mudgal Vs. Union of lndia (1985) 3, SCC 635

6. Mohd. Ahmed Khan vs Shah Bano Begum And Ors AlR 1985 SC 945

Recommended Books:
1. A. A.AFyzee: Outlines of Mohammadan Law, Oxlord
University Press. ath Edition, 2008
 Semester Il
LL.B.:2.3
Specific Contract
nd Semester -80
iemal ASsessment -20
otalMarks: 100 Marks

and guarantee. 16
UNIT 1: Contract of indemnity

1.1 Definion, nature

1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities.
1.3 Interelation between the parties.

UNIT 2: Bailmen, Pledge and agency: 16

1.1 Definition, nature

1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities.
1.3 Interrelation between the parties.
1.4 Definition, nature. of agency
1.5Rights, duties and liabilities of agent
1.6 Interrelation between the parties
under contract of agency
16
Instruments Act, 1881
UNIT 3: Negotiable Difference Between Bill of
The Essential Characteristics Kinds
3.1 Definition
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note
ExchangeandCheque, Bill of exchange and Promissory
3.1.1. Parties to a Negotiable Instrument in Due Course
3.1.2 Holder and Holder in Due
Course Privileges of a Holder
Lunatic, Insolvent.
3.1.3 Negotiable Instrument- (Minor,
Competence of Parties to
Legal Representative, Joint Hindu
Joint Stock Company, Agent, Partnership Firm,
Family)
3.1.4 Liabilities of Parties to Negotiable instrument.
3.1.5 Presentment for Acceptance and Payment -
Negotiation
3.1.6 Negotiation Assignment and bearer -
Kinds Once a bearer always a
3.1.7, Endorsement and its
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Different modes of Discharge

3.2 Discharge of Parties
Liabilities of Bankers
of instruments
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3.3 Dishonour
When a Banker can Reluse to pay Customer's Cheque.
3.3.1 As Paying Banker
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Banker Crossing of Cheque - Liabilities of Bankers

3.3.2 Liabilities as Collecting
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on Crossed Cheques.
Pavment of Customer's Cheque
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ihe P'aying Banker's Risks -

The Precaution to
3.3.3
be taken
UNIT 4: The Indian Partnership Act: 1932
16
1.1 Defimtion, nature kinds
1.2 Rights, duties, liabilities and interrelations between the
partners,
1.3 Registration of partnersh1p.
1.4 Limited liab1lity partnership,
1.5 Dissolution of partnership

Unit 5: The Sales of Goods Act: 1930

16
1,I Defnition, nature
1.2 Rights, duties and liabilities of buyer and scller,
1.3 Condition and warranty
1.4 Doctrine of Caveat Emptor
1.5 Rights of unpaid seller.

Internal Assessment 20

Referred Cases:
1Gajanan Moreshwar Vs. Moreshwar Madan, AIR 1942, Bombay, 302
2 Kaliapernmal Pillai Vs. Visalaxmi, AIR 1938 Madrash, 32
3. Union of India Vs. Anawar Singh
4 Delhi Electric Supply undertaking Vs. Basanti Devi and other, AIR 2005 SC
43
5. Sarswati Devi Vs. Motilal, AIR 1928,Raj. 108

Books Recommended:
Beatsen (ed), Anson 's law of Contract, OUP, 1998
P.S. Atiya, -Introduction to the law of contract Clarendon Press, 1990
Avtar Singh Text book on Law of Contract and Specific Reliet, Eastem Book
Company, 2006.
M. Krishnam Nair -

Law of Contract, Sarala K. Nair, 1963

Avtar Singh, Principles of Law of Sale of Goods and Hire Purchase (1998), Easterm,
Lucknow
A.G. Gucst (cd.), Benjamin's Sale of Goods (1992), Sweet and Maxweli.
Bhashyam and Adiga, The Negotiable Iustruments Act (1995). Bharath, Allahbad
M.S. parthasarathy (ed.), J.S. Khergamvala, The Negotiable Instruments Act
Saharaya, H.K., Jndiun Purtnership and Sale of Goods Act (2000) Universal
Ramnainga, The Sales of Goods Act (1998) Universal
J.P. Verma (ed.), Singh and Gupta, The Lav of purtnership in India (1999), Orient
Law House, New Delhi
 Semester I1
LL.B.: 2.4 OP
1. Land Laws of Assam
End Semester -80
Intenal Assessment -20
Total Marks: 100

Unit-1: Introduction 16
1.1 Origin of Land Rights in Assam, Proprietor, Land-holder and Settlement holder, «
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, rightsin fishery.
Unit-2: land revenue 16
2.1Settlement &resumption under 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 her than the defaultinng
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 four
cognizance of civil court.
3.3 Protections 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-
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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.
5.3Land requisition & Acquisition: - the Assam land (Requisition & Acquisition)

Act, 1964.
5.4 Central land acquisition act

Internal Assessment 20
Refered cases:
1. Swasna Brahma v. Assam Board of Revenue, AlR,1972,GAU 121
2. Refiqunnessa v. Lal Bahadur Chetri, AIR 1964 SC 1511
3. Kali Kumar Sen v. Mohanlal Biswas AlR 1969 ASM 66(FB)
4 Satyaranjan v. Assam Board of Revenue AlR 1999 GAU-83(FB)
Recommended Boolks:
O.D. ladia, "Land laws in Assam &
Edition
Meghal aya", Assam Law House. Guwahati, 2005
2 KC. Mazumdar, "Commentaries on
Land Laws of Assam", Assam Law house,
Guwahati. 2010 Edition
3 J.N. Das, "Land laws of Assam, Book
land, Guwahati, 2012 Edition.
4
KN. Saikia, Land Laws of Assam, Assam Law House, 2007 Edition.