Done:

A10, A11, A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, A17, A18 , A19
N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18

HISTORY OF COURTS

2 conditions for a person to be admitted as an Advocate on State Roll? [2MA10, A14]

Who is the legal advisor of GOI? [2MA10, N14, N15 ]
What is meant by Faujdari Adalat and who were the judges of the Court? [2MA11, A15]
What is admiralty jurisdiction? [2M N12]
Working or powers of admiralty court. [5MA10, N11, N13] Working of admiralty courts in 1686
[5M N15, A18]
Role of law Commission in modern India and contributions towards the law reforms? [5M N12,
A13][ 12M-A10, N10, A11, N11, A12, N13, A14, N14, N15, A17, A18, N18]
Objectives of Law Commission [5M N11, N13, A14]
Purpose of 5th Law Commission? [2M A12]
Purpose of 1st Law Commission? [2M N12, N16]
Significance of Law Commission of India? [2M A15]
Contribution of 1st Law Commission? [2M A17]
Explain needs for the Law commission in India with special reference to the contributions made
by 1st Law commission in 1834 In some years- elucidate the need for law reforms [12M A16,
N17]
Justice, Equity and Good conscience. [5M N10, A15]
Judicial Precedents [2M N16, N15/5M N10, A11, A13 12M N12, A15, A18, N18]
Describe role of judicial precedents and role of law reporting in growth of the administration of
justice in India [12M N18]
What are codification+ what is role of law commission in India in judicial process? [12M A19]
What does ‘equality before law’ means? [2MA11]
Court of record/ its importance [5M N12, A14, N16, A19]
Explain the function/working of Crown Court and the Company’s court and highlight the
jurisdictional difference. [12M N08, N12, A15, N17, N18]
What is the doctrine of Stare Decisis? [2M A13, N15/ 5M A16]
Import of English Law in India. [5M A13]
Explain Lex Loci [2M N13, A16, A17]
Objective of Choultry Court? [2M A15] Drawbacks of choultry court [2M N16] Role [2M A17]
Jurisdiction of Choultry Court [2M N18]
How did EIC acquire Diwani rights to Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in 1765 [2M A16, ]
Diff btween Mofussil Diwani Adalat and sadr Diwani Adalat [2M A16]
What is right to life under A21 [2M N16]
Discuss influence of English law on India wrt to Concept of Precedence[12M N16]

I. Administrative of Justice in the Presidency Towns and Development of Courts under

East India Company.(1600-1773)
Why was the judiciary sub -servient in the administration of justice b/w 1600 and 1726? [2M
N12 ]
- From 1600 to 1726
What were the kinds of conflicts arose in the judiciary in the Presidency Towns in 1726? [2M
A15, N18]
Consequences of Charter Act of 1726 [5M N16]
- Mayor’s Court 1726 (Establishment and Working)
What was the main purpose of the establishment of the Mayor’s Court 1726? [2MA10]
On what basis did the Mayor’s Court decided the case? [2M A10, N15]
Name the officials who constituted Mayor’s court/ Composition [2M N16/ N17 5M N18]
Where the Mayor’s Court was first established in 1687 and where were the appeals from
Mayor’s Court heard? [2M N10 ]
Who constituted the Corporation and the Mayor’s Court under Charter Act, 1688? [2M A12,
A13, A18]
WHat was the jurisdiction of the MAyor’s Court in the Presidency town?/ state jurisdiction of
mayor’s court under charter of 1688 [2M N14, N17]
Jurisdiction of Mayor’s Court [5M A16]
What principles were applied to settle the cases at the Mayor’s Court? [2M A14
Working of Mayor’s Court./ Importance [5M N12, 14, A17]
Explain the functioning of Mayor’s Court wrt the conflict b/w the MC and the governor in
council. [12M N08, A11, N11, A12, A13, N13, N14, N15,N16, A17, A18, A19]
Maain drawbacks of Mayor’s Court [2M A12, A16]
Why did MC in madras cease to exist in 1746? [2M A18]

- Changes introduced by the Charter of 1753

Powers of SC under CA 1753 [2M N10]
What was the jurisdiction of the court of request? [2M A13 ]
- Warren Hastings Plan of 1772, Reforms under the Plan of 1774 and Reorganization in 1780

Under the plan of 1772 which courts existed for administration of justice outside the presidency
towns? [2M N12]
Basic features of plan 1772 [2M N16]

II. Regulating Act of 1773

-Provisions of the Act
Main features of Regulating Act of 73? [2M A12] Objective [2M A19]
Explain the main features of Regulating Act of 73 and explain if it had any impact on the
judiciary in India or highlight the role of SC under charter of 74 [12MA10, A13, A14, A15,
N17, N18]
Who was the first chief justice of the SC established in 1774 and what were the main highlights
of the court? [2M A14]
-Establishment of the SC at Calcutta under charter of 1774
Where was SC first established in 1774& where would the appeals from this court be heard [2M
N17]
- Merits and Demerits of Act and the Working of the supreme Court at Calcutta [5M N08,
A13, A15
Working of Supreme court at Calcutta[5M N15, A17, A18, A19]
Demerits of the Regulating Act 1773 [5M N10, N12, N17]
Give brief account of the conflicting and defective provisions of regulating act 1773, which led
to its failure. Explain with suitable examples [12M A16]
- Trial of Raja Nandkumar
What is the objection taken by Raja Nand Kumar regarding the jurisdiction of the SC? [2MA11,
A12, A13, A18, A19]
What was the controversy regarding the Trial of Raja Nandkumar? [2M A15 ]
- Trial of Radha Charan
- Patna Trial
- Kamalluddin’s Case
- Cossijurah Case
- Saroopchand’s Case
- Gora Gopichand’s Case
- Settlement Act of 1781
Main aim of the settlement Act? [2MA11, N11, N13, N14, A19]

III. JUDICIAL REFORMS OF CORNWALLIS

Major reforms by Cornwallis code [5M A17]
- Judicial Plan of 1787
Main aims of Cornwallis reforms 1787 [2M A16]
- Judicial Plan of 1790
- Judicial Plan of 1793
- Judicial Plan of 1793
Who was the Governor General who over hauled the entire Adalat System by Imposing 2
Conditions in 1787? [2M N14]
-Progress of Adalat System under Sir John Shore

IV CONFLICT ARISING OUT OF THE DUAL- JUDICIAL SYSTEM

- Conflicts arising out of dual judicial system
Name the courts which constituted the dual system of courts? [2M N12, N15, N17, N18, A19]
Explain the dual system of Courts prevalent in India b/w 1834 and 1861. [12M N08 A09, A10,
N10, A11, A12, N13, N15, A17, A19]
Which court replaced the courts of requests in 1850 and mention its jurisdiction [ 2M A16]
Conflict between Supreme Court and Supreme Council [5M N16]
Dual Judicial System [5M N16]
- Indian High Courts Act 1861
Objectives of Indian HC Act, of 1861? [2M A14, A18, N18/ 5M A16]
Describe HC Act 1861 (provisions in some years) and highlight advantages/importance [12M
A16, N15, A19]
- High Courts Under G.O.I. Act 1915
- High Courts under G.O.I. Act 1935
- High Courts under Constitution of India.

V. RULE OF LAW, INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY AND SEPARATION OF

POWERS
-Rule of Law
Which is the maxim on which the rule of law is based? [2M N10,]
What is meaning of la legalite [2M N18,]
On which theory/ principle rule of law is based upon? [2M A12, A14, A17, N17, A18]
3 principles on which Dicey’s ideas of rule of law are based upon? [2M N11, A13
Basic essentials of Rule of Law [2M A16]
Rule of law and its importance. [5M N08,A10]
Dicey’s principal of Law [5M N13]
Rule of law and its impact/functioning on/in the Indian law/judiciary or legal structure in India?
[12M N08, A10, N10, A13, N13, A14, A15, N15, A16, N17, A18, N18]
Explain the concept of rule of law wrt post- independence [12M N12]
What does ‘due process of law’ connote?
-Independence of Judiciary
What is the main pillar of democracy and why? [2MA10]
What’s the purpose/importance/neccesity of Independence of judiciary [2MA14, N15,A17,N17,
A18]
Independence of Judiciary. [5M A09, A11, N11, A12, N13, N14, N18, A19]
What is essential for proper administration of justice in any country [2M N15]
-Separation of Powers
Separation of Powers (before 1861) [5M A09, N10, N12, A13, A14, N14, N15, A18, A19]
Principles of Natural Justice. [ 2M N14, A18][ 5M A11, N11, A12, A13, N13, A14, N15, A17,
N18]
According to doctrine of separation of power what are 3 main organs of government [2M A19]
Why is separation of power important [2M N16]
VI. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL
Significance/ Importance of Privy Council? [5M A12, N15, N17]
Role of the Privy Council? [2MA11, A13 ]
-Appeals to Privy Council between 1726 to 1860 X
- Appeals to Privy Council between 1861 to 1949 X

VII. COURTS SYSTEM UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

A. SUPREME COURT
- Appt. of Judges
- Qualification of Judges
- Jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court

Why the SC of India is called the Apex Court? [2M N11, A17 ]
Working of the SC. [5M N08, A11]
Objectives of A. 141 of the Constitution [2M N10 ]
When and how did the Apex court of India come into existence [2M N15]
Which article of Consti refers to SC judgements as source of law [2M N17]
B. HIGH COURTS
- Appt. of Judges
How can the president of India remove the judges of a HC/ how can a HC judge be removed?
[2MA11, N11, N13, N17]
How are the judges of High courts are appointed? [2M A10, N14 ]
How is the fixation of strength of the judges of a HC made? [2M N10]
Who can transfer judges of high court according to A.222 [2M N18]
- Qualification of Judges
- Jurisdiction and Powers of Judges
C. WRITS
Objective of art 32 [2M A16]
What are the various writs available to the Indian citizen under the constitution of India? [2M
A10]
Define writ under constitution of India [2M N16]
Different kinds of writs as enshrined under the constitution of India also describe the principles
applied in the adjudication of these writs [12M N08, N10, A11, N13]
Writ jurisdiction OR Explain the different kinds of writs as enshrined under article 32 and 226
and 227 of the Constitution of India. Describe principle applied in the adjudication of writs? [
5M N12, A19] [12M- N08,N11, A12, A13, A14, N14, A15, N15, A16, N16, A17, N17, A19]
Which courts have the powers to issue Writs? [2M N14, A19]
Habeas Corpus [2M A13, N14
Define Habeas Corpus which is the first court to issue this prerogative [2M N10, A11]
Main purpose of habeas corpus [2M A19]
- Mandamus [5M N09, N10, A15, N17, A18]
Against whom a writ of Mandamus can be issued with 2 examples [2M N18]
-Define Certiorari [2M N11, N13, N17]
- Prohibition
Define prohibition under Constitution [2M A18]
Which writ is based on the principle Prevention is better than cure? [2M A12, N12, A14
Difference between prohibition and certiorari [ 5M A16]
- Quo Warranto [2M A17]
- General principles of adjudication
D. SUBORDINATE COURTS
VIII. HISTORY OF LEGISLATURE
- Charter of 1600
- Regulation Law and Charter of 1813
- Charter Act of 1833
Importance of 1833 charter [5M N17]
- Indian Councils Act of 1861,1892 and 1909
Features of HC under GOI Act, 1861. [ 12M N08, A11, N12]
- Govt. of India Acts, 1919,1935
Basic structure of Judiciary introduced in the GOI Act, 1935? [2M N11, N13] Purpose [2M A17]
GOI Act 1935 [5MA10, A13, N18]
Diarchy in India. [2M A14/ 5M A09, A11, N11, A12, N14, A15, A17, A19]
Federal Court under the GOI Act, 1935. [2M N18/ 5M A14, A15, N17]
Features of the HC under the GOI Act 1935 and compare it to the HC of India in present times
(1950) [12MA10, N10, A14, N14 ]
Salient features of GOI Act, 1935 wrt the administration of justice. [12M A12, A17, A18]
Compare and illustrate the salient features of the Courts under the GOI act 1935 and the courts of
India in present times [12M N16]
- Indian Independence Act 1947
- Development of Civil Law Codification of - Law- Law Reforms
What are the essentials of good codification? [2MA10]
Uses of Codification? [2M A12]
Need of codification of laws or codification of law. [2M A13, A14, N14 5MA10, A11, N11,
N13]
Advantages of codification [5M N16]
What are codification+ what is role of law commission in India in judicial process? [12M A19]
Objects of legal education in India. [2M A12][ 5MA10, A15, N18]
IX. HISTORY OF LEGAL PROFESSION
- Legal profession in Pre-British India
- Law Practitioners in the Mayor’s Court of 1726
- Legal Profession under Charter of 1774
- Legal Profession in the Company’s Courts
- And Legal Practitioners Act 1853.
- High Courts Act, 1861 and enrolment of Advocates under letters Patent Issued.
- Legal Practitioner’s Act, 1879 and Report of Indian Bar Committee, 1923.
- Indian Bar Council Act 1926 and All India - Bar Committee 1951.
What constitutes professional misconduct under the Bar Council India Act? [2MA11 ]
ex-offico members of the Bar Council of India? [2M N11, N13]
Who headed 1st Indian Law Commission and which was the first code drafted by it [2M A16]
Main object of law commission [2m A19]
Role of Bar council in legal profession [ 5M A16]
Conditions for becoming an advocate under BCI [5M A17]
- Advocates Act of 1961.
Who is empowered by law to punish the Advocates for misconduct? [2MA10, A14, N15, A17]
What constitutes professional misconduct by a lawyer under the Advocates Act, 1961? [2M N10,
N12/5M A12, A18]
What is the main objectives of the advocate act 1961 [2MA11, N17]
Who is an Advocate/ conditions under IAA 1961? [2M N11, N13, N18]
Why is the Disciplinary committee set up u/s 35 of Advocates Act, 1961? [2M A13]
Conditions for disqualification of the Advocate’s enrollment under the Advocate’s Act, 1961?
[2M N14 ]
What was the reason for enactment of the Advocates’s Act, 1961? [2M A15, A18]
Function of the State Bar Council under the Advocates Act, 1961 [5M N10, 14/ 5M N16]
Objectives of the advocate act 1961 and explain how the act brought about a change in the
profession of lawyers or development of legal profession beginning from the Company’s Court
to Advocates Act, 1961 ? [12MA10, N10, A12, N12, A13, A14, N14, A15, N17, A18, N18 ]
Explain growth of legal profession in India with special reference to provisions of advocates act
1961/ growth and how it necessitated the enactment of advocates act [12M A16, N16, N15, A17]
Objectives/ Provisions of the advocate act 1961 with Special reference to disciplinary committee
and its powers or disciplinary action taken by BCI (2M A12) [12M A11, N11, N12, N13, N16,
A17, A18, A19]
Punishment prescribed by BCI u/s 35 of Indian Advocates Act, 1961 [2M A16]
Two qualifications necessary for a person to be admitted as advocates act 1961 [2M N16]
- Law Reporting in India
Importance/Outcome of Indian Law Reports Act, 1875? [2M A10, N10, N12, A19]
Significance of the law reports? [2MA11, N11, N13, N14, N18, A19]
Advantages of law reporting [2M N15/ 5M N08, A10, A12, A14, A15, A16]
Purpose of Law reporting in India [2M A17]