Academic Session 2020-21 B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Ninth Semester Course Contents Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, LucknowDistribution of Subjects and Teachers S.No. | Subject | Seetion - A Section - B *HONOURS A. | Business Law B. | International Law G.| Constitutional Law D. | Criminal Law E, | Intellectual Property Rights ‘Ad Financial Market Regulation Dr. V, Visalakshi B4 International Dispute Resolution Mechanism | Dr. Prasenjit Kundu C4 Citizenship and Emigration Law Dr. Rajneesh Kumar Yadav Dé Offences Against Child & Juvenile Offence | Dr. K. A. Pandey E4 Intellectual Property Management Dr. Vikas Bhati AS Merger and Acquisition Dr. Manish Singh B5 Intemational Criminal Law and Intemational | pp ee 1 | Criminal Court 2 [CS Right to Information Dr. Manoj Kumar 3 [DS Comparative Criminal Procedure Dr. Vipul Vinod ES Farmers and Breeders right Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh ‘AG E-Commerce Law Dr. Aman Deep Singh B6 Humanitarian and Refugee Law Dr. Abdullah Nasir C6 Media and Law Mrs. Ankita Yadav Dé White Collar Crime Mr. Malay Pandey EG IPR in Pharma Industry Ms, Priya Anuragini Optional Paper* 1, Consumer Protection Law Re pn Deep Staal 4 |B. Law, Science and Technology Dr. Shashank Shekhar > [3, Women and Law Dr. Samreen Hussain 4. Land Law (UP) Dr. Shakuntala 6 | Professional Ethics Dr. Manoj Kumar eeHONOURS GROUP BUSINESS LAW Ad Financial Market Regulation Unit-I: Financial Regulatory Authorities + Introduction: Need and Significance of Financial Market Regulation + Regulators in India * Securities and Exehange Board of India Reserve Bank of India Ministry of Finance Ministry of Corporate Affairs Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Unit-I: Depositories and Financial Instruments * Analysis of Depositories Act, 1996 * Constitution, role and functions of Depository, depository participants, issuers and registrars ¢ Instrument treasury bills cbentures, sweat equity shares, certificate of deposit, commercial papers, ‘inaneial Regulation and Money Laundering * Money Laundering: Introduction and meaning * SEBI Guidelines on Money Laundering ° Anti-money Laundering: Meaning, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 1. Banking Regulation Act, 1949 2. Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 3. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 4. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 5. Guidelines on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) /Obligations of Securities Market Intermediaries under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Rules framed there under 6. Reserve Bank of India Financial Stability Report, July 2020 ‘Text Books and References 1. Banking and Financial Services Regulation, Blair, William Allison, Austin Morton, Guy (London: Lexis Nexis) 2002. 2. Governance of Financial Institutions. Busch, Danny, Ferrarini, Guido; Solinge, Gerard van(United Kingdom: Oxford University Press) 2019. 3. Financial Markets and Institutions. Gurusamy, S (New Delhi: Megraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.) 2009. 4. Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation. Moloney, Niamh (United Kingdom: Oxford University Press) 2017, Capital Market in India. E. Gorden and K. Natarajan Indian Financial System. Khan, M Y (New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education) 2016. Indian Financial System. Machiraju, H.R. (Vikas: New Delhi) 2013. nawArticles 1 2. 3 4. 10. ir 12 13. 14. 15. 16, Cases Aen 5. 6. 7. 8 SEBI's Framework for listing of Commercial Papers, MUNMI PHUKON, (2019) 111 taxmann.com 171 (Article)/[2019] 46 CPT 530 (Article) SEBI disallows investment by Mutual Funds in unlisted debt instruments and unlisted equity shares, TIMOTHY LOPES, [2019] 110 taxmann.com 476 (Article) Indian Financial Code vis a vis Indian Financial Law: The Way Forward, Kondaiah Jonnalagadda, 1 RFMLR (2014) 128 Blockchain Boom and Corporate Finance Revolution: A Futuristic Solution orMere Superstition?, Lakshana R., 4 RRR 20 (2018) The New Scope of ‘debentures’ Under the Companies Act, 2013: Does it CoverCommercial Paper?, Shriya Nayyar, NLIU LR (2015) 139 Compliance Checklist for Issue of Sweat Equity Shares under Companies Act, Gaurav N. Pingle, (2019) PL (CSP) September 76 International Anti-Money Laundering Regime and India, Owais Hasan Khan, CNLU LJ © [2016-17] 179 Liability of Professionals under Money Laundering Act, D.C. AGRAWAL, [2017] 83 taxmann.com 410 (Article)/[2017] 39 CPT 813 (Article) Js Money Laundering a standalone offence under PMLA 2, DR. M.S. KRISHNA KUMAR, [2019] 103 taxmann.com 335 (Article)/[2019] 152 SCL 37 (Mag.) . Role of Banks in Prevention of Money Laundering, AJAY KUMAR GARG, [2005] 62 SCL 206 (MAG) Know Your Customer’ (KYC) and Prevention of Money Laundering, DR.FIRDOS T:SHROFF, [2006] 69 SCL 42 (MAG) Obligations of Stock brokers under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, AJAY KUMAR GARG, [2006] 69 SCL 32 (MAG) RBI Consolidates Rules on Money Market Instruments, SURBHI JAISWAL, [2016] 71 taxmann.com 267 (Article) Financial Market Regulation: The Caseof Italy and a Proposal for the EuroArea, Giorgio Di Giorgio, Carmine Di Noia, and Laura Piatti FPI Regime Version 2.0 — Regulatory and Tax Update, Siddharth Shah, Daksha Baxi, Vi Sharma, and Ankit Namdeo, (2017) PL (CL) September 86 Legislative Strategy for Setting up an Independent Debt Management Agency, Radhika Pandey and Ila Patnaik, (2017) 10 NUJS L Rev 395 ik Gautam Kundu v. Directorate of Enforcement, (2015) 16 SCC 1 Manohar Lal Sharma v. Central Bureau of Investigation, (2017) 16 SCC 442 Intemet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India, 2020 SCC OnLine SC 275 Rajendra Y. Shah and Others v. Amu Shares and Securities Ltd. and Others, 2019 SCC OnLine Bom 4101 Sahara India Real Estate Corporation Limited v. SEBI, (2013) 1 $CC 1 - ICICI Bank Ltd. v. Official Liquidator of APS Star Industries Ltd., CIVIL APPEAL No. 8393 OF 2010 Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP v.Union of India, [2020] 115 taxmann.com 65 (NCLAT- New Delhi) Authorized Officer, State Bank of Travancorev Mathew K.C., [2018] 89 taxmann.com 429 (SC) The list of cases is not exhaustive and more cases will be discussed during the course of SemesterHONOURS GROUP BUSINESS LAW AS Merger and Acquisition UNIT-I: Corporate Restructuring- An Introduction * Corporate Development Strategies-Mergers, Acquisitions, Takeovers, Strategic Alliance, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, Reverse Takeovers, Spin Offs, Equity Carve Outs, Leveraged Buyouts, Demerger, Buyback of Shares. UNIT-I: + Negotiation/Approach for Merger, Acquisition and Take-over, Contracting, Implementation of Merger and Acquisition, Managing Post-Merger Issues, Legalities Involved in Merger, Acquisition and Take-over, Ethical Issues of Merger and Take-over, UNIT-II: * Compromises, Arrangements and Reconstruction- Analysis of Section 90, 393, 394 395 and 396. * Amalgamation and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. * Merger of Foreign Companies with Indian Companies REFERENCES: Mergers et al, S Ramanujam (Lexis Nexis) Mergers and Acquisitions, Sridharan and Pandian (Lexis Nexis) Mergers and Acquisitions, Patrick A Gaughan Company Law, G.K.Kapoor (Taxmann) AesHONOURS GROUP BUSINESS LAW AG E-Commerce Law UNIT-I: Introduction to E-Commerce UNIT-II: UNIT-IIL * Evolution of Internet * Strategic Capabilities of Internet © UNCITRAL Model Law on E-Commerce, * Definition of E- Commerce, Scope of E-Commerce, Benefits of E-Commerce, Models of E-Commerce. E-Commerce and Payment Mechanism and Cyber Space * Payment Mecha m in Cyber Space * Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) * The Electronic Clearing Services (ECS) * Online Payments and Legal regime : Issues in E-Commerce * IT Act and E-Commerce, E-Contracting, Jurisdiction issues, E-Tax and E-Dispute * Consumer Protection in Cyber Space + E-Consumer Support and Services * Remedies available to Online ConsumersHONOURS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LAW B4 International Dispute Resolution Mechanism UNIT I: International Investment Protection Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Free Trade Agreement (FTAs) * Procedural Issues in International Investment Arbitration Judicial Restrains in Investment Treaty Arbitration Role of ICSID in International Investment Protection ‘UNIT HE: Regulatory Instruments in the Disputes of World Trade and Economies * International Bodies and International sale of Goods ° United Nation Convention on International sale of Goods of Contract * Public Private Partnership and WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism UNIT III: Legal Mechanism of Territorial Dispute Resolution * The Restrictions and Limitations on the Means and Methods of Wat: The Geneva Conventions, 1949 * Checks and Balances on the State Power in Armed Conflicts and the Role of the National Court * The Transboundary Water Disputes and the UN Watercourses Convention, 1997 * Non-State Actors in International Water Disputes. REFERENCES: |. Bvolution in Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration by Chester Brown and Kate Miles ( Cambridge University Press 2011) 2. Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law by Gus Van Harten ( Oxford University Press, 2006) 5 Commentary on the UN Convention on the International sale of Goods by Ingeborg HI Schwenzer and Peter Schlechtriem ( Oxford University Press, 2010) 4. Resolution of International Water Disputes Edited by Intemational Permanent Court of Arbitration ( Kluwer Law International 2013)HONOURS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LAW BS International Criminal Law and International Criminal Court UNIT ~L: Evolution and Development of International Law * Evolution, Concept and Sources of International Criminal Law( ICL) © Principle of Liability © Jurisdiction International Tribunals and Crimes Unit-L: Origin and Development of International Criminal Court (ICC) * Origin of ICC * Purpose and Features of the International Criminal Court * The Statute of ICC-Rome Statute + International Justice and the International Criminal Court UNIT-INL: International Criminal Justice System * International criminal procedure * General principles governing international criminal trials * The Rule of Law and International Accountability * Victims of the International Crimes REFERENCES: 1. Antonio Cassese, International Criminal Law: Cases and Commentary (OUP, 2011) 2. William A. Schabas and Nadia Bernaz, Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law, (Routledge, 2011) 3. Llias Bantekas, International Criminal Law (Hart Publishing, 2010) 4. International Criminal Law and Human Rights / Ed, by Manoj Kumar Sinha. New Delhi, India, Manak Publications, 2010. Cassese Antonio, International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (2008) Guilfoyle Douglas, International Criminal Law, Oxford University Press, (2016) Lepard D. Brian, Customary International Law, Cambridge University Press (2010) rayHONOURS GROUP INTERNATIONAL LAW B6 Humanitarian and Refugee Law : Introduction to International Humanitarian Law Historical background and Development Customary International Humanitarian Law International Instruments on [HL Applicability of IHL —armed conflicts, classification of armed conflicts, jurisprudence in ‘Nicaragua case of the ICJ and the Tadic case of the ICTY Unit-I:Key Issues inInternational Humanitarian Law. © Means and Methods of Warfare. * Prisoners of War and Combatants * Role of International Humanitarian Law in protecting Environment * Terrorism and the Role of International Humanitarian Law Unit-III: Refugee Law. * Introduction * International Legal Instruments ‘+ Regional Conventions on protection of refugees. © Status of Refugees in India Recommended Readings: 1. Fleck, Dieter (ed), The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law (2"4edn, OUP 2008). 2. Mani, V.S. (ed), Handbook of Intemational Humanitarian Law in South Asia (OUP 2007). 3. Chimni, B.S. International Refugee Law: A Reader, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000, 4. Goodwin-Gill, Guy S., McAdam, Jane, The Refugee in International Law, Third Revised Edition, Oxford University Press, 2007. 5. Chimni, B.S. (200 1), ‘Reforming the Intemational Refugee Regime: A Dialogic Model’, Journal of Refugee Studies, 14, pp. 151-68,HONOURS GROUP CONSTITUTIONAL LAW C4 Citizenship and Emigration Law UNIT- I: Introduction to Citizenship and Immigration Law * Citizenship Law: Meaning,Nature and Seope + Immigration Law: Meaning, Nature and Seope * Principles of Citizenship Law- Jus soli Jus sanguinis Jus matriomii Dual Nationality UNIT- TI: its to Citizenship Law & Immigration Law-Controlling Measures snship Determinants Statutory Law, Case law, Treaties © Naturalization UNIT-II Special Provisions of Some Countries relating to Citizenship & Immigration + USA. France United Kingdom India China Italy REFERENCES: 1. Immigration & Asylum Law, Gina Clayfon - Oxford University Press 2. Immigration Law Laura, Devine- Thomson Reuters 3. Immigration, Asylum & H. Rights- Nicholas Blake- 0.U.P. 4. Legislation - The Borders, Citizenship & Immigration Act- 2009 10HONOURS GROUP CONSTITUTIONAL LAW C5 Right to Information * Concept of Open Government * Right to Know and Access to Information * Historical Development of Right to Information * Right to Information and Other related laws ~ (The Official Secrets Act, 1923; The Public Records Act, 1993; The Public Records Rules, 1997; The Freedom of Information Act, 2002: The Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952; The Commission of Inquiry (Central) Rules, 1972) UNIT-IL: Constitutional and Legal Framework of Right to Information * Constitutional Provisions relating to Right to Information © The Right to Information Act, 2005:- Objects and Policy, Definitions, Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities, Procedure for filing RTI, Exemptions under RTI Act * Statutory Authorities:- Central Information Commission and State Information Commission:- Composition, Powers and functions of Information Commissions, Appeals and Penalties © Uttar Pradesh Right to Information Rules, 2015 UNIT-IIE: Right to Information and Good Governance * Indian Democracy and Challenges to Right to Information * The Whistleblowers’ Protection Act, 2014 * Digital India Movement:- Online RTI Application Filing REFERENC! MPP. Jain and S.N. Jain, “Principles of Adi Greater Noida, 2017. 2. S.P. Sathe, “Right to Information”, Ist ed., Lexis Nexis Butterworths, New Delhi, 2006. 3. JH Barowalia, Commentary on the right to Information Act, Universal Law Publications 4. Acharya N. K., “Commentary on Right to Information Act, 2005”, 7th ed., Asia Law House, Hyderabad, 2008 trative Law”, 8" ed., Lexis Nexis Butterworths, 1HONOURS GROUP CONSTITUTIONAL LAW C6 Media and Law UNIT-I: Different Forms of Media and Legislative History ‘+ Understanding the concept of Media ‘+ Forms of media © Media and Human Rights © Legislative History in India UNIT-II: Media and the Constitution of India * Comparative Constitutional Freedoms in Global Context + Freedom of speech and expression * Right to Privacy and Right to Information * Privileges of Parliament and the State Assemblies UNIT-III: Media Ethies & Judiciary Trial by Media © Contempt of court and media * Media Ethics and Regulation * Social Media 1, H.M. Seervai, Constitutional Law of India 2. M.P. Jain, Constitutional Law of India 3. Madhavi Divan- Facets of Media Law 4, Telecom, Media & Press Laws Manual 5. Dr. Deepak M Shinde, A text book of Media Laws 6. Dr. Gopal Sharma, Law of Freedom of Press and Media in India 7. Durga Das Basu, Law of the Press 8. Dvid Sanford Horner, Understanding Media Ethics 2HONOURS GROUP CRIMINAL LAW D4 Offences Against Child & Juvenile Offence Sexual offences against Children * The horror story retold- the stark reality of offences against children- a study in the light of statistical data + The International normative framework to deal with the menace + Indian response to the problem of sexual offences against children Understanding Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) - the jurisprudential and legislative paradigm * Child victim of cyber offences Unit-I: Asexual offences against children * Offences against children in the IPC- dangerous exposure; aggravated forms of kidnapping; human trafficking etc. * Offences against children under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 GU Act) * Offences relating to child labour * Protecting children from harmful publications- viability analysis in the internet era Unit-III: Offences by children- Children in conflict with law Understanding the problem- statistical and media account Criminological study of the problem- causes leading to children coming in conflict with law Legislative framework to deal with children in conflict with law- the IJ Act Restorative justice in the realm of juvenile justice-issues and concerns REFERENCES: 1+ Ved Kumari, The JJ Act, 2015- A Critical Analyses, (Universal Book Co, 2017). 2 User Handbook on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, available at hutp://neper.gov.in/showfile.php?lang=1 &level=1& &sublinkid=1289@lid=1514 3- Child Victim of Cyber Crime Legal ‘ToolKit, http:/neper. gov jin/showfile.php?lang=1 &level=1&&sublinkid=1298&lid-=1519 4 Kumar Askand Pandey, Juvenile Justice- A Commentary, (Eastern Book Co., 2019) 5- Corriero Michael A., “JUDGING CHILDREN AS CHILDREN — A RESTORATIVE JUVENILE, JUSTICE SYSTEM”, available at https:/vww.unicef.org/tdad/3michaelcorriero%281%29 pdf available at BHONOURS GROUP CRIMINAL LAW DS Comparative Criminal Procedure UNIT-I: Introduction to Criminal Justice Process * Common Law System v. Civil Law System * Adversarial model * Inquisitorial model * Hierarchy of criminal courts and their jurisdiction. UNIT-II: Role of the Police and its powers Role of the Police and its obligations under the CrPC * Police Powers in England- Power of Stop, entry, search, arrest and detention * Police Powers in the USA UNIT-LL: Investigation, Charging Process, Prosecution of Case © Framing of Charge under the CrPC * Charging Process and case management under the UK system, * Charging Process in the USA and India. REFERENCES: 1. KN. Chandrsekharan Pillai (Rev.), R.V. Kelkar’s Criminal Procedure (Sth ed., 2008) K.L. Vibhute (Ed.), Criminal Justice (Ist ed., 2004) Robert L. Packer, The Limits of Criminal Sanction (1968) Glanville Williams, The Proof of Guilt (1963). Inbau, Thompson and Sowle, Criminal Justice Vol. Il, Foundation Press (1968). Blond, Neil C., Criminal Procedure (2009) Bloom, Robert M . ; Brodin, Mark S., Criminal Procedure: The Constitution and the Police 6th ed.(2010) 8. Lippman, M athew, Criminal Procedure (2011) 9. Singer, Richard G., Criminal Procedure II: From Bail to Jail, 2nd ed. (2011) 10, Walker, Samuel., The New World Of Police Accountability Ist Ed 11. Shanker Sen, Enforcing Police Accountability through Civilian oversight, Sage (2010) YA 4a wD 14HONOURS GROUP. CRIMINAL LAW D6 White Collar Crime 1, The Problem of White Collar Crime A. Delineating the Subject Matter- + The Legacy of Edwin Sutherland, * Alternative Formulations. * The Deviance Frame. B. The Corporate Government Nexus * The Origin of Business Concentration. Anti-trust law and the decline of moral Indignation.. + Regulatory Law and the Deregulatory movement. . Explaining White-Collar Crime A. Individual in Social Context. B. Internal Organizational Process. * Differential Association Theory. © Techniques of Neutralization. ‘* Corporate Culture and Mismanagement of Power. C. The External Environment. © Anomie-strain Theory . * Criminogenic Market Structures * The State, 3. Corporate Financial Crime A. Anti-trust Violations © Price-fixing, The Microsoft case. * High Finance and Banking ~Insider Trading , The Savings and Loans Scandal, Fantasy Finance. © Corporate Fraud. 4. Corporate Crime against Workers, Consumers and the Environment, A. Crime against Workers-workplace accidents, Insidious injuries; B. Crime against Consumers- The Transportation Industry, Foods Pharmaceuticals and Tobacco. C. Crime against Women. 5. Prevention and Control of White-Collar Crime A. Promoting Ethical Conduct. B. Regulatory Reforms. C. Criminal and Civil Sanctions. D. Political and Media Reform. 15REFERENCES: 1. Abadinsky, Howard. 2007. Organized Crime, Belmont, CA: Woodsworth 2. Ahmed, Nafeez Mosaddeq. 2005. The War on Truth:9/11, Disinformation, and the Anatomy of Terrorism. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch. 3. Alpen, David M. 1984, “A CIA Bombshell.” Newsweek, Oct 29:30. 4. Barlow, Hugh. 1996. Introduction to Criminology. New York: Harper Collins, 5. Becker, Howard 8. 1963. Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: Free Press. 6. Berger, Roanld J. 2002. Fathoming the Holocaust: A Social Problems Approach New York: Aldine de Gruyter. 7. Clinard, Marshall B., and Peter C. Yeager. 1980. Corporate Crime. New York: Free Press, 8. Coleman James W. 2006. The Criminal Elite: Understanding White Collar Crime. New York Worth. 9. Dodge, Mary. 2009. Women and White Collar Crime, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall 10. Geis, Gilbert, and Robert F. Meier (eds.). 1977. White Collar Crime: Offenses in Business, Politics, and the Professions, New York: Free Press. 11. Lowi, Theodore J. 1979. The End of Liberalism. New York: Norton. 12. Martin, Gus. 2003. Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 13. Prentice Robert. 2002. : An Ethies Lesson for Business Scandals.” New York Times, Aug 20:A19, 14, Reimen, Jefftey.2007. The rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class,and Criminal Justice. Boston: Ally and Bacon.ss 16HONOURS GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS E4 Intellectual Property Management UNIT-I: Intellectual Property Management + Basie concepts and importance ‘+ Economics of IP © Assets and IP assets UNIT-IE: Valuation Processes and Methods * Traditional methods: market value, cost value and income value methods * Modern methods of valuation © Provisions under taxation law. UNIT-IIL: Value Creation and case studies + Creating and extracting value * Enforcement of rights © Case studies. REFERENCES: 1. Akshat Pandey, Valuation of Intellectual Property Assets, Eastern Law House (2010) 2. Bratic VM, Tilton P and Balakrishnan M, “Navigating through a biotech valuation” see www.pweglobal.com 3. Browne B, ‘To Audit or Not to Audit? The Value of Preserving Your Intellectual Property’ (1997) P IPLB 155. 4. Camey RT and MeGavoc D M, “Tax Strategies for Protecting Value of IP", Les Nouvelles, Vol XXXII No 1, March 1997. P 17, 5: Paul MoGinness, Intellectual Property Commercialisation: A business Managet’s Companion LexisNexis Butterworths Australia (2003). 6. WIPO case studies source. v7Unit I: Unit Ir HONOURS GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ES Farmers and Breeders right Intemational Scenario Introduction International Union for the protection of new varieties of Plants (UPOV) 1991 convention, International Treaty for Plant Genetic resources on Food and Agriculture (ITPGREA). Nagoya Protocol and Cartegena Protocol. |: National Scenario The Protection of plant varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001. Protection of Traditional Knowledge. Bio-piracy. Unit LI: Laws and Policies relating to seeds in India REFERENCES: ‘The Seeds Bill ,2019, Genetically Modified Seeds, MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC Vs. NUZIVEEDU SEEDS LTD.(2019) 38CC 381. PEPSICO INDIA HOLDINGS PVT.LTD Vs. BIPIN PATEL V.K Ahuja, “Intellectual Property rights in India”, Lexis Nexis India. P'S Seema, “Protection of Farmers’ Rights in India: Challenges for Law in the Context of Plant Breeders’ Rights"LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Materials Available on the website of Protection of plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, India, Indian Council for Agricultural research ICAR, website . 18HONOURS GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS E6 IPR in Pharma Industry Unit-I: Patents and Pharma: National Statutory Laws and International Instruments * WTO, TRIPS and Pharmaceutical Inventions: An Overview Patenting Pharmaceutical Inventions: Indian Statutory Laws and International Instruments Compulsory Licensing , Bolar Provisions and the Pharmaceutical Sector Patents, Parallel Imports and Pharmaceutical Sector Unit-I: Pharma in the IPR Industry: An Indian Perspective An overview of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Innovators v. Generics Data Exclusivity in the Pharma Sector Clinical Trials Drug Price Control in India and Patent Law- Impact on R & D and Accessibility Unit-IIl: Issues Galore + IPR and Pharmaceutical Drugs: A Human Rights analysis * Accessibility to medicine in times of Pandemic + The Global politics of IPR and Pharma policies in Developing Countries * Changing Contours of Intemational Trade and impacts on IPR in Pharma Suggested Readings 2. 3. 4. Jochen Bubling(ed.) “Patent Protection for second medicinal uses” , Wolters Kluwer, 2016, Prashant Reddy, Sumathi Chandrashekaran, “Create, Copy, Disrupt”, OUP, 2017 Philip W. Grubb, Peter R. Thomson, “Patents for Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology”, OUP, 2009 Richard George , “Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis”, ‘Cambridge University Press,2005 19Optional Paper CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW UNIT-I: Conceptual Framework * Concept of Consumer, Nature of markets: Liberalization and Globalization of markets with special reference to Indian Consumer Markets. * E-Commerce with reference to Indian Market, Concept of Price in Retail and Wholesale, Maximum Retail Price (MRP), Fair Price, GST, labeling and packaging along with relevant laws, Legal Metrology. * Experiencing and Voicing Dissatisfaction: Consumer buying process, Consumer Satisfaction/dissatisfaction-Grievances-complaint, Consumer Complaining Behaviour Alternatives available to Dissatisfied Consumers; Complaint Handling Process, UNIT-II: The Consumer Protection Law in India * Consumer rights and UN Guidelines on consumer protection, Consumer goods, defect in goods, spurious goods and services, service, deficiency in service, unfair trade practice, restrictive trade practice, * Organizational set-up under the Consumer Protection Act: Advisory Bodies: Consumer Protection Councils at the Central, State and District Levels; Adjudicatory Bodies: District Forums, State Commissions, National Commission: Their Composition, Powers, and Jurisdiction (Pecuniary and Territorial). + Role of Supreme Court under the CPA witl UNIT-III: Grievance Redressal Mechanism under the Indian Consumer Protection Law * Who can file a complaint? Grounds of filing a complaint; Limitation period; Procedure for filing and hearing of a complaint; Disposal of cases, Relief/Remedy available; Temporary Injunction, Enforcement of order, Appeal, frivolous and vexatious complaints; Offences and penalties, + Leading Cases decided under Consumer Protection law by Supreme Court/National Commission: Medical Negligence; Banking; Insurance; Housing & Real Estate; Electricity and Telecom Services; Education; Defective Products; Unfair Trade Practices. UNIT-IV: Role of Regulatory Authorities in Consumer Prote * Bani RBI and Banking Ombudsman Insurance: IRDA and Insurance Ombudsman Telecommunication: TRAIL Food Products: FSSAI Electricity Supply: Electricity Regulatory Commission Real Estate Regulatory Authority UNIT-V: Contemporary Issues in Consumer Affairs * Consumer Movement in India:Evolution of Consumer Movement in India, Formation of consumer organizations and their role in consumer protection, Misleading Advertisements andsustainable consumption, National Consumer Helpline, Comparative Product testing,Sustainable consumption and energy ratings * Quality and Standardization: Voluntary and Mandatory standards; Role of BIS, Indian Standards Mark (ISI), Ag-mark, Hallmarking, Licensing and Surveillance; Role of InternationalStandards: ISO an Overview 20REFERENCES: Khanna, Sri Ram, Savita Hanspal, SheetalKapoor, and H.K. Awasthi. (2007)Consumer Affairs, Universities Press. Choudhary, Ram Naresh Prasad (2005). Consumer Protection Law Provisions and Procedure, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt Ltd. G. Ganesan and M. Sumathy. (2012). Globalisation and Consumerism: Issues and Challenges, Regal Publications Suresh Misra and SapnaChadah (2012). Consumer Protection in India: Issues and Concerns, IPA, New Delhi RajyalaxmiRao (2012), Consumer is King, Universal Law Publishing Company Girimaji, Pushpa (2002). Consumer Right for Everyone Penguin Books. E-books : - www.consumereducation.in 21Optional Paper LAW, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIT-I: Introduction + Developments in Science and Technology * Nexus between Science, Technology and Law * Impact of Human Rights Law on Science and Technology * The Need for control of Science and Technology UNIT-II: Science and Technology in the Courts + Impact of Technology on the Courts; NICNET, Tele-Justice, Technology and ADR * Science and Technology in Legal Proceedings * Use of Forensic Science in Criminal Matters * Use of Technology in the Courts and Challenges UNIT-IIL: Biotechnology and Law * Biotechnology: Introduction from Legal Angle * Issues involved in Biotechnological Innovations * Genetic Engineering: Ethical and Moral Issues UNIT-IV: Nuclear Technology and the Law © Uses and Misuses © International and National position © Human Rights Vis-a vis Nuclear Technology UNIT-V: Emerging Issues * Technology, Intervention and Control of Individuals * New dimensions of Data Collecting and Processing and Law © Law of Privacy Vis-a-vis 22Optional Paper WOMEN AND LAW UNIT-I: Introduction to feminist jurisprudence Meaning of gender, patriarchy and feminism Overview of different school of feminist jurisprudence Feminist critique of the State, family, marriage, religion and the market Feminist concept and their applicability on Indian laws- concept of consent, Good Woman, Bad Woman’ syndrome and Victimization and agency. UNIT-L: Position of women in India © Pre independence period D Ancient 1) Medieval * post-independence period i) Women and Indian Constitution ii) Women Movements in India Women and personal law and gender justice Discriminatory laws relating Marriage divorce and Inheritance Live in relationship UCC and its implication on women Laws relating to domestic violence, dowry and cruelty UNIT-IV: Women and Criminal law Laws relating to Sexual Harassment * Rape laws and consent conundrum * Misuse of laws by women * Role of judiciary and Women UNIT-V; Women and International law * International covenant -ICCSR ICCPR UDHR * International women conferences and CEDAW * Access to justice for women REFERENCE: Recommended Cases Air India and Others v. Nargesh Meerza 1982 SCR (1) 438 Apparel Export Promotion Council v. A.K.Chopra AIR 1999 $C 625 Arumugam Servai v. State of Tamil Nadu (2011) 6 SCC 405 C.B. Muthamma v. Union of India 1979(4)SCC 260 Javed and Others v. State of Haryana 2003 (8) SCC 369 Lata Singh v. State of UP AIR 2006 SC 2522 Mahmood Farooqui v. State (judgment of Delhi High Court on Sep. 25, 2017, available at hhtp:/Mobis.nic,in/ddin/dhic/ASK /judgement/25-09-2017/ASK25092017CRLA9442016,pdf) 8. Nyaydhar v. Union of India Ministry of Home Affairs and Others (judgment of the Supreme Court on Noy. 29, 2017) 9. P.Geetha v. Kerela Livestock Development Board (2015) SCC Online Ker 71 10. Rajesh Sharma v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another 2017 SCC OnLine SC 821 1, Saroj Rani v. Sudarshan Kumar Chadha AIR 1984 SC 1562 12. Shiv Kumar v. Union of India (Karnataka High Court judgment of 3 February 2014) 13. Smt. Harvinder Kaur v, Harmander. Singh Choudhry AIR 1984 Del 66 14, T.Sareetha v. T. Venkata Subbaiah AIR 1983 AP 356 15, Vasantha R v. Union of India and Others 2001 II LLJ 843(Mad) 99 23 Aaya eNe16. Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan (1997) 6 SCC 241 17. Vishwa Lochan Madan v. Union of India (2014) 7 SCC 70 18. V.Revathi v. Union of India and Others (1988) 2 SCC 72 RECOMMENDED READINGS. |. Pratiksha Baxi, Carceral Feminism as Judicial Bias: The Discontents Around State vs. Mahmood Farooqui, Interdisciplinary Law, Issue 3, October 2016 . 2. Catherine Rottenberg, The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism” in Cultural Studies, Nov. 18,2013. 1-20, gyaitable at hitp-/www.bgu.ac.i/-rottenbe/The®420rise%200f%20neoliberal942 Ofeminism.pdr Shampa Dev, “Gender Justice in India: A Feminist Jurisprudential Perspective’, Tattwa Jourral of Philosophy, 2018, Vol. 10, 69-88, available at Journals.christuniversity.infindex.php/tattva/article/download/1786/ 1524 + Catharine A MacKinnon, ‘Sex Equality under the Constitution of India: Problems, Prospects and Personal Laws’, Intemational Journal of Constitutional Law, Volume 4, Issue 2, | April 2006, 181 20 - Kalpana Kannabiran, Judicial Meanderings in Patriarchal Thickets: Litigating Sex Discrimination in India, in WOMEN AND LAW: CRITICAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES 172-204 (KALPANA, KANNABIRAN ed., 2014). Nivedita Menon, “In the Wake of the AUD Report’, Mar. 10,2018, tps://kafila.online/2018/03/1 O/in-the-wake-of-the-aud-report/ National Policy for Women 2016: Articulating a Vision for Empowerment of Women (Draft), Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, May 2016, available at bttp//wed.nic.in/sites/defaul/files/women%20empowerment%20po liy Final 17May.pdf 8. Flavia Agnes, Protecting Women Against Violence ~ Review of a Decade of Legislation 1980-89, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 27, Issue No. 17, Apr. 25, 1992. Sunita V $ Bandewar, Amita Pitre & Lakshmi Lingam, Five Years Post Nirbhaya: Critical Insights into the Status of Response to Sexual Assault, in INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS, Mar. 28, 2018, available at hutp:/iime in/articles/five-years-post-nirbhayacritical-insights-into-the-status. of-response-to-sexualassault/?galley=htm| 10. Nivedita Menon, Is Feminism about ‘Women’? A Critical View on Intersectionality from India, INTERNATIONAL VIEWPOINT, 18 MAY 2015, available at http://www. international viewpoint.ore/IMG/article_PI DF/article_a4 038.pdf. 11. Flavia Agnes, Law, Justice and Gender: Family Law and Constitutional Provisions in India, (Oxford University Press 2011), Chapter Constitutional Claims and Gender Justice '2, Flavia Agnes, ‘Conjugality, Property, Morality and Maintenance’ in Women And Law Critical Feminist Perspectives 32-58 (Kalpana Kannabiran ed., Sage Publications 201 4) 13. Flavia Agnes, ‘The Supreme Court, Media and the UCC Debate’ in Religion, Power & : Expression of Politics in Contemporary Times 225-247(Ram Punyani ed., Sage Publications 2005) Narendra Subramaniam, India Needs to Debate the Components of a Progressive Uniform Civil Code’, THE WIRE, Oct. 23, 2017. 14. Nivedita Menon, Uniform Civil Code: The Women’s Movement Perspective, KAFILA, Oet. 1, 2014 1S. Saptarshi Mandal, ‘Do Personal Laws Get Their Authority from Religion or the State - Revisiting Constitutional Status’, in Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 51, Issue No. 50, Dec. 10, 2016, 16. Sylvia Vatuk, “The “Women’s Court” in India: An Alternative Dispute Resolution Body for Women in Distress’, in The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, Vol. 45, 2013, Issue 1, 76-103 17, Flavia Agnes, Law and Gender Inequality: The Politics Of Women’s Rights In India (Oxford University Press 2004) 18. Sumreen Hussain Women’s Property Right and Stridhanam in Ancient Hindu Society: A joumey from Stridhanam to Dowry. The Research Journal of Social Sciences, Vol X No VI, 2018. 19. Samreen Hussain Islamic Law of Inheritance The Myth Of Misogyny, The NLSIU joumal Vol 10 2015-16). 20. Samreen Hussain Patriarchal Judiciary As Harbinger Of Gender Justice In India, RMLNLU Journal vol 11 (2019), 2 2 24Optional Paper LAND LAW (UP) UNIT-I: Land Reforms * History and Development of the Land Tenure System in U.P. . ‘Constitutional Provisions on Agrarian Reform Legislation . Abolition of Private Landlordism * Consolidation of Holdings UNIT-II National Policy and Planning of the Cei Laws ig on Land Holdings in U.P. * Management and Allotment of Surplus Land UNIT-III U.P. Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 2016 * Silent features of Land Revenue Code + Revenue Courts and Revenue Authorities * Rent Law :Concepts, Terms and Processes * Eviction and Dispute Settlement Mechanism UNIT -IV Land Acquisition © Purpose © Procedure * Compensation UNIT-V Eviction and Dispute Settlement Mechanism * Grounds of evietion : Non-payment of Rent, Sub-letting, Change of user, Material, alterations, Non-occupancy, Nuisance, Dilapidation, Bonafide requirement of the landlord, Altemative accommodation, Building and re-construction and Limited Tenancy Settlement of rent disputes Rent Legislation in India Definitions, Land Lord, Tenant, Land and Fair Rent. Fixation of fair rent REFERENCES: ACTS U.P. Consolidation of Land Holdings Act, 1953 U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1961. UP Zamindar Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 veeee BOOKS Mr. V.N. Shukla Constitution of India Mr. P.K. Sarkar Law of Acquisition of land in India Dr-R.R.Maurya, U.P.Land Laws Dr.C.P.Singh, U.P. Land Laws Dr.R-P.Singh, U.P.Land Laws yee 25PROFESSIONAL ETHICS UNIT 1: Legal Profession in India * Evolution and Development of Legal Profession in India + Legal Education and Legal Profession in India UNIT-IL: Professional Ethic * Nature and Scope of Professional Ethies ¢ Standards of Professional Conduct and Btiquettes:- Rights and Duties of Lawyers ¢ Punishment for the Breach UNIT-IL: Institution and Statute Regulating Professional Ethics © The Advocate Act, 1961 © The Bar Council of India Rules * The Role of Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils UNIT-IV: Conduct of Advocates and Disciplinary Proceedings * Professional Misconduct and Judicial Responses © Strikes and Boycott of Courts by the Lawyers UNIT-V: Contempt of Court * Meaning and Purpose of Contempt * Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 REFERENCES: 1. Dr. P. B, Mukharji; Professional Ethics of the Advocate (University of Burdwan) 2. Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, Law, Lawyers and Justice (B.R. Publication Corp, Delhi) 3. Rajuramchandran, Professional Ethics; Changning Profession and Changing Ethics (Lexis Nexis Butterworths) 26