Answer in one or two sentence:

1) Define Immovable Property as defined in the General Clauses Act, 1897?**

2) What is Doctrine Pith and Substance?
3) Explain briefly the doctrine of Pith and Substance?
4) Define – Interpretation of Statutes?*
5) Define “Son” as defined in the General Clauses Act, 1897
6) What is Causus Omissus?
7) What is the meaning of the maxim 'Causus Omissus'?
8) Explain in brief the maxim 'Causus Omissus'?
9) Explain the Doctrine of Eclipse?
10) Explain the Rule of Noscitur a Sociis?*
11) Define “Coming into operation of an Act” as defined in the General Clauses Act,
1897?
12) Explain the role of the Short Title as Internal Aid of Statutory Interpretation?
13) What is Sententia Legis?**
14) What is the meaning of “Express Repeal”?*
15) Explain the concept ''Ejusdem Generis”?**
16) What do you understand by 'Mischief Rule'?*
17) Explain 'Ouster or exclusion of jurisdiction'?
18) What do you understand by the term 'Absurdity'?**
19) Explain the Rule about 'Anomaly'?*
20) What is the meaning of 'Proviso'?*
21) What is the meaning of 'headings' in a Statute? What is its importance in
interpreting a statue?
22) What do you understand by 'Intention of the Legislature'?
23) What do you mean by 'Headings' in a Statute? What is its significance in statutory
interpretation?
24) What is the meaning of 'internal aids' to construction of Statutes? Name any 3
such internal aids?
25) What is the meaning of 'Remedial' or 'Welfare' statutes?
26) What do you understand by 'delegated legislation'?
27) What is the meaning of 'rule of literal construction'?*
28) What is the meaning of Affidavit?*
29) What is the meaning of 'Retrospective operation of a statue'?
30) What do you understand by 'Repeal' of a statute?
31) What is the main crux of the principle of 'Mischief Rule' of interpretation of
Statutes?
32) What is the meaning of 'Schedules' in the statutes? What is their role in the
statutory interpretation?
33) Briefly express what is the meaning of 'internal and external aids' in constructing
the statutes?
34) What is the meaning of 'Mens Rea'? Is it applicable to the offences under the
Indian Penal Code?
35) What do you mean by sub-delegation? When is it valid?
36) Explain how 'Legislative Debates' are important in the interpretation of Statutes?**
37) What do you mean by rule of 'strict construction'?**
38) What is the presumption about the territorial operation of a statute?
39) What is the meaning of the term 'vessel' under the general clauses Act?*
40) Name any 2 internal aids to interpretation?**
41) What is an 'enabling statute’?***
42) What is ‘Harmonius Construction'?
43) What is the doctrine of 'implied over ruling'?
44) What is the meaning of 'operation of statute?
45) What is the meaning of 'exclusion or ouster of jurisdiction'?
46) Explain the term 'abet' as per general clauses Act, 1897?
47) What is the meaning of ‘Remedial Statutes’?
48) What is the meaning of a 'Short Title' to the Act?*
49) What is the purpose of interpretation?
50) Explain the term 'Person' as per general clauses Act?*
51) What is meant by 'Beneficial Interpretation'?
52) Explain the term 'Pari Materia'?*
53) Explain the doctrine of prospective over-ruling?*
54) Give importance of legislative debates?
55) Explain the term 'district judge' under the general clauses Act?
56) Role of the 'Preamble' in Interpretation of the Constitution of India?*
57) Explain the term movable property?
58) Explain the primary rule of interpretation?
 Write Short Notes (any 4):
1) Doctrine of Repugnancy. ***

2) Strict Construction of taxing Statutes.

3) Directory and Mandatory Provisions.*

4) Doctrine of Severability.

5) Role of Long Title and Preamble as Internal Aid.

6) Definitions.

7) Role of punctuation marks for interpreting statutes.*

8) Restrictive and Extensive.*

9) Commencement and Termination of time.*

10) Mimansa Rules of Interpretation.*

11) Purposive Construction.*

12) Non Obstante Clause.

13) Perpetual and Temporary statutes.

14) Text books as external aid to construction of Statutes.

15) Dictionaries as external aid to construction of Statutes.**

16) ‘Explanations’ as aid to construction.

17) Nature of Construction of beneficial legislation.

18) Role of International Agreements and conventions in construction of Domestic Acts.

19) Quasi Repeal by Desuetude.

20) Nature of Construction of Penal Statutes.

21) Prospective operation of Penal Statutes.

22) The rule of ‘’Ejusdem Generis'.*

23) Coming into operation of an enactment.**

24) Presumption as to jurisdiction of Courts.

25) Grammatical and Logical interpretation of Statutes.

26) Short Title and Long Title of a statute.

27) Doctrine of Colourable Legislation.

28) Cassus Omisus.

29) Headings.

30) Ambiguous Definition.*

31) Doctrine of liberal Construction.

32) Delegates non-protest Delegare.

33) Role of ‘Proviso’.*

34) Statute must be read as whole.*

35) Legal fiction.*

36) Doctrine of occupied field

 Write in detail (any 4):
1) State and explain the Golden Rule of Construction with relevant Cases?**
2) Explain “External Aids” of Statutory Interpretation? Mention the various External
aids and explain in detail the Role of Dictionaries and text books and Parliamentary
debates as external aids’?
3) Which are the various 'external aids' of interpretation of Statutes? Explain in detail
with your comment about utility of each of them?
4) What do you understand by “internal aids” to Construction? Explain any 3 of them
in detail?
5) Discuss the Mischief Rule with relevant Cases?
6) Critically examine the position of 'internal aids’ to construction of statutes? Explain
in full any 3 of such internal aids?
7) Mention Different types of Repeal of Statutes and Explain the Consequences of
Repeal of a Statute?*
8) Explain in detail what you mean by ‘Repeal of a statute'? Write the various
principles of interpretation and construction relating to ‘Repeal’ of statutes?
9) Discuss the principles of Interpretation of a Remedial Statute?
10) Explain what is ‘Remedial’ and 'Penal' statutes? Give various principles of
Interpretation which are attracted to them?*
11) Analyse the Presumption of Constitutionality of a statute?**
12) Explain the Presumption against extra territorial operation of Statute?*
13) Explain in full the meaning and provisions of Repeal of Statute? What are the
effects of such a Repeal?
14) Explain in full along with the principle involved in the Maxim “Delegates non
protest Delegare”?*
15) What is the meaning of delegated legislation? What is its necessity? Can there be
sub-delegation?
16) What is the meaning of Interpretation of Statute? Briefly explain important
principles of such Interpretation?*
17) What are the basic principles of Interpretation of statutes? Fully explain any two of
them?
18) What do you understand by subsidiary rules of interpretation? Enlist some of them
and explain in full any 3 such subsidiary rules of interpretation?
19) “ ‘Subsidiary rules of interpretation’ can never be ignored while constructing and
interpreting any statute or document”, Critically comment on this statement and
explain in detail any 3 of such subsidiary rules of interpretation?
20) Explain in full the rules about operation of statutes? When can an Act be allowed
to be retrospective in operation?
21) Explain in full the use of 'The General Clauses Act' in the interpretation of
Statutes? Are there any limitation in its use?
22) Briefly explain the objective and scheme of “The General Clauses Act”? When can
the provisions of the said act be used and when they cannot be used while
interpreting any Indian statute?
23) Critically comment on the maxim 'Generalis specialibus non-derogant'?
24) Enumerate various internal and external aids to Construction of statutes? Explain
how they are significant for Interpretation of statutes?
25) Explain the main rules of construction of a penal statute?
26) Critically analyse 'Legislative Intention'?
27) Explain the role of ‘Legislative Intention' in Interpretation of statute? How can such
intention be gathered or found out?
28) Fully explain the role of internal and external aids of Interpretation of statute?
29) “ 'Legislative Intention’ is a guiding light in Interpretation of statute”, explain fully
stating how such legislative intention is to be gathered?
30) Fully discuss the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act?***
31) Analyse in full the tests of implied Repeal of a statute?*
32) Discuss the presumption as to jurisdiction of a statute? Can the jurisdiction of
Supreme Court or of a High Court be affected by a statute?*
33) Give the significance of the internal and external aids of Interpretation of statutes?*
34) Explain the statement 'Beneficial Construction' is a tendency rather than a rule?
35) Discuss the rules of Statutory Interpretation with the help of decided cases? Explain
'Literal rule' and 'Mischief Rule’?
36) Critically analyse the parts of a Statute?
37) Explain the doctrine of Severability?
38) Penal Statute is strictly construed, Discuss?
39) Comment on mandatory and directory Statutes?