Internship topics

• An overview of Civil Procedure code 
• Introduction and Scheme of Civil procedure code
• Types of Procedures – Inquisitorial and Adversary

• Jurisdiction of civil courts under CPC
• What are the suits of civil nature – sec 9 Civil Procedure Code
• Stages of Suit under CPC
• Mesne Profits under Civil procedure code
• Distinction between Res judicata and Estoppel 
• Enforcement of Foreign Judgements in India

• Provisions relating to Caveat under CPC
• Inherent Power of Court under CPC

• Parties to Suit 
• Joinder of parties- CPC
• Misjoinder and non joinder of parties -cpc
• Necessary party and proper party to a suit 
• Joinder and Mis joinder of Causes of action
• Framing of Suit CPC
• Institution of suit under CPC
• Meaning of Representative suit under CPC

• Meaning and General rules of Pleadings
• Amendment of Pleadings
• Meaning and contents of Plaint
• General rules relating to Plaint
• Return and rejection of plaint
• Meaning and Contents of Written statement
• General rules relating to Written statement
• Set off and counter claim under cpc

• Rules for Issue and service of summons to defendant 
• Modes of service of summons
• Service of Foreign Summons (Section 29) 
• Summons to the witnesses

• Interrogatories under Cpc
• Appearance and non appearance of parties under cpc
• Ex parte procedure and setting aside of ex parte decree
• Examination of Parties under cpc
• Framing of issues under cpc

• Affidavit – meaning and format
• Concept of Admissions under Cpc
• Adjournment under CPC

• Concept of Decree and its kinds
• General provisions relating to appeals under cpc
• First appeal or appeals from original decrees under cpc
• Appealable orders under cpc
• Rules relating to appeals to Supreme court under cpc
• Reference, Review and Revision under Cpc

• Power and procedure for execution of decrees
• Transfer of Decrees for Execution
• Modes of Execution of a Decree
• Attachment of property under CPC
• Arrest and Detention under execution proceedings 
• Garnishee order

• Abatement of suit under cpc
• Withdrawal and compromise of suits under cpc
• Concept of commissions under cpc
• Appointment of Receivers under cpc
• Concept of Interim Orders under cpc

• Procedure in Suits by or against Government 
• Suits by Aliens and by or Against Foreign Rulers, Ambassadors 
• Suits relating to public matters
• Suits against Minors, persons with unsound mind
• Suits by indigent persons or pauper suits
• Concept of Interpleader suits under cpc
• Arrest and attachment before judgment under cpc

• Nature and concept of Law of Limitation
• Salient features of Limitation Act, 1963
• Concept of Condonation of Delay – sec 5 of limitation Act
• Computation of period of limitation 
• Effect of acknowledgement on Limitation
• Part payment and Limitation

• Important Definitions under Indian Evidence Act
• Extent and applicability of Indian Evidence Act
• Applicability of Indian Evidence Act to Revenue courts
• Commission of Inquiry

• Meaning of Judicial Proceedings under Indian evidence Act
• Proved, disproved and Not proved under evidence act

• Facts, facts in Issue and Relevant facts
• Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts
• Admissibility of statement of co-conspirator

• General Principles of Admissions under Evidence Act
• Proof of admissions against persons making them
• General Principles of confessions under Evidence Act
• Difference between Admission and confession
• When confessions are not admissible 
• Confessions to police officers
• Admissibility of Confession of co accused
• Admissibility of Extra judicial confessions
• Evidentiary value of retracted confession
• Statement of persons who cannot be called as witnesses
• Evidentiary value of dying declaration under Indian evidence act
• Relevance of opinion of third parties as evidence
• Relevance and Admissibility of Judgments in Civil and Criminal matters 
• Expert evidence – relevance and evidentiary value
• Admissibility of evidence of character
• Admissibility of electronic records – sec 65B of Indian evidence act

• Facts which need not be proved
• general principles of  Oral Evidence (Sections 59-60)
• hearsay evidence and its exceptions
• General Principles of documentary evidence
• Public document and private document
• Exclusion of Oral by Documentary Evidence
• presumptions regarding documents under Indian evidence act
• Patent and latent ambiguity under Indian evidence act

• The concept of Burden of proof under indian evidence act
• Exceptions to burden of proof
• Burden of proof of life and death
• Presumptions as to dowry death under Indian evidence act
• Doctrine of judicial notice
• Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecutions for rape

• Meaning, competence and Types of witness under Indian Evidence Act
• Privileged Communication under Indian evidence act
• Rules relating to examination of witness under Indian evidence act

• Rule of Refreshing Memory under Indian evidence act
• Impeaching the credit of witnesses (Section 155 Indian evidence act) 
• Concept of accomplice witness under Indian evidence act
• Improper Admission and Rejection of evidence

INDIAN PENAL CODE – 1860

• Crime: meaning, definition and essentials

• Insight to General Explanations of IPC (Sec. 6-52A)

• Dishonestly  and fraudulently under IPC
• The deterrent theory of punishment
• The reformative theory of punishment 
• The preventive theory of punishment
• The expiation theory of punishment 
• Methods of executing capital punishment

• Mistake of fact under IPC
• Act done by Judges – general exceptions
• Mc. naughten’s principles of insanity 
• Acts done for benefit of a person without his consent – IPC
• Trivial act as an exception under IPC
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• difference between movable and immovable property
• Agreement to sell and agreement of sale
• doctrine of fixture under transfer of property act, 1882 
• Rule against inalienability – transfer of property act, 1882
• direction for accumulation of income – transfer of property act
• Conditional transfers under Transfer of property act 1882
• Condition precedent and condition subsequent under TP Act

• Doctrine of holding out under transfer of property act 1882
• Fraudulent transfer under transfer of property act 
• Doctrine of part performance – transfer of property act 

• Unpaid vendor’s lien – section 55 (4) of Transfer of Property Act
• Rule of Nemo dat quod non habet for sale of immovable property

• Doctrine of clog on redemption – concept & exceptions 
• Rule of marshalling and contribution – TP Act 1882

• Forfeiture of lease under Transfer of property act

• Concept of onerous gift and universal donee

• Imposition, acquisition and transfer of easements
• Quasi easements and easements of necessity
• Perspective easements – Indian Easements Act 1882
• Customary Easements  – Indian Easements Act 1882
• Incidents of easements – Indian Easements Act 1882
• Extinction, suspension & revival of easements
• Concept of license under Indian Easements Act 1882

• Testamentary succession under Indian succession act, 1925
• Kinds of wills in India – Indian succession act, 1925
• Who can make a will?
• Attestation, revocation, alteration & revivial of wills
• Provisions relating to construction of a will
• Void will or void bequest – Indian succession act, 1925
• Doctrine of cy pres
• Onerous  bequests – Indian succession act, 1925
• Contingent and conditional bequests -Indian succession act, 1925
• Specific and demonstrative legacy – Indian succession act, 1925
• Ademption of legacy under Indian succession act, 1925

• Essentials for creation of a valid trust – Indian trusts act
• Appointment of a trustee – Indian trusts act, 1882
• Disabilities of a trustee – Indian trusts act, 1882

HINDU LAW

• Doctrine of surrender of limited estate or women’s estate

MUSLIM LAW

• Distinction between dower and dowry
• Enforcement of right to dower

• Muslim law of inheritence under sunni law
• Muslim law of inheritence under shia law
• Difference between sunni and shia law of inheritance
• Doctrine of aul – muslim law of inheritence
• Doctrine of radd – muslim law of inheritence
• Doctine of aul and radd – muslim law of inheritence
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• Salient features of the mussalman wakf validating act, 1913
• Life estate under muslim law
• Doctrine of pre-emption or shufaa under muslim law

Christian law, parsi law, Indian law of marriage and succession

• Essentials & procedure of christian marriage – Indian christian marriage act, 1872
• Salient features of Indian christian marriage act, 1872
• Grounds of divorce under christian law
• Rules of succession under christian law

• Marriage and divorce under parsi law
• Grounds of divorce under parsi law
• Rules of inheritance under parsi law

• Role of conciliation in family disputes

• Essential features of Indian succession act, 1925
• Intestate succession under Indian succession act, 1925

• Relations of principal and agent with the third parties
• Difference between partnership at will and particular partnership
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• Rights and liabilities of partners with the third parties under Indian partnership act,1932

• The negotiable instruments under negotiable instruments act, 1881
• Rightful dishonour of a cheque / circumstances under which a cheque can be dishonoured 

• Summary of sale of goods act, 1930
• Hire purchase agreement

• Difference between administrative and quasi-judicial functions
• Difference between administrative and legislative functions

• Remedies available against state for administrative actions 

• Difference between administrative tribunals and courts
• Advantages and disadvantages of administrative tribunals

• Objectives and Advantages of Public Corporations
• Control over public corporations in India

• Meaning and important rules of interpretation of laws
• Advantages and disadvantages of Legislation

• Original precedent and declaratory precedents

• Possessory remedies

• Title: definition, kinds and modes of acquisition

• Investitive facts and divestitive facts

• Double capacity and double personality 

• Theories of juristic personality 

• Liability for mis-statements

• Jus necessitatis

• The doctrine of immunity of instrumentalities
• The power of the union and the states to carry on trade – article 298

• Magna negligentia culpa est, magna culpa dolus est – fault in law of torts

• Salient features of Indian bar councils act 1926