Internship topics

• 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 
• Doctrine of priority under property law

• Sale of immovable property: Essentials of valid sale – TP 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

• Kinds of easements under Indian Easements Act 1882
• 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

• Salient features of Indian trusts act, 1882
• Essentials for creation of a valid trust – Indian trusts act
• Appointment of a trustee – Indian trusts act, 1882
• Duties and liabilities of a trustee – Indian trusts act, 1882
• Disabilities of a trustee – Indian trusts act, 1882

• Development and evolution of administrative law
• Transition from laissez faire to Social Welfare state
• Applicability of rule of law in a mixed economy

• Difference between administrative and quasi-judicial functions
• Difference between administrative and legislative functions
• Judicial control over delegated legislation 
• Legislative or parliamentary control over delegated legislation 

• Remedies available against state for administrative actions 
• Lokpal and lok ayukta act 2013: summary
• Doctrine of estoppel against the government
• Salient features of administrative tribunals act, 1985
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• Difference between administrative tribunals and courts
• Advantages and disadvantages of administrative tribunals
• Commission of inquiry: constitution, appointment & powers

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

• Overview of whistleblower’s protection act,, 2014

INDIAN PENAL CODE – 1860

• Evolution Of Law Of Crime Over The Years
• Vicarious liability in criminal law and execptions 
• Jurisdiction of Indian penal code: territorial & extra terrirtotial 

• Insight to General Explanations of IPC (Sec. 6-52A)
• Public servant – section 21 of IPC
• Wrongful loss and wrongful gain under IPC – distinction and examples
• Common intention and common object under IPC
  Dishonestly  and fraudulently under IPC
• The deterrent theory of punishment
• The retributive theory of punishment 
• The reformative theory of punishment 
• The preventive theory of punishment
• The expiation theory of punishment 
• Measure of penal liability or punishment 

• General exceptions to criminal liability under IPC
  
• Mistake of fact under IPC
  
• Mistake of law under iPC
• Act done by Judges – general exceptions
• Accident as an exception under IPC
  
• Act done by a child under IPC
• Act done by an insane person under IPC
  
• Mc. naughten’s principles of insanity 
• Act done by a person under Intoxication – exceptions under IPC
  
• Consent – general exceptions under IPC
• Acts done for benefit of a person without his consent – IPC
• Trivial act as an exception under IPC
• Right of private defence under IPC – extent & limitations

HINDU LAW

• Doctrine of factum valet

• Doctrine of relation back in hindu law

• Theory of notional partition under hindu succession act 1956

• Succession to the property of a Hindu Male : hindu succession act 1956
• Doctrine of surrender of limited estate or women’s estate

• Right of dwelling house of a hindu – hindu succession act 1956

MUSLIM LAW

• Void marriage or batil nikah under muslim law
• Irregular marriage or fasid nikah under muslim law
• Distinction between dower and dowry
• Enforcement of right to dower
• Dower under sunni and shia law

• Dissolution of muslim marrige act 1939: An overview
• Distinction between sunni and shia law of divorce

• Minority and guardianship under muslim law
• Summary: muslim women (protection of rights on divorce) act 1986

• 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

• Gift or hiba under muslim law: essentials,modes, revocation
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• Concept of Will or wasiyat under muslim law
• 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
• Indian divorce act, 1869: summary
• Rules of succession under christian law

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

• Solemnization of marriage under special marriage act, 1954
• Grounds of divorce under special marriage act, 1954
• Differences between hindu marriage act,1955 & special marriage act, 1954

• Salient features of family courts act, 1984
• Role of conciliation in family disputes

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

• Moral theory of contracts and legal theory of contracts 

• Relations of principal and agent with the third parties

• Test of partnership / mode of determining the existence of partnership
• 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
• Bill of exchange and cheque under NI act, 1881
• Rightful dishonour of a cheque / circumstances under which a cheque can be dishonoured 
• Endorsement of a Negotiable instrument

• Sale of goods by a non-owner
• Rights and duties of seller under sale of goods act, 1930
• Hire purchase agreement

• Public service commission – composition, powers and functions

• 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

• Advantages and disadvantages of administration of justice

• Advantages and disadvantages of Legislation

• Original precedent and declaratory precedents

• Right in rem and right in personam

• 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

• Administration of Justice in Calcutta presidency before 1726
• Administration of Justice in Madras, Bombay, Calcutta (1600-1726)
• Charter of 1726 – uniform judicial system
• Adalat system of courts – 
• Judicial Scheme (or Plan) of 1793 of Lord Cornwallis
• JUDICIAL REFORMS OF SIR JOHN SHORE

• Criminal law remedies for the protection of environment
• Sustainable development and Indian judiciary

• Public interest litigation and protection of environment