Thursday, August 26, 2010

SYLLABUS for the All India Bar Exam

The Exam takers will be required to answer questions from 20 subjects of law, which are divided into two categories. The Examination paper will comprise at least seven (7) questions from each ‘Category I’ subject, of which three (3) will be Category A questions, and four (4) will be Category B questions (‘Category A’ and ‘Category B’ questions are described in detail below). The paper will also have twenty-three (23) questions from the ‘Category II’ subjects as a whole, and these twenty-three questions will include questions from at least five (5) Category II subjects. All questions from Category II subjects will be Category B questions.
Category I subjects will be tested in Part I of the question paper, and Category II subjects will be tested in Part II of the question paper.

CATEGORY I subjects:
1. Alternative Dispute Resolution
2. Civil Procedure Code and Limitation Act
3. Constitutional Law
4. Contract Law, including Specific Relief, Special Contracts, and Negotiable Instruments
5. Criminal Law I: The Indian Penal Code
6. Criminal Procedure
7. Drafting, Pleading, and Conveyancing
8. Evidence
9. Jurisprudence
10. Professional Ethics and the Professional Code of Conduct for Advocates
11. Property Law

CATEGORY II subjects:
12. Administrative Law
13. Company Law
14. Environmental Law
15. Family Law
16. Human Rights Law
17. Labour and Industrial Law
18. Law of Tort, including Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Consumer Protection Law
19. Principles of Taxation Law
20. Public International Law

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