Chanakya National Law University, Patna Law of Evidence IV Semester

Roll No. Topic Applicability of Indian Evidence Act 1872. Proof as a last stage of any fact under Evidence Act 1872 Role of "Fact in Issue" under civil and criminal matters. Role of circumstantial evidence in criminal proceeding. Credibility of Police witness. Evidentiary value of Photograph. Independent witness, chance witness and natural witness. Interested, relative and partisan witnesses. Tape recording and dag tracking as a evidence. Rules of Evidence in civil and criminal proceedings. Validity of DNA test in the form of evidence. Concept of Presumption. Application of res-gestae in Indian Evidence Act 1872 Presumption of fact vs. Presumption of Law. Evidentiary value of News paper report and call records of cellular phone. Concept of secondary evidence under Indian evidence Act. Admissibility of electronic records as a evidence. Proof of signaute and handwritting of person Proof of Public Document Presumptions as to documents. Exclusion of oral by documentry evidence. Patent ambiguity and latent ambiguity The burden of proof. Burden and Onus. Burden of proof as to particular fact. Burden of proving exception in criminal cases and presumption of innocence. Presumption of survivorship Burden of proving relationship, ownership and goodfaith Presumption as to dowery death Applicability of doctrine of estoppel in civil and criminal matters. Competence of witnesses Privileged communications Evidence of Accomplice. Concept of examination under Law of Evidence. Leading Questions.

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Impeaching credit of witness. Creditibility of Hostile witness Refreshing memory Fundamental rules of Law of Evidence Admissibility of improperly obtained evidence Relevancy of facts showing conduct of the parties Relevancy of facts showing the state of mind Mode of Proving identity of person and thing Relevancy of Evidence of character. Presumption as to the legitmecy of child. Relevancy of Facts those are inconsisitent with fact in issues. Evidentiary issues in curruption cases. Proof of facts under the Narcotic Law Concept of admission : An study under Indian Evidence Act.1872 concept of Confession : A Critical Analysis. role of Confession made by co-accused in criminal proceeding. Evidentiory value of motive and preparation Admissibility of medical examination report in sexual offence. Expert opinion Vs. Direct witness. Significance of dying declaration in dowry death cases. confession obtained under inducement threat or promise. Relevancy of facts showing character of the parties Significance of rule that certain fact ' need not be proved' Proof of private and public document Brain-Maping evidence- Evidentary value. Direct evidence Vs. circumstantial evidence T.I. Parade Contradictions and corroborations U/s 145 and 157 of evidence act. Confession Vs. Retracted confession Recommendation of Law commission on S-27 Judicial Response on Hostile witness. "Truth sits on the lips of a dying man" An Overview Confessions or merely one's species of admission Evidence as to affairs of state. Evidence of Tracker dog Anara Gupta's case Best- Bakar Case Manu Sharma Case Plea of alibi- Use and missuse under Evidence Law Nishikant Vs. State of Bihar State of U.P. Vs. Deoman Kashmira Singh Vs. State of H.P.

Palvinar Kaur Vs. State of Punjab.

IVth- Semester Project Topic

Subject:-Family Law-II
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Project Topic Partition under Mitakshara Law. Probate A Critical Study. Letter of Administration. Historical perspective of the Hindu Succession Act 1956. Notional Partition. Stridhana. Womens Estate. Sole Surviving Coparcener Pious Obligation of Daughter. Debt - Liability of Joint Family. Power of Karta to Sale Joint Family Property. Alienation of Joint Family Property by a Coparcener Right of coparcener to challenge alienation. Succession under Mitakshara Law. Succession under Dayabhaga Law. Religious and Charitable Endowments. Codicil: A Critical Study Succession under Muslim Law. Inheritance under Hanafi Law. Inheritance under Shia Law. Status of Hindu women under Hindu Law A Comparative Study Wills under Muslim Law. Re-opening of Partition. Wills under Hindu Law. Partial Partition. Female as Karta. Coparcenary under Dayabhaga Law. Joint Hindu Family A Critical Study Hindu Coparcenary Legal incidents.

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Joint Family Property. Coparceners power of alienation under Mitakshara Law. Minor Coparcener A Critical Study. Insane Coparcener A Critical Study. Testamentary Succession. Gift under Muslim Law. Gift under Hindu Law. Succession to the property of a Hindu Male. Status and Role of a Karta a Critical Study. Mitakshara Joint Hindu Family. Dayabhaga Joint Hindu Family. Pious obligation of son to pay fathers debt. Succession to the Property of a Hindu Female. Comparative Study between Mitakshara Law & Dayabhaga Law. Disqualification as to succession under Hindu Succession Act. Disqualification as to succession under Mitakshara Law. General Rules of succession. Administration of Estate. Hindu Succession Act 1956 A critical Review & Study. Ouster of a member from Joint Family. Joint Family Legal incidents. Joint family vs. Coparcenary A Critical Comparative Study. Antecedent Debt. Status of illegitimate Son as to Succession. Ouster of a Coparcener from Coparcenary Status. Alienation of Joint Family Property by Karta. Doctrine of Representation under Mitakshara Law. Female - A Critical Study Revocation of Gift under Muslim Law. Partition under Dayabhaga Law. Coparcenary Property. A critical study between Hanafi and Shia Law as to Succession.

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Waqf: - A Critical Study Coparcenary within Coparcenary. Property under Dayabhaga Law. Dayabhaga coparcenary Formation and Legal incidents. Succession by Survivorship. Coparcenary under Mitakshara Law. Partition and Family Arrangement A Critical Study. Classification of Joint Family Property. Legislative Inroads into the Concept of Joint Family.

IVth- Semester Project Topic

Subject:-Labour Law-I
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Project Topic Fundamental Rights and Labour Laws in India. Municipal Corporation as Industry. Educational Institution as Industry. Industrial Dispute Vs. Individual Dispute. Concept of Lay off and Retrenchment of Industrial Workers. Settlement of Industrial Dispute Through Conciliation. Whether Strike is a Fandamental Rights? Legal and Illegal Strike. Appropriate Government in Labour Legislations. Cagnizance of Offence in Labour Legislations. Voluntary Reference of Dispute to Arbitration. Power of the Labour Court. Power of National and Industrial Tribunal. Concept of Strike and Lock Out and Their Prohibition. Condition Precedent to Retrenchment of Work men. Compensation of Workmen in Case of Transfer of Undertakings. Judiciary and the Child Labour. Malabar Tiles Works Vs. UOI, AIR, 1968, KER.143. Public Interest Litigation and Child Labour. Prohibition of Lay off under Chapter V B of the I.D. Act 1947. Causes of Cild Labour in India. Constitution of India and Child Labour. Constitutional Validity of Retrenchment U/s 25 N of I.D. Act. 1947 M.C. Mehta Vs. State of Tamilnadu, AIR, 1997, SC 699. Re employment of the Retrenched Workmen. Payment of Minimum Wages: constitutional Validity. Procedure for Closing down an Industry U/s 250 of I.D. Act. 1947. Payment of Gratuity and Coverage of Teachers under the Scheme. Prohibition of Unfair Labour Practies.

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Regulation of Conditions of Work of Children. Recommendation of 2nd Labour Commission. Penalty for Illegal Strike and Lock Out. Welfare and Health of Contract Labour. Constitution Amendment bill 2001 and Child Labour. Penalties under I.d. Act. Principles of Farfeiture of Gratuity. managerial Prerogative under I.D. Act. 1947. Condition for Certification of Standing Orders. Payment of Subsistence Allowance under S.O. Act. Concept of Wages and Social Justice. Trade Union Movement and Social Justice. Adjudication of Dispute and Claim Under ESI Act 1948. Application of Principles of Natureal Justice in the Interpretation of Standing Orders. Constitutional Validity of Minimum Wages Act. Weakness of the Trade Unionism in India. Contractual Appointment : Awilling Slavery. Trade Union and Collective Bargaining. Rights and Liabilities of Registered Trade Union. Provisions of Safety Under Factories Act. working Hours of Adults Under Factories Act. Concept of Transfer of employees in the Industry. Promotion of Employees in the Organization. Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations. Concept of Leave rules Under Labour Legislations. International Labour Organization and Labour Problems in India. Human Rights of Contract Employees. Trade Union and Collective bargaining. Constitutional Validity of ESI Act 1948. Navation of Contract of Apprenticeship. Constitution of Political fund of Trade Union.

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Concept of National Extension under Workmen compensation Act. Provisions of Health under Factories Act. Grienvance Handling System in Industrial Organization. Relevancy of Schedule under Standing Orders Act. Procedure for Retrenchment. Compensation to the Workmen in Case of Closing Down of Undertaking. Voluntary Retirement Scheme. Relevancy of Model Standing Orders in the Industrial establishment. Criminal Conspiracy in Trde Dispute. Re oppointment of the Retired Person. General and Political fund of Trade Union. Unfair Labour Practices in the Industry. Recognition of Trade Union. Adjudicatory organs in Labour Dispute. Contemporary Issues in Wages System. Social Security to the Employees. Protection of Child Rights in India. Rights of Adolescent Workers in the Factory. Reference of Dispute to the Labour Court. Reemployment of retrenched person. Registration of Trade Union.

IVth- Semester Project Topic

Subject:-Economics-II
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401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 428 429 430 431 National Food Security Act. Regulating FII's in India Economic development in Tunisia. Reassessing export driven growth Economic development in Egypt Institutional credit and agriculture in india Disability Law in India: Paradigm Shift or Evolving discourse. A role for the IMF in the evolving economic context Economic bariar and offshore funding. Natural resources policy in India Economic growth and Rural India Japan - US trade agreement FDI trends and composition in India over the past five years Society and good Governance : A Case Study of Bihar. Can poor States afford the Fiscal Responsibilty Legislation. ? India and Russian- trade relations Recent Trands in Indian GDP and its components. Economic status of women in India Globalization and the urban poor New technology, IPR and Economic might. Liberalization and the agricultural sector in India The role of the informal sector in the Indian economy Corporate Governance of State - Owned Enterprises. Indian financial sector and the recent financial crisis Entrepreneurship and economic development Ground water irrigation in India Environment regulations and capital flows The impact of NREGA RBI currency interventions and domestic liquidity

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IVth- Semester Project Topic

Subject:-Economics-II
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Project Topic
Undernutrition in India - evolving patterns Protection for Plants and Animals under WTO. The role of aid in economic development - Application to a country Thailand Economy post East Asian Economy crisis Defending National Currency (Indian Rupees) in the International Financial Market. Evaluating the pegged currency exchange system Hunger Index and India development in the state of Bihar Fair trade and the WTO Development in the state of Gujarat Aid and development in sub-Sahara Africa Foreign Capital and Indian Economic Development. Economic development in the North East states of India Economic growth and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa Terms of trade in recent times -Indian industry and Agriculture Developing countries and export cartels Growth of employment opportunities in India Capital flow and exchange volatility Conflicts in VAT and Commercial Taxes among States. Economic development in Ghana Infrastructure spending - China and India Tax policy reform in india Religion and economic development South Korean Economy post East Asian Economy crisis Contract Farming in India Environmental Cost Vs. Economic benefit in contaxt of large Dam Projects in India. Export controls and Indian Agriculture Economic growth and Israel The evolution of development theory

IVth- Semester Project Topic

Subject:-Economics-II
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Project Topic
Globalization and inequality in India Agricultural support measures in developed countries The SDR as an international currency of reserve Malaysian economy post East Asian Economy Crisis IPR and access to medicines in India Trade , growth and th eenvironment International trade and food security Free trade and development GM crop policy in India The growing education industry in India. TRIPS and Public health. Taxing cross border capital flows

Criminal Law II Project Topics

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Project Topic Purpose of a criminal trial Period of Limitation in Taking Cognizance of Offences Pre-Sentence Hearing The Right Against Self Incrimination Inherent Powers of the High Court Summons to the accused and its Services Role of a Defense Lawyer in a Criminal Proceeding Rights of Victims of Crime Legal Aid Plea Bargaining Witness Protection in India Role and Responsibility of the Court in a Criminal Trial Power of Appellate Courts Effect of Irregular Proceedings Cognizance Fair trial in the Criminal Justice System Confirmation of Death Sentences Public Prosecutor and their Role in Criminal Trial Victims' Right to Compensation Remedies Against Abuse of Polic Powers Criminal Justice Administration Media Trial Khap Panchayats: Emerging Issue for Law Reforms Appeal against the order of Acquittal Preventive Actions of the Police Rights of the Accused Person Power of Appellate Court to Grant Bail The Law of Arrests Investigation of Crimes Law Relating to Anticipatory Bail Sessions Courts' Jurisdiction Release, Sale and Restoration of attached property Determining Appropriate Punishment An Analysis of the Amendments to the Law Relating to Arrest Law Relating to Public Nuisance Law Relating to Transfer of Cases Powers of Revision Courts Prosecuting Offences Against Marriage Autrefois acquit and Autrefois Convict Bail Delay in Criminal Adjudication Issue Estoppel Law Relating to Maintenance of Wife and Children The First Information Report A Review of Probation of Offenders Law of India Suspension, Remession and Commutation of Sentences Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences General Provisions as to Enquiries and Trials Reference Cancellation of Bail Revision Hurdles in Investigation of Crimes Law Relating to Special Pps Appeals Offences Affecting the Administration of Justice Search Warrants Mob Justice and Law Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquility Trials of Warrant Cases by Magistrate

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Processes to Compel Appearance Period of Limitation in Taking Cognizance of Offences Necessity of Parole: its use & misuse Complaints to Magistrates Trial of Summons Cases by Magistrates Maintenance of Parents Judgment Charges Processes to compel the Production of Things Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Trials Constitution of Criminal Courts Trial before a Court of Session