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IssueNo.04 Rev. No 4 Dated: Jan 7, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES

College of Legal Studies
Dehradun

COURSE PLAN

Programme : B.Com LLB (Hons.) Energy Laws,

BBA.LL.B
Course : History of Courts and Legal Profession in India
Semester : II
Session :Jan to Jun. 2017
Batch : 2016 -2021
Subject Code : LLBG 122
No. of credits : 4
Prepared by : Mr.Nilaya Mishra
Email : nilayamishra07@gmail.com

Approved By

_______________________ _______________________
HOD Dean

UPES Campus Tel : +91-135-2770137

Knowledge Acres Fax : +91 135- 27760904
P.O. Kandholi, Via Prem Nagar Website : www.upes.ac.in
Dehradun -248 007 (U K)
 COURSE PLAN

Subject: History of courts and Legal Course: BA.,LL.B.

Profession in India (Hons.)Energy Laws,
BBA.LL.B,

Duration: Jan 2017 Jun-2017 Subject code: LLBG

A. OBJECTIVES:

The sole objective of this course is:

This Course has been designed to acquaint the student with the systematic and
methodological development of Courts, legislature and legal profession. The
knowledge of these institutions is imperatively significant in order to understand
pre and post- colonial nature of Courts, Legislature and legal profession of India.
The course curriculum is specifically designed as an UG course that is more
rigorous, experiential, investigative and/or accelerated than a standard course.
History course is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual
knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems of present day legal
system.
Students should learn to assess historical materialstheir relevance to a given
interpretive problem, reliability, and importanceand to weigh the evidence and
interpretations presented in historical reasoning.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The history curriculum is specifically designed to provide the following learning goals
and outcomes:

Outcome #1
Demonstrate knowledge of key historical facts, values, and legal institutions that have
shaped Indian legal history.
Indicators of Achievement - Graduates will be able to:
Identify major developments in the history of legal institutions and law.
Demonstrate comprehension of basic historical legal developments in Indian scenario.
Demonstrate understanding of connections between historical events, ideas and
development of law and legal institutions over time.

Outcome #2
Analyze secondary sources and identify various approaches to historical interpretation
through critical reading.
Indicators of Achievement - Graduates will recognize the interpretive nature of history
by:
Demonstrating the ability to read a secondary source to understand an authors basic
argument.
Demonstrating the ability to explain an authors approach to a topic and its connection to
primary sources used.

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 INSTRUCTION

The instructor requires students to read and/or interact to a wide spectrum of more
challenging,

thought provoking, relevant instructional materials including, but not limited to multiple
texts,

primary sources and multimedia.

The instructor utilizes appropriate pacing.

The instructor requires evidence of higher level thinking from students.

The instructor uses appropriate technology.

The instructor encourages students to take greater responsibility and increase self-
direction in their own learning.

The instructor includes opportunities for a variety of activities, such as panels, debates,

Reaction/reflection groups, scholarly dialogue, group investigations, and seminars.

The instructor requires students to engage in self-directed, advanced legal historical

research.

The instructor provides multiple opportunities for real world and experiential learning
opportunities.

The instructor requires students to develop and defend a position on historical issues.

D.PEDAGOGY

Needless to say high level of participation is needed from the side of the students to make
the subject interesting and enjoyable. Finding resources for history plans, activities,
projects, games, and quizzes that use technology and exploring inquiry-based lessons,
activities, and projects, that require efforts on the part of faculty, is also structured in the
manner that will be helping the students. Learning about new and emerging technologies
such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, ipods, and online social networks and exploring
innovative ways of integrating them into the curriculum will also help students.

Interactive approach during the study. (Students shall be advised in advance to prepare
the topics for discussion in the class)

Work in small groups and personalized teaching.

(Student counseling, tutoring, and individual projects/ assignments, exercises)

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Where and when possible study material will be circulated and put in LMS.

Out of these various components teacher could take assistance for evaluating the students

Presentations (Individual/Group)
Project(Individual/ Group)
Viva
Class Test
Quiz
Multiple choice Questions
Socratic seminar
Document based Essay Questions (DBQ)
Free Response Questions
Assignments
Group Discussion
Movie Review
Book Review
Audio visual
Videos Clips- Youtube and other matters relating to the subject
Introducing a new book {this pre-reading activity is an effective way to introduce
students to a new book from a work of literature to a historical resource book,
such as Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior.
Spending some time looking at the content of a book can spark students interest
and can provide students with context that will help them engage with the
material}
Anticipation guides {Anticipation guides ask students to express an opinion
about ideas before they encounter them in a text or unit of study. Completing
anticipation guides prepares students to recognize and connect to these themes as
they surface in their learning. Reviewing anticipation guides at the end of a
lesson or unit is one way to help students reflect on how learning new material
may have influenced their opinions, perhaps by reinforcing previously held
beliefs or by causing ideas to shift}
Alphabet brainstorm: {Brainstorming is an effective way to help students get
ideas from head to paper. The Alphabet Brainstorm helps structure students
brainstorming by asking them to generate an idea that begins with each letter of
the alphabet. This can be done as an individual, small group, or whole class
activity. It is a quick way to generate thoughts, measure prior knowledge, and
evaluate learning.}
Document Analysis Templates: {Analyzing historical documents requires
students to identify the purpose, message and audience of a text. Document
Analysis Forms are graphic organizers that guide students through a process of
identifying important background information about a document (e.g.
author/creator, date created, place, format, etc.) and using this data to determine
the bias or perspective of a text.}

D. COURSE COMPLETION PLAN

Sessions: 48 (lectures of 1 hour each) for a 4 credit course.
Total hours per week: 4 hours per week.

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E. EVALUATION & GRADING

Description Weight age Schedule

1. Continuous Assessment 30% Detailed Below

2. Mid term Exam 20% Academic Calendar

3. End term Exam 50% Academic Calendar

Internal Assessment: Marks 100 (shall be done based on the following 5

components):

Description Weight age Schedule:-

1. Continuous Assessment 30% Detailed Below

Continuous Assessment: (Marks 100 - converted to an average of 30- ) shall be done

based on the following 5 components:
a. Assignment-1 20 Marks
b. Project work (group) 30 Marks (Abstract, Synopsis, final draft
presentation)
c. Subject grand viva 30 Marks
d. Attendance 20 Marks

Formula for attendance marks:

67-75 % 0 Marks
75-80% 5 Marks
80-85% 10 Marks
85-90% 15 Marks
90%-100% 20 Marks

Four components will be used for internal assessment for this course (Total 100
marks), the details of each component is as follows:

a) Home Assignment:
Assignment will be given on the pattern of End Term Examination and it must be
hand written, to submit/present on a definite date. The assignment should be
attached with the course plan as Annexure-1 It will have 20% weightage.
Individual Viva-voce will be conducted on the assignment.
b) Projects/Presentations/Paper Review/Case Analysis/Write-up/Paper
Publication/Moot Court Participation/Court Room exercise: Weightage 20 %
Faculty has choice to select any one component:
a. Project Topics covering entire syllabus and emerging areas withallotments.
b.The case analysis should be an individual work.
c) Every Group would be asked to prepare a topic from the suggested

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 List and go through the primary/secondary data collection and analysis/interpretation
and finally prepare a Group Report of Min. 20 pages.
They are also required to make a presentation on that topic on a scheduled date
(would be communicated in the class). The duration of a group presentation will be
15-20 minutes; followed by 5-10 minutes discussion/query session.
d) Case Analysis/Group Discussions:
Groups would be formed for case analysis and evaluation would be made on their
presentation, analytic skills and his/her participation as critique.

Mid- Sem Examination: 20% Weightage

Mid- Sem examination shall be of two hour duration and shall be a combination of
Objective, short theory questions and numerical problems.

End -Sem Examination: 50% Weightage

End-Sem examination shall be of three hours duration. The examination paper shall
have objective & theory questions, short and long numerical problems.

Passing Criterion: minimum 40% of the highest marks in the class

Student has to secure minimum 40% marks of the highest marks in the
class scored by a student in that subject (in that class/group class)
individually in both the End-Semester examination and Total Marks in
order to pass in that paper.

Attendance

Students are required to have minimum attendance of 75% in each subject. Students with
less than said percentage shall NOT be allowed to appear in the end semester
examination. The student obtaining 100% attendance would be given 5% bonus marks
for internal assessment.

Cell Phones and other Electronic Communication Devices: Cell phones and other
electronic communication devices (such as Blackberries/Laptops) are not permitted
in classes during Tests or the Mid/Final Examination. Such devices MUST be turned
off in the class room.

E-Mail and LMS: Each student in the class should have an e-mail id and a pass word
to access the LMS system regularly. Regularly, important information Date of
conducting class tests, guest lectures, syndicate sessions etc. to the class will be
transmitted via e-mail/LMS. The best way to arrange meetings with us or ask specific
questions is by email and prior appointment. All the assignments preferably should
be uploaded on LMS. Various research papers/reference material will be
mailed/uploaded on LMS time to time.

F. DETAILED SESSION PLAN

Each lecture should also mention a particular land mark Indian/foreign case with citation

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Since the curriculum of the course requires analytical and logical decision making
process the students have to read the commentaries, reference books and journals. The
course materials including text books, journals, and commentaries are available in the
College of Legal Studies library. Some study material will also be made available by the
faculty. It is must for the student to have at least one basic book of History which may be
provided by the University to refer what has been taught in the class. The students need
to spend time using a personal computer and the internet or they can use the IT Lab of the
university to read relevant subject matter available at web source for Current History.

SESSION TOPIC READINGS PEDAGOGY

Chalk &
Talk
Examples
Coming of Europeans Discussion
1. and Decline and Sumit Sarkar Medieval India PPT
downfall of Mughals Presentatio
n
Random
questions

Administration of Elizabeth Kolsky, A Note on the Study of Indian PPT

Justice in Presidency Legal History Law and History Review 23 (2005) Presentation
2.
Towns Settlements: Reflections
Surat, V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India Examples

Administration of PPT
Justice in Presidency Presentatio
http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf
3. Towns Settlements: n
V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India
Madras. Reflections
Examples

Whiteboard
Administration of Examples
Justice in Presidency http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Discussion
4.
Towns Settlements: V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India Presentation
Bombay Random
Questions

5. First Assignment to be given

6. Administration of http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Whiteboard

Justice in Presidency Examples
Towns Settlements: Discussion
Calcutta. Presentation

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 Random
Questions
7. Project topics allocated

Whiteboard
Examples
Courts: Mayors Court Discussion
8. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf
of 1726 Presentation
Random
Questions
Whiteboard
Examples
Courts: Mayors Court Discussion
9. http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf
of 1753 Presentation
Random
Questions
Whiteboard
Examples
Discussion
10. Regulating Act of 1773 http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Presentation
Random
Questions

Whiteboard
Examples
Supreme Court http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Discussion
11.
Act of 1774 V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India Presentation
Random
Questions
Whiteboard
Examples
Pitts India Act, http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Discussion
12.
1784 V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India Presentation
Random
Questions
Whiteboard
Examples
the Act of Settlement http://www.gbv.de/dms/sbb-berlin/350624666.pdf Discussion
13.
1781. V. D. Kulashreshth Constitutional history of India Presentation
Random
Questions
Judicial system of Indiahttp://www.allahabadhig Whiteboard
Examples
Conflict: Raja Nand hcourt.in/event/TheIndianJudicialSystem_ Discussion
14.
Kumar, Presentation
SSDhavan.pdf Random
Questions

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 Synopsis submission
Whiteboard
Judicial system of Indiahttp://www.allahabadhig Examples
Discussion
Conflict: Kamaluddin, hcourt.in/event/TheIndianJudicialSystem_
16. Presentation
Patna Case, and
Random
SSDhavan.pdf
Questions

Whiteboard
Judicial system of Indiahttp://www.allahabadhig Examples
Discussion
hcourt.in/event/TheIndianJudicialSystem_
17. Conflict:Cossijurah. Presentation
Random
SSDhavan.pdf
Questions

Law, Judicial and Legal system

Development of Adalat Whiteboard
system and Civil Law in of India, Examples
Mofussil: Law Discussion
http://marcgalanter.n
18 applicable to Non - Presentation
Hindus and Non- Random
et/Documents/papers/scannedpdf/judiciala
Muslims; Justice Equity Questions
and good conscience. ndlegalsystemsofindia.pdf

Mid semester exams

Judicial Reforms : 1.
Complete Indian Legal History from year Whiteboard
Warren Hastings:
1600 to 1935 Part 1 to last ... Examples
Judicial Plans of
realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian- Discussion
1772, 1774 and
19 Presentation
1780.
legal-history-from-year.html... Random
Questions

2. Complete Indian Legal History from year Whiteboard

Lord Cornwallis: 1600 to 1935 Part 1 to last ... Examples
Judicial Plans of realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian- Discussion
20 1787, 1790 and Presentation
legal-history-from-year.html...
1793. Random
Questions

21. Lord William 3. Complete Indian Legal History from year Whiteboard
Bentinck (With 1600 to 1935 Part 1 to last ... Examples
special focus on realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian- Discussion
Appraisal of Presentation
Criminal law) legal-history-from-year.html... Random
Questions
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 Elizabeth Kolsky, "Codification and the Rule of
Colonial

Difference: Criminal Procedure in British India,"

and Kunal M. Parker, "The Historiography of

Difference,

Law and History Review 23 (2005).

4. Complete Indian Legal History from year

1600 to 1935 Part 1 to last ...
realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian-

legal-history-from-year.html...

Whiteboard
Elizabeth Kolsky, "Codification and the Rule of Examples
Judicial Reforms Discussion
Colonial
22. 1835-1858. Presentation
Random
Difference: Criminal Procedure in British India,"
Questions
and Kunal M. Parker, "The Historiography of
Difference,

Law and History Review 23 (2005).

: Changes in the Indian

Judicial set up under the Whiteboard
crown Examples
Evolution of Judiciary. Discussion
23. Establishment of Presentation
High Courts. http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supct/scm/m2.pdf Random
Questions

Whiteboard
Indian Law enforcement history
Examples
Discussion
http://www.tribal-
24. Privy Council Presentation
institute.org/download/Indian%20Law%20Enforcemen
Random
t
Questions
%20History.pdf
25. Federal Court Indian Law enforcement history Whiteboard
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 Examples
http://www.tribal- Discussion
institute.org/download/Indian%20Law%20Enforcemen Presentation
t Random
%20History.pdf Questions

Evolution of Judiciary.

http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supct/scm/m2.pdf
Complete Indian Legal History from year 1600 to
5. 1935 Part 1 to last ... Whiteboard
realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian-legal- Examples
history-from-year.html... Discussion
26 Supreme Court
Presentation
Brief Amici Curae of Legal Historians submitted Random
in support of the petitioners in the U.S. Supreme Questions
Court case of ShafiqRasul, et al., Petitioners v.\
George Bush, et al., Respondents, available online at:
http://www.law.uc.edu/archives/butlerdata/liberty/gitmo/
legalhistorians.pdf

JUSTICE IN HER INFINITE VARIETY

Mithi Mukherjee, India in the Shadows of the

Evolution of Law
Empire: A Legal and Political History 1774
27. Development of
Personal Laws.
1950 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010)

http://www1.nls.ac.in/ojs-2.2.3/index.php/slr/article/
viewFile
JUSTICE IN HER INFINITE VARIETY
Whiteboard
Mithi Mukherjee, India in the Shadows of the
Examples
Discussion
Empire: A Legal and Political History 1774
28. Hindu personal Law Presentation
Random
1950 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010)
Questions
http://www1.nls.ac.in/ojs-2.2.3/index.php/slr
/article/viewFile
29. Muslim JUSTICE IN HER INFINITE VARIETY Whiteboard
Personal Law Examples
Mithi Mukherjee, India in the Shadows of the Discussion
Presentation
Empire: A Legal and Political History 1774 Random
Questions
1950 (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2010)

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 http://www1.nls.ac.in/ojs-2.2.3/index.php/
slr/article/viewFile
Codification of Laws
First Law
Commission
Evolution of Judiciary.
.
Second Law6. Whiteboard
http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supct/scm/m2.pdf
Commission Examples
Complete Indian Legal History from year 1600 to
. Discussion
1935 Part 1 to last ...
30. Third Law Presentation
realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-indian-legal-
Commission Random
. history-from-year.html... Questions
Fourth Law
Commission
.
Fifth Law
commission.

Movie review

Development of Legal Whiteboard

History of Bar of India
Examples
Profession and
Discussion
31. Education http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/
Presentation
about-the-legal- profession/legal-education
Random
-in-the-united-kingdom/
Questions
Whiteboard
History of Bar of India Examples
Legal Profession
Discussion
established under
32. http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/ Presentation
Charter of 1774.
about-the-legal-profession/legal-education Random
-in-the-united-kingdom/ Questions

Whiteboard
History of Bar of India Examples
Legal Practitioners Discussion
33. Act 1853. http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/ Presentation
about-the-legal-profession/legal-education- Random
in-the-united-kingdom/ Questions

Provision for the

Whiteboard
enrolment of the
History of Bar of India Examples
Advocates under
Discussion
letters patent issued
34. http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/ Presentation
High Courts under
about-the-legal-profession/legal-education- Random
the Indian High
in-the-united-kingdom/ Questions
Courts Act, 1861.

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 Whiteboard
Legal Practitioners History of Bar of India Examples
Act 1879 and the Discussion
35. report of Indian Bar http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/ Presentation
Committee, 1923. about-the-legal-profession/legal-education Random
-in-the-united-kingdom/ Questions

History of Bar of India

Lecture
Indian bar Councils Act,
Examples
36. 1926 and All India Bar http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/
Whiteboard
Committee, 1951. about-the-legal-profession/legal-education
PPT
-in-the-united-kingdom/
History of Bar of India
Lecture
Advocates Act,
Examples
37. 1961. http://www.barcouncilofindia.org/about/\
Discussion
about-the-legal-profession/legal-education
Presentation
-in-the-united-kingdom/
Complete Indian Legal History from year 1600
7. to 1935 Part 1 to last ...
Lecture
Legal Education in realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete-
Whiteboard
38. India.
Examples
indian-legal-history-from-year.html...
Presentation

Complete Indian Legal History from year 1600

8. to 1935 Part 1 to last ... Lecture
realityviews.blogspot.com/.../complete- Examples
Development of Legal
39. Discussion
Education indian-legal-history-from-year.html...
Presentation
Reflections

Project submission

Constitutional Courtney IIbert. Government of India

Lecture
Development Courtney IIbert, The Mechanics of Law Making
Examples
Before M.P. Jain Constitutional Law of India, Latest Ed,
Discussion
41. 1858:RegulatingAct Wadhwa.
Presentation
1773. M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Reflections
Pitts India Act 1784 M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India,
Charter Act 1786. (Two volumes)pg 102- 173.
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of
Examples
Charter Act 1813. India, (Two volumes)
Discussion
42. Charter Act 1833. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
Presentation
Charter Act 1853 (1936)
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)pg. 87- 157.
43. After 1858: M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed. Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India Examples
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 Government of India Act , (Two volumes) Discussion
1858. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936 ( Presentation
Indian Councils Act 1936) Reflections
1861. V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)pg 87-157.

M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.

Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India,
Examples
(Two volumes)
Indian Councils Act Discussion
44. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
1892 Presentation
(1936)
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)pg 87-157.
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of
Examples
India, (Two volumes)
Government of India Discussion
45. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
Act 1909 Presentation
(1936)pg 33-91.
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India,
Examples
Government of India Act (Two volumes)
Discussion
46. 1919. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
Presentation
(1936)pg 33-91.
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India,
Examples
(Two volumes)
Government of India Discussion
47. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
Act 1935 Presentation
(1936)
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)pg 91-150.
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
Lecture
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India,
Examples
(Two volumes)
Indian Independence Act Discussion
48. A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936
1947 Presentation
(1936)
Reflections
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History
(Eastern, Lucknow)pg 91-150.
C. Evaluation Scheme: Continuous Evaluation

Description Marks Schedule

1. Continuous Assessment 30 % Detailed below

2. Mid Semester Exams 20 % Refer Academic Calendar

3. End Semester Exam 50 % Refer Academic Calendar

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G. SUGGESTED READINGS: BOOKS:

Courtney IIbert. Government of India

Courtney IIbert, The Mechanics of Law Making
M.P. Jain Constitutional Law of India, Latest Ed, Wadhwa.
M.P. Jain Outlines of Legal History Latest ed.
M. Rama Jois, Legal and constitutional History of India, (Two volumes)
A.B Keith, Constitutional History of India 1600-1936 (1936)
V.D. kulshreshths Landmarks in Indian Legal History (Eastern, Lucknow)
Eric Stakes The English Utilitarian and India (1992) (Oxford ,Delhi)

A. History Project Topics:

1. Recorders Court.
2. Trial of Nanda Kumar.
3. Patna Case.
4. Criminal Judicature and Cornwallis.
5. Sir John Shore.
6. Lord Hastings and Arbitration in land disputes.
7. Racial discrimination in judicial system.
8. Village Panchayat courts.
9. Lokadalats.
10. High courts.
11. Privy Councils jurisdiction.
12. Federal court.
13. Development of criminal law.
14. Development of civil law.
15. Codification of laws.
16. Indian Penal Code, 1860.
17. Indian Succession Act, 1865.
18. Indian Contract Act, 1872.
19. Sale of Goods Act, 1930.
20. Partnership Act, 1932.
21. Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
22. Specific relief Act, 1963.
23. Transfer of Property Act, 1882.
24. Easement Act, 1882.
25. Civil Procedure Code, 1859.
26. Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
27. Criminal Procedure Code.
28. Right to Information Act, 2005.
29. Law Commissions in India.
30. Need for Law Reforms.
31. Personal Laws.
32. Amendments to the Constitution.
33. Rule of Law and Judicial Activism.
34. Doctrine of Promissory Estoppels.
35. Article 370 and Kashmir issue.
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 36. Indian bar Councils Act, 1926.
37. Advocates Act, 1961.
38. Code of Ethics for High Court judges and judges of Supreme Court.
39. Law Reporting in India.
40. Legal Education.

Kindly select your topic and inform the subject teacher. Failing to register with
the undersigned would mean that you have not selected the topic.

Nilaya Mishra

B. JOURNALS/ WEB SOURCES:

Students will be informed as the course progresses upon specific topics available on
the worldwide web.

1. Jstor
2. Westlaw
3. http://www.youtube.com
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk.indianhistory
5. Law and History Review
6. The Western Historical Quarterly
7. Journal of World History
8. World History Connected

N. RESEARCH PAPERS (APA Style)

1) Elizabeth Kolsky, A Note on the Study of Indian Legal History Law and
History Review 23 (2005)
2) Elizabeth Kolsky, "Codification and the Rule of Colonial Difference: Criminal
Procedure in British India," and Kunal M. Parker, "The Historiography of
Difference, Law and History Review 23 (2005).
3) Bernard S. Cohn, Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in India
(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996) and Nicholas B. Dirks, Castes of
Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India (Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 2001).
4) Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative
Discourse (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993) and RanajitGuha,
ed., Writings on South Asian History and Society, Subaltern Studies 3 (Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 1994).
5) Eric Stokes, The English Utilitarians and India (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959)
and Uday Singh Mehta, Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century
British Liberal Thought (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999).
6) Brief Amici Curae of Legal Historians submitted in support of the petitioners in
the U.S. Supreme Court case of ShafiqRasul, et al., Petitioners v. George Bush,
et al., Respondents, available online at:
http://www.law.uc.edu/archives/butlerdata/liberty/gitmo/legalhistorians.pdf
7) Lisa Hajjar, "Torture and the Future," Interventions: A Middle East Report
Online Feature (http://www.merip.org/mero/interventions/hajjar_interv.html).
8) Letter No. 44 (1834) from the Court of Directors to the Government of India in
NAI, Home (Public).
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 9) Scott Michaelson and Scott Cutler Shershow, "The Guantanamo 'Black Hole':
The Law of War 'and the Sovereign Exception,'" January 12, 2004
(http://usa.mediamonitors.net/layout/set/print/content/view/full/3849).

H. Instructions
a) Students need to submit individual project and then make a presentation (max. 7
minutes)
(Details would be given along with project topics)

b) All students will be divided in groups comprising 10 students in each group and
given a relevant topic. Each group is expected to write a synopsis, carry out the
entire research process and then submit the research report and present the same.
c) Viva-voce would be conducted for those groups for the research project, if
adequate time for presentations is not there.

d) Students are expected to read the concerned sessions contents in advance before
coming to the class.
e) The session will be made interactive through active participation from students.
The entire session will be conducted through question-answer, reflections,
discussion, current practices, examples, problem solving activities and
presentations etc.
f) In the case study session all students are expected to prepare their analysis and
answers/decisions in their respective groups. Any group may be asked to present
their views and defend the same.
g) All schedules/announcements must be strictly adhered to.
h) The complete syllabus would be covered for Viva-voce and one must be
thoroughly prepared to appear for the viva and strictly appear on given time,
otherwise, he/she will loose the marks.
i) Late entry(Max. 5 minutes from the class timing) in the class will not be allowed.
j) The instructor requires students to read and/or interact to a wide spectrum of
more challenging, thought provoking, relevant instructional materials including,
but not limited to multiple texts, primary sources and multimedia.

k) The instructor utilizes appropriate pacing.

l) The instructor requires evidence of higher level thinking from students.

m) The instructor uses appropriate technology.

n) The instructor encourages students to take greater responsibility and increase

self-direction in their own learning.

o) The instructor includes opportunities for a variety of activities, such as panels,

debates, Reaction/reflection groups, scholarly dialogue, group investigations,
and seminars.

p) The instructor requires students to engage in self-directed, advanced legal

historical research.

q) The instructor provides multiple opportunities for real world and experiential
learning opportunities.

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 r) The instructor requires students to develop and defend a position on a historical
issues.

Annexure-I

UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES

COLLEGE OF LEGAL STUDIES

B.COM LL.B(HONS)TAXATION LAWS

SEMESTER II

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2017

SESSION: JAN-JUN

ASSIGNMENT FIRST

FOR

History of Courts and Legal Profession in India

(LLBG)

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 Under the Supervision of: Nilaya Mishra
(TO BE FILLED BY THE STUDENT)

NAME: _______________________

SAP NO: _______________________

ROLL NO: -------------------------------------

Section A

This section consists of short answer questions. 10

marks

1. Elucidate upon the provisions of the High Courts Act of 1911.(3 marks)
2. Evaluate the importance of Lex Loci report passed by first law commission.(3
marks)
3. Compare the provisions of Legal Practitioners Act of 1846 with that of Legal
Practitioners Act 1879.(4 marks)

Section B

This section consists of Conceptual questions: (4X5) 20

marks

1. All Practitioners (Women) Act, 1923.

2. Macaulay Code.
3. Preamble of Indian Councils Act of 1919.
4. Chamier Committee.

Section C

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This section consist of Analytical type questions: (2X10)20 marks

The Supreme Council i.e., Governor General and members of the Council clashed
with the Supreme Court once again in 1779 over the issue of latters jurisdiction over
the zamindars who were engaged in revenue collection for the company and whether
a writ could be issued by the Supreme Court against them. This controversy arose in
the historic Cossijurah Case.

1. Critically evaluate the facts and the outcome of this above mentioned
case.(10 marks)
2. Discuss the Act of Settlement and how this case was responsible for its
passing.(10 marks)

Section D

This section consists of Application based/problem based/Case study (5X10) 50

marks.

1. Critically analyze the contribution of four Law Commissions before

independence in the codification of Laws in India.
2. Privy Council is one of the unique courts of law in the whole world. Once upon a
time, it extended almost one-fifth of the human race, and one-third or
geographical area of the world. Its jurisdiction extended to various Dominions,
Colonies and Plantations. It was concerned almost with every known system of
jurisprudence and with judicial institutions of every type and with every kind of
disputes. The Privy Council was the supreme appellate authority for India
October, 1949.
Mention the courts in India from where the appeals were allowed to the Judicial
Committee of Privy Council and explain the term appeals as of Right.

3. Critically analyze the evolution of High Courts in India. Also discuss the
jurisdiction and constitution of High Courts as given in High Courts Act of 1861.
4. Evaluate the efforts of Lord Minto and Lord Morley in the development of
Legislative institutions in India in the light of the Indian Councils Act of 1909.

5. Discuss the power, jurisdiction and contribution of Federal Court in the legal
history of India.

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 INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS

ON ASSIGNMENT SOLVING

1. All the questions of the assignment must behandwritten.

2. To answer your assignment questions you need to access multiple information
sources like
a. Your own prior experience.
b. Regular reading of Books, history Journals, magazines and News papers
c. Reference Books
d. Browsing the sites related with history.

3. Please remember that due to the dynamic and rapidly changing global legal
environment and the continuously realigning geopolitical situation, your answers
should capture and depict the current contemporary information.

4. As a student of Law, we encourage to have a contrary point of view. But do

ensure that you can provide a logical justification to this view supported by
verifiable facts, figures, statues and decided cases by various higher courts.

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GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK

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The project will be completed as follows:

1. Abstract: One page in around 300 words

It may be in 3 paragraphs
a. Highlighting the topic
b. Areas of concern and expected solution
c. Scheme of research
d. Key words

2. Submission of synopsis
Synopsis should contain the following:
a. Statement of the Problem
b. Survey of the existing literature
c. Identification of the issues
d. Objective and scope of the research
e. Research Methodology adopted
f. Probable outcome
g. Chapterization

3. Submission of Final Project report after approval of synopsis.

a. Excluding the Cover page, index page and bibliography the main write up
should be around 20 pages. Single Space, Times New Roman, Font Size 11.
Printed both sides
b. Project must have- Cover page stating Subject name, Title of the Project,
Supervisor name, Student details etc.
c. Students have to follow a uniform method of citation (the suggested method
is Blue Book 19th Edition) and must mention the same in the research
methodology).
d. The main body of the project must contain- Introduction, different chapters,
conclusion, recommendation, foot notes and required bibliography.

4. The project work shall

a. Be focused on the problem
b. Include current status of knowledge in the subject (literature review);
c. Embody the result of studies carried out by him/her;
d. Show evidence of the students capacity for critical examination and
judgment; and
e. Be satisfactory in presentation so far as language, style and form are
concerned

5. The student shall indicate clearly and extensively in his/her project, the
following:
a. The source from which referred information is taken;
b. The extent to which he/she has availed himself/herself of the work of others
and the portion of the /project work he/she claims to be his/her original work;
and
c. Whether his/her project work has been conducted independently or in
collaboration with others.

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 6. A certificate to the effect that the project work carried out by the student
independently or in collaboration with other student(s) endorsed by the student
shall form the part of the submission for evaluation.

7. All projects submitted by the students will go through the process of plagiarism
check through the anti-plagiarism software (Ternitin). The report produced by the
software will necessarily be as per the standards prescribed by the university. If
the report is below standards the supervisor will reject the project and award zero
marks.

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