UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY, WARANGAL, TELANGANA

LL.B. (3YDC) COURSE SYLLABUS (WITH EFFECT FROM 2020-2021)
LL.B (3YDC) I Year: Semester – I
Paper – I
LAW OF CONTRACT – I
Theory 6 Hours/Per Week Marks: 100 (External Exam)
Unit-I:
Definition and essentials of a valid Contract - Definition and essentials of availed
Offer - Definition and essentials of valid Acceptance - Communication of Offer and
Acceptance - Revocation of Offer and Acceptance through various modes including
electronic medium - Consideration - salient features - Exception to consideration -
Doctrine of Privity of Contract - Exceptions to the privity of contract - Standard
form of Contract – e-contracts – Formation and Issues.
Unit-II:
Capacity of the parties - Effect of Minor's Agreement - Contracts with insane
persons and persons disqualified by law - Concepts of Free Consent - Coercion -
Undue influence - Misrepresentation - Fraud - Mistake - Lawful Object - Immoral
agreements and various heads of public policy - illegal agreements - Uncertain
agreements - Wagering agreements - Contingent contracts - Void and Voidable
contracts.
Unit-III:
Discharge of Contracts - By performance - Appropriation of payments -
Performance by joint promisors - Discharge by Novation - Remission - Accord and
Satisfaction - Discharge by impossibility of performance (Doctrine of Frustration) -
Discharge by Breach - Anticipatory Breach - Actual breach.
Unit-IV:
Quasi Contract - Necessaries supplied to a person who is incapable of entering into
a contract - Payment by an interested person - Liability to pay for non-gratuitous
acts - Rights of finder of lost goods - Things delivered by mistake or coercion -
Quantum meruit - Remedies for breach of contract - Kinds of damages - liquidated
and un-liquidated damages and penalty - Duty to mitigate.
Unit-V:
Specific Relief - Recovering possession of property - Specific performance of the
contract - Rectification of instruments - Rescission of contracts - Cancellation of
instruments - Declaratory Decrees - Preventive Relief - Injunctions - Generally -
Temporary and Perpetual injunctions - Mandatory & Prohibitory injunctions -
Injunctions to perform negative agreement - Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018 and
its Implications.
Suggested Readings:
1. Anson: Law of Contract, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.
2. Krishnan Nair: Law of Contract, S.Gogia & Co., Hyderabad 1995.
3. Avtar Singh: Law of Contract , Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 1998.

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal
 PAPER-II
FAMILY LAW–I (Hindu Law)
Theory 6 Hours/Per Week Marks:100 (External Exam)
Unit-I:
Sources of Hindu Law – Scope and application of Hindu Law – Schools of Hindu Law -
Mitakshara and Dayabhaga Schools – Sub-Schools – Concept of Joint Family, Coparcenary –
Joint Family Property and Coparcenary Property – Institution of Karta – Recent Changes –
Powers and Functions of Karta - Pious Obligation - Debts and alienation of property.

Unit-II:
Marriage - Definition - Importance of institution of marriage under Hindu Law – Monogamy –
Polygamy- Polyandry – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Conditions of Hindu Marriage - Ceremonies
and Registration –Recent Trends in the institution of marriage – Live-in Relationship.

Unit-III:
Matrimonial Remedies under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Restitution of Conjugal Rights –
Nullity of marriage – Judicial Separation – Divorce –Maintenance pendente lite – Permanent
Alimony – Live-in Relationship with special reference to right of maintenance - Importance of
Conciliation- Role of Family Courts in Resolution of Matrimonial Disputes.

Unit-IV:
Concept of Adoption – Historical perspectives of adoption in India –Law of Maintenance - The
Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 – Law of Guardianship –The Hindu Minority and
Guardianship Act 1956 – Concept and meaning of Surrogacy – The Law/Regulations relating to
Surrogacy in India.

Unit-V:
Succession – Intestate succession – Succession to the property of Hindu Male and Female – The
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as amended by the Hindu Succession (Andhra Pradesh
Amendment) Act, 1986 & the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 – Notional Partition –
Classes of heirs –Enlargement of limited estate of women into their absolute estate.

Suggested Readings:
1. Paras Diwan : Modern Hindu Law, Allahabad Agency, Delhi.
2. Paras Diwan : Family Law, Allahabad Agency, Delhi.
3. Mayne: Hindu Law - Customs and Usages, Bharat Law House, New
Delhi.
4. Sharaf: Law of Marriage and Divorce, 1999.

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal
 PAPER-III:
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-I
Theory 6 Hours/Per Week Marks:100 (External Exam)
Unit-I
Constitution-Meaning and Significance - Evolution of Modern Constitutions -Classification of
Constitutions-Indian Constitution - Historical Perspectives - Government of India Act, 1919 -
Government of India Act, 1935 - Drafting of Indian Constitution - Role of Drafting Committee
of the Constituent Assembly.

Unit-II
Nature and Salient Features of Indian Constitution - Preamble to Indian Constitution - Union and
its Territories-Citizenship - General Principles relating to Fundamental Rights(Art.13) -
Definition of State.

Unit-III
Right to Equality(Art.14-18) – Freedoms and Restrictions under Art.19 - Protection against Ex-
post facto law - Guarantee against Double Jeopardy - Privilege against Self-incrimination - Right
to Life and Personal Liberty - Right to Education – Protection against Arrest and Preventive
Detention.

Unit-IV
Rights against Exploitation - Right to Freedom of Religion - Cultural and Educational Rights -
Right to Constitutional Remedies - Limitations on Fundamental Rights(Art.31-A,B and C).

Unit-V
Directive Principles of State Policy – Significance – Nature – Classification - Application and
Judicial Interpretation - Relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles -
Fundamental Duties – Significance - Judicial Interpretation.

Suggested Readings:
1. M.P.Jain, Indian Constitutional Law, Wadhwa & Co, Nagpur
2. V.N.Shukla, Constitution of India, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow
3. Granville Austin, Indian Constitution-Cornerstone of a Nation, OUP, New Delhi
4. H.M.Seervai, Constitutional Law of India (in 3 Volumes), N.M.Tripathi, Bombay
5. G.C.V.Subba Rao, Indian Constitutional Law, S.Gogia & Co., Hyderabad
6. B.Shiva Rao: Framing of India’s Constitution (in 5 Volumes), Indian Institute of
Public Administration, New Delhi
7. J.N.Pandey, Constitutional Law of India, Central Law Agency, Allahabad

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal
 PAPER- IV:
LAW OF TORTS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS
Theory 6 Hours/Per Week Marks:100 (External Exam)
Unit-I:
Nature of Law of Torts - Definition of Tort - Elements of Tort - Development of Law of Torts in
England and India - Wrongful Act and Legal Damage - Damnum Sine Injuria and Injuria Sine
Damnum - Tort distinguished from Crime and Breach of Contract - General Principles of
Liability in Torts - Fault - Wrongful intent - Malice - Negligence - Liability without fault -
Statutory liability - Parties to proceedings.
Unit-II
General Defences to an action in Torts – Vicarious Liability - Liability of the State
for Torts – Defence of Sovereign Immunity – Joint Liability – Liability of Joint
Torfeasors – Rule of Strict Liability (Rylands V Fletcher) – Rule of Absolute
Liability (MC Mehta vs. Union of India) – Occupiers liability – Extinction of
liability – Waiver and Acquiescence – Release – Accord and Satisfaction - Death.
Unit-III
Specific Torts - Torts affecting the person - Assault - Battery - False Imprisonment
- Malicious Prosecution - Nervous Shock - Torts affecting Immovable Property -
Trespass to land - Nuisance - Public Nuisance and Private Nuisance - Torts relating
to movable property.
Unit-IV
Defamation - Negligence - Torts against Business Relations - Injurious falsehood -
Negligent Misstatement - Passing off - Conspiracy - Torts affecting family
relations - Remedies - Judicial and Extra-judicial Remedies – Damages – Kinds of
Damages – Assessment of Damages – Remoteness of damage - Injunctions - Death
in relation to tort - Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
Unit-V
Common Law and the Consumer –Caveat emptor – Consumerism and Unfair Trade practices –
Evolution of Consumer Protection Laws in India – Consumer Protection Act, 2019 – Definition
of Consumer – Rights of Consumer – Defect in Goods and Deficiency of Services – e-filing –
Consumer Protection Councils – Central Consumer Protection Authority – Consumer Disputes
Redressal Commissions – Mediation under the Act – Product liability – Offences and Penalties.

Suggested Readings:
1. Winfield & Jolowicz : Law of Tort, Sweet and Maxwell, London , 1984.
2. Salmond and Heuston : Law of Torts, 2nd Indian reprint, Universal Book Traders,
New Delhi,1994.
3. Ramaswamy Iyer: The Law of Torts, (Bombay, 1995).
4. Achutan Pillai: Law of Tort, Eastern Book Company, Luncknow, 1987.
7. R.K.Bangia: Law of Torts, Allahabad Law Agency, Allahabad, 1999.
8. J.N.Pandey: Law of Torts, 1st edition Central Law Publications, Allahabad, 1999.
9. D.N.Saraf: Law of Consumer Protection in India, Tripathi, Bombay

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal
 PAPER – V:
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Theory 6 Hours/Per Week Marks:100 (External Exam)
Unit – I:
Meaning, Definition and Concept of Environment - Environmental Protection in Ancient Indian
Tradition and Culture - Protection of Environment in Ancient India and During Medieval Period
- Components of Environment – Biosphereand Ecosystem–Ecology – Types of Environment -
Concept of Pollution – Sources of Pollution, Types of Pollution, and Effects of Pollution –
Ozone Depletion – Global Warming – Climate Change.

Unit –II:
History and Development of Environmental Protection under International Law - Fundamental
Principles of International Environmental Law – Ramsar Convention, 1971 - United Nations
Conference on Human Environment, 1972 (Stockholm Conference) - Aims and Objectives of the
Conference -Stockholm Declaration, 1972 - Impact of Stockholm, UNEP – The Brundtland
Commission, Brundtland Report 1987 - Rio Declaration, 1992 - Convention on Biological
Diversity, 1992 - Earth Summit Plus Five - Kyoto Protocol, 1997 - Millennium Development
Goals - Johannesburg Conference 2002 (WSSD) - Johannesburg Declaration & Major Outcomes.

Unit –III:
Protection of Environment under the Indian Constitution - 42nd Constitution Amendment Act,
1976 - Directive Principles of State Policy - Fundamental Duties - Judicial Role, Expansion of
Locus Standi, PIL – Dynamic Interpretation of Article 21, 14 & 19 of the Constitution - Right to
Clean and Pollution-free Environment– Sustainable Development - Precautionary and Polluter
Pays Principles - Absolute and Strict Liability - Doctrine of Public Trust - Environmental
Protection and Law of Torts – Tort of Nuisance: Public and Private– Tort of Negligence – Tort
of Trespass – Environmental Torts - Provisions under Indian Penal Code & Under Code of
Criminal Procedure.

Unit –IV:
Protection of Water, Air and Environment in India - The Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act of 1974 - The Framework of the Act - Regulatory Mechanism: Its Powers and
Functions - Offences and Penalties under Water Act, Role of Judiciary in Prevention of Water
Pollution –The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981 - The Framework of the
Act - Regulatory Mechanism: Its Powers and Functions - Offences and Penalties under Air Act -
Role of Judiciary in Prevention of Air Pollution –The Environment Protection Act (EPA) of
1986 - Main Aims and Objectives of the Act - Importance of Section 3 and 5 of EPA - Penalties
under the Act – National Environment Tribunal.

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal
 Unit –V:
Protection of Forest, Wild Life and Biodiversity - Importance of Forest and need for its
Conservation, Indian Forest Act, 1927 and its Salient Features - Forest Conservation Act, 1980
and its Salient Features –Judicial Approach for Forest Conservation - The Wildlife Protection
Act 1972 - Sanctuaries and National Parks - Licensing of Zoos and Parks - Offences against
Wild Life - Biodiversity Conservation - Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and its Salient Features -
National Green Tribunal Act 2010- An Appraisal.

Suggested Readings:
1. Paras Diwan: Studies on Environmental Cases.
2. S.N. Jain (ed.): Pollution Control and the Law.
3. Armin Rosencranzand Shyam Divan: Environmental Law and Policy in India.
4. A.Agarwal (ed.): Legal Control of Environmental Pollution
5. Chetan Singh Mehta: Environmental Protection and Law
6. V.K. Krishna Iyer: Environment Pollution and Law
7. Shah : Environmental Law
8. Paras Diwan : Environmental Law and Policy in India,1991
9. Dr. N. Maheshwara Swamy, Environmental Law, Asia Law House, Hyderabad.

Dr. M Srinivas Chairperson, Board of Studies in Law University College of Law Subedari, Warangal