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Legal Aptitude
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to attain basic understanding of various laws and legal aptitude.
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24BCS112 |
Legal Aptitude (Theory) |
CO 1: Explain about the Indian constitution, it's rights and responsibilities. CO 2: Evaluate the meaning and nature of company and developing the application skill on the structure of company, incorporation of a company, company meetings and preparation of agenda and minutes of company. CO 3: Develop conceptual clarity about the basic aspects of contacts for making commercial agreements. CO 4:Facilitate understanding of law of torts and it's usage and making the students familiar with ICSI legislation. CO 5:Integrate legal reasoning as per the provisions of law and also the legal abbreviations so used. CO 6: Contribute effectively in course – specific interaction. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussions, Tutorials, Problem solving sessions, Presentations
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Case Study Analysis, Presentations, Group Discussions
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Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Class Presentations, Individual and group projects. |
- Preamble, citizenship,
- fundamental rights and duties,
- directive principles of state policy, state under Constitution,
- President and Governor, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative assembly, Legislative Council ,
- Supreme Courts and High Courts, Land mark amendment in Constitution,
- List of subjects: Center, state and concurrent.
- Meaning and Nature of Company,
- Types of Companies,
- Incorporation of a Company,
- Types of capital,
- Board of Directors - (Concept, Appointment and Removal, of Directors),
- Board Meetings & Shareholders Meetings,
- Corporate Social, Responsibility,
- Business Ethics, Ethical, Dilemma.
- Offer and acceptance,
- consideration and competency to contract.,
- agreements, types of contract, performance of contract,
- frustration of contract, quasi contract,
- breach of contract and remedies.
Law of Torts
- Basics of torts,
- specific defense, nuisance and negligence,
- strict, absolute and vicarious liability,
- trespass, malicious prosecution.
Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation:
- The ICSI, vision, mission, motto and core values of the institute,
- company secretary under company secretaries act 1980,
- functions of company secretary under company secretaries act 1980 and companies act 2013
- role of company secretary in employment and practice.
- Legal Fundamentals and Terms,
- Legal Problems – Reading and understanding a case,
- Legal Terminology and Maxims, Legal Reasoning – (a) Reasoning by Analogy (b) Inductive and
- Deductive Reasoning, Questions of Fact (or factual issues),
- Questions of Law (or legal issues).
- Landmark Judgments of Supreme Court and High Court, Reading Comprehension.
Essential Readings:
- Study Material Published by ICSI
Suggested Readings:
- · Scanner- Arun Kumar (Shuchita Prakashans (P)Ltd
- · Faculty of Bhardwaj Law
- · CA Amar Omar, CA Rasika Goenka
- · CA (Dr.) K.M. Bansal and Adv. Ritika Godhwani
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