Syllabus LO 0808 Civil Minor Acts

LO 0808 Civil Minor Acts : 

 

Objectives of the Course : This Course covers subjects that a civil practitioner needs to address very often. The aim of the course is to introduce the students the knowledge law with respect to Interest, Civil Courts, Suits Valuation, Court Fees, Registration of documents, Stamp duties and Negotiable Instruments.

 

 

Module 01	The Interest Act, 1978 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act 2.     Power of court to allow interest 3.     Effect of provisions relating to interest in other statutes 4.     Section 34 of the Civil Procedure Code 5.     Powers of an arbitrator to award interest
Module 02	The Maharashtra Civil Courts Act, 1869 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act 2.     District Courts, Joint District Judges and Additional District Judges  3.     Civil Judges - Appointment, Jurisdiction, Classes of Civil Judges,  Transfer of Suits and Appeals  4.     Temporary Vacancies
Module 03	The Suits Valuation Act, 1887 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act 2.     Valuation for Suits relating to Land 3.     Valuation in other Suits 4.     Objections in Appeals to over valuation or under valuation
Module 04	The Maharashtra Court Fees Act, 1959 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act 2.     Rule Regarding to the Valuation of Suits  3.     Court fees, Nature of levy 4.     Documents chargeable to court-fees, Plaint and counter-claims 5.     Exempted documents, Mandatory nature of payment 6.     Computation of court fees, Fixed fees and ad-valorem fees, Modes of collecting court fees, Cancellation of stamp 7.     Decision of questions as to valuation 8.     Refund of court fees 9.     Multifarious suits
Module 05	The Registration Act, 1908 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act 2.     Establishment of Authorities, their Powers and Duties, Register - Books 3.     Registrable Documents - compulsory, optional, contents of documents 4.     Time of Presentation and place for Registration 5.     Procedure of Registration 6.     Registration and Deposit of wills 7.     Inspection and copies of Books and Indexes Registration  8.     Effect of Registration and Non-registration 9.     Refusal to Register, Grounds for refusal
Module 06	The Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958 : 1.     Object, application and definitions under the Act   2.     Authorities under the Act and their powers and functions 3.     Liability of Instruments to Duty 4.     Stamps and mode of using them

5.     Valuations for Duty

6.     Duty by whom Payable

7.     Adjudication as to Stamps

8.     Instruments not duly Stamped

9.     Offence, Penalties and Procedure

    Module 07    The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 :

1.     A negotiable instrument, types, definitions

2.     Essential features of negotiable instruments, and type of instrument, Instruments payable to order or to bearer, payable at specified time or on demand

3.     Maturity of an instrument

4.     Parties to negotiable instruments, their rights and liabilities

5.     Negotiation – Meaning, Requirements, Types of endorsements, Modes of negotiation, Who can negotiate?, Effect of negotiation by various modes, Negotiation in particular cases (Sections 57-59), Period of negotiation (Section 60)

6.     Presentment - Purposes of presentment, Time for presentment, Place of presentment, Presented to whom? Effective presentment, Delay in presentment, When is presentment not necessary? Liability of banker for negligent dealing

7.     Payment and Interest, Delivery of instrument, Immunity to bankers

8.     Discharge from liability on negotiable instruments, Modes of discharge

9.     Dishonour, Modes of dishonor, Notice of dishonor, Noting and protest

10.  Acceptance and payment for honour and reference in case of need

11.  Compensation

12.  Rules of evidence, Presumptions and estoppel

13.  Crossed cheques

14.  Bills in sets

15.  Penalties in case of dishonor, Criminal liability, Procedure

 

Recommended Readings :

1.     Mulla, The Registration Act, 13th ed, K Kannan (ed), LexisNexis, 2016.

2.     Malik’s Commentary on The Registration Act 1908 with State Amendments, 4th ed, Delhi Law House, 2016.

3.     Sanjiva Row, Registration Act, 15th ed, Law Publishers, 2015.

4.     K Krishnamurthy’s The Indian Stamp Act, 12th ed, M R Hariharan Nair and Boris Paul (ed), LexisNexis, 2017.

5.     Sunil Dighe, The Maharashtra Stamp Act, Snow White Publications, 2017.

6.     Mahendra Jain and H M Bhatt, The Maharashtra Stamp Act 1958, Law Times, 2017.

7.     A N Khanna, Law of Court Fees and Suits Valuation, 8th ed, Universal Law Publishing, 2011.

8.     MLJ Manual on the Court Fees Act 1870, LexisNexis, 2017.

9.     Khergamvala on the Negotiable Instruments Act as amended by Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act 2015, S Abdul Khader Kunju ed., 22^nd ed, LexisNexis, 2017.

10.  D S Chopra, A Commentary on Sale of Goods, Partnership and Negotiable Instruments, Thomson Reuters, 2016.