BDP301 | Drafting, Pleadings and Conveyancing

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is mandatory as per the guidelines of the Bar Council of India.

The main objective of this course is to provide students with a working and practical knowledge of civil and criminal litigation and aspects of conveyancing, bringing together elements of procedural law (CPC and CrPC), evidentiary law and substantive law.

This course will be taught by using drafts of various cases, deeds, etc in the form of handouts. We then move on to the format for each type of document prepared as per the statutory rules. For each type of document to be discussed in class, 5 students will be identified before-hand and will be required to lead the discussion on the rules and points to be kept in mind whilst drafting such a document. The other students will also be expected to have read the rules and should actively participate in classroom discussion. Students who have worked on or are working on a project that involves the topic under consideration might be required to make a presentation in class- this will help the class explore several tangential and intersecting themes. For example, whilst studying drafting of Plaints in civil suits, a student who has made a project on a Plaint prepared and filed in the Delhi High Court might make a presentation upon the particulars of Plaints under the Delhi High Court rules. There will be Mock-Tests wherein students will be expected to solve practical-type questions and draft documents in class.

Furthermore, students will be expected to do their projects on actual case-records that may have secured during their internships or that may be supplied by the Course Teacher. A maximum of 3 students may collaborate on a project together. Thus, projects will involve studies of real-life briefs and documents. Students are expected to supply the case briefs in neatly spiral-bound and paginated volumes to the course teacher. The briefs should also contain an index.