(Syllabus) Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (SET) Syllabus & Paper : Law

Syllabus & Sample Questions: Law (Paper-II)

• Preamble.
• Fundamental Rights and Duties.
• Directive Principles of State Policy.
• Judiciary.
• Executive.
• Union State Legislative Relations.
• Emergency Provisions.
• Amendment of the Constitution.
• Write Jurisdiction.

• Nature and Sources of Law.
• Positivism, Natural Law Theory, Sociological Jurisprudence.
• Theories of Punishment.
• Rights and Duties.
• Concepts of Possession and Ownership.

• Nature of International Law and its relationship with Municipal Law.
• Sources of International Law.
• Recognition of States and Governments.
• United Nations.
• Settlement of International Disputes.
• Human Rights.

• Concepts in Family Law.
• Sources of Family Law in India.
• Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage.

• Essentials of a valid contract.
• Offer, acceptance and consideration.
• Capacity to Contract-Minor’s contract.
• Elements vitiating contract—mistake, fraud, misrepresentation, public policy, coercion, undue
• influence, frustration of contract.
• Remedies for breach of contract—Damages.

• Foundation of Tortuous Liability.
• General Defenses to an action of Torty.
• Vicaricus Liability.
• Remoteness of Damages.
• Contributory Negligence.
• Absolute and Strict Liability.

• Nature and Definition of Offence.
• General Exceptions.
• Common Intention and Common Object.
• Criminal Attempt, Conspiracy and Abetment.
• Offences against Women.

• Concepts-Industry, Industrial Dispute and Workman
• Trade Union-Rights and Immunities of Registered Trade Union, Registration and its advantages
• Methods for settlement of Industrial Disputes under Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
• Strike and Lockout as Instruments of collective Bargaining Retrenchment, Lay-off and closures.

Paper-III (Parts A & B) (Core & Elective/Optional)

• Essential Features of Indian Constitution.
• Distribution of Legislative Powers between Union and States.
• Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy.
• Judiciary.
• Parliament and State Legislatures.
• Amending Process of the Constitution.
• Role of Election Commission in Democratic Process.

• Nature, Scope and Importance of Administrative Law.
• Principles of Natural Justice.
• Administrative Discretion and its Control.
• Judicial Review of Administrative Action—Writ Jurisdiction.
• Lokpal and Lokayukta.

• Nature and Sources of Law.
• Legal Concepts—Right, Duty, Ownership, Possession and Person.
• Judicial Process—Application of Doctrine of Precedent of India.
• Judicial Contribution in bringing Social Changes.
• Law and Morality.

• General Principles of Criminal Law—meaning, nature, essentials and stages of offence.
• Joint Liability; Abetment and Criminal Conspiracy.
• Offences against Human Body.
• Offences against Property.
• Defamation.

• Environmental Pollution—Meaning of Environment and Environmental Pollution; Kinds of Pollution.
• Legislative measures for prevention and control of Environmental Pollution in India—Air and Water Pollution and General Protection of Environment.
• International Development for Protection of Environmental Pollution.
• Remedies for Environmental Protection—Civil, Criminal and Constitutional.
• Importance of Forest and Wild life in protecting environment.
• Environmental impact assessment and control of Hazardous wastes.

• Nature of International Law and its sources.
• Concept of Sovereignty and its relevance today.
• Recognition of State and Governments.
• Extradiction, Asylum, Nationality and Status of Refugees.
• International Court of Justice.
• UNO and its organs.
• Global Trade Regime under International Law.

• Marriage.
• Divorce.
• Adoption and Guardianship.
• Maintenance.
• Matrimonial Remedies.
• Uniform Civil Code.

• Concept and Development of Human Rights.
• Contribution of United Nations in the Development and Implementation of Human Rights.
• Implementation of Human Rights in India—Role of National Human Rights Commission.
• Protection of Marginalized Groups—Women, Children, Minorities and Refugees.

• Nature and definition of Tort.
• General Principles of Tortuous Liability.
• Specific Torts—Negligence, Nuisance and Defamation.
• Absolute Liability—Emerging trends in India.
• Consumer Protection—Evolution of Consumer Rights and Redressed of Consumer Grievances.

• Partnership Act—Nature and essentials of partnership mutual rights and liabilities of partners,
• advantages of registration of firms.
• Sales of Goods Act.
• Negotiable Instruments Act.
• Company Law—Role of Directors, Doctrines of Indoor Management and Ultra Vires.

1. Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and with the help of codes given below, point out the correct explanation :

Assertion (A) : President in consultation with the Chief Justice and four other senior-most Judges of the Supreme Court decides about the appointment of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Reason (R) : President of India is the Head of the Executive.

(A) Both A and R are true and R is good explanatory of A.

(B) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanatory of A.

(C) A is true but R is false.

(D) A is false but R is true.

2. The author of ‘Social Engineering’ is

(A) John Austin

(B) H.L.A. Hart

(C) Roscoe Pound

(D) John Salmond

3. Jus Cogens means

(A) Securing Justice

(B) U.N. Peace-keeping Force

(C) Place where International Court of Justice is located

(D) A peremptory principle of International Laws.