Chanakya National Law University, Patna

Law of Evidence
IV Semester
Roll No. Topic

401 Applicability of Indian Evidence Act 1872.

402 Proof as a last stage of any fact under Evidence Act 1872

403 Role of "Fact in Issue" under civil and criminal matters.

404 Role of circumstantial evidence in criminal proceeding.

405 Credibility of Police witness.

406 Evidentiary value of Photograph.

407 Independent witness, chance witness and natural witness.

408 Interested, relative and partisan witnesses.

409 Tape recording and dag tracking as a evidence.

410 Rules of Evidence in civil and criminal proceedings.

411 Validity of DNA test in the form of evidence.

412 Concept of Presumption.

413 Application of res-gestae in Indian Evidence Act 1872

414 Presumption of fact vs. Presumption of Law.

416 Evidentiary value of News paper report and call records of cellular phone.

417 Concept of secondary evidence under Indian evidence Act.

418 Admissibility of electronic records as a evidence.

419 Proof of signaute and handwritting of person

420 Proof of Public Document

421 Presumptions as to documents.

422 Exclusion of oral by documentry evidence.

423 Patent ambiguity and latent ambiguity

424 The burden of proof.

425 Burden and Onus.

426 Burden of proof as to particular fact.

428 Burden of proving exception in criminal cases and presumption of innocence.

429 Presumption of survivorship

430 Burden of proving relationship, ownership and goodfaith

431 Presumption as to dowery death

432 Applicability of doctrine of estoppel in civil and criminal matters.

433 Competence of witnesses

434 Privileged communications

435 Evidence of Accomplice.

437 Concept of examination under Law of Evidence.

438 Leading Questions.

439 Impeaching credit of witness.

440 Creditibility of Hostile witness

442 Refreshing memory

443 Fundamental rules of Law of Evidence

444 Admissibility of improperly obtained evidence

445 Relevancy of facts showing conduct of the parties
447 Relevancy of facts showing the state of mind

448 Mode of Proving identity of person and thing

449 Relevancy of Evidence of character.

450 Presumption as to the legitmecy of child.

451 Relevancy of Facts those are inconsisitent with fact in issues.

452 Evidentiary issues in curruption cases.

454 Proof of facts under the Narcotic Law

455 Concept of admission : An study under Indian Evidence Act.1872

456 concept of Confession : A Critical Analysis.

457 role of Confession made by co-accused in criminal proceeding.

458 Evidentiory value of motive and preparation

459 Admissibility of medical examination report in sexual offence.

460 Expert opinion Vs. Direct witness.

461 Significance of dying declaration in dowry death cases.

462 confession obtained under inducement threat or promise.

465 Relevancy of facts showing character of the parties

466 Significance of rule that certain fact ' need not be proved'

467 Proof of private and public document

468 Brain-Maping evidence- Evidentary value.

469 Direct evidence Vs. circumstantial evidence

470 T.I. Parade

471 Contradictions and corroborations U/s 145 and 157 of evidence act.

472 Confession Vs. Retracted confession

473 Recommendation of Law commission on S-27

474 Judicial Response on Hostile witness.

475 "Truth sits on the lips of a dying man" An Overview

479 Confessions or merely one's species of admission

480 Evidence as to affairs of state.

481 Evidence of Tracker dog

Anara Gupta's case
Best- Bakar Case
Manu Sharma Case
Plea of alibi- Use and missuse under Evidence Law
Nishikant Vs. State of Bihar
State of U.P. Vs. Deoman
Kashmira Singh Vs. State of H.P.
Palvinar Kaur Vs. State of Punjab.
 IVth- Semester Project Topic
Subject:-Family Law-II
Roll No. Project Topic
401 Partition under Mitakshara Law.
402 Probate – A Critical Study.
403 Letter of Administration.
404 Historical perspective of the Hindu Succession Act 1956.
405 Notional Partition.
406 Stridhana.
407 Women’s Estate.
408 Sole Surviving Coparcener
409 Pious Obligation of Daughter.
410 Debt - Liability of Joint Family.
411 Power of Karta to Sale Joint Family Property.
412 Alienation of Joint Family Property by a Coparcener
413 Right of coparcener to challenge alienation.
414 Succession under Mitakshara Law.
416 Succession under Dayabhaga Law.
417 Religious and Charitable Endowments.
418 Codicil: A Critical Study
419 Succession under Muslim Law.
420 Inheritance under Hanafi Law.
421 Inheritance under Shia Law.
422 Status of Hindu women under Hindu Law – A Comparative Study
423 Wills under Muslim Law.
424 Re-opening of Partition.
425 Wills under Hindu Law.
426 Partial Partition.
428 Female as Karta.
429 Coparcenary under Dayabhaga Law.
430 Joint Hindu Family – A Critical Study
431 Hindu Coparcenary – Legal incidents.
432 Joint Family Property.
433 Coparcener’s power of alienation under Mitakshara Law.
434 Minor Coparcener – A Critical Study.
435 Insane Coparcener – A Critical Study.
437 Testamentary Succession.
438 Gift under Muslim Law.
439 Gift under Hindu Law.
440 Succession to the property of a Hindu Male.
442 Status and Role of a Karta – a Critical Study.
443 Mitakshara Joint Hindu Family.
444 Dayabhaga Joint Hindu Family.
445 Pious obligation of son to pay father’s debt.
447 Succession to the Property of a Hindu Female.
448 Comparative Study between Mitakshara Law & Dayabhaga Law.
449 Disqualification as to succession under Hindu Succession Act.
450 Disqualification as to succession under Mitakshara Law.
451 General Rules of succession.
452 Administration of Estate.
454 Hindu Succession Act 1956 – A critical Review & Study.
455 Ouster of a member from Joint Family.
456 Joint Family – Legal incidents.
457 Joint family vs. Coparcenary – A Critical Comparative Study.
458 Antecedent Debt.
459 Status of illegitimate Son as to Succession.
460 Ouster of a Coparcener from Coparcenary Status.
461 Alienation of Joint Family Property by Karta.
462 Doctrine of Representation under Mitakshara Law.
465 Female - A Critical Study
466 Revocation of Gift under Muslim Law.
467 Partition under Dayabhaga Law.
468 Coparcenary Property.
469 A critical study between Hanafi and Shia Law as to Succession.
470 Waqf: - A Critical Study
471 Coparcenary within Coparcenary.
472 Property under Dayabhaga Law.
473 Dayabhaga coparcenary – Formation and Legal incidents.
474 Succession by Survivorship.
475 Coparcenary under Mitakshara Law.
479 Partition and Family Arrangement – A Critical Study.
480 Classification of Joint Family Property.
481 Legislative Inroads into the Concept of Joint Family.
 IVth- Semester Project Topic
Subject:-Labour Law-I
Roll No. Project Topic
401 Fundamental Rights and Labour Laws in India.
402 Municipal Corporation as Industry.
403 Educational Institution as Industry.
404 Industrial Dispute Vs. Individual Dispute.
405 Concept of Lay off and Retrenchment of Industrial Workers.
406 Settlement of Industrial Dispute Through Conciliation.
407 Whether Strike is a Fandamental Rights?
408 Legal and Illegal Strike.
409 Appropriate Government in Labour Legislations.
410 Cagnizance of Offence in Labour Legislations.
411 Voluntary Reference of Dispute to Arbitration.
412 Power of the Labour Court.
413 Power of National and Industrial Tribunal.
414 Concept of Strike and Lock Out and Their Prohibition.
416 Condition Precedent to Retrenchment of Work men.
417 Compensation of Workmen in Case of Transfer of Undertakings.
418 Judiciary and the Child Labour.
419 Malabar Tiles Works Vs. UOI, AIR, 1968, KER.143.
420 Public Interest Litigation and Child Labour.
421 Prohibition of Lay off under Chapter V B of the I.D. Act 1947.
422 Causes of Cild Labour in India.
423 Constitution of India and Child Labour.
424 Constitutional Validity of Retrenchment U/s 25 N of I.D. Act. 1947
425 M.C. Mehta Vs. State of Tamilnadu, AIR, 1997, SC 699.
426 Re employment of the Retrenched Workmen.
428 Payment of Minimum Wages: constitutional Validity.
429 Procedure for Closing down an Industry U/s 250 of I.D. Act. 1947.
430 Payment of Gratuity and Coverage of Teachers under the Scheme.
431 Prohibition of Unfair Labour Practies.
432 Regulation of Conditions of Work of Children.
433 Recommendation of 2nd Labour Commission.
434 Penalty for Illegal Strike and Lock Out.
435 Welfare and Health of Contract Labour.
437 Constitution Amendment bill 2001 and Child Labour.
438 Penalties under I.d. Act.
439 Principles of Farfeiture of Gratuity.
440 managerial Prerogative under I.D. Act. 1947.
442 Condition for Certification of Standing Orders.
443 Payment of Subsistence Allowance under S.O. Act.
444 Concept of Wages and Social Justice.
445 Trade Union Movement and Social Justice.
447 Adjudication of Dispute and Claim Under ESI Act 1948.
Application of Principles of Natureal Justice in the Interpretation of Standing
448
Orders.
449 Constitutional Validity of Minimum Wages Act.
450 Weakness of the Trade Unionism in India.
451 Contractual Appointment : Awilling Slavery.
452 Trade Union and Collective Bargaining.
454 Rights and Liabilities of Registered Trade Union.
455 Provisions of Safety Under Factories Act.
456 working Hours of Adults Under Factories Act.
457 Concept of Transfer of employees in the Industry.
458 Promotion of Employees in the Organization.
459 Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations.
460 Concept of Leave rules Under Labour Legislations.
461 International Labour Organization and Labour Problems in India.
462 Human Rights of Contract Employees.
465 Trade Union and Collective bargaining.
466 Constitutional Validity of ESI Act 1948.
467 Navation of Contract of Apprenticeship.
468 Constitution of Political fund of Trade Union.
469 Concept of National Extension under Workmen compensation Act.
470 Provisions of Health under Factories Act.
471 Grienvance Handling System in Industrial Organization.
472 Relevancy of Schedule under Standing Orders Act.
473 Procedure for Retrenchment.
474 Compensation to the Workmen in Case of Closing Down of Undertaking.
475 Voluntary Retirement Scheme.
479 Relevancy of Model Standing Orders in the Industrial establishment.
480 Criminal Conspiracy in Trde Dispute.
481 Re oppointment of the Retired Person.
General and Political fund of Trade Union.
Unfair Labour Practices in the Industry.
Recognition of Trade Union.
Adjudicatory organs in Labour Dispute.
Contemporary Issues in Wages System.
Social Security to the Employees.
Protection of Child Rights in India.
Rights of Adolescent Workers in the Factory.
Reference of Dispute to the Labour Court.
Reemployment of retrenched person.
Registration of Trade Union.
 IVth- Semester Project Topic
Subject:-Economics-II
Roll No. Project Topic
401 National Food Security Act.
402 Regulating FII's in India
403 Economic development in Tunisia.
404 Reassessing export driven growth
405 Economic development in Egypt
406 Institutional credit and agriculture in india
407 Disability Law in India: Paradigm Shift or Evolving discourse.
408 A role for the IMF in the evolving economic context
409 Economic bariar and offshore funding.
410 Natural resources policy in India
411 Economic growth and Rural India
412 Japan - US trade agreement
413 FDI trends and composition in India over the past five years
414 Society and good Governance : A Case Study of Bihar.
416 Can poor States afford the Fiscal Responsibilty Legislation. ?
417 India and Russian- trade relations
418 Recent Trands in Indian GDP and its components.
419 Economic status of women in India
420 Globalization and the urban poor
421 New technology, IPR and Economic might.
422 Liberalization and the agricultural sector in India
423 The role of the informal sector in the Indian economy
424 Corporate Governance of State - Owned Enterprises.
425 Indian financial sector and the recent financial crisis
426 Entrepreneurship and economic development
428 Ground water irrigation in India
429 Environment regulations and capital flows
430 The impact of NREGA
431 RBI currency interventions and domestic liquidity
 IVth- Semester Project Topic
Subject:-Economics-II
Roll No. Project Topic
432 Undernutrition in India - evolving patterns
433 Protection for Plants and Animals under WTO.
434 The role of aid in economic development - Application to a country
435 Thailand Economy post East Asian Economy crisis
437 Defending National Currency (Indian Rupees) in the International Financial Market.
438 Evaluating the pegged currency exchange system
439 Hunger Index and India
440 development in the state of Bihar
442 Fair trade and the WTO
443 Development in the state of Gujarat
444 Aid and development in sub-Sahara Africa
445 Foreign Capital and Indian Economic Development.
447 Economic development in the North East states of India
448 Economic growth and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
449 Terms of trade in recent times -Indian industry and Agriculture
450 Developing countries and export cartels
451 Growth of employment opportunities in India
452 Capital flow and exchange volatility
454 Conflicts in VAT and Commercial Taxes among States.
455 Economic development in Ghana
456 Infrastructure spending - China and India
457 Tax policy reform in india
458 Religion and economic development
459 South Korean Economy post East Asian Economy crisis
460 Contract Farming in India
461 Environmental Cost Vs. Economic benefit in contaxt of large Dam Projects in India.
462 Export controls and Indian Agriculture
465 Economic growth and Israel
466 The evolution of development theory
 IVth- Semester Project Topic
Subject:-Economics-II
Roll No. Project Topic
467 Globalization and inequality in India
468 Agricultural support measures in developed countries
469 The SDR as an international currency of reserve
470 Malaysian economy post East Asian Economy Crisis
471 IPR and access to medicines in India
472 Trade , growth and th eenvironment
473 International trade and food security
474 Free trade and development
475 GM crop policy in India
479 The growing education industry in India.
480 TRIPS and Public health.
481 Taxing cross border capital flows
 Criminal Law II Project Topics
Roll No Project Topic
401 Purpose of a criminal trial
402 Period of Limitation in Taking Cognizance of Offences
403 Pre-Sentence Hearing
404 The Right Against Self Incrimination
405 Inherent Powers of the High Court
406 Summons to the accused and its Services
407 Role of a Defense Lawyer in a Criminal Proceeding
408 Rights of Victims of Crime
409 Legal Aid
410 Plea Bargaining
411 Witness Protection in India
412 Role and Responsibility of the Court in a Criminal Trial
413 Power of Appellate Courts
414 Effect of Irregular Proceedings
416 Cognizance
417 Fair trial in the Criminal Justice System
418 Confirmation of Death Sentences
419 Public Prosecutor and their Role in Criminal Trial
420 Victims' Right to Compensation
421 Remedies Against Abuse of Polic Powers
422 Criminal Justice Administration
423 Media Trial
424 Khap Panchayats: Emerging Issue for Law Reforms
425 Appeal against the order of Acquittal
426 Preventive Actions of the Police
428 Rights of the Accused Person
429 Power of Appellate Court to Grant Bail
430 The Law of Arrests
431 Investigation of Crimes
432 Law Relating to Anticipatory Bail
433 Sessions Courts' Jurisdiction
434 Release, Sale and Restoration of attached property
435 Determining Appropriate Punishment
437 An Analysis of the Amendments to the Law Relating to Arrest
438 Law Relating to Public Nuisance
439 Law Relating to Transfer of Cases
440 Powers of Revision Courts
442 Prosecuting Offences Against Marriage
443 Autrefois acquit and Autrefois Convict
444 Bail
445 Delay in Criminal Adjudication
447 Issue Estoppel
448 Law Relating to Maintenance of Wife and Children
449 The First Information Report
450 A Review of Probation of Offenders Law of India
451 Suspension, Remession and Commutation of Sentences
452 Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences
454 General Provisions as to Enquiries and Trials
455 Reference
456 Cancellation of Bail
457 Revision
458 Hurdles in Investigation of Crimes
459 Law Relating to Special Pps
460 Appeals
461 Offences Affecting the Administration of Justice
462 Search Warrants
465 Mob Justice and Law
466 Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquility
467 Trials of Warrant Cases by Magistrate
 468 Processes to Compel Appearance
469 Period of Limitation in Taking Cognizance of Offences
470 Necessity of Parole: its use & misuse
471 Complaints to Magistrates
472 Trial of Summons Cases by Magistrates
473 Maintenance of Parents
474 Judgment
475 Charges
479 Processes to compel the Production of Things
480 Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts in Trials
481 Constitution of Criminal Courts
4376 Trial before a Court of Session