Con Tops

Guidelines
ConTops (conceptual topics) are the list of 200 static as well as current
legal topics to go through before CLAT 2021.

The idea behind this exercise is to help students prepare with concepts
which are likely to be asked in CLAT 2021.

Students should read about 5-6 topics everyday to grasp the basic
concepts.

Google searching and 4-5 minutes reading about the topic would be
more than sufficient. Avoid researching the topics in depth as it will
only result in waste of time.

There is no requirement of preparing notes, just reading and

understanding the topic would be more than sufficient.
Legal ConTops 2021
(Conceptual topics to go
through before CLAT 2021)

25th US Amendment

3 Farm Laws

Acceptance and Revocation of contract

Adultery in Armed Forces

Adultery- not an offence but a valid ground for divorce

Anti-Conversion Laws

Anti-Competitive Agreement

Anti-Defection Laws

Anti-Dumping regime

Antitrust case against Google

Approach of Indian Judiciary on Marital Rape

Article 12 and bodies under definition of State

Article 21 includes Right to Decent Burial

Bailable and Non-Bailable offences

Bailment and Pledge

Basic concepts of Family Law

Basics of Adoption Laws and CARA

Bigamy

Bihar Police Bill 2021

Blasphemy Laws in India

Carlill Carbolic Smoking Ball Co. and it & #39 relevance in recent times.

Cheque Bounce
Child marriages during pandemic

Citizenship Amendment Act in light of Indian Constitution

Citizenship in India

Cognizable and Non-Cognizable offences

Collegium System

Concept of Copyright

Concept of Extradition

Concept of Floor Test

Concept of Lay off and Retrenchment

Concepts of Contract Law

Confinement during pandemic (wrongful or rightful)

Consumer Protection Act

Contempt of Court

Contract of service and Contract for service

Contributory negligence

Covid-19 and financial impacts

Crime against Property

Criminal Conspiracy

Cruelty- Section 498-A of IPC

Cyber Safety and Security of women

Damages in Breach of Contract

Death by Negligence

Death Penalty in India

Decriminalisation of Section 377 IPC

Defamation Laws in India

Deficiency of service under Consumer Protection Act

Delay in Court Proceedings - Legal Victimization of Victims

Delegated Legislation
Development of Arbitration and Mediation regime in India

Directive Principle of State Policies

Disaster Management Act

Disposal of medical waste- Nuisance

Divorce and Judicial Separation

DNA Technology Bill

Doctrine of Last Opportunity

Doctrine of Rarest of Rare case

Double Jeopardy

Due process of law and Procedure established by law

E-Courts and E-filing

Election Commission of India

Electoral Bonds

Environmental Pollution

Euthanasia and concept of Living Will

Eve teasing and sexual offences against women

Expeditious disposal of criminal cases

Fake encounter: extra-judicial killing

Fake or deceptive advertisement

Financial Emergency under Article 360

Force Majeure or "Act of God" under Indian Contract Act

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of Speech and Expression and reasonable restrictions

Frivolous Litigation

Frustration of contract due to impossibility

Functioning and objective of National Green Tribunal

General Defences in Criminal Law

Generic medicine and Patent Law

Grounds for Divorce

Guilt to be proven beyond reasonable doubt

Harassment of citizen by police on Covid 19 duty

Hostile witness

Human Rights violation of a Stateless Victim

Human Trafficking

Illegal Detention

Impeachment of President

In camera proceedings

India and International Court of Justice

India's take on providing asylum to refugees

Infancy and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000

Information Technology Act

Innocent until proven guilty

Inquisitorial and Adversarial System of Law

Intention to contract

Joint Liability in Torts

Judicial Activism

Judicial Proceedings through video conferencing

Judicial Review

Karnataka Anti Cow Slaughter Law

Kerala Police Act

Latest judgement by S.C. on "Corrective voice from top court against stereo-
typing women".

Lack of legal framework for Domestic Violence against Men

Law and Fake news

Law of prevention of Animal Cruelty

Law to curb over-pricing of essential commodities during pandemic

Laws related to Maternity Leave in India

Legal Aid as a Fundamental Right

Legal Background of Budget

Legal framework behind Lockdown, Curfew, and Quarantine

Limited Liability Partnership

Lok Adalat and Lokayukta

Maintenance after Divorce

Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020

Malicious Prosecution

Medical Negligence

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

Mens Rea (state of mind) in Criminal Law

Misuse of Anti Dowry Law in India

Misuse of Sedition Law - Weakening of Democracy

Mob Lynching and Supreme Court’s suggestions

Murder and Culpable Homicide

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act

National and International regime on Human Rights

National Legal Service Authority of India

Negligence- Torts as well as Crime

Net Neutrality

Number of Judges in Supreme Court

Parliamentary v. Presidential Democracy

Partnership and Agency in contracts

Penal Provisions for enforcing Pandemic Laws

Penalty for default due to pandemic (school fees, rent, loan EMIs)

Permanent ommission for women in Armed Forces

Personal Data Protection Laws in India

Place of Worship Act 1991

PM Relief Fund vs. Cares Fund

Polluter Pays Principle

Preventive Detention

Principle of Natural Justice

Private defence

Private Member Bill

Privileged Communication (doctor - patient)

Privity of Contract (Donoghue v. Stevenson)

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act

Quasi-Judicial bodies

Recent advancement in OCI

Recording of statement by witness

Res Ipsa Loquitor

Reservation in Educational Institutions and Jobs

Retributive and Restorative Justice

Retrospective laws

Review Petition

Right to Inheritance- Hindu women

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education

Right to Companionship but not Marriage for Same Sex Couples

Right to Counsel in Custody

Right to Equality

Right to Life

Right to Maintenance- issues and challenges

Right to Medical Treatment and Care

Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right

Right to Strike
Rights of Accused in Indian Legal System

Rights of LGBTQ community

Rise in cases of Cyber Frauds amid lockdown

Rise in Domestic Violence cases in India

Rising cases of Sextortion in India

Roshni Act

RTI and Judiciary

RTI as part of Article 19(1)(a) of Indian Constitution

SC on Constitutional breakdown in Andhra Pradesh State

SC recent overview on Indira Shawney vs Union of India

Scotland Independence Referendum

Section 269 IPC- Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to
life

Section 144 Cr.P.C. (Unlawful Assembly)

Section 420 IPC- Cheating

Secularism in present times

Seizure of goods in transit under the GST laws

Self-Incrimination

Sexual harassment of women at work place and internal complaints committee

Shah Bano Begum judgement of Maintenance for Divorced Muslim Wives

Special Marriage Act 1954

Specific Relief

Strict and Vicarious Liability

Surrogacy Laws in India

Tax Fraud

The National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 2020

Trademark in India

Transgender Rights and the controversy with the new law in India
Trespass

Trial by Media in criminal cases

Triple Talaq- Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019

Type of Contracts

Undue Influence in Elections

Uniform Civil Code

Union V. Federal - Rights of states

Unlawful Assembly

Unsoundness of mind (defence in criminal law)

Unsoundness of mind (incompetency in contract law)

Uttar Pradesh Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Ordinance, 2021

Vicarious Liability of hospitals during pandemic

Vitiated Free Consent in contracts (Fraud, Misrepresentation, Undue Influence,

Coercion and Mistake)

Violation of Motor Vehicle laws

Warranty and Guarantee in Contract Law

WhatsApp chat as admissible evidence

Writs under Indian Constitution