IINTERNSHIP SCHEDULE

Welcome to Govilkar & Associates LLP!

During your internship at Govilkar & Associates, you shall work on a varied set of
tasks including research, creating databases, attending court hearings and making
notes, keeping updates of cases, communicating with clients, writing and editing
articles, blog posts, drafting legal documents, setting up meetings, organizing
webinars/workshops, etc. You may be asked to attend any event or meeting, as
required.

We expect initiative from our interns. We hope that you shall display your
commitment and motivation while working as an intern with Govilkar & Associates
LLP and also aid in creating a healthy working relationship with other interns that
you may have to work along with.

You shall be provided with a certificate of internship after the successful completion
of your internship period. In order to secure your internship certificate, you shall
have to submit a written report of your learning during your internship in a PDF.
This shall be an unpaid internship, but you will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket
expenses that you may incur for carrying out any work for the firm. You shall have to
remain available on phone or on WhatsApp or on email and it shall be your duty to
check the communication regularly.

Please note that any communication or any material or any information that you
come across during the course of your internship shall be completely confidential
and you shall be bound to maintain that confidentiality even after the
conclusion/termination of your internship. The work week is from Monday to Friday
and the timings are from 10 am to 7 pm. In case of any urgent work, you may be
required to work outside of these specified hours and days.

Please remember that you will need to carry your student ID with you at all times
during office hours. The Dress Code shall be the same as is applicable to Advocates
enrolled with the Bar Council, unless a specific Dress Code has been specified by the
Bar Council for interns.

It shall be your responsibility to follow the internship schedule given below. We

encourage all our interns to ask questions and indulge in discussions with us.
However, there shall be no ‘spoon-feeding’. The essence of an internship is to learn,
and in an internship for a law student, it is also important to learn how to learn i.e.
how to research a particular topic. You will be given guidance on how to conduct
research, but it shall be your responsibility to delve in to a topic and go through the
research avenues made available to you. If you do superficial research, it will show.

We wish you all the best for your internship and we hope that you shall give your
complete dedication and commitment to your work.

I First Week
Visit all the buildings in the High Court premises from the ground
floor to the topmost floor and note down the room numbers on each
floor, whether it is a court room or a chamber of a Judge or
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something else. Write down what each room has been allocated for
or to whom. Do not hesitate to ask other Advocates or other Court
staff around you.
Bombay High Court Website – Go through the website entirely in
detail, especially the section of ‘Case Status’, and understand its
nuances.

Understand the following terms:

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1. Stamp / Lodging No.
2. Registered / Final No.
3. Bench
4. Side
5. Type
Filing Departments – there are different filing departments in the
Bombay High Court. List down the different filing departments,
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including their location and the name & exact designation of the
Registrar heading that filing department.
Types of Boards (Daily Board, Production Board, Supplementary
4. Board, Final Hearing Board)
Sitting List – This is the assignment of cases to different Judges.
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Research – Who is the Master of the Rolls / Roster?
What is a Praecipe & whom to address it to? (Prothonotary & Senior
Master or Registrar)

Research –
1. The origins of the terms Prothonotary & Senior Master.
2. The qualifications required for someone to become a
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Prothonotary & Senior Master.
3. The qualifications required for someone to become a Registrar
General of the Bombay High Court.
4. Duties / Functions of a Registrar and/or a Prothonotary &
Senior Master
7. What does it mean when a matter is kept for circulation / direction?
8. High Court of Bombay - Its Jurisdiction - AS/OS Matters - Inherent
 powers of any High Court.
9. What are the ‘Letters Patent’?
10. What is ‘Quashing’?
Article 226 & 227 - Its difference - Understanding of Writ Petition -
11. Maintainability of a Writ Petition- purpose of a Writ Petition -
Stages of a Writ Petition.
SCC Website – browse to through the SCC website, understand its
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features and how to search and download/print any Judgement.
13. How to read an order / judgement?
Find a Judgement on –

A Decree has been obtained for possession by the landlord on the

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ground of bona fide requirement & possession is also taken but the
premises are not used for the purpose for which the decree was
obtained then whether the tenant can demand the possession back.
List down different Courts & Tribunals in India and the Acts by
15. which they are established.
16. Hierarchy of Courts in India - Prepare a Chart
Research –
17. (1) Whether a Company can file a Writ Petition?
(2) Whether a Writ Petition against private person is maintainable?
18. Difference between Order - Judgement -Decree
19. Interlocutory order - Interim order - Final Order
Read-
(1) Siddharam Mhetre Vs. State of Maharashtra, (2011) 1 SCC 694
20. (2) Prabodh Mehta Vs. Charuben Mehta, (2018) 2 MhLJ 898-916
(3) Afcons Infrastructure & Anr. Vs. Cheiran Varkey Construction
Company Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., (2010) 8 SC 24

II Second Week
1. What is Clause XII of the Letters Patent?
2. Which is the Court of Principal Original Jurisdiction in Mumbai?
3. How to Read a Brief -
1. Title
2. Memo
3. Narration of Facts
4. Prayers
5. Impugned Order
6. Jurisdiction Clause
7. Limitation Clause
8. Court Fee Valuation
9. Caveat Notice
10. Cause of Action

Read a brief and make a detailed synopsis & a list of dates.

4. How to Read an Act – Savings Clause – Non-Obstante clause and
other clauses
5. Research – Forgery, whether in itself is an offence?
III Third Week
1. Stages of a Suit
2. Pleadings: Plaint – Written Statement – Replication

Research - Specific Denial v. Evasive Denial

3. Parties to a Suit – Proper Party v. Necessary Party
4. Research - Case laws on Proper Party / Necessary Party
5. Understanding -Valuation of Suit Act - Bombay Court Fees Act

IV Fourth Week
1. Understanding the Jurisdiction of Different courts – Which matter
to be filled in which court. Whether a suit to recover immovable
property will lie in small causes court?
2. Types of Jurisdictions of any court – Pecuniary / Territorial /
Subject Matter.
3. Understanding the Limitation Act.
4. Research – Disciplinary Proceedings, whether civil or criminal in
nature?

V Fifth Week
1. Understanding AS - OS Rules.

Practice Notes issued by the Bombay High Court.

2. Chamber Summons & Notice of Motion – Civil Application –
Interim Application
3. Who is a Magistrate? – JMFC v. Metropolitan Magistrate
4. Intervenor - Caveat Application (Show precedent)
5. Research – Can there be two actions for single cause of action
Civil & Criminal?
6. Your Honour – Your Worship – Your Lordship / Ladyship? Which
honorific to use?

VI Sixth Week
1. Mediation - Conciliation - Arbitration - Lok Adalat
2. SLP
Binding nature of the Judgements of benches of coordinate
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strength.
Research – Whether an Arbitration Agreement needs to be
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stamped?

VII Miscellaneous
1. Power of Attorney & its types
 Rule Nisi- Stare Decisis - Per Incuriam- Infructuous - Curative
2. Petition - Amicus Curiae - Dismissed in limine
3. Types of Leases - Format
4. Agreement to Sell / for Sale Vs Sale Deed
5. Doctrine of Double Jeopardy
6. PIL & its Provisions
7. First Appeal - Second Appeal – Review - Revision
8. Transposition of Parties
9. What is a Summary Suit?

VIII General Questions

1. Who was the First Indian Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?
Who are the current Government Pleaders of the Bombay High
2. Court, for the Original, Appellate & Criminal Sides?
Who is the current:
Advocate General of Maharashtra –
Attorney General of India –
3. Solicitor General of India –
Additional Solicitor General of India at the Bombay High Court –

Chief Public Prosecutor –

4. What is 7 Race Course Road?
5. Who is the current Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?