CCSU BA LLB - Indian Legal and Constitutional History - December 2019 - Old question paper

BA LLB 3rd Semester Examination, December 2019
Indian Legal and Constitutional History
(BL-3005)

Section A
Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 4 marks

1. The Cripp's Mission, 1942.
2. What do you mean by the term Codification?
3. Defects of Judicial Plan of 1772.
4. Facts of Cossijurah case
5. Importance of Charter of 1833.

Section B
Note: Attempt any two question. Each question carries 10 marks

6. Write a note on the composition, jurisdiction and working of the Mayor's Court established under the Charter of 1726.
7. Consider the case of Maharaja Nand Kumar from the point of view of Indian Legal History.
8. Describe briefly the constitution and jurisdiction of Federal Courts in India.

Section C
Note: Attempt any three question. Each question carries 20 marks

9. Describe the history of British settlement of Madras and comment upon the statement that its judicial institutions developed in three stages.
10. Describe the reforms introduced by Lord Cornwallis through his judicial plan of 1790.
11. Discuss the salient features of Government of India Act 1919.
12. Trace the development of Privy Council as final court of appeal from British overseas possession and enumerate its contribution to the growth of law in India.
13. Writ a note on the Warren Hasting's Plan of 1772 and indicate its influence on the system of administration of justice in India.