Important Topics for UGC NET-Dec 2022 (Law) Part II

Family Law

• Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act 1956: Adoption provisions
• The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956: natural guardianship
• Bigamy, Divorce
• Cruelty case laws
• Marriages – valid, void, voidable
• sections – 24, 27
• RCR
• The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019
• The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
• Option of puberty, sariri
• Live-in relationship case laws
• Recognition of foreign decrees in India

Commercial Law

• Company law landmark judgements
• Public company & Private company (number of persons, MOA, AOA)
• Prospectus, Directors, Meetings
• Contract Law: Definitions – section 2 of ICA
• Sec. 56
• Voidable/Void contract
• Specific contracts – termination of agency
• NI: basic concepts, section 138
• Competition Act: section 3-6, Commission, cartel
• SOGA: sale, goods, warranty & condition, unpaid seller
• Partnership Act 1932 & LLP Act 2008

Environment Law & Human Rights

• Greenhouse gas
• COP
• Environment conventions
• NGT Act
• Definitions – environment
• UNHRC
• Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, NHRC, amendments till present
• Treaties: ICERD, ICCPR, CEDAW, CRC, etc

IPR+IT

• IPR Acts with year, theories
• Copyright: Conventions, Copyright Act – important terms, infringement, remedies and landmark case laws
• Patent: Treaties, Patent Act – important terms, landmark cases
• trademarks, trade secrets, biodiversity
• GI: grounds
• IT Act: e-signature, electronic record, e-contracts, e-cheque, public and private key
• electronic governance, e-contract
• Offences, adjudication and penalties

Comparative Law

• Forms of governments – Presidential and parliamentary, unitary and federal
• Models of federalism – USA, Canada and India
• Judicial activism: India, UK and USA , Rule law
• Amendment of the Constitution – India, USA and South Africa
• RTI Act: important definitions, competent authority, Central and State Information Commission
• Ombudsman: Lokpal & Lokayukta Act: Establishment, jurisdiction

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