UP JUDICIARY Penal, Revenue & Local Laws (Law III) Syllabus

UP JUDICIARY Penal, Revenue & Local Laws (Law III): topic-wise syllabus

1. 1

   BNS / Indian Penal Code

   ~70 marks

   • General Principles: Stages of Crime, Common Intention (Section 34), Common Object (Section 149), Criminal Conspiracy (120A-120B), Abetment (107-120), Attempt (511)
   • General Exceptions (Sections 76-106): Judicial Acts, Accident, Insanity (McNaughten), Intoxication, Consent, Good Faith, Trifling Acts
   • Right of Private Defence: Body and Property, Extending to Death (Sections 100-103), Exceeding Right
   • Offences Against Human Body: Culpable Homicide vs Murder (Section 299-300), Dowry Death (304B), Hurt/Grievous Hurt, Kidnapping (359-363), Abduction, Rape (375-376, Amendments 2013/2018), Acid Attack, Unnatural Offences
   • Offences Against Property: Theft (378), Extortion (383), Robbery (390), Dacoity (391), Criminal Misappropriation (403), Criminal Breach of Trust (405), Cheating (415), Mischief (425), Criminal Trespass (441)
   • Offences Against Women: Cruelty (498A), Dowry Prohibition, Bigamy (494-495)
   • Offences Against State (121-130), Public Tranquility (141-160): Unlawful Assembly, Rioting, Affray, Sedition
   • Defamation (499-502), Forgery (463-477A), Offences Relating to Documents
2. 2

   UP Revenue Code, 2006

   ~60 marks

   • Revenue Hierarchy: Collector, ADM, SDM, Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar, Lekhpal — Powers and Functions
   • Land Records: Khatauni, Khasra, Shajra, Periodic Records of Rights (Sections 31-47), Presumption of Correctness
   • Mutation of Names: Procedure, Presumption of Truth, Appeal and Revision
   • Partition of Holdings: Application, Procedure, Mode of Partition (Sections 48-66)
   • Land Revenue: Assessment, Collection, Remission, Suspension (Sections 67-100)
   • Tenancy Rights: Bhumidhar (Sections 130-145), Asami (Sections 145-151), Sirdar, Adhivasi — Rights and Transfers
   • Revenue Courts: Jurisdiction (Section 155), Appeals from Revenue Officers, Revenue Suits, Revision
   • Theka and Patta: Terms, Conditions, Sub-letting, Surrender, Eviction
3. 3

   UP Local Laws

   ~70 marks

   • UP Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent & Eviction) Act, 1972: Applicability, Exemptions, Standard Rent, Permission for Letting, Eviction Grounds (Section 20), Tenant Protections, Rent Controller Jurisdiction, Appeals
   • UP Municipalities Act, 1916: Constitution of Municipal Boards, Powers and Functions, Taxation (Property Tax, Water Tax, Other Levies), Municipal Fund and Budget, Building Regulation, Sanitation, Licensing of Trades, Offences and Penalties
   • UP Panchayat Raj Act, 1947: Gram Panchayat Constitution, Nyaya Panchayat (Courts of Justice at Village Level), Powers and Duties, Panchayat Taxation, Nyaya Panchayat's Criminal/Civil Jurisdiction, Procedure, Appeals, Zila Panchayat, Kshetra Samiti