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DPC

1. DRAFTING, PLEADING AND CONVEYANCING CREDITS – 4 TOTAL MARKS - 100

2. SYLLABUS MODULE- 1 DRAFTING : RULES AND SKILLS Purpose of law ; Procedural and substantive History, meaning and objectives  Fundamental Rules  Forms  MODULE – II  PLEADINGS       1.  Suit: Plaint / written statement       2. Petitions : Matrimonial and others       3. Writs        4. Applications : Civil and Criminal       5. Complaint under the Consumer Protection Act , 2019

3. MODULE – III  CONVEYANCING Deed: Sale, Lease, Mortgage, Partnership , family settlement etc., Will Power of Attorney : General and Special Notice : CPC , Ejectment of Tenant etc Rely to Legal Notices.  MODULE – 1V CORPORATE PRACTICES AND DRAFTING E-contracts  Service Agreements  Drafting of Memorandum  and Articles of Association  Legal License IPR Agreements

4. DRAFTING Preliminary work of writing a document Rough sketch Writer organizes information , ideas into sentences and paragraphs Legal drafting – is an act of preparing the legal documents like agreements, deeds, affidavit , plaint and written statement . It is the only way in which law and facts put together before the court of law for just and proper adjudication According to Coode, A draftsman should engage the sentences in the follow ‘’The sentence is based on the case, conditions, subject, and legal action to be taken’’. FOWLER’s FIVE RULES OF DRAFTING According to him drafting must be very simple. Direct , vigorous and lucid . Prefer 1. the familiar words the unfamiliar words 2. Clear words than the words which create confusion 3. Words that give direct meaning

5. 4. The short words than the long words 5. English words than the Roman words RULES OF LEGAL DRAFTING Comprehensive Logical Precise and accurate Laymen language Based on the Legal rules and precedents Appropriate words and legal terminology Short sentences Legal interpretation

6. DO’s DONT’s Purpose of drafting Never use confused words and languages Understand the facts thoroughly Irrelevant facts and rules Apply relevant laws to facts Lengthy paragraph Plan and organize the drafting Passive voice in sentence making Facts must be short and precise and accurate Repetitions of facts Latest provisions of law and cases plagiarism Prepare the document with logical sequences fair draft before presentation Untruth facts and illogical sequences