LLB Semester IV Syllabus

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Subjects

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Osmania University — LLB (3-Year Degree Course) w.e.f. Academic Year 2024–25

College: Padala Rama Reddi Law College Batch: 2024–2027

Faculty Details

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Paper-I: Labour Law – II

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Faculty: Dr. Sridevi P (Junior Sridevi)

Unit-I: Remunerative Aspects — Wages

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• Concepts of wages — Minimum, Fair, Living Wages
• Wage and Industrial Policies
• Whitley Commission Recommendations
• Provisions of Code on Wages, 2019 — Timely payment of wages
• Authorized deductions — Claims
• Minimum Wages under the Code on Wages, 2019 — Definitions
• Types of wages — Minimum rates of wages
• Procedure for fixing and revising Minimum Wages — Claims Remedy

Unit-II: Bonus

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• Bonus — Concept — Right to claim Bonus
• Full Bench Formula — Bonus Commission
• Payment of Bonus under the Code on Wages, 2019 — Application
• Computation of gross profit, available, allocable surplus
• Eligibility of Bonus — Disqualification of Bonus
• Set on — Set off of allocable surplus
• Minimum and Maximum Bonus — Recovery of Bonus

Unit-III: Employees Security and Welfare

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• Social Security — Concept and meaning
• Social Insurance — Social Assistance Schemes
• Social Security Legislations
• Law relating to Workmen’s Compensation — The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923
  • Definitions — Employer’s liability for compensation
  • Nexus between injury and employment
  • Payment of compensation — Penalty for default
• Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 — Application
  • Benefits under the Act — Adjudication of disputes and claims
  • ESI Corporation — Legislation in favour of Social Security

Unit-IV: Provident Fund, Maternity Benefit & Gratuity

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• Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
  • Contributions — Schemes under the Act — Benefits
• The Maternity Benefit (including Amendment Act, 2018)
  • Definitions — Application — Benefits
• The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
  • Definitions — Application — Payment of Gratuity
  • Eligibility — Forfeiture — Nomination — Controlling Authorities

Unit-V: Factories Act & Child Labour

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• The Factories Act, 1948 — Chapters dealing with Health, Safety and Welfare of Labour
• Child Labour — Rights of child and the Indian Constitution
• Salient features of:
  • Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
  • The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

Suggested Readings

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1. S.N. Misra, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Publication
2. V.G. Goswami, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Agency
3. Khan & Khan, Labour Law, Asia Law House, Hyderabad
4. K.D. Srivastava, Payment of Bonus Act, Eastern Book Company
5. K.D. Srivastava, Payment of Wages Act
6. K.D. Srivastava, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1947
7. B.C. Srivastava, Treatise on Social Security
8. Sukumar Singh, Labour Economics, Deep & Deep, New Delhi
9. V.J. Rao, Factories Law

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Paper-II: Public International Law

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Faculty: Dr. Srinivas

Unit-I: Nature and Sources

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• Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of International Law
• Relation of International Law to Municipal Law
• Sources of International Law — Codification

Unit-II: State — Recognition, Succession & Territory

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• State Recognition — State Succession
• Responsibility of States for International Delinquencies
• State Territory — Modes of acquiring State Territory

Unit-III: Individual, Nationality & Diplomacy

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• Position of Individual in International Law
• Nationality — Extradition — Asylum
• Privileges and Immunities of Diplomatic Envoys
• Treaties — Formation of Treaties
• Modes of Consent, Reservation and Termination

Unit-IV: Law of the Sea, Airspace & Outer Space

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• The Legal Regime of the Seas — Evolution of the Law of the Sea
• Freedoms of the High Seas — Common Heritage of Mankind
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas
• Legal Regime of Airspace — Important Conventions relating to Airspace
  • Paris, Havana, Warsaw and Chicago Conventions — Five Freedoms of Air
• Legal Regime of Outer Space — Important Conventions:
  • Outer Space Treaty, Agreement on Rescue and Return of Astronauts
  • Liability Convention, Agreement on Registration of Space Objects, Moon Treaty
  • UNISPACE — Recent development in India’s space missions

Unit-V: International Organizations

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• League of Nations and United Nations
• International Court of Justice — International Criminal Court
• Specialized agencies of the UN — WHO, UNESCO, ILO, IMF and WTO

Suggested Readings

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1. J.G. Starke, Introduction to International Law, Aditya Books, 10th Edition, 1989
2. J.L. Brierly, The Law of Nations, Oxford Publishers, London
3. Ian Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law, Oxford Publishers, London
4. S.K. Kapoor, Public International Law, Central Law Agencies, Allahabad
5. H.O. Agarwal, International Law and Human Rights, Central Law Publications, Allahabad
6. S.K. Verma, An Introduction to Public International Law, Prentice Hall of India

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Paper-III: Interpretation of Statutes

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Faculty: Ms. Himabindu

Unit-I: General Principles

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• Meaning and Definition of Statutes — Classification of Statutes
• Meaning and Definition of Interpretation
• General Principles of Interpretation
• Rules of Construction under the General Clauses Act, 1897

Unit-II: Primary Rules of Interpretation

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• Grammatical Rule of Interpretation
• Golden Rule of Interpretation
• Rule of Mischief (Heydon’s Rule)

Unit-III: Secondary Rules of Interpretation

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• Interpretation of Penal Statutes and Statutes of Taxation
• Beneficial Construction
• Construction to avoid conflict with other provisions
• Doctrine of Harmonious Construction

Unit-IV: Aids to Interpretation

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• External Aids — Statement of objects of legislation, Legislative debates, Identification of purpose sought to be achieved through legislation
• Internal Aids — Preamble, title, interpretation clause, marginal notes, explanations etc.
• Presumptions

Unit-V: Repeal, Amendments & Subordinate Legislation

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• Effect of Repeal — Effect of Amendments to Statutes
• Conflict between parent legislation and subordinate legislation
• Methods of interpreting substantive and procedural laws

Suggested Readings

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1. Vepa P. Sarathi, Interpretation of Statutes, Eastern Book Co.
2. Maxwell, Interpretation of Statutes, Butterworths Publications
3. Crawford, Interpretation of Statutes, Universal Publishers
4. Chatterjee, Interpretation of Statutes
5. G.P. Singh, Principles of Statutory Interpretation, Wadhwa and Company
6. Cross, Statutory Interpretation, LexisNexis

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Paper-IV: Land Laws

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Faculty: Dr. Padmaja

Unit-I: Classification and Ownership of Land

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• Classification of Lands — Ownership of Land
• Absolute and Limited Ownership (tenancy, lease etc.)
• Doctrine of Eminent Domain — Doctrine of Escheat
• Doctrine of Bona Vacantia
• Maintenance of land records and issue of Pattas and Title Deeds etc.

Unit-II: Land Reforms

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• Law Reforms before and after Independence
• Zamindari Settlement — Ryotwari Settlement — Mahalwari System
• Intermediaries — Constitutional Provisions
• Abolition of Zamindaries, Jagirs and Inams
• Tenancy Laws — Conferment of ownership on tenants/ryots

Unit-III: Land Acquisition

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• Laws relating to acquisition of property
• The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 — Salient Features
• Procedure for Land Acquisition:
  • Issue of notification — Social Impact Assessment
  • Consent of landowners — Award enquiry
  • Payment of compensation — Reference to civil courts etc.

Unit-IV: Ceiling on Land Holdings

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• Laws relating to Ceiling on Land Holdings
• The Telangana Land Reforms (Ceiling on Agricultural Holdings) Act, 1973
• Effect of inclusion in the IX Schedule of the Constitution
• Interpretation of Directive Principles of State Policy

Unit-V: Alienation of Scheduled Lands

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• Laws relating to alienation — Scheduled Areas Land Transfer Regulation
• The Telangana Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act
• Resumption of Lands to the Transferor/Government

Suggested Readings

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1. P. Rama Reddi and P. Srinivasa Reddy, Land Reform Laws in A.P., Asia Law House, Hyderabad
2. P.S. Narayana, Manual of Revenue Laws in A.P., Gogia Law Agency, Hyderabad
3. Land Grabbing Laws in A.P., Asia Law House, Hyderabad
4. G.B. Reddy, Land Laws in A.P., Gogia Law Agency, Hyderabad
5. J.N. Maheshwara Swamy, Lectures on Land Laws, Asia Law House, Hyderabad

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Paper-V: Intellectual Property Law

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Faculty: Ms. Swethi Tiwari

Unit-I: Introduction to Intellectual Property

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• Intellectual Property — Meaning, Nature and Classification
• Significance and need of protection of Intellectual Property
• Main forms of Intellectual Property:
  • Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications of Goods
  • Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
• New forms of Intellectual Property:
  • Plant Varieties Protection and Biotechnology, GR & TK
  • Layout Designs, Computer Programmes
  • Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property

Unit-II: International Protection of IPRs

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• Evolution of International Protection of IPRs
• Introduction to leading International instruments concerning IPRs
• General Principles of Protection
• The Paris Convention, 1883 — WCT
• The Berne Convention, 1886 — The Madrid Agreement, 1891 and 1996 Protocol, 1989
• The Patent Co-operation Treaty, 1970
• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conventions
• TRIPS Agreement, 1994 and its impact

Unit-III: Copyright

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• Meaning, Nature, historical evolution and significance
• The Copyright Act, 1957 — Salient Features
• Idea-Expression Dichotomy
• Subject matter of Copyright Protection — Neighbouring Rights
• Ownership of Copyright — Rights of Authors and Owners
• Assignment of Copyright — Collective Management of Copyright
• Infringement of Copyright and Criteria — Exceptions to Infringement
• Doctrine of Fair Use
• Authorities under the Act — Remedies for infringement of Copyright

Unit-IV: Trademarks & Industrial Designs

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• Intellectual Property in Trademarks and rationale of their protection
• The Trade Marks Act, 1999 — Definition of Trademarks
• Trademarks and Internet Domain Names
• Passing Off — Infringement of Trademark — Remedies
• Concept of Industrial Designs — The Designs Act, 2000
  • Definition and characteristics of Design
  • Registration of Design — Rights of Design Holders
  • Copyright in Design — Registration — Remedies for infringement

Unit-V: Patents

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• Concept of Patent — Historical overview of Patent Law in India
• The Patents Act, 1970 and its salient features
• Patentable Inventions — Kinds of Patents
• Procedure for obtaining patent in India and in other countries — PCT Procedure
• Rights and obligations of a Patentee
• Limitations on patent rights:
  • Compulsory licensing, acquisition by government and secrecy directions
• Infringement of patent rights and remedies available

Suggested Readings

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1. P. Narayanan, Intellectual Patent Rights, Eastern Law House, 1995
2. Roy Chowdhary, Law of Trademark, Copyrights, Patents and Designs, Kamal Law House
3. G.B. Reddy, Intellectual Property Rights and the Law, Gogia Law Agency, Hyderabad
4. John Holyoak and Paul Torremans, Intellectual Property Law
5. B.L. Wadhera, Intellectual Property Law, Universal Publishers
6. W.R. Cornish, Intellectual Property Law, Universal Publishers
7. V.K. Ahuja, Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights, LexisNexis
8. Elizabeth Verkey, Intellectual Property Rights, Eastern Book Company
9. Elizabeth Verkey, Law of Patents, Eastern Book Company

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📌 See Internship Requirements — Mandatory internship after Semester IV; grades reflected in Semester V marks memo.

Document prepared for Padala Rama Reddi Law College — LLB 2024–2027 Batch

Created on: 18 February 2026