Topic 1 – INTRODUCTION TO COURT PRACTICE
Lesson 1 – Introduction of Civil Practice
Lesson 2 – Zero Stage in Civil Case
Lesson 3 – Initiation of Civil Case
Lesson 4 – Requirement of Civil Case
Lesson 5 – Kinds of Civil Case
Lesson 6 – Parties to the Civil Case
Lesson 7 – Case Representation
Lesson 8 – Jurisdictions of Court
Lesson 9 – Stages in Civil Cases
Topic 2 – BEGINNING OF CIVIL CASE
Lesson 1 – Requirements to Initiate Proceedings
Lesson 2 – Legal Representative
Lesson 3 – Legal Notice
Lesson 4 – Requirements of Legal Notice
Lesson 5 – Format of Legal Notice
Lesson 6 – Give Legal Notice to Opposite Party
Lesson 7 – Reply To Legal Notice
Topic 3 – ESSENTIALS OF A PLAINT
Hot Topic – Format of Plaint
Lesson 1 – As to when cause of action arises
Lesson 2 – Parties to the Suit
Lesson 3 – To sue or be sued in representative capacity
Lesson 4 – Pleadings to give sufficient details
Lesson 5 – Replication does not form part of the pleadings
Lesson 6 – Entire Claim to be put forth in the Suit
Topic 4 – HOW AND WHERE TO PRESENT PLAINT
Lesson 1 – Subordinate Courts which deal with Civil Matters
Lesson 2 – Jurisdiction
Lesson 3 – Pecuniary Jurisdiction of Various Courts
Lesson 4 – Suit to be Instituted in the Court of Lowest Grade Competence
Lesson 5 – Territorial Jurisdiction of Courts
Lesson 6 – What kind of suits are maintainable before Civil Court?
Lesson 7 – Where decree is passed without jurisdiction?
Lesson 8 – Jurisdiction as per Subject-matter
Lesson 9 – What Happens when a Court, before whom Suit is Instituted, has no Jurisdiction to Entertain and Try the Suit?
Lesson 10 – Particulars to be given in Plaint where Necessary Where the Subject-Matter of the Suit is Immovable Property
Lesson 11 – Relief to be Specifically Stated Rejection of Plaint
Lesson 12 – Remedy Available on Rejection of Plaint
Lesson 13 – Res Judicata
Lesson 14 – Res Judicata & Co-defendants
Topic 5 – AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS
Lesson 1 – Court to allow all amendments which are necessary
Lesson 2 – Amendment of pleadings – Delay in seeking
Lesson 3 – When amendment cannot be allowed?
Topic 6 – PARTIES TO SUIT
Lesson 1 – Who can be Made a Party to a Suit?
Lesson 2 – Necessary Party
Lesson 3 – Proper Party
Lesson 4 – Assignment of interest during pendency of suit
Lesson 5 – Suit by or against Government
Lesson 6 – Government to be Joined as a Party to Suit
Lesson 7 – Service of Process on Agent of Government
Lesson 8 – Suits by or Against Corporations
Lesson 9 – Suits by or Against Firms and Persons Carrying on Business in Names other than their Own
Lesson 10 – When in Doubt as to who Should be Joined as the Defendant?
Lesson 11 – How a Minor can Sue or be Sued?
Lesson 12 – When Minor Attains Majority?
Lesson 13 – Suit by or Against a Person of Unsound Mind
Lesson 14 – Suits by Indigent Persons
Lesson 15 – As to when such an application is treated as a suit?
Lesson 16 – Death, Marriage or Insolvency of Parties
Lesson 17 – When Suit Property or Interest of a Party in the Suit is Transferred or Assigned to or Devolves upon or is Created in Someone else During Pendency of the Suit?
Topic 7 – EFFECT OF ABATEMENT OR DISMISSAL
Lesson 1 – No Abatement by Reason of Death after arguments are advanced
Topic 8 – HOW COURT PROCEEDS AFTER A SUIT IS DULY INSTITUTED
Lesson 1 – No Abatement by Reason of Death after arguments are advanced Settlement of the Dispute at Pre-litigative Stage
Lesson 2 – No Abatement by Reason of Death after arguments are advanced Mediation Centre of the Government
Topic 9 – WHAT IS PROCESS-FEE/COURT FEES
Lesson 1 – What is Court Fees/Process Fee?
Lesson 2 – Failure of Plaintiff to Pay Costs for Service of Defendant
Topic 10 – MODE OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS ON DEFENDANT
Lesson 1 – Always Accept the Process Brought or Transmitted by the Modes or Means provided under the Code
Lesson 2 – Service on Agent of Defendant
Lesson 3 – Service on Adult Member
Lesson 4 – Service by Affixation of Process
Lesson 5 – Substituted Service
Lesson 6 – Service of summons in a suit Under Order XXXVII
Lesson 7 – Service in Case of Suit Against Partnership Firm
Lesson 8 – Taking of Dasti Process
Lesson 9 – Service of Summons where Defendant Resides within Jurisdiction of Another Court
Lesson 10 – Service on Defendant who is in Custody or Prison
Lesson 11 – Service on Defendant who Resides out of India and has no Agent
Topic 11 – WHAT TO DO AFTER YOU ARE SERVED WITH ANY SUMMONS AS A DEFENDANT
Lesson 1 – Filing of Written Statement
Lesson 2 – New Facts to be Specifically Pleaded
Lesson 3 – Amendment of Written Statement
Lesson 4 – When Plaintiff is Entitled to Judgment on Admission of case by Defendant?
Lesson 5 – Counter Claim
Lesson 6 – Set Off
Topic 12 – APPEARANCE OF PARTIES
Lesson 1 – On Failure of Plaintiff to Pay Costs for Service of Defendant
Lesson 2 – Failure of Plaintiff and Defendant in Appearing before Court
Lesson 3 – Remedies for Filing of Fresh Suit on Dismissal of Suit in the Manner Indicated Above
Lesson 4 – Remedy for Getting an order to Set the Dismissal Aside
Lesson 5 – When only Plaintiff Appears, and Defendant is Absent?
Lesson 6 – Remedy available to the Defendant, Who is Proceeded Ex-parte on Non-Appearance Despite Service
Lesson 7 – Ex-parte Decree
Lesson 8 – Remedy Available to Defendant Against Ex-Parte Decree
Lesson 9 – Where Only Defendant Appears before the Court?
Lesson 10 – Remedy Available to Plaintiff on Dismissal of his Suit for his Default in Appearance
Topic 13 – PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
Lesson 1 – As to when Documents are to be Produced by the Plaintiff before Court
Lesson 2 – Duty of Defendant to Produce Documents before Court
Lesson 3 – Inspection of Documents Relied on by a Party to Suit at or before Settlement of Issues
Lesson 4 – Notice by One Party to the Suit to the Other for Admitting his Documents
Lesson 5 – When Other Party Refuses or Neglects to Admit Documents?
Lesson 6 – When a Document is not Specifically Denied?
Lesson 7 – Rejection of Irrelevant or Inadmissible Documents
Lesson 8 – Impounding of Documents
Lesson 9 – Return of Documents or Material Objects Produced before Court
Lesson 10 – Where no appeal lies
Lesson 11 – Where appeal lies
Topic 14 – SETTLEMENT OF ISSUES
Lesson 1 – Preliminary Issues to be Decided First
Lesson 2 – Passing of Judgment where Parties not at Issue
Lesson 3 – List of Witnesses
Lesson 4 – Power of Court to Summon any Party or Person as a Witness
Lesson 5 – Expenses of Witness to be Deposited in Court
Lesson 6 – When the Witness Avoids Service of Summons or Fails to Comply with Summons?
Topic 15 – HOW THE SUIT IS HEARD
Lesson 1 – Which Party is to Begin the case, When Listed for Evidence
Lesson 2 – Party to Appear for Evidence, before other Witnesses
Lesson 3 – How Evidence is Recorded
Lesson 4 – Who Records the Evidence in Court?
Lesson 5 – Before Commissioner
Topic 16 – Power to Examine Witness
Lesson 1 – Examination In Chief
Lesson 2 – Cross Examination
Lesson 3 – Re-Examination
Lesson 4 – Power to Recall and Examine Witness
Lesson 5 – Order XVIII, Rule 17, CPC
Lesson 6 – Inspection of Property or Material thing by the Court
Topic 17 – ARGUMENTS
Lesson 1 – Oral Arguments
Lesson 2 – Written Arguments
Topic 18 – Judgment
Lesson 1 – Topic of Judgement
Lesson 2 – Copy of Judgment As to in which cases Preliminary Decree is to be passed
Lesson 3 – Interest
Lesson 4 – Power of Court under Section 148, CPC
Topic 20 – Order
Lesson 1 – Meaning of Order
Lesson 2 – Interim Orders
Topic 21 – WITHDRAWAL AND ADJUSTMENT OF SUIT
Lesson 1 – Compromise of Suit
Topic 22 – SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS MEDIATION
Lesson 1 – As to when a Matter can be Referred for Mediation
Lesson 2 – Consent of Parties for Reference to Mediation
Lesson 3 – Role of Mediator
Lesson 4 – Opportunity of Personal Hearing
Lesson 5 – Recording of Terms of Settlement
Lesson 6 – How the Court Proceeds After Terms of Settlement are Received from Mediation Centre
Lesson 7 – Benefits of the Process of Mediation
Lesson 8 – Refund of Court-fee
Lesson 9 – Lok Adalat
Lesson 10 – Conciliation
Lesson 11 – Arbitration
Topic 23 – SPECIAL CASE
Lesson 1 – Public Nuisances
Lesson 2 – Public Charities
Topic 24 – EXECUTION
Lesson 1 – Territorial jurisdiction of execution Court
Lesson 2 – Modes in which Assistance of Court is Required
Lesson 3 – In Case of Defect in the Execution Application
Lesson 4 – Notice of Execution Application
Lesson 5 – Stay of Execution
Topic 25 – MODE OF EXECUTION
Lesson 1 – Decree for Payment of Money
Lesson 2 – Decree for Specific Movable Property
Lesson 3 – Decree for Specific Performance
Lesson 4 – Decree for Injunction
Lesson 5 – Decree for Restitution of Conjugal Rights
Lesson 6 – Execution of Decree of Specific Performance of Contract or for Injunction by Getting the Requisite act done by the Decree Holder or some other Person
Lesson 7 – Decree for Delivery of Immovable Property
Lesson 8 – Arrest and Detention in Civil Prison
Lesson 9 – Subsistence Allowance
Lesson 10 – Attachment of Property
Lesson 11 – Following Property is not Liable to Attachment or Sale
Lesson 12 – Private Alienation of Property after Attachment is Void
Lesson 13 – Attachment of Immovable Property
Lesson 14 – Sale of Property
Lesson 15 – Adjournment or Stoppage of Sale
Lesson 16 – Removal of Attachment after Satisfaction of Decree
Lesson 17 – Result of Withdrawal of Attachment
Lesson 18 – Application to set-aside Sale
Lesson 19 – When there is a Resistance or Obstruction in Delivery of Possession of Immovable Property
Topic 26 – APPEALS
Lesson 1 – Abatement of Appeal
Lesson 2 – Appeals by Indigent Persons
Lesson 3 – How the Court Proceeds with Appeal
Lesson 4 – Cross-objections
Lesson 5 – Powers of Appellate Court
Lesson 6 – Stay of Proceedings and of Execution
Lesson 7 – Additional Evidence in Appellate Court
Lesson 8 – Remand of Case by Appellate Court
Lesson 9 – Second Appeal
Lesson 10 – Appeals from Orders
Lesson 11 – Appeal Against a Decree in a Suit on the Basis of Compromise
Lesson 12 – Review
Lesson 13 – Grounds on which Review Application Lies
Topic 27 – ARREST AND ATTACHMENT BEFORE JUDGMENT
Topic 28 – TEMPORARY INJUNCTIONS AND INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS
Lesson 1 – Grant of Ad-interim Relief of Injunction
Lesson 2- As to when Court may Discharge, Vary or Set-aside Order of Injunction
Lesson 3 – Action by the Court on Disobedience of Order of Injunction
Lesson 4 – Deposit of Money etc., in Court
Topic 29 – APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS
Topic 30 – ADJOURNMENTS
Lesson 1 – Is Counsel’s Mistake of any help to the party?
Lesson 2 – Strike by Lawyers
Topic 31 – COSTS
Lesson 1 – Imposition of Costs During Pendency of Suit
Lesson 2 – Costs-Litigation Expenses
Topic 32 – FREE LEGAL AID
Lesson 1 – How to Seek Free Legal Aid
Lesson 2 – What an Illiterate Person is to do to Seek Free Legal Aid
Lesson 3 – Free Legal Services & Settlement in Matrimonial Disputes
