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April 23rd, 2015, 01:04 PM
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Re: Bangalore University LLM

University Law College of Bangalore University offers LLM course of 1 year duration in these Specialization

Criminal Law,
Business Law,
Labour,
Capital and Law,
Environment and Legal order,
Constitution and Legal order

Eligibility Criteria for LLM
Candidates should have passed the LL.B Degree from recognized University with at least 45% in the aggregate and also must have secured 50% marks in the subject of specialization.

Mode of Admission

Admission will be on the basis of common written test and Viva-voce

The pattern for the test will be multiple choice questions.

Bangalore University LLM Syllabus
1. Preamble
1.1. Introduction of One Year LL.M Degree Programme like in all developed countries is one of the measures suggested by the round table on legal education set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Department, Government of India, in order to restructure and revamp legal education system in the country. On the direction of the MHRD, the University Grants Commission has appointed an Expert Committee in 2010 to examine the said suggestion and the committee on examination, recommended introduction of the One Year LL.M Degree Programme and also formulated guidelines for the purpose. The UGC has approved the proposal and formally issued the guidelines in order to facilitate Universities fulfilling the conditions laid down therein to prepare them to introduce the Programme from 2012-13.
1.2. University Law College and P.G. Department of Studies and Research in Law, Bangalore University, Bangalore being a premier institution in the country in the field of legal research and higher
education in law cannot afford to lag behind in implementing any policy measure aimed at achieving academic excellence. Therefore, a decision was taken to restructure the existing 2 Year LL.M Programme into One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) with necessary changes in the title and contents of the syllabus as per the UGC Guidelines vide D.O.No.5-1/99(CPP-II), January 2013. Keeping in view the provisions in the UGC guidelines, present Regulations has been formulated to govern the teaching, research, admission and conduct of examinations for the purpose of awarding One Year LL.M Degree in the five branch of specializations. As per the decision, it is proposed to incorporate a comprehensive and competitive mix of law subjects, seminars, dynamic learning opportunities and special events promoting dialogue and interaction with prominent legal and other personalities. The following specializations will be offered from the academic year 2014-15:
1. Constitutional and Administrative Law
2. Corporate and Commercial Law
3. Labour and Employment Law
4. Human Rights and Environmental Law
5. Criminal Law
2. Definitions:
2.1. Academic Year is a period of nearly 12 months devoted to completion of requirements specified in the Scheme of Teaching and the related examinations.
2.2. CBCS means Choice Based Credit System.
2.3 Chairman means Chairman of P.G.Department of Studies and Research in Law, Bangalore University, Bangalore.
2.4. Compulsory Courses means certain fundamental papers which every student admitted to the Programme, irrespective of the branch of specialization, shall successfully complete to receive the Post Graduate Degree in Law and which cannot be substituted by any other course.
2.5. Course means a component of the academic programme known as subject or paper.
2.6. Credit means the unit by which the course work is measured. Each course carries a prescribed number of credits.
2.7 Department means P.G. Department of Studies and Research in Law, Bangalore University, Bangalore.
2.8. External Examiner shall mean an examiner who is not in the employment of Bangalore University.
2.9. Foreign Student shall mean a student who is not an Indian citizen.
2.10. Grade is an index to indicate the performance of a student in the selected course. These Grades are arrived at by converting marks scored in each course by the candidate after completing his/her Internal Assessment and Semester-end Examinations. These grades are awarded for each subject after conversion of the marks and after completion of the examinations in each semester.
2.11. Grade Value (GV) refers to an indication of the performance of the student in a given semester. GV is the weighted average of all Grades a student gets in a given semester. The GV depends on the number of subjects a student takes and the grades awarded to him /her for each of the subjects so chosen.
2.12. Open Electives means a course offered by the Department for the students of other Departments of Bangalore University, Bangalore.
2.13. Principal means Principal of University Law College, Bangalore University, Bangalore.
2.14. Semester System means a programme wherein each academic year is apportioned into two semesters. Each semester will be referred to as a term of 16 weeks including teaching and research but excludes admission and conduct of examinations.
2.15. Specialization Papers means the papers other than the compulsory papers that a student shall study in the Department.
3. Admission
3.1. The Department shall conduct Admission Test for the purpose of admission to One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme). The test shall be conducted with the objective of testing the aptitude for teaching/research, legal reasoning and comprehension/basic knowledge. Syllabus for the entrance test shall be as published from time to time and the pattern for the entrance test shall be MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions).
3.2. No candidate shall be eligible for appearing in the Admission Test and to seek admission to One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) unless he/she has passed with not less than 50% marks [5% relaxation for SC/ST, Category I and differently abled candidates] in the aggregate of 3yrs/5yrs LL.B degree examination conducted by Bangalore University or any other University recognised by UGC leading to the award of LL.B Degree.
3.3. Merit List of the candidates for the purpose of admission to One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) shall be based on the criteria of assessment for selection of candidates as specified below:
Sl.No Components Weightage (max marks) in %
1 50% of the marks secured by the candidate in All India Admission Test 50
2 50% of the Marks obtained in LL.B Degree 3/5 Years (Aggregate) 50
3 Total 100

3.4. The number of candidates to be admitted to the One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) shall be 08 (Regular Seats) and 2 (Payment Seats) in each branch of specialization.
3.5. The admission of the candidates shall be based on merit cum reservation policy of the State Government/Rules of Bangalore University issued from time to time.
3.6. No student shall be permitted to pursue any other course of study, be in employment or take up practice during the period of study of One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme).
3.7. A foreign student from other than English speaking countries seeking admission to One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) shall have completed the TOEFEL or other equivalent exam apart from fulfilling the minimum eligibility conditions. However, he/she shall be exempted from the admission test.
4. Duration of the Programme and Contact Hours
4.1. The duration of the Programme shall be One Year consisting of 2 Semesters.
4.2. Each of the semesters shall be of a working duration of 16 weeks excluding the time required for conducting the semester-end examinations. There shall be a minimum of 30 contact hours in each week including class room teaching, library work, seminars and research.
4.3. There shall be 6 contact hours of class-room teaching and two hours of tutorials/Clinical teaching in each week for a paper of 3 Credits and 4 contact hours of class-room teaching and two hours of tutorials/Clinical Teaching in each week for a paper of 2 Credits. 2 hours of class room teaching per week is equivalent to 1 Credit.
4.4. The Duration of the Semesters shall be as follows:
Semester-I shall be for a period of 16 weeks starting from August.
Semester-II shall be for a period of 16 weeks starting from January.

4.5. The Term and Vacations shall be as notified by the University from time to time.
5. Course Structure and Credits
One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) shall have a total of 26 credits with the following components:
a. There shall be 3 compulsory papers of 3 credits each.
b. There shall be 6 papers in each branch of specialization of two credits each.
c. Dissertation shall have 5 credits.
6. Medium of Instruction
The Medium of Instruction and Examination shall be English.

7. Attendance
7.1. Each semester shall be taken as a unit for the purpose of calculating the attendance.
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7.2. Every student shall attend a minimum of 75% of classes held in every subject including the specialization and the compulsory papers and shall complete the assignments, practicals as prescribed by the Department from time to time during the semester. A student failing to put in the minimum required attendance in the semester shall be ineligible to appear/write the semester-end examinations.
7.3. A student who is ineligible to appear/write the semester-end examinations owing to shortage of attendance, if desirous of completing the course, shall take re-admission to the respective semester and thereafter appear for examination after fulfilling the minimum attendance with the approval of the Bangalore University, Bangalore.
8. Dissertation
8.1. Students appearing for the One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) Examination shall submit a Dissertation prepared under the guidance of a Research Supervisor.
8.2. All permanent members of the faculty of the Department and other teachers approved by the Departmental Council shall be eligible to be a Research Supervisor.
8.3. The student shall select the topic for Dissertation in consultation with the Research Supervisor and submit the topic along with the research proposal for the approval of the Principal/Chairman.
8.4. The Dissertation shall be submitted to the University fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of the second semester examination through the Principal/Chairman of the Department.
8.5. The Dissertation shall be between 125-150 type written pages on A4 size papers with 1.5 line spacing, 12 Font size for the body of the text and 10 Font size for the footnotes in Times New Roman and submitted in 3 copies.
9. Examination, Evaluation and Revaluation
9.1. Students shall be evaluated for 100 marks in each theory paper.
9.2. Evaluation in each theory paper shall broadly be based on two segments:
a) Continuous evaluation of the paper by the course teacher.
b) Evaluation through a semester end examination.

9.3. Semester end examination shall be held for 70 marks in each theory paper. Remaining 30 marks shall be assigned for continuous internal assessment as below:
Continuous Internal Assessment (30 Marks)
Class Test 10 marks
Seminar 05 marks
Assignment 10 marks
Class Attendance 05 marks

9.4. The semester end examination shall be conducted at the end of the I Semester and II Semester respectively in the subjects taught during the semester. (Odd with Odd semester and Even with Even semester).
9.5. The examination fee shall be prescribed by the University from time to time.
9.6. The dissertation shall carry 150 marks for 5 credits out of which 100 marks shall be assigned for written work and the remaining 50 marks shall be for the presentation and viva-voce.
9.7. Every paper shall be evaluated internally and externally for 70 marks in addition to the continuous internal assessment of 30 marks as prescribed above. Dissertation carrying 150 marks shall be evaluated internally and externally with 100 marks for the written work and 50 marks for presentation and viva-voce. However, if there is a difference of more than 20% marks between the internal and external valuation, the theory paper/dissertation shall be referred to a third examiner by the Chairman of the Department/ Chairman, BOE and the marks awarded by the third examiner shall be final.
9.8. The Examination for the One Year Post-Graduate Degree Programme in Law (LL.M- Semester Scheme) shall consist of the papers as stated in the content of the Semester Programme.
10. Criteria for Passing Courses/Marks and Grade
10.1. A candidate shall be declared to have passed in the examination if he/she has obtained not less than 32 Marks out of 70 Marks and 13 Marks out of 30 Marks in continuous internal assessment and 50% in the aggregate of both the written examination and continuous evaluation i.e., equivalent or more than B Grade in each theory paper.

Contact Details:
Bangalore University
Jnana Bharathi Campus Off Mysore Road,, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560056 ‎
080 2321 3023 ‎

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