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English Jurisprudence Questions:

1. Circumstances which reduce the binding force of precedent.


2. What is legislation importance what is supreme legislation?
3. What are requisites of a local custom as a source of law?
4. Mens Rea embraces various specious carryout a detailed juristic analysis
thereof.
5. Obligation is synonymous with duty do you support this view all
details.
6. How does jurisprudence with problems of acts and liabilities of
corporations.
7. Define jurisprudence, its kinds, nature, value, and purpose of analytical
jurisprudence.
8. Legal status of dead person and unborn child.
9. Different theories of punishments.
10. Main points of concept of possession and explain incorporeal possession.
11. Explain and illustrate objectives of civil rights.
12. Law as justice, stability, and peaceful change.
13. Administration of justice purposes and difference between civil and
criminal.
14. What is substantive law and law of procedure?
15. Authority of precedent and authoritative precedent.
16. Meaning of legislation chief forms of subordinate legislation.
17. Factors that render an agreement as invalid various kinds of
agreements.
18. Disregard of precedent importance.
19. What are local custom essential features of a valid custom?
20. What is accident? How it is defense against civil liability?
21. Is international law is a proper law?
22. Law is a command of Sovereignty best definition of law.
23. Why the term, law has no neat and simple definition?
24. Why accident is exempt and form criminal liability?
25. What is equity differ from common law?
26. Meaning of property modes of acquisition of property.
27. How courts are lawmaker?
28. Legal sources of law authoritative and un-authoritative.
29. Question of fact and law. What is difference what is mixed question of
law and fact.
30. Primary and secondary functions of courts of law.
31. What are the principles of interpretation of enacted law?
32. Meaning of evidence, rules, and kinds
33. Immediate and mediate possessions.
34. Commercial Goodwill.
35. What is negligence contributory negligence?
36. What is strict liability?
37. What is general and special law?
38. What is obligation and soldiery legislation?
39. Imperative theory of law.
40. Legislation is superior to precedent. Why?
41. Who is legal person double personality technical law vicarious
liability?
42. Is law territorial?
43. Functions assumed by civil courts.
44. Obligation arising from contracts and torts quasi contracts.

45. Short notes:


Co-ownership
Corporation
Legal rights
Mistake of law
Mistake of fact
Possession in law
Obter dicta
Equitable rights
Legal Agreements
Void agreement
Void-able agreements
Various kinds of ownership.

1. Law of Torts Questions:


1. How does tort differ from contract and crime?
2. Who cant sue and be sued?
3. Difference between injury and damage.
4. Difference between public and private nuisance and what are remedies.
5. What is essential to be established in an action for damages for deceit?
6. What is case between Ashby-v-White?
7. General defences which are available in an action for tort.
8. What is vicarious liability?
9. Differences Assault, Battery, and Mayhem.
10. Fair comment and trust as defence to an action of defamation.
11. What is negligence?
12. What is case between Shart-v-Powel?
13. Discuss Accord and Satisfaction.
14. What is trespass to land and remedies?
15. What should be proved to recover damages from malicious
prosecution?
16. Motive and torts.
17. What is legal injury, definition of trot?
18. Contributory negligence.
19. Who can sue and be sued?
20. False imprisonment and defence.
21. Three kinds of damages, definition, and explanation.
22. Different kinds of easement.
23. What is licence and ingredients?
24. Torts and defence.
25. Who may impose easement?
26. How is an easement extinguished?
27. Liability of master for wrong act of his employee.
28. What rights can be acquired by prescriptions?
29. How is a tort discharged?
30. Malicious prosecution.
31. When contributory negligence is defence?
32. Justification and discharge of torts.
33. Slander of title.
34. Personal rights of action lie with the death of a person.
35. Different remedies in tort.
36. What is strict liability?
37. Cases: Mayor-v-Pickles. Pylands-v-Flecther.

38. Notes:
Slander
Libel
Mayhem
Illegal confinement
Injuria sine damnum
Damnum sine injuria
Act of trespass and defenses thereto
Maintenance and champerty
Ubi jus ibie remedum

Islamic Law Questions:

1. Describe the important tests applied by the traditionalists to check the


authenticacy of a Hadith.
2. Concept of Islamic State. Can it set up in modern times?
3. Difference between Darul Islam and Darul Harb.
4. Conditions of valid Ijtihad and meaning of Qiyas.
5. Qualification of Mujtahid.
6. Impediments to inheritance and who is heir.
7. Responsibility of debts of deceased.
8. Revocable and Irrevocable divorce.
9. What is Khula, when and how decree is obtained.
10. Rights of Hizalat, Iddat, definition of Divorce.
11. Wakf Alah Aulad, Public and Private rights.
12. Quran and Sunnah as a source of law.
13. Difference in Batil and Fasid act.
14. What is Hadd and Taazir.
15. Special features of Islamic Legal System.
16. Distribution of estate of Muslim deceased as Sunni and Shia among
different heirs.
17. When gift is complete.
18. Traditional source of revenue.
19. What are Wajib, Mustahab, Mubah, Makruh, and Haram?
20. What is Family Muslim Laws Ordinance, 1961?
21. Transfer of ownership of property by gift and quest.
22. History of Islamic Law.
23. Guardianship of minor.
24. Sovereignty in Islam.
25. Revealed laws have got superiority over other laws.
26. What is legal capacity.
27. Division of property.
28. Islamic laws of pre-emption.
29. History of pre-Islamic customs.
30. Can a modern legislature be used for consensus of opinion.
31. Constituted and administrative structure.
32. What is Analogy (Qiyas).
33. Contract and its ingredients.
34. Meaning of evidence.
35. Qualification of Qazi, what is Jehad.
36. What is theory of Naskh.
37. Aims of International Law.
38. Meaning of Islamic Jurisprudence.
39. Different laws and classifications.
40. Concept of State and Punishment in Islam.
41. Islam and Roman Law.
42. Islamic and Roman Slavery.
43. Who is competent witness.
44. Concept of Nationhood and Two Nation Theory.
45. Various kinds of justice.
46. Judicial system of Islam.
47. Notes: Ihtihad and Taqlid, Legal Capicity, Zimi.

Criminal Law Questions:

1. Define and distinguish Common Intention and Common Object.


2. How the lesser punishment is given u/s 302.
3. Define Criminal Trespass and Lurking House Trespass, House Breaking,
and punishment.
4. Define Counterfeit, Harbor, Voluntarily, Valuable Security.
5. Bribe as a crime in Public Service.
6. Discuss Enquiry, Investigation, and Trial.
7. Wrongful Restraint, Wrongful Confinement, and punishments.
8. Without order and warrant arrest is justified.
9. What is effect of error in change? Is error curable.
10. How sentence can be suspended.
11. Transfer of enquiry from one to another Court.
12. Offences of Criminal Misappropriation, Criminal Breach of Trust, and
Cheating, under Pakistan Penal Code.
13. Define Public Servant and Servants of the State.
14. Giving False Evidence, Fabricating False Evidence, and Punishments.
15. Define Hijacking and punishments.
16. What is Harboring Hijacker.
17. Meaning of Bail and factors for Bail.
18. Recording of confession.
19. Define High Court, Advocate General, Public Prosecutor, Pleader, Place,
Sub-Division.
20. Define abetment and criminal conspiracy.
21. Right of Private Defence and death of wrongdoer.
22. Define Stolen Property and different conditions.
23. Define cheating by personating and punishment.
24. Define defamation and punishments.
25. Threat and punishment.
26. Power of Appellate Court.
27. What is summery trial.
28. Define Rioting (Balwa), Affray (Hangama).
29. Define Gender, Number, Man and Woman, A Will.
30. Define theft extortion, robbery, docaity.
31. To which punishment, offenders, are liable under PPC.
32. Distinguish Diyat, Arsh, Daman.
33. Circumstances Habeas Corpus.
34. What persons may be charged or tried together.
35. Various classes of criminal courts.
36. Homicide is ordinarily classified as Justified, Executable, Felonious.
Discuss.
37. What is General Exception in Criminal Liability.
38. How criminal liability is measured.
39. Right of Private Defence or Property and death.
40. The Mark and Mark Property. What are differences.
41. Cognizable offences under the Prohibition Order, 1979.
42. Who can sue under Qazf Ordinance, 1979.
43. Qatl-I-Amad and Waiver and Compound.
44. Isqat-e-Hamal (Abortion) and Isqate-e-Janin, and punishments.
45. Zina bil Jabar (Rape) and punishments.
46. Duress, necessity, Superior Order can be invoked.
47. Yardsticks for determining the question of punishment in a criminal trial.
48. Hurt not liable to Qisas.
49. Cohabitation (sexual relations) and punishment.
50. How does liability accrue (increases) without default.
51. Abduction (take away woman).
52. Define Act, Omission, Government, Injury, Life, Death.
53. Kinds of Shajjah and Punishments.
54. Bail in Non Bail-able offences.
55. How fine can be recovered.
56. How assembly of people can be dispersed.
57. Define Theft Liable to Hadd, Qazf liable to Hadd, and Punishment.
58. Various kinds of Murder and punishments.
59. Hurt without Qisas.
60. Define Judge, Court of Justice, Reasons to Believe, Section, Oath,
Forgery.
61. Right to defend property.
62. Motive and Crimes.
63. Theories of negligence.
64. Drinking and Hudood.
65. Crime and Tort.
66. Mistake of Law and Fact.
67. Notes: Local and Special Law, Illegal and Legally Bound to do, Person
and Public, Dishonesty and Fraudulently.

Law of Contract Questions:

1. Define and explain consideration, reciprocal promises, void-able


contract, and void agreement.
2. What is meant by Fraud?
3. What are rights of party whose consent has been caused by fraud.
4. Define and explain Mistake of Law and Fact, and their effects on
contract.
5. Rights of party suffering from a breach in the following situations:
a. When no sum is mentioned in the contract as payable for breach.
b. When sum is mentioned.
What are rights of a party which has itself rescinded a contract.
6. How far is a principal bound by the acts of his agent while dealing with
parties in the following cases:
a. When the agent exceeds his authority and
b. When the agent commits a fraud.
What is liability of a pretending agent.
7. State the facts and the law laid down in the case of Hadly and others
v Basendale and others.
8. Rights and duties of a bialee.
9. How can an agency be created.
10. Authority of agent to act on behalf of the principal.
11. Principles on which damages for breach of contract are to be awarded by
a Court.
12. Case Byrne v Von Tienhoven and Co.
13. When and how can proposal and acceptance can be revoked.
14. What Coercion, Undue Influence, and Fraud.
15. Consequences which ensue from breach of a valid contract.
16. How and under what circumstances is agency terminated.
17. What are contingent contracts? When can they be enforced.
18. Case Mohri v Dharmodas Ghosh.
19. Different situations in which agreements, though made by free consent
of parties, competent to contract are yet void.
20. What is pledge, rights and duties of the Pawner and Pawnee.
21. Appropriation of payment towards debts.
22. Under what circumstances are obligations created as resembling those
created by a contact though no contract is entered into.
23. What is continuing Guarantee? How the liability discharges.
24. When is the suggestion of fact not fraud, but a misrepresentation.
25. What is a contract of indemnity and how differs from contract of
Guarantee.
26. When is communication of 1. A Proposal, 2. An Acceptance, and 3. A
Revocation said to be complete.
27. Define proposal, promise, promisor, promisee, and consideration.
28. Various kinds of bailment.
29. Does the Pawnee or agent have any lien over the goods pledged or
property in his custody.
30. Ratification of principal act of his agent.
31. What is rule of compensation on breach of contract.
32. How does liquidated damages differ from penalty.
33. Circumstances which render the original contract need not to be
performed.
34. Difference Sales and an agreement to sell and bailment.
35. How contract of sale of goods be made whether 1. In writing, 2. Oral,
and 3. Implied.
36. Can a contract be made without consideration.
37. What are contingent contracts.
38. Who is an unpaid seller.
39. Under what circumstances when there is no contract.
40. Rights of finder lost goods.
41. Conditions for immediate return of goods loaned gratuitously for use of a
fixed term. Passing of property.
42. Remedies under Sales of Goods Act.
43. What are conditions and warranty.
44. Agreements by way of wager.
45. Duties of buyer and seller of goods.
46. Notes: Consideration, Free Consent, Wagering Contracts.

Law of Equity Questions:


1. Explain the following maxims: Equity shall not suffer a wrong to be
without remedy and Equity looks to the intent rather than to the form.
2. Explain the following maxims: He who seeks equity must do equity and
He who comes to equity, must come with clean hands.
3. Write short notes on: Equitable rights and interests and Legal estate
and equitable estate.
4. Explain the following: Doctrine of Election and Restitution of benefits on
cancellation of transactions.
5. What are the requisites of a valid trust? How is a trust created and
when does it become extinct.
6. Define a trustee. Give a detailed account of his rights and liabilities.
7. What remedy is available to a beneficiary if the trustee wrongfully buys
trust property in this own name of transfers the same to a third person
inconsistently with the trust.
8. Define and explain the following: Actual Trust and Implied Trust and
Constructive Trust.
9. What are the contracts the specific performance of which cannot be
obtained by the plaintiff.
10. What is Specific Relief. How is it given? Discus giving examples.
11. Discuss the law regarding the recovery of possession of immovable
property.
12. Under what circumstance can an instrument be cancelled? Discuss in
detail.
13. Explain the following Maxims: Where there is equal equity, law shall
prevail and where there is equal equity first in time shall prevail.
14. Explain the following Maxims: Equity acts in Personam and Delay defeats
Equity.
15. Explain the following: Doctrine of Conversion and Doctrine of Priority.
16. Explain the following: Equity of Redemption and Doctrine of Cyprus.
17. When can a trustee be discharged from his office?
18. What constitutes a breach of trust? What defenses are available against
breach of trust.
19. What are the powers of a Court to appoint a new trustee under the Trust
Act?
20. Give a detailed account of the law on ratification of instrument. Who can
claim it and under what circumstances.
21. What is the difference between temporary and permanent injunction.
Write in detail giving examples.
22. What are the guiding principles for the grant of a
temporary injunction. Discuss in detail.
23. Who cannot be asked for the grant of the specific performance of
a contract.
24. One who seeks equity must do equity. Please explain.
25. What are the various kinds of trusts? Explain briefly.
26. Briefly state the disabilities of the trustees.
27. What is a declaration and what are the powers of a Court with regard
thereto?
28. What are the guiding principles for the grant of an injunction?
29. When can cancellation of an instrument be orders?
30. What are contracts, which may be enforced specifically?
31. Explain Equity delighteth in equity.
32. Equity looks to the intent than form. Please elaborate.
33. Please comment Equity looks upon that, as done which ought to have
been done.
34. What is meant by restitution of benefits on conciliation of transactions.
35. Define any three of the following: Trust and Trust Property and Beneficial
Interest and Breach of trust.
36. What do you understand by Constructive Trust? Explain.
37. What are the rights & duties of a Beneficiary?
38. How is the trust extinguished?
39. Who may obtain a specific performance of a contract?
40. Court orders for specific performance of contract as a whole. Are there
any exceptions to this rule? Please explain.
41. How is specific relief given?
42. Discuss as to how a trust can be extinguished.
43. Explain when can a trustee delegate any of his duties to a co-trustee or
a stranger.
44. Explain declaration. Discuss the procedure for declaration of rights as
given in the Specific Relief Act.
45. Discuss circumstances under which the Court refuses preventive relief.
46. Discuss the maxim equity acts in personam.
47. A trustee shall not profit by his trust. Explain.
48. Enumerate and explain the duties of a trustee.
49. Discuss the procedure for the recovery of immovable property under the
Specific Relief Act.
50. Enumerate and briefly explain contracts, which cannot be specifically
enforced.
51. Write short notes on: Rectification of instruments and Cancellation of
instruments.
52. What is meant by preventive relief and how the Court grants it.
53. Explain in detail. Where there are equal equities, first in time shall
prevail.
54. What are the rights and duties of a trustee under Trusts Act, 1882?
55. When liabilities in the nature of a trust may be created.
56. What are the liabilities, which may be imposed on a beneficiary of a
trust?
57. Court always orders for specific performance as a whole. Are there any
exceptions to this general rule? Discuss.
58. Against whom a contract may and may not be enforced specifically.
59. What do you mean by declaration of rights and how courts issue
such orders.
60. What do you mean by injunctions? Discuss its different kinds.
61. Explain Equity follows the law.
62. Discuss the following principles: Election and Notice.
63. Explain the maxim, Where there are equal equities, the law shall prevail.
64. What are the lawful objects of trust? Explain the effects of unlawful
object with reference to the relevant provisions of law.
65. What are the rights and liabilities of a trustee?
66. What is specific relief. How it may be granted.
67. Under what circumstances a Court may refuse to grant injunction.
68. What do you mean by equitable remedies and how are they granted.
69. What do you mean by Specific performance of contract? Discuss the
contracts, which may be enforced specifically.
Important Questions: Equity
1. Equity acts in personam.
2. Equity looks into intent rather to form.
3. Who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
4. Where there are equal equities, law shall prevail.
5. Equity shall not suffer a wrong without remedy.
6. Who comes to equity must do equity.
7. Equity imputes an intention to fulfill an obligation.

Specific Relief:
1. Section 5.
2. Section 8 & 9.
3. Contract which may be enforced or not specifically. Section 12 & 21.
4. Who can be compelled or not to perform contract
specifically. Section 23 & 24 and 27 & 28.
5. Against & to whom specific performance of contract may be enforced.
6. When specific performance of contact can be granted in
part. Section 13 & 17.
7. Rights & liabilities of vendee against vendor having imperfect title.
Section 18.
8. What is declaration & its rules. Section 42.
9. What is injunctions, its kinds, and when granted and refused. Section
54 & 56.
10. Rules of cancellation of an instrument. Section 39.

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