CLAT PG study guide
CLAT PG · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
CLAT PG is the postgraduate law entrance test used for admission to LLM programmes at participating Indian National Law Universities and several other law schools that adopt the score. It is aimed at candidates who already hold an LLB or equivalent law degree and want to specialise, move into academia, or strengthen their profile for litigation, judiciary services, or corporate practice. The CLAT PG study guide has 11 sections and about 3,984 words.
01Constitutional Law
CLAT PG tests Constitutional Law as doctrine plus reasoning: the text of the Constitution, the amendment power, and the analytical moves in leading Supreme Court judgments. Questions reward precise article numbers and the ratio of a case, not slogan-level recall.
382 words, about 2 min02Administrative Law
Administrative Law in CLAT PG examines how the executive is kept within legal bounds: delegation, procedure and the intensity of judicial review. Expect questions turning on one doctrinal distinction rather than a case name alone.
398 words, about 2 min03Criminal Law (BNS, BNSS and Evidence Law)
Criminal Law questions combine the general part (mens rea, attempt, abetment, common intention) with procedural and evidentiary rules. Since 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) replace the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act; the principles survive, but citations must be updated.
361 words, about 2 min04Law of Contracts and Torts
Contract and tort questions test doctrine applied to facts: what makes an agreement enforceable, when performance is excused, and who bears the cost of harm. Formation : offer, acceptance, consideration (s.2(d)), capacity, free consent (s.14) and lawful object (s.23) under the Indian Contract Act, 1872.
366 words, about 2 min05Property Law and Family Law
Property and Family questions reward exact statutory conditions: whether a transfer is valid, which personal law applies, and what remedy follows. Transfer of Property Act, 1882 : s.5 requires a living person, competence and transfer by act of parties; s.54 governs sale of tangible immovable property (registration if value is Rs.100 or more); s.58 classifies mortgages, with s.60 redemption and s.63 against clogs; s.105 lease, s.108 rights and liabilities, s.111 determination.
398 words, about 2 min06Company Law and Corporate Governance
Company Law questions focus on the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI's listing regime and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - statutory thresholds and governance duties more than narrative case law. Incorporation : ss.3–7; the certificate of incorporation is conclusive.
365 words, about 2 min07Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
Jurisprudence tests the ability to place a problem inside a theoretical framework and to use concepts precisely, not to recount schools in isolation. Natural law : law derives from reason or morality; Fuller's inner morality asks whether rules are prospective, published, clear and stable.
338 words, about 2 min08International Law and Human Rights
International Law tests sources, responsibility and the domestic effect of international norms; Human Rights questions connect treaties to Indian constitutional and statutory machinery. ICJ Statute, Article 38(1) : treaties, custom, general principles, and judicial decisions and teachings as subsidiary means.
342 words, about 2 min09Environmental Law and Labour Law
This domain pairs constitutional environmental rights with pollution-control statutes, and statutory labour protections with constitutional directives. Article 21 includes the right to a clean environment ( Subhash Kumar v.
341 words, about 2 min10Legal Reasoning
Legal Reasoning tests method: extracting the rule from a passage or judgment, applying it to new facts, and avoiding inferences the text does not support. IRAC : Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion.
332 words, about 2 min11Current Legal Affairs and Research Aptitude
Current Legal Affairs rewards accurate, dated knowledge of statutory and constitutional change; Research Aptitude tests how legal knowledge is produced, sourced and cited. New criminal codes : BNS, BNSS and BSA came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act.
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