CLAT PG study plan

Map the entire Constitution article-by-article into a personal index covering Parts III, IV, IVA, V, VI and IX-A/IX-B, noting which articles carry the exam's heaviest weight (14, 19, 21, 32, 226, 356, 368).

Draft one-page rule statements for the fundamental-rights doctrines most tested: reasonable classification under Article 14, the tests for Article 19(2) reasonableness, and the expanded meaning of life and personal liberty under Article 21.

Trace the amendment power from Shankari Prasad through Kesavananda to the basic-structure doctrine, writing the holding of each case in a single sentence without consulting notes.

Summarise the writ jurisdiction distinction between Articles 32 and 226, including when certiorari and quo warranto lie, in a comparative table.

Solve 40 previous-year constitutional questions, tagging every error to a specific article or doctrine in the index.

Consolidate the constitutional material by writing full answers to three long-form questions on federalism, emergency provisions and the ordinance-making power, each within 20 minutes.

Build a section-wise skeleton of the Indian Penal Code covering general exceptions, offences against the body, offences against property and offences against the State, listing the punishment ranges for each cluster.

Distinguish culpable homicide from murder by writing out the clauses of Section 300 and the exceptions to Section 300 alongside the corresponding illustrations.

State the elements of theft, extortion, robbery, dacoity and criminal breach of trust in a comparison chart that isolates the single differentiating ingredient in each.

Attempt 30 mixed IPC questions and record the exact provision missed for every incorrect option.

Memorise the procedural spine of the Code of Criminal Procedure: FIR and investigation, cognizance, arrest and bail, charge, trial, appeal and revision, with the governing sections noted against each stage.

Contrast bailable and non-bailable offences, compoundable and non-compoundable offences, and summons and warrant cases in a single reference sheet.

Apply the Evidence Act to problem scenarios by writing short reasoned answers on relevance, admissions and confessions, dying declarations, and the burden of proof.

Explain the evidentiary status of a confession to a police officer, an extra-judicial confession, and a statement under Section 164, distinguishing each with the governing provision.

Complete 50 objective questions across IPC, CrPC and Evidence, and re-read every explanation for questions answered correctly by guesswork.

Outline the Indian Contract Act by chapter, writing the essentials of a valid contract, the tests of free consent, and the rules on consideration and privity in condensed form.

Draft rule statements on void, voidable and illegal agreements, contingent and quasi-contracts, and the consequences of breach including damages under Section 73 and the remoteness rule.

Map the specific relief and indemnity, guarantee, bailment, pledge and agency provisions to the fact patterns in which they typically appear.

Write the elements of the torts of negligence, nuisance, defamation, trespass and vicarious liability, together with the recognised defences to each.

Attempt 40 contract and tort questions, and rewrite every missed rule in the candidate's own words rather than copying the explanation.

Summarise the transfer of property rules on sale, mortgage, lease, gift and exchange, and state the doctrine of part performance and the rule against perpetuities with their statutory anchors.

Reduce the Hindu Succession Act, Hindu Marriage Act and the secular marriage and succession regime to a comparison of grounds for divorce, maintenance and intestate devolution.

Explain the powers of administrative bodies by writing notes on natural justice, delegated legislation, judicial review of administrative action, and the writ of mandamus.

Distinguish the grounds of judicial review, namely illegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety, and apply each to a short hypothetical.

Complete 35 questions from property, family and administrative law, and identify the three weakest sub-topics for targeted revision.

Write the statutory framework of the Companies Act on incorporation, share capital, directors and meetings, and the roles of the board and shareholders in condensed form.

State the duties of directors, the doctrine of lifting the corporate veil, and the distinction between a private and a public company with the numerical thresholds.

Summarise corporate governance norms on independent directors, audit committees, related-party transactions and insider trading, noting the regulator involved in each.

Explain the winding-up and oppression and mismanagement remedies, and the jurisdiction of the NCLT in each.

Attempt 30 company law questions and produce a one-page list of every numerical threshold tested.

Compare the schools of jurisprudence, namely natural law, positivism, realism, sociological jurisprudence and the pure theory of law, by stating the central claim and principal criticism of each in two sentences.

Explain the concepts of rights, duties, personality, possession, ownership and liability, and the theories of punishment, in original formulations.

Summarise the sources of international law under Article 38 of the ICJ Statute and the relationship between international law and municipal law with the leading doctrinal positions.

Outline the core human-rights instruments and enforcement machinery, including the UN treaty bodies and the regional systems, and the status of international covenants in Indian law.

Write two 15-minute essays, one jurisprudential and one international law based, and self-assess them against a checklist of issue identification, authority and structure.

Summarise the environmental law framework on pollution control, environmental impact assessment, forest and wildlife protection, and the constitutional basis in Articles 48A and 51A(g).

State the labour law essentials on wages, industrial disputes, social security and the codes consolidating them, with the key entitlement figures.

Review the last twelve months of legal developments by listing major judgments, amendments and bills, and match each to the domain it affects.

Practise research aptitude by completing 20 comprehension and principle-application sets under timed conditions.

Take one full-length mock covering all ten domains, then re-attempt every previously logged error and confirm each is now answered correctly.