Maharashtra Civil Judge (JD) & JMFC study plan

Draw the civil suit flow from institution to decree from memory, labelling the governing sections and Orders at each stage.

Classify 15 short fact patterns as raising territorial, pecuniary or subject-matter jurisdiction issues, citing the operative provision for each.

Draft one plaint under Order VII and the matching written statement under Order VIII, including paragraphs on set-off and counterclaim.

Answer 25 multiple-choice questions on pleadings, parties and jurisdiction, and record every wrong answer with the corrected rule.

Chart the appeal, reference, review and revision routes on one page, marking the court that hears each and its limitation period.

Sequence the Order XXI execution steps (application, attachment, sale, delivery) and draft the objection a judgment-debtor may raise against execution.

Trace the investigation chain from first information report to cognizance, naming the section that governs each stage.

Solve 30 mixed questions on civil appeals, execution and criminal investigation, scoring your attempt and tabulating weak sub-topics.

Contrast bailable with non-bailable and cognizable with non-cognizable offences by listing how each classification changes arrest, bail and trial consequences.

Apply the bail provisions, including anticipatory bail, cancellation and default bail, to 8 fact patterns and state the outcome with reasons.

Draft a charge, a bail application and a revision petition, each in under 300 words and in proper court format.

Distinguish summons, warrant and sessions trial procedure by tabulating the steps and the statutory timelines for each.

Build a table of the general exceptions, stating the recognised test for private defence, necessity, mistake, intoxication and unsoundness of mind.

Apply the definitions of hurt, theft, robbery, cheating, criminal breach of trust and the murder/culpable homicide distinction to 10 fact patterns, naming the section and punishment for each.

Work out sentencing outcomes in 5 problems involving joinder of offences and enhanced punishment for repeat offenders.

Write from memory the two classic distinctions: murder against culpable homicide, and theft against extortion.

Rank the relevancy rules (res gestae, motive, conduct, similar fact, character) and attach two worked examples to each.

Prepare a proof plan for a sale-deed dispute, stating for each document whether primary or secondary evidence is required and why.

Sort 10 evidentiary statements into 'may presume', 'shall presume' and 'conclusive proof', giving the reason for each placement.

Explain examination-in-chief, cross-examination, leading questions, hostile witnesses and expert testimony with the governing section numbers.

Attempt 30 questions on evidence and review every incorrect option against the bare Act.

Distinguish void, voidable and illegal agreements, then apply the doctrine of frustration to 5 problem situations.

Draft a plaint for specific performance of a contract and a notice under section 106 of the Transfer of Property Act.

Compare Hindu succession, Muslim succession and the Indian Succession Act intestate scheme in a three-column chart.

Compute the shares of heirs in 5 Hindu coparcenary problems and 5 Muslim inheritance problems, showing the working.

Map each writ to its grounds, the appropriate court and a one-line example of when it lies.

Summarise the grounds of eviction and the limits on recovery of possession under the Maharashtra rent control legislation.

State the consequences of an unregistered or inadequately stamped instrument and the statutory cure available under the Maharashtra stamp and registration statutes.

Reduce the Maharashtra tenancy provisions on deemed purchase and restoration to 10 bullet points.

State the elements of negligence, nuisance, defamation and vicarious liability, then apply them to 6 short problems.

Distinguish the essential features of a partnership, a contract of sale of goods and a negotiable instrument, with section references for each.

Write one civil judgment on a supplied fact pattern using a fixed issue-analysis-reasoning-conclusion structure, and answer one professional-ethics problem on conflict of interest.

Complete a timed 100-question mock spanning all 11 domains and review every error to a written correction.