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MP Civil Judge study plan

MP Civil Judge · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Law & Criminal Law

  • Map the Civil Law syllabus into a one-page outline covering the Transfer of Property Act, Indian Contract Act, Specific Relief Act, and Hindu/Indian Succession law

  • Draft a 1,500-word summary of the general principles of criminal liability, actus reus, mens rea, and the doctrine of common intention

  • Build a 40-term glossary of core civil and criminal legal terms with section references

  • Solve 30 mixed objective questions on civil and criminal fundamentals and log every error by cause

Your checkpoint

A dated one-page Civil + Criminal syllabus map with a 40-term glossary and an error log listing each wrong answer's cause

Week 2

Civil Law

  • Analyse leading Supreme Court decisions on property transfer, part performance, and bona fide purchaser protection

  • Compare the remedies of specific performance, injunction, and rescission with the governing sections and their limits

  • Distinguish the classes of property and rules of succession under the Hindu Succession Act

  • Write structured case notes for 10 landmark civil cases in IRAC format

Your checkpoint

A 3,000-word set of 10 IRAC case notes on Civil Law landmarks with correct citation of statute and precedent

Week 3

Civil Law

  • Apply the rules of the Transfer of Property Act to a fact pattern on sale, mortgage, lease, and gift

  • Explain the essentials of a valid contract, free consent, and the effect of void and voidable agreements

  • Draft an answer to a hypothetical civil problem in under 15 minutes using the issue-rule-application-conclusion method

  • Self-mark five practice answers against a checklist of issue-spotting, authority, and conclusion

Your checkpoint

Five timed handwritten civil problem answers, each with a self-marked checklist score and one improvement note

Week 4

Criminal Law

  • Map the Indian Penal Code general exceptions to the offences they most commonly arise with

  • Construct a comparative table of offences against the person, property, and public order with their essential ingredients and punishments

  • Analyse the law on attempt, abetment, and criminal conspiracy with supporting precedent

  • Solve 40 objective questions on penal provisions and record the section numbers you missed

Your checkpoint

A comparative IPC offences table covering at least 25 offences, plus a 40-question error log with corrected section numbers

Week 5

Law of Evidence

  • Diagram the scheme of the Indian Evidence Act from relevancy through proof to production

  • Distinguish the rules on burden of proof, presumption, and estoppel with examples

  • Explain the evidentiary value of admissions, confessions, and dying declarations with precedent

  • Draft a short argument on the admissibility of a given piece of documentary and electronic evidence

Your checkpoint

A one-page flow diagram of the Evidence Act plus a 1,200-word written argument on admissibility of documentary and electronic evidence

Week 6

Law of Evidence & Constitutional Law

  • Apply the rules of examination-in-chief, cross-examination, and leading questions to a mock witness scenario

  • Outline the constitutional framework of fundamental rights and the tests for reasonable restriction

  • Summarise the writ jurisdiction of constitutional courts with the scope of each writ

  • Solve 30 mixed evidence and constitutional objective questions and re-read every missed explanation

Your checkpoint

A written mock cross-examination script with 15 questions, plus a 30-question error log separating evidence and constitutional errors

Week 7

Constitutional Law

  • Explain the constitutional remedies and the principles of judicial review of legislation

  • Analyse the distribution of legislative powers, repugnancy, and the doctrine of basic structure

  • Compare the emergency provisions and the effect of each proclamation on fundamental rights

  • Draft a 20-minute essay answer on a constitutional law proposition with case authority

Your checkpoint

One timed 20-minute constitutional essay answer with a self-assessed authority checklist and a list of missing precedents

Week 8

Civil Law & Criminal Law & Law of Evidence & Constitutional Law

  • Revise all four domains using condensed one-page summaries and previous error logs

  • Attempt two full-length mock tests under exam timing and mark them strictly

  • Re-draft the five weakest answers identified by the mock tests

  • Consolidate a final list of 50 high-frequency sections and maxims across all domains for last-day revision

Your checkpoint

Two completed mock tests with scored analysis, five re-drafted answers, and a final 50-item revision sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Can explain the essentials of a valid property transfer and the doctrine of part performance from memory, citing at least three sections and two cases

Week 4: Scores at least 60 percent on a 40-question IPC objective set and can state the ingredients of 25 offences without notes

Week 6: Scores at least 65 percent on mixed Evidence and Constitutional objective questions and correctly classifies every missed item by rule

Week 8: Completes two full-length mocks within time, scores at least 55 percent in every domain, and has no repeated error from earlier logs