WBJS Civil Judge Exam study plan

Map the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (ss.1–75) into a one-page flowchart covering offer, acceptance, consideration, free consent, void agreements and quasi-contract.

Tabulate 25 leading contract holdings on ss.23, 27, 28, 56, 73 and 74 in a three-column chart: issue, ratio, relief granted.

Solve 50 MCQs on general principles of contract and rewrite every incorrect option as a correct statement of law.

Write two answers in 15 minutes each - frustration under s.56 and liquidated damages under s.74 - using a strict IRAC format.

Build a doctrine table for the Transfer of Property Act, 1882: s.41 ostensible owner, s.43 feeding the grant, s.52 lis pendens, s.53A part performance and s.53 fraudulent transfer - facts, effect, exception.

Chart the transfers by act of parties (sale, mortgage, lease, gift, exchange, actionable claim) by essential ingredients, mode of transfer and remedy for breach.

Summarise the Indian Easements Act, 1882 - nature, acquisition by prescription, suspension and extinguishment, and remedies under ss.4, 13, 15, 18, 28, 38, 41, 51 and 60.

Restate the post-2018 Specific Relief Act, 1963 position on specific performance (ss.10, 14, 16, 20, 22) and list where the relief remains discretionary.

Attempt 40 mixed MCQs on property, easements and specific relief and name the three weakest sub-topics in writing.

Prepare a two-column IPC–BNS conversion table for 60 frequently tested offences: culpable homicide, murder, hurt, wrongful restraint, theft, extortion, robbery, cheating, criminal breach of trust and defamation.

Diagram the BNS general exceptions (ss.14–44) - private defence, necessity, infancy, insanity, intoxication, mistake and consent - noting who bears the burden on each.

Distinguish common object, abetment, criminal conspiracy and attempt by writing a comparison with one illustration for each, citing BNS section numbers.

Solve 60 MCQs on general exceptions and offences against person and property, converting every error into a one-line rule.

Draft two 300-word answers applying private defence and sudden provocation to a given fact pattern, with section citations.

Chart the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 - relevance, admissions, confessions to police, dying declaration, expert opinion, burden of proof, presumptions and the s.63 certificate for electronic records.

Build a BNSS, 2023 procedure timeline from s.173 FIR and zero-FIR through investigation, s.187 remand, s.193 charge-sheet, s.210 cognizance, charge, trial and appeal, with the time-limit attached to each step.

Compare bail under ss.480 and 482 BNSS with the earlier CrPC scheme and list the factors courts weigh in economic offences and in default bail.

Solve 50 MCQs on evidence and criminal procedure, entering the date of each attempt in the error log.

Write one 300-word answer on the evidentiary value of an uncertified electronic record and one on the right to default bail.

Map the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 onto one page: suit (s.9, Orders 6–8), interim orders (Orders 38–39, s.151), trial, judgment and decree (s.33, Order 20), first and second appeal (ss.96–100, Orders 41–43), review (s.114, Order 47) and revision (s.115).

Tabulate the Limitation Act, 1963 entries that recur in judicial-service papers (Arts. 54, 55, 62, 65, 113) with period and starting point, and explain ss.5, 14, 18, 19 and 22.

Summarise registration law: s.17 of the Registration Act, 1908 (compulsory versus optional documents), the effect of non-registration under s.49, and the West Bengal position.

Compute court-fee payable in five specimen suits - declaration, partition, specific performance, possession and probate - under the West Bengal Court-fees Act, 1970, showing the section applied.

Attempt 50 CPC and limitation MCQs and write one 250-word answer on the scope of s.115 revision.

Build a 40-case constitutional matrix: case name, Article, one-line ratio and present status (followed, distinguished or overruled).

Draft comparative notes on Arts. 14, 19, 21, 21A, 32 and 226 - the tests applied, permissible restrictions and the remedy available.

Write a 300-word answer on Wednesbury unreasonableness and legitimate expectation, citing two authorities for each doctrine.

Condense partnership liability, sale-of-goods conditions and warranties, holder in due course and s.138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and key Companies Act, 2013 board and shareholder provisions into a five-page sheet.

Solve 50 MCQs across constitutional, administrative and mercantile law and log the sub-topic of every error.

Compare grounds for divorce, judicial separation and maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Special Marriage Act, 1954, Indian Divorce Act, 1869, and Muslim law of talaq and khula, including the 2019 Act on instant triple talaq.

Chart Hindu succession (ss.6, 8, 14 and 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956) and Muslim inheritance (sharers, residuaries, aul and radd), then work one distribution sum for each system.

Summarise the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - ss.7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 29A, 34, 36 and 37 - including the 2015, 2019 and 2021 amendments and the post-2019 designation for s.11 applications.

Draft a checklist of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 claim computation (ss.164, 166, 168, 169, 171), Consumer Protection Act, 2019 pecuniary limits and limitation, and Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 reference and s.11A powers.

Solve 50 MCQs spanning family law and the special statutes and re-read the two weakest topics the next morning.

Write four precis, two essays and two formal letters to time under the English Composition paper and self-mark each against a clarity, grammar and structure rubric.

Complete two translation passages and one grammar-correction set in the chosen compulsory language (Bengali, Hindi, Urdu or Sanskrit).

Revise a West Bengal-specific current-affairs pack - districts, rivers, state schemes, High Court composition and recent Supreme Court rulings - then self-test 50 questions.

Re-read every error log from weeks 1–7 and rewrite the 40 most repeated mistakes as a single final revision sheet.

Sit two full-length timed mocks under exam conditions and review both answer keys line by line.