Civil Judge Prelims study plan

Outline the elements and defences for culpable homicide, murder, hurt, theft, cheating and criminal breach of trust using five short fact patterns.

Distinguish relevance, admissibility and proof under the Evidence Act for hearsay, character and similar-fact testimony.

Draft a one-page flowchart linking FIR, investigation, arrest, bail and charge-sheet checkpoints under the CrPC.

Solve 30 IPC and Evidence Act MCQs and record every wrong answer with the governing section.

Sequence warrant-trial and summons-trial stages from cognizance to judgment, noting bail, remand and charge-framing checkpoints.

Compare the tests for bail, anticipatory bail and cancellation of bail in three short scenarios.

Identify the CPC bars to suit-jurisdiction, res judicata, limitation and non-joinder-using a plaint fact pattern.

Draft filing checklists for a plaint and a written statement with at least 12 checkpoints each.

Draft a plaint for a possession-and-injunction suit and a written statement raising limitation and denial of title.

Explain the tests for interim injunction, attachment before judgment and appointment of a receiver.

Distinguish decree, order and judgment, and map appeal, review and revision routes.

Prepare a pleadings audit sheet covering cause of action, jurisdiction, valuation, prayer and verification.

Apply offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity and free consent to ten contract scenarios and label each as void, voidable or enforceable.

Compare negligence, strict liability and vicarious liability tests using three tort problems.

Match Specific Relief remedies-specific performance, injunction, rescission and declaration-to breach types.

Summarize fundamental rights, writ jurisdiction and constitutional remedies in a one-page table.

Map sale, mortgage, lease, gift and exchange under the Transfer of Property Act using a rights-and-remedies table.

Compare intestate succession under Hindu law and Muslim personal law for two family fact patterns.

Solve 30 English usage, cloze and para-jumble questions and classify each mistake by rule.

Build a six-month current-affairs digest covering appointments, constitutional developments and legal news.

Outline arbitration from agreement and appointment to award challenge and enforcement under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

Distinguish holder, holder in due course, endorsement and liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act.

Solve 20 legal-reasoning and 20 quantitative-aptitude questions under a 40-minute timer.

Create, format and export a two-page legal note as PDF using a word processor, and organize case files in folders.

Take a 100-question mixed mock covering all domains and tag every error by domain and cause.

Revise the top 10 weak areas from the mock using a one-page correction sheet.

Practice 25 English grammar and 25 legal-reasoning questions under exam timing.

Update the current-affairs digest with the latest two weeks and test 20 GK items.

Re-test the 30 most-missed CPC, CrPC, IPC and Evidence questions from earlier error logs.

Complete two timed sectional tests-one on CPC and one on criminal law, procedure and evidence.

Apply high-yield limitation, bail, charge and evidence provisions to five fresh fact patterns.

Close the error log by correcting at least 90% of previously wrong answers with statutory reasons.