Ranchi University, Jharkhand, General Semester 2, Business Law Syllabus

Unit I: The Indian Contract Act. 1872 : General Principals of Law Contract
a) Contract – meaning, characteristics and kinds
b) Essentials of valid contract- Offer and acceptance , consideration, contractual capacity
c) Void agreements
d) Discharge of contract – modes of discharge including breach and its remedies.
e) Contingent contracts
f) Quasi – contracts

Unit II: Special Contract
a) Contract of Bailment
b) Contract of Agency

Unit III: The Sale Of Good Act. 1930
a) Contract of Sale, meaning and difference between sale and agreement to sell.
b) Unpaid seller- meaning and rights of an unpaid seller against the good and buyer.
c) Auction Sale

Unit IV: The Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
a) Meaning and Characteristics of Negotiable Instruments : Promissory Note, Bill of Exchange,
Cheque
b) Negotiation: Types and Endorsements
c) Crossing of Cheque
d) Bouncing of Cheques

Unit V: The Information Technology Act, 2000
a) Definitions under the act
b) Electronic Governance
c) Attribution, acknowledgement, and dispatch of electronic records
d) Penalties and Adjudication
e) Appellate Tribunal
f) Offences

Essential Readings
 Kuchhal M.C. and Vivek Kuchhal , Business Law, Vikash Publishing House, New Delhi
 Singh, Avtar Business Law, Eastern Book Companey, Lucknow.
 Tulsian P.C., Business Law, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi
 Sharma J.P. and Sunaina Kanojia, Business Laws, Anne Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
 Sharma J.P. and Sunaina Kanojia, Vyavsayik Sanniyam, Delhi University, Hindi Cell
 Maheshwari & Maheshwari, Business Law, National Publishing House, New Delhi
 Chadha, P.R., Business Law Galgotia Publishing House, New Delhi
 Information Technology Rules 2000 with Information Technology Act, 2000, Taxman Publications Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi
Note : Latest edition of text books may be used