Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (SPPU), General , Business Regulatory Framework (Mercantile Law) Syllabus

Unit - 1 Law of Contract - General Principles

1.1 LAW OF CONTRACT

1.2 OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE

1.3 CAPACITIES OF PARTIES

1.4 CONSIDERATION SECTION 2D

1.5 CONSENT AND FREE CONSENT

1.6 CONSENT AND FREE CONSENT

1.7 LEGALITY OF OBJECT AND CONSIDERATION

1.8 VOID AGREEMENT 2G

1.9 DISCHARGE OF CONTRACT

1.10 BREACH OF CONTRACT

Unit - 2 Law of Partnerships

2.1 INDIAN PARTNERSHIP ACT 1932

2.2 LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP ACT 2008

Unit - 3 Sale of Goods.(Sale of Goods Act,1930)

3.1 CONTRACT OF SALE CONCEPT AND ESSTENTIAL

3.2 SALE AND AGREEMENT TO SALE

3.3 GOODS –CONCEPT AND KINDS

3.4 CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES [SECTIONS 1117]

Unit - 4 E-Contracts (E-Transactions-E-Commerce.)

4.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF ETRANSACTION E –COMMERCE

4.2 DIGITAL SIGNATURE

4.3 LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN E CONTRACTS

Unit - 5 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986

5.1 SALIENT FEATURES OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

5.2 DEFINITIONS

5.3 CONSUMER PROTECTION COUNCILS

5.4 PROCEDURE TO FILE COMPLAINT

5.5 CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL AGENCIES

Unit - 6 Intellectual Property Rights : (IPRs)

6.1 BRIEF SUMMARY OF WIPO

6.2 PATENTS

6.3 COPYRIGHT

6.4 TRADEMARKS

6.5 DESIGNINTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS

6.6 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Unit - 7 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

7.1 CONCEPT OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

7.2 DEFINITION

7.3 HOLDER AND HOLDER IN DUE COURSE

7.4 NEGOTIATIONS

7.5 LIABILITIES OF PARTIES TO NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

7.6 DISHONOR DISCHARGE OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT

Unit - 8 Arbitration & Conciliation

8.1 CONCEPT OF ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION

8.2 ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

8.3 POWERSANDDUTIES OF ARBITRATORS AND COMMENCEMENT OF CONCILIATION PROCEEDINGS