Moot Courts, Pre-Trial Preparations & Viva-Voce – O.P.Tewari

Moot Courts, Pre – Trial Preparations & Viva – Voce by O.P.Tewari is a law textbook published by Allahabad Law Agency.

Written with the needs of law students in mind, it explains the principles and provisions of the subject in a systematic and readable manner, making it a dependable companion for coursework and examination preparation.

Key highlights:

• Systematic, student-friendly treatment of the subject
• Suited to the LL.B. syllabus and competitive examinations
• A trusted Allahabad Law Agency title

What’s Inside — Complete Chapter Map (9 Chapters)

Written to the Bar Council of India’s prescription for the Moot Court paper, which requires moot court exercises, observance of trial in court, attendance at a senior advocate’s chamber, and a viva-voce.

Chapters I–III — The courtroom and its people: what “moot court” means and the BCI requirements · forms of court rooms and the dais, discipline and decorum · judges and advocates — status, conduct, an advocate’s duties to the court, to the law and to himself · the hierarchy and jurisdiction of civil and criminal courts.

Chapter IV — Stages of legal proceedings: ways of initiating proceedings, presentation of the plaint with an interim application, written statement, framing of issues, recording of oral evidence, arguments of counsel (preparation, presentation and courtroom vocabulary), and the delivery of judgment, worked through issue by issue.

Chapter V — 22 Moot Court Problems covering the range students are examined on: injunction, declaration, divorce and judicial separation on the ground of cruelty, land acquisition, review of judgment, preventive detention, specific relief, and lease versus licence.

Chapter VI — Rendering legal aid in moot court, including bail applications. Chapter VII — 20 fully worked illustrations of arguments in real matters: revision before the District Judge, writ petition against a bank condition, criminal-versus-civil liability, maintenance, ad interim injunction, divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, setting aside an auction sale, unfair means in a university examination, attachment of an absconder’s property, mortgage recovery, motor accident claims, eviction, amendment of a decree, and termination of agency.

Chapter VIII — Legal Research: doctrinal, non-doctrinal, empirical, comparative and socio-legal research · the full research process — identifying the problem, project proposals, methodology, data collection (survey, case study, sampling, questionnaire, schedule, interview), analysis and report writing with hypothesis and bibliography · using computers in legal work · how to prepare a moot memorial.

Chapter IX — Pre-Trial Preparations and Viva-Voce: constitutional rights and remedies in civil and criminal matters, preparing the client at the lawyer’s office or legal aid office, the distinction between civil and criminal practice, pre-trial preparation in a civil suit and in a police-report criminal case, and viva-voce guidance for both civil suits and criminal causes.