Diploma in Civil and Criminal Laws in India

A person aspiring to enter the Litigation field needs to have a good hold on both the procedural as well as substantive aspects of civil and criminal law. The rules within the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 (the CPC) are a comprehensive set of laws for the numerous processes involved in a civil suit. The Specific Relief Act, 1963 provides remedies to an individual whose civil or contractual rights have been violated. Further, all suits instituted after the limitation period are forbidden by the Law of Limitation. With reference to Criminal Laws in India, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the criminal code of India. The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is the procedural rule providing the detailed procedure for the punishment of offenders under substantive criminal law. The law of evidence encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts as well as the admissibility of evidence in any legal proceeding. The Diploma in Civil and Criminal Laws in India is brought to you by one of the renowned law firms in the field, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultants in association with Enhelion. According to the law firm and our policy, the course fees will not be refunded. This course provides an insight on the key provisions of CPC, Evidence Act, Specific Relief Act, Limitation Act, CrPC as well as IPC.

WHAT WILL SET YOU APART?

Enrolling for the certificate programme will enable you to:

• Get a better understanding of the topics by being mentored by various practising lawyers
• Get lifetime access to the recorded lectures which are stored in Enhelion’s database for any future reference
• Enjoy the special voice over features in the presentations
• Interact with the Enhelion team on a one-to-one basis at various intervals
• Get assessed based on online examination as well as online submission of assignment

The curriculum is designed to act as a conceptual guide on the procedural aspect of both civil and criminal law in India. It analyzes the key provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 and elaborates upon the concepts under the Indian Penal Code with the help of illustrations and landmark case laws. it further analyses important provisions of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 as well as the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 with its core components in detail.

The following are the modules which are covered under the course-

• Module 1: Introduction to the Civil Procedure Code
• Module 2: Courts and Jurisdiction
• Module 3: Parties and Evidence and Trial
• Module 4: Judgement, Appeal, Review and Revision
• Module 5: Limitation Act and Conclusion
• Module 6: Introduction to Specific Relief, 1963
• Module 7: Introduction to the Limitation Act, 1963
• Module 8: Chapter I-IV of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
• Module 9: Chapter V-VIII of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
• Module 10: Chapter IX-XI of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
• Module 11: Offences against the human body
• Module 12: Chapter XVII-XXIII of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
• Module 13: Introduction to the Criminal Law
• Module 14: Criminal Proceedings in India
• Module 15: Cognizance and Trial
• Module 16: Trial and Judgement
• Module 17: Appeals Reference and Revision
• Module 18: Section 1-31 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
• Module 19: Section 32-60 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
• Module 20: Section 61-114 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872
• Module 21: Section 115-166 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Rodney D. Ryder is the founding partner at Scriboard and is a leading technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications. Mr. Ryder is also advisor to the Data Security Council of India [a NASSCOM initiative] on the structuring of industry data privacy and information security policies and contractual standards. His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

In every walk of life, the process of evaluation takes place in one form or the other. If the evaluation process is eliminated from human life then perhaps the aim of life may be lost. Being in the same line, Enhelion is committed to evaluate the process of learning through its courses.

The evaluation will be conducted in a two-fold manner. There will be two MCQ tests which would test the basic understanding on the topics covered in the course. Furthermore, there will be one Project Assignment, which would test the analytical understanding of the same.

The most intriguing aspect of the evaluation process is the time flexibility it affords. You can take the MCQ test and submit the project assignment as per your convenience.

To be eligible to receive a certificate after successful completion of the course, one is required to secure a minimum of 40 percent overall.

Scriboard is a full service commercial law firm specialising in Information Technology and Intellectual Property and related services. The firm is legal counsel to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and to the National Internet Exchange of India [NIXI], which manages the .in [Indian Country Code Top Level Domain Extensions]. They are also India Counsel to a leading social networking website, major oil and technology companies. They advise the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] on Internet Security and Cyber Crimes.