Bachelor of Business Administration & Bachelor of Legislative Law (BA LLB) is a five-years course on completion of which the aspirants are offered a professional degree. BBA LLB is an integrated law course wherein aspirants are taught subjects related to Business Administration as well as Law. As part of a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) LLB course aspirants are first taught Commerce subjects such as Principles of Management, Financial Accounting, Computer Applications, Effective Communication etc. Thereafter, aspirants are taught law subjects like Law of Torts, Family Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law, Company Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, and the likes. The course makes students job-ready for various sectors and provides them with an opportunity to increase their market value. With the knowledge of management and in-depth knowledge of the law, candidates have the best of both the worlds as they can easily handle multiple roles in an organization that too in an efficient manner.
BBA LLB course requires aspirants to be hardworking and extremely thorough in their subject. Some key skills that aspirants should possess in order to perform well in BBA LLB course are fluency, ability to work long hours, good judgement of situation/people, hard working, interest in research, intellectual capabilities, Convincing power, clarity of speech, objectivity, persuasiveness, confidence, integrity in words and deeds, ability to assimilate and analyse facts, good presentation skills, etc.
No candidate shall be admitted to the course unless he has passed the Higher Secondary Examination of the Government of Kerala or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by this University with not less than 45% marks for general category, 42% for OBC and 40% marks for SC and ST.
First Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Listening,Speaking,Reading,and Writing |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Environmental Studies |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Principles of Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Legal Method,Legal Language and Legal Writing |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Law of Tort including MV Accident and Consumer Protection Laws |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Second Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Modern English Grammar and Usage |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Organizational Behaviour |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Bussiness Statistics |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Law of Crimes – Paper – 1 – Penal Code |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Law of Contract |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Third Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Marketing Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Financial Accounting |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Operation Research |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Jurisprudence |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Special Contracts |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Fourth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Managerial Economics |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Financial Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Entrepreneurship Development |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Constitutional Law - I |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Family Law - I |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Fifth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Human Resource Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Law of Crimes – Paper – II, Criminal Procedure Code |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Civil Procedure code and Limitation Act |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Family Law - II |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Constitutional - II |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Sixth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Management Accounting |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Research Methodology |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Interpretation of Statues and Principles of Legislation |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Administrative Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Law of Evidence |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Seventh Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Operations Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Information Technology Law OR Competition Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Property Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Principal of Taxation Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Drafting Pleading and Conveyancing ( Practical paper – I) |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
500 |
Eighth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Strategic Management |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Law of Banking and Negotiable Instruments OR Land Laws including tenure and tenancy system |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Labour and Industrial Law - I |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Company Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
5 |
Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System ( Practical paper – II) |
|
100 |
|
100 |
|
6 |
Business Environment |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
7 |
Project Work & Viva voce (Management) |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
700 |
Ninth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Private International Law OR Human Rights Law and Practice |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Environmental Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Labour and Industrial Law – II
|
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Alternate Dispute Resolution Systems ( Practical paper – III) |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
400 |
Tenth Semester
|
No |
Name of the Paper |
Duration of Exam |
Marks Internal |
Marks Written |
Total |
|
1 |
Trade in Intellectual Property OR Local Self Government including Panchayat Administration |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
2 |
Criminology and Penology Or Women and the Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
3 |
Public International Law |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
4 |
Moot court exercise, Observance of Trial, Interviewing techniques and Pre-trial preparations. (Practical paper – IV) |
3 hrs |
20 |
80 |
100 |
|
|
Internship |
|
50 |
|
50 |
|
|
External Viva voce |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
400 |
REGULATIONS RELATED TO INTEGRATED FIVE YEAR BBA. LL. B DEGREE COURSE
(2020 Admission onwards)
1. Title
The regulations shall be called the Regulations relating to Integrated Five Year B.B.A., LL.B Degree Course
2. Commencement
These regulations shall come into force with effect from Academic Year 2020 - 2021.
3. Duration of the Course
(a) The course shall be of a double degree integrated course comprising BBA and LL.B Degrees. The Bachelor’s Degree in BBA and Law shall consist of regular course of study for a minimum period of 10 Semesters in Five Years and shall consist of 18 papers in BBA and 31 papers in Law.
(b) Each semester shall consist of 90 instructional days having 5 hours per day for lectures, seminars, debates and test papers. There shall be not less than four hours per subject per week and one/two hours for seminar/debates/test paper/additional class
4. Eligibility for Admission
(a) No candidate shall be admitted to the course unless he has passed the Higher Secondary Examination of the Government of Kerala or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by this University with not less than 45% marks for general category, 42% for OBC and 40% marks for SC and ST.
5. Attendance and Progress
No candidate shall be permitted to register for the end semester examinations conducted by the University unless the Principal has certified that he has obtained not less than 75% of the attendance in each paper and his conduct and progress has been satisfactory.
6. Examinations
(a) There shall be a University examination at the end of each semester. Each written paper carrying 100 Marks is divided into 80 Marks for written examination and 20 Marks for internal assessment.
(b) Project – All students are to carry out a project work either individually or in a group of not more than 5 under the supervision of a Teacher. The project work may commence in the 7th semester. The report of the project shall be submitted to the College in duplicate before the completion of the 8th semester. There shall be no internal assessment for project work. A board of two examiners appointed by the University shall evaluate the report of the project work. The viva-voce based on the project report shall be conducted individually. The maximum marks for the evaluation of the project shall be 100, distributed among the following components of project evaluation.
(1) Statement of the problem and significance of the study - 10
(2) Objectives of the study - 5
(3) Review of literature - 5
(4) Methodology - 15
(5) Analysis and interpretation - 20
(6) Presentation of the report - 15
(7) Findings and suggestions - 10
(8) Bibliography - 5
(9) Viva-voce - 15
(c) Paper V in Seventh, Eight and paper IV in Ninth and Tenth semesters shall be evaluated internally. Internal Viva shall be conducted by the board of examiners constituted by the Principal from among Senior Teachers other than the teachers in charge of the subject.
(d) Paper II in seventh and Eighth, Paper I in Ninth and Paper I and II in the Tenth Semester are optional papers. A minimum of 1/3 (one third ) of the total number of the students of that semester shall choose either of the two papers.
(e) Internship – Each student shall have completed a minimum of 20 weeks internship during the entire period of legal studies with NGOs, Trial and Appellate Advocates, Judiciary, Legal Regulatory Authorities, Legislatures and Parliament, Other Legal Functionaries, Market Institutions, Bank, Stock Exchange, Law firms, Companies, Local Self Government and such other bodies where law is practiced either in action or in dispute resolution or in management.
Provided that internship in any particular year should not exceed a continuous period of more than four week and all students shall undergo internship at least once during the entire period of studies with trial and appellate advocates. Internship shall be done without affecting regular classes.
Each student shall keep an internship diary which shall be certified and evaluated by the person or authority with whom the student has interned and the same shall be submitted to the Faculty in charge for his evaluation.
Each student shall keep internship diary and the same shall be evaluated by the Guide in Internship and also a Core Faculty member.
(f) External Viva-voce examination in the Tenth semester shall be conducted by the Board of Examiners constituted by the University.
7. Internal Assessment
Marks for the internal assessment in each written paper shall be distributed as follows.
(i) Attendance – 5 Marks (2.5 Marks for 75% of attendance and additional 0.5 Marks for every 5% attendance above 75%)
(ii) Test Paper – 5 Marks (Average of two test papers)
(iii) Assignment – 5 Marks
(iv) Seminar / Debate – 5 marks
The marks for internal assessment shall be awarded by the Teacher incharge of each paper, countersigned by the Principal and forwarded to the University before the commencement of the written examination. A statement containing the marks awarded to every student as internal assessment in each paper shall also be published.
Guidelines for Internal Assessment –
(i) Introduction – The objectives of introducing internal assessment are: (i) To develop in the students the ability for critical analysis and evaluation of legal problems; (ii) to develop communication skill, both oral and written; (iii) to create an awareness of current socio-legal problems; (iv) to ensure the involvement and participation of students in academic programmes; and (v) to make evaluation of students a continuous process. In order to achieve these objectives it is imperative that internal assessment is made by teachers in a fair and objective manner and in an atmosphere of total transparency and confidence. The following guidelines are issued to secure fairness, objectivity and transparency in internal assessment.
(ii) Attendance – (a) For each subject attendance shall be taken from the first the class after admission and recorded in a register maintained by the teacher. A statement of attendance shall be prepared every month which shall be available for inspection by the students. Complaints, if any, shall be brought to the notice of the teacher and the Principal before the seventh working day of the publication of the statement.
(b) Students representing the College / University in Sports / Games, Arts /Cultural events or Moot Courts, Client Counseling competitions, and Academic activities may, with the prior permission of the Principal, take part in such competitions or activities and be given attendance as directed by the Principal for such participation, subject to a maximum of 10 days in a semester.
(iii) Test Paper – Two test papers shall be conducted for each subject in a semester and average marks of two test papers shall be taken as internal mark for Test paper. The marks obtained by each student in the test paper shall be announced by the teacher within ten days from the date of the test paper and shall also be recorded in a register maintained by the teacher.
(iv) Assignment – Every student shall write one assignment for each paper, on a subject chosen in consultation with the teacher the assignment should reflect the ability of the student to identify and use materials and his/her capacity for original thinking, critical analysis and evaluation. Each student shall select the topic of assignment before the 20th working day of the semester.
The assignment shall be submitted before a date prescribed by the teacher. If the assignment submitted by a student is found to be unsatisfactory by the teacher, the student shall be given an option to revise the assignment or write an assignment on another subject chosen in consultation with the teacher.
The marks obtained by each student and the criteria adopted for evaluation of assignments shall be announced by the teacher within 10 days from the date of submission of the assignment. The marks shall also be recorded in a register maintained by the teacher.
(v) Seminar / Debate – Every student shall participate in one seminar or debate for each paper. A synopsis of not more than one page shall be submitted by each participant to the teacher before the seminar / debate. In the evaluation, 50% credit shall be given to the content and 50% for presentation. The topic of the seminar / debate shall be selected by the student in consultation with the teacher before the 20th working day of the semester. The marks awarded for the seminar / debate shall be announced by the teacher at the end of the seminar / debate and shall also be recorded in a register maintained by the teacher.
8. Pass minimum and classification
(a) A candidate who secures not less than 50% marks for each paper in a semester shall be declared to have passed the examination in that semester.
(b) A candidate who obtains pass marks (50%) in one or more papers, but fails in other papers in a semester is exempted from appearing in the papers in which he/she has obtained pass marks.
(c) A candidate who fails in Paper V of Seventh or Eighth and Paper IV of Ninth and Tenth semester shall appear in that paper in the succeeding academic years without obtaining readmission within the permissible period of completion of the course and mentioned in sub clause (h) of Regulation 8, and not thereafter. The candidate shall compulsorily attend all the components of all practical papers.
(d) A candidate who fails to secure not less than 50% marks each in Internship, project and External viva-voce has to complete the internship, project and External viva voce in the next academic year without obtaining re-admission.
(e) There shall be no chance to improve either the internal assessment marks or written examination marks.
(f) Classification is as shown below:-
Distinction – 80% and above
First Class - 60% and above, but below 80%
Second Class – 50% and above, but below 60%
(g) Ranking shall be done on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidate in the whole examination (Ten semesters) passed in the first chance. First class shall also be awarded to candidates who passed the whole examinations with 60% or above along with the immediate junior batch and not thereafter.
(h) A candidate admitted in this course shall complete the course and shall pass all papers within a period of ten semesters plus four semesters from the date of admission.
9. Publication of Results
The results of the Tenth semester examination shall be published only after the candidate has passed the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth semester examinations.
10. Award of BBA, LL.B Degree
A candidate who successfully completes all the Ten semesters shall be eligible for the award of BBA, LL.B Degree from the faculty of Law.
11. Prohibition against lateral entry and exit
There shall be no lateral entry on the plea of graduation in any subject or exit by way of awarding a degree splitting the integrated double degree course, at any intermediary stage of integrated double degree course.
12. Applicability of Regulations
This regulations supersede the existing regulations relating to Integrated BBA, LLB Five Year course provided however that the students of Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth semester Integrated BBA, LLB Five Year course shall continue to be governed by the existing regulations till they complete the course.