Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting by LawSikho: Fee, Duration, How to Apply

Quick Facts

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Medium of instructions English	Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom	Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based	Frequency of Classes Weekdays, Weekends	Learning efforts 6-8 Hours Per Week

Course overview

The Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting duration is 6 months. The certification course offers in-depth knowledge of laws including CPC, other special statutes and different stages of a civil suit. The students will gain hands-on experience with simulation exercises based on the latest developments and real-life case laws.

The programme provides a deep knowledge of live drafting of various documents such as legal notices, plaints written statements, and applications. The Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting by LawSikho offers a comprehensive curriculum that includes preliminary steps for litigation drafts, filing and court machinery, and trials, evidence, arguments and hearings.

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Course and certificate fees

Fees information

₹ 42,000 (Inclusive of GST)

The Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting fee is Rs 42,000 including all taxes and charges for the Standard Access and for the Master Access the course fee is Rs 2,00,000. The students can pay the course fee through the EMI option as well, which is Rs 3,000 per month.

Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting Fee Structure

Certification Course	Fees
Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting (Standard Access)	Rs 42,000
Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting (Master Access)	Rs 2,00,000
Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting (EMI)	Rs 3,000 (Per Month)

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

National Skill Development Corporation +1 more

Who it is for

Lawyer Civil lawyer

The Certificate Course is designed for aspiring law students, and other professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge. This course is also beneficial for:

Eligibility criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

The students must complete all the exercises and writing assignments to receive a certificate. They are required to spend 8-10 hours per week on this course. The participants will receive the certificate co-branded by NSDC and Skill India by courier to their provided address.

What you will learn

After completing the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting syllabus, the students will learn drafting and handling the process of dealing with notices, temporary injunctions, and interlocutory orders to defend false cases. They will learn to collect the evidence for the case and present it correctly.

The students will gain a deep understanding of different aspects of client and case management and managing large corporation's civil matters. Upon the completion of the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting training, the participants will be able to set up and handle their own civil law practice and draft various documents, and petitions.

The syllabus

Preliminary Steps for Litigation Drafts, Filing and Court Machinery

Understanding the stages of a civil case

Filing a suit (plaint & interim applications)
Hearings on interlocutory applications
Appeals and revisions on orders
Written statement & completion of pleadings
Framing of issues
Trial: Evidence, Examination and Cross-Examination
Closing/ Final Arguments
Judgment & Decree
Execution
First Appeal

How to draft a legal notice or respond to one

Court Machinery & Functioning

How does it work: Rosters, Benches, Single Judge, Division Benches, Constitutional Benches
How matters are allocated to a bench
How cause lists are generated
How to find the next date of hearing and obtain previous orders
Where should you file a case?
What is the role of the registrar in High Court and Supreme Court?
Role of other court officers

Where and how to file a suit

Territorial and pecuniary jurisdiction
How to determine and establish cause of action
Original jurisdiction of Delhi High Court
Original jurisdiction of Bombay and Calcutta High Courts
When do you need to work with court registry (High Court, Supreme Court, Tribunals)
10 most common filing defects
Role of court clerks in filing

How to authorize your representative

Who can be authorized and for which purposes?
How to authorize for delivery of process and other purposes?
How to authorize advocate
How to authorize a person if a corporate entity (company, trust, society, etc.) is a party
Power of attorney
Board resolution

Abbreviations, tagging and nomenclature of different kinds of petitions by courts

Original
Appellate
Ordinary Original
Miscellaneous, etc.

Case study of unique High Court Procedures

The Delhi High Court Rules - Checklist
The High Court Registry - Filing and Defects
Curing of Defects - Do’s and Don’ts
E-Court Records In High Courts
Annexures
Notarization of Documents - Value and Importance in Filing
Exercise: 1. Draft a legal noticea
Exercise: 2. Draft a response to legal notice

Plaint, Written Statement (Including Set-Off & Counterclaim) and Reply

How to draft a plaint

Basic Rules of CPC to be kept in mind
Whom to implead as a party (especially if the defendant is a corporate entity)
Top 5 filing errors
What to do if you’ve made an error
Standard components of a plaint
Vakalatnama
Court Fee
List of Dates
Jurisdiction
Grounds
Prayer
Affidavit
Verification
Role of notary and oath commissioner
Annexures
Formatting Principles and Rules

Types of relief in prayer

Declaratory Reliefs
Specific Performance
Injunctive Relief/ Restraining Orders
Easementary relief
Mandatory Injunction
Partition
Determination by metes and bounds
Account of profits

How to quantify monetary reliefs

Monetary reliefs - Compensation, damages, accounts, interest, pendente lite, mesne profits
Calculation of costs
Calculation of loss/ damage
Interest
Connection with Specific Relief Act

How to draft a written statement

Basic Rules of CPC to be kept in mind
Set-off and counter-claim
Top 5 filing errors
What to do if you’ve made an error

How to draft a reply

Basic Rules of CPC to be kept in mind
Top 5 filing errors
What to do if you’ve made an error

Filing-related work

How to Calculate Court Fee and Value Suits
Court Fees Act
Suits Valuation Act
Limitation Act and how to calculate limitation

Service of process

What is service and when is a pleading considered served?
Process Fee
Service of summons by court
How to serve summons in person (dasti) or through Speed Post
Service of advance copy of pleadings for pleadings and interlocutory applications
Electronic service
Mode of service in case there is a pre-existing contract with a notices clause
Common means of rejecting or avoiding service and workarounds to the same
What to do when you receive a summons

When do you need to look at High Court and Supreme Court Rules

Sample Plaint
Sample Vakalatnama
Sample Verification
Sample Affidavit
Exercise: 1. Determine preliminary aspects of case filing:
- Exercise: - Court-fee
- Exercise: - Value of the suit
- Exercise: - Identify necessary and proper parties
- Exercise: - Jurisdiction
Exercise: 2. Draft prayers for each of the following:
- Exercise: - Declaratory relief, e.g. declaration of title
- Exercise: - Mandatory Injunction
- Exercise: - Eviction
- Exercise: - Breach of contract/ Recovery of money/ damages/ compensation for breach of contract
- Exercise: - Partition
Exercise: 3. Draft a plaint for any one of the following:
- Exercise: - Declaratory relief, e.g. declaration of title
- Exercise: - Mandatory Injunction
- Exercise: - Eviction (property dispute)
- Exercise: - Breach of contract/ Recovery of money/ damages/ compensation
- Exercise: - Breach of confidentiality
- Exercise: - Partition
- Exercise: - IP Infringement Suit (for copyright & trademark)
Exercise: 4. Draft a written statement
Exercise: 5. Add a Set-Off/ Counter-claim

How to Draft Various Applications

Most common interlocutory petitions

Temporary injunction
Attachment before judgment
Appointment of Commissioner
Appointment of Receiver

How to draft application for Representative Suits (Order 1, Rule 8)

How to draft application for Addition or Substitution of Parties (Order 1, Rule 10)

How to draft application for Amendment of Pleadings (Order 6, Rule 17)

How to draft application for Setting Aside Ex Parte Decree (Order 9, Rule 13)

How to draft application for Rejection of Plaint (Order 7, Rule 11)

How to draft application for temporary injunction

Selection of suitable injunctive remedy for interim relief
How to demonstrate prima facie case and what does it mean?
How to demonstrate balance of convenience
How to demonstrate irreparable loss

Attachment and Arrest before Judgment

Appointment of Commissioners

Appointment of Receivers

Appeals and revision petitions against orders and decrees

Appeal vs. revision
Most common appealable orders

Hearings of interlocutory applications

Exercise: 1. Draft an application for temporary injunction (including ex-parte injunction)
Exercise: 2. Draft a response to an application for temporary injunction
Exercise: 3. How to draft application for vacation of temporary injunction
Exercise: 4. How to draft application for revision against (or refusal to grant) a temporary injunction
Exercise: 5. How to draft an appeal against (or refusal to grant) an interim order
Exercise: 6. Application under Section 151

Trial and Evidence

Basics of Burden and Standard of Proof

Presumptions
Judicial Notice

How to prove a document (including discussion of registration and stamp duty)

Discovery and inspection

How to prepare list of witnesses and whom to call as witness

For plaintiff
For defendant

Preparation of questions for examination-in-chief and cross-examination

Preparation of questions for re-examination

How to draft a notice to admit facts and documents

How to submit evidence by way of affidavit

How to adduce electronic evidence

Is a Section 65B certificate necessary?

How to draft an application for submission of secondary evidence

How to get call detail records (CDR) or data from Facebook, Google and other data available with third parties (ISPs, phone providers)

Exercise: 1. Draft an affidavit for documents for admission / denial
Exercise: 2. Draft a reply to an affidavit for documents for admission / denial
Exercise: 3. Prepare a list of witnesses
Exercise: 4. Conduct examination-in-chief and cross-examination
Exercise: 5. How to get call detail records (CDR) or data from Facebook, Google and other data available with third parties (ISPs, phone providers)
Exercise: 6. Prepare questionnaire for examination of chief of a particular witness
Exercise: 7. How to inspect or obtain copies of books of accounts, etc.

Arguments and Hearings

Creation Of Arguments

Factual background and interpretation of facts
Establishment of a right/ claim
Exposition of the position of law
Determination of position of law
Use of supporting case lawsc
Differentiation from case laws
Substantive Arguments
Procedural Objections that can be raised
Collusion
Bad faith
Use of precedents and differentiation
When can you use a new argument?
Exercise: 1. Identify procedural objections to a plaint/ application for temporary injunction
Exercise: 2. Frame an argument on a point of law based on case research
Exercise: 3. Prepare a note for your own final arguments (based on a given fact situation where evidence has been adduced on record)
Note: Hearings
Note: Most Common Technical Objections
Note: Use of Court Procedure & Strategy
Note: How to present an Argument - Presentation That Leads to Maximum Impact
Note: Final Arguments, Written Submissions and The Impact of It In Court Proceedings

Execution, Appeals and Revision

How to draft execution petition
When can execution petition be filed?
Where to file execution petition
Modes of execution by court
Power of executing court
Exercise: 1. Draft an execution petition
Exercise: 2. Draft a first appeal
Exercise: 3. Draft a revision petition
Exercise: 4. Draft a review petition
Note: How to draft a first appeal (against decree)
Note: - Identify sub-heads
Note: - Application for stay
Note: - Deposit of any sums in court
Note: How to draft a revision petition against decree
Note: How and when to draft a review petition
Note: How to draft a second appeal

Negotiable Instruments Act

Section 138 Litigation under Negotiable Instruments Act
Exercise: 1. Draft a application u/s 138 NI Act
Exercise: 2. Draft a reply to notice for demand of money
Exercise: 3. Draft a complaint under NI Act
Exercise: 4. Draft a reply to the complaint to the court
Note: Pointers for drafting notice under section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act
Note: Pointers for drafting complaint under section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act
Note: Jurisdiction and Power of court to try case Summarily and interim compensation (summary trial of the matter and when it is converted to normal procedure, powers/ procedure of courts in doing so, all about interim compensation

Litigation Strategy and Case Management

Preparation of a basic litigation strategy based on facts and client outcomes

How to deal with availability of multiple statutory remedies and forums
How to leverage jurisdiction
How to create opportunities for out-of-court settlements to speed up resolution
Client Requirements and How to Identify What Your Clients Wants
Budgetary and Time Constraints

Litigation strategy for divorce cases

Litigation strategy for money recovery cases

How to write a legal opinion?

Relevance of Context, Facts and Documents in Drafting a Legal Opinion
Research Skills - Prevalent Law
Is There Any Specific Format Followed?

How to Manage Relations With Court Clerks, and Readers/ Ahlmads

Pricing your services and recovery

Retainership arrangements
Methods of billing
Costs & Overheads
Key items of work you can bill for
Out-of-pocket costs & expenses
Billing and Recovery

Strategies for case management

How to Access Case Records on ecourts.in?
How to Use District Court, High Court and Supreme Court Websites Effectively?
Use of tools such as Libra & ProVakil
Communication with clients
Coordination with seniors or arguing counsels
Coordination with law firms
Exercise: 1. Prepare a litigation strategy for a client who wants compensation
Exercise: 2. Prepare an invoice with terms of payment
Exercise: 3. Draft a caveat
Exercise: 4. Prepare a legal opinion advising a client on legal validity of a particular action and consequences if the law is violated
Exercise: 5. Draft an IBC notice

Consumer Litigation

How to build your case strategy

Defect (products) vs. Deficiency in services
Limitation periods
Selection of forum based on territorial, pecuniary jurisdiction and reliefs sought
Identification of reliefs
Interim relief
Drafting the prayer

Drafting challenges in consumer cases

Formats to follow
Filing fees
Evidence and trial-related issues
How to prove negligence
Interference with other laws

How to defend a business in consumer cases

Exercise: Draft a consumer complaint to the district forum
Exercise: Draft a response to a consumer complaint

Right to Information Act

All you need to know about RTI

Background and typical obstacles faced
How can you use RTI to obtain information? Specific examples
Different Uses of RTI

Drafting an RTI application

How to draft an effective RTI Application
Sample Application for RTI

Filing an RTI application

Filing your RTI Applications
Fees required for filing RTI

Appeals and complaints

Exercise: 1. Draft an application seeking information from a government department under RTI Act
Exercise: 2. Draft an appeal against an order refusing to grant information asked under RTI Act

Admission details

Students can join the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting classes by following the below-mentioned steps:

Step 1: Browse the link mentioned below:

https://lawsikho.com/course/certificate-course-in-advanced-civil-litigation-practice-procedure-and-drafting

Step 2: Candidates must click on the “Enroll Now” button, fill in the necessary information and click on the “Submit” button.

How it helps

The Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting benefits include:

Candidates will get 1 online live class, 3 writing assignments, and 2 practical exercises per week.
They will gain in-depth knowledge and skills in advanced civil litigation including drafting, procedure and practising.
The certification course also provides the facility of sending the printed hard copy of the study material to the students by courier.
Students will get access to the entire digital study material for 3 years.
They will be guided on assignments by the experts and get a chance to clear their doubts on WhatsApp, LMS & classes within 24 hours.
Participants will also get assistance in creating attention-grabbing CVs, coaching for professional networking, interview preparation, and training for writing and publishing articles.
Aspirants who score well in the course will get recommendations for jobs and internship opportunities.
They will also get professional assistance in networking with other students and alumni.

FAQs

What is the duration of the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting training?

The certification course lasts for 6 months. The programme offers in-depth knowledge to the students by providing simulation exercises based on actual case laws and recent developments.

Who can apply for the online Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting?

The course can be applied by Civil Lawyers, Senior Civil Lawyers, Lawyers who are willing to expand into civil litigation, In-House Lawyers and any person who wants to understand the civil law system for their civil cases better.

Who are the potential employers for the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting?

The potential employers for this course are law chambers, law firms, in-house legal departments, banks, NBFCs, Government and self-employment.

What kind of recruitment and placement support will students get for the Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting?

Students will receive assistance in job placements, internships, and assessment internships. The course has a dedicated placement team and strong collaborations with recruiters who hire well-trained students.

What are the weekly exercises students must do for the online Certificate Course in Advanced Civil Litigation: Practice, Procedure and Drafting?

The weekly exercises include drafting a legal notice, responding, prayers, plaint, written statement, application for a temporary injunction, application for Representative and preparing a list of witnesses and interrogatories.

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