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Get redy to learn more about Indian Legal &amp; Constitutional History&nbsp;or&nbsp;Law of Taxation System<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong>&nbsp;Students learn about ancient and medieval law (Hindu\/Islamic law developments), British colonial legal reforms (Regulating Act 1773, Government of India Acts, Indian Councils Acts, 1935 Act), and post-1947 constitution-making. Also covers changes in judiciary, executive under the British, and the development of the modern Indian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>M.P. Jain &amp; Kulshreshtha, Constitutional and Legal History of India<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Mahoney &amp; Mahoney, Law of India<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(For brevity, details are omitted, but students should understand how concepts like the rule of law and separation of powers were introduced in India.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"optional-paper--law-of-taxation-income-tax-k-2006\">Optional Paper \u2013 Law of Taxation (Income Tax) (K-2006)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong>&nbsp;Basics of Indian Income Tax law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong>&nbsp;Definitions (income, assessee, agricultural income, etc.); residence concepts (s.6); heads of income (salaries, house property, business, capital gains, other sources \u2013 chapters I to IV); deductions, exemptions, and computation of taxable income; concept of \u201cbasis period\u201d; introduction to procedure (no in-depth in syllabus).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommended Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Kailash Rai, Taxation Law<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>V.K. 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