B.Com. + L.L.B. (Hons.)

Bachelor of Commerce + Bachelor of Law (Hons)

Duration 5 Years	Level Graduation
Type Degree	Eligibility 10+2

B.Com. LL.B. (Hons) or Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Legislative Law Honours is an undergraduate professional integrated course which is a combination of the study of Law and Commerce. B.Com. stands for Bachelor of Commerce, while LLB stands for Bachelor of Law. By Honours, it is meant that it is a Higher Academic Standard Course requiring in-depth study the subject matter studied. It is ranked above the Simple, Pass, General or Ordinary Bachelors Course. B.Com. LL.B. with Honours is a 5 Years Course with 10 Semesters. The difference between Regular B.Com. LL.B. and one with Honours is the number of subjects which one need to study; Honour requires study of additional subjects. The maximum duration to clear the course is a period of 8 (eight) years from the date of admission to the First Semester Course. It is called an Integrated Course because its course curriculum involves the study of Commerce along with the in-depth study of law and legislature. The medium of instruction is English unless specified.

The legal education apex body in India is the Bar Council of India. This Bar Council monitors and regulates the system of legal education in India. All fresh law graduates or those who have already cleared their law graduation but have not yet enrolled with the bar council must clear a bar examination (All India Bar Examination) to be entitled to practice before courts or tribunals in India. The process of enrolment confers a license to the holder to practise before any court in India and give legal advice. The entire procedure of enrolment and post-enrollment professional conduct is regulated and supervised by the Bar Council of India.

B.Com. LL.B. Hons Eligibility

• The basic eligibility criteria for pursuing a B.COM. LL.B. Honours Course is passing in the Higher Secondary School Examination (10+2) system; candidates with Commerce will be given preference over other candidates. Aggregate marks should not be less than 50% of the total marks or an equivalent examination such as 11+1, ‘A’ level in Senior School Leaving certificate course) from a recognized University of India or outside or from a Senior Secondary Board or equivalent, constituted or recognized by the Union or by a State Government or from any equivalent institution from a foreign country recognized by the government of that country. These regulations can be varied but are mostly similar in almost all institutes.
• Applicants who have obtained + 2 Higher Secondary Pass Certificate or First-Degree Certificate after prosecuting studies in distance or correspondence method shall also be considered as eligible for admission.
• Admission shall be made strictly on merit by the respective college admission committee either by holding written admission test or interview of the candidates. In case of written test, if any, the admission test question paper shall comprise to test (a) Linguistic ability; (b) Analytical skills; (c) Level of a quantum of information; (d) Mathematical Aptitude; (e) Legal reasoning; (f) Aptitude for learning Law. Some preliminary Psychological ability test may also be included.
• In case, where written admission tests are conducted and in cases where candidates are obtaining equal marks in the Entrance Test, their merit shall be determined by marks obtained in the qualifying examination i.e. Senior School Examination or the 10+2 Examination and secondary school examination or class 10 examination taken together.
• National-level Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) / State Level Law Entrance test scores are accepted, they provide extra weight age in some institutes, while in others, these are not mandatory.
• The maximum age for seeking admission into a stream of integrated Bachelor of law degree program is limited to 20 (twenty) years in case of general category of applicants and to 22 (twenty-two) years in case of applicants from SC, ST and other Backward communities.
• Most of the institutes reserve a certain number of seats for foreign candidates.
• Certain numbers of seats are also reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, along with reservation for Persons with Disability.
• As per stipulation of the Bar Council of India the minimum percentage of marks not below 45% of the total marks in case of general category applicants and 40% of the total marks in case of SC, ST and OBC applicants, to be obtained in the qualifying examination, such as +2 Examination.
• Candidates awaiting results of the qualifying examination can also appear for the test on condition that they produce proof of having passed the qualifying examination with the prescribed marks at the time of interview.

One of the B.Com. LL.B. Hons. Entrance Tests

• Gujarat National Law University Entrance Exam

B.Com. LL.B. (Hons) Syllabus

The below mentioned given syllabus is provided by the Gauhati University, Guwahati.

Sr. No.	Sem. I	Sr. No.	Sem. II
1	General English	1	English Literature, Legal Writing, Legal Citations, Legal Terms & Maxim
2	Principles of Management	2	Business Statistics
3	Business Economics	3	Socio Legal Institutions in India
4	Law of Tort including MVA	4	Assamese I / Hindi I / French I (Any one)
5	Law of General Contract I	5	Law of Contract II
6	Financial Accounting]	6	Financial Management
Sem. III		Sem. III
1	Communicative English & Legal Translation	1	Business Communication
2	IT in Business	2	Major IV (Corporate Accounting)
3	Business Mathematics	3	Major V (Banking & Insurance)
4	Assamese II / Hindi II / French II (Anyone)	4	Assamese III / Hindi III / French III (Anyone)
5	Constitutional Law of India I	5	Constitutional Law of India II
6	Auditing & Taxation	6	Jurisprudence I
Sem. V		Sem. VI
1	Cost Accounting	1	Code of Civil Procedure & Limitation Act I
2	Major VI (Management Accounting)	2	Family Law II
3	Family Law I	3	Law of Crimes (Indian Penal Code II)
4	Law of Crimes (Indian Penal Code I)	4	Criminal Procedure Code II
5	Criminal Procedure Code I	5	Hons I (Any One) IPL: Trademark, copyright, patent & Design) Constitutional Law: Indian Federalism Criminology: Criminal Psychology Business Law: Equity & Trust
6	Jurisprudence II	6	Hons II (Any one) IPL: Information Technology-Cyber Law Constitutional Law: Comparative Constitution Criminology: Women & Criminal Law Business Law: Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Sem. VII			Sem. VIII
1	Code of Civil Procedure & Limitation Act I	1	Law of evidence I
2	Administrative Law	2	Labour & Industrial Law I
3	Company Law	3	Property Law
4	Drafting, Pleading & Conveyancing	4	Moot Court Exercise & Internship (CCC-II)
5	Optional I (Anyone) Information Technology & Computer Application / Criminology / Insurance Law	5	Optional II (Anyone) IPL: Intellectual Property / Law of Sea / Right to Information
6	Hons III (Any One) IPL: IPR management Constitutional Law: Local Self-Government including Panchayat Administration Criminology: Prison Administration Business Law: Insurance Law	6	Hons V (Anyone) IPL: Patent Drafting & Specification Writing Constitutional Law: Interpretation of Statute & Principle of legislation Criminology: Penology & Victimology Business Law: Direct Taxes
7	Hons IV (Any One) IPL: IPR management Constitutional Law: Local Self-Government including Panchayat Administration Criminology: Prison Administration Business Law: International Banking & Finance	7	Hons VI (Anyone) IPL: IPL- Bio Diversity Protection Constitutional Law: Media & Law Criminology: Offences against Child & Juvenile Justice Business Law: Indirect Taxes
	Seminar I		Seminar II
Sem. IX		Sem. X
1	Law of Evidence II	1	Principle of Taxation Law
2	Labour & Industrial Law-II	2	Environmental Law
3	Public International Law	3	Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System [CCC-IV]
4	Alternate Disputes Resolution (CCC-III)	4	Optional V: (Anyone) Land Law including Tenancy Act / Private International Law / Women & Criminal Law
5	Optional III (Anyone) Offence against Child & Juvenile offence / International Organizations / Banking Law	5	Optional-VI:  Interpretation of Statues & Principles of Legislation / International Environmental Law
6	Optional IV (Anyone) Human Right Law & Practice / Humanitarian Law & Refugee Law	6	Hons VIII (Anyone) IPL: IPL- IPR Litigation in Copyright & Patent Constitutional Law: Citizenship & Immigration Law Criminology: IT Offences Business Law: Competition Law
7	Hons VII (Anyone) IPL: IPL- IPR Litigation in Trademarks & Design Constitutional Law: Health Law Criminology: White Collar Crime Business Law: Corporate Governance	7	Seminar IV
	Seminar III

 

Regulations regarding B.Com., LL.B. (Hons) Course as per BCI

Total Number of Subjects: A student needs to take not less than 36 Papers in all, which shall include 18 compulsory papers, 4 Clinical Papers, 6 Optional Papers and 8 Papers in specialized/ honours course in any Group as stipulated by the B.C.I. However, if 8 Papers are taken from multiple of groups, honours can be given in general law without mentioning any specialization.

Example: “A” has taken eight honours papers selected as follows: 2 from Constitutional Law, 3 from Business Law, 1 from International Law and 2 from International Trade Law, his Honours shall be in Law. “B” takes 8 Papers from Constitutional Law group; his honours shall be mentioned in Constitutional Law.

One has to take 1 Major Subject and 2 Minor Subjects or such number of compulsory paper/ subject and each optional with or without Honours in Law, as the case may be, from the specified area in addition to English taking into account the standard prescribed by the UGC/ AICTE or any respective authority.

Semester System: There shall be not less than 36 class–hours per week including seminar, moot court and tutorial classes and 30 minimum lecture hours per week. There shall be a break for 10 days at the end of each Semester.

Minimum weekly class program per paper: There shall be for each paper four class–hours for one-hour duration each and one hour of tutorial/moot court/ project work per week.

Attendance Regulations: End semester examination: No student shall be allowed appear in the end semester examination in a subject if he/ she has not attended a minimum of 70% of the classes held in the subject concerned including in tutorials, moot court exercises, practical training conducted in the subject. If a student for any exceptional reasons fail to attend 70% of the classes held in any subject, the Principal of the College may allow him/ her to take the examination if he/ she attended at least 65% of the classes held in the subject concerned and attended 70% of classes in all the subjects taken together.

The 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 an intermediary stage of an integrated double degree course.

1. Prohibition of pursuing 2 Degree Courses: No student shall be allowed to simultaneously register for a law degree program with any other graduate or postgraduate or certificate course run by the same or any other university or an institute for academic or professional learning excepting in the integrated degree program of the same institution. Provided that any short period part-time certificate or diploma course on language, computer science or computer application of an institute or any course run by a Centre for Distance Learning of a University, however, shall be allowed.

Minimum Period of Internship: Each registered student shall have completed minimum of 20 weeks during the period of legal studies under NGO, Trial and Appellate Advocates, Judiciary, Legal Regulatory authorities, Legislatures and Parliament, Other Legal Functionaries, Market Institutions, Law Firms, Companies, Local Self Government and other such bodies as the University shall stipulate, where law is practiced either in action or in dispute resolution or in management.

• Provided that, internship in any year cannot be for a continuous period of more than Four Weeks and all students shall at least gone through once in the entire academic period with Trial and Appellate Advocates.
• Each student shall keep Internship diary in such form as may be stipulated by the Institute concerned and the same shall be evaluated by the Guide in Internship and a Core Faculty member of the staff each time. The total mark shall be assessed in the Final Semester of the course in the 4^th Clinical course.

Formal Dress Code during internship: Students placed under internship or in moot court exercise shall have a formal dress of legal professional in pupillage as follows:

• For all: White/ Black trouser, white shirt, black tie, black coat, black shoe and black socks. Optional for Girl students: Black printed saree, with white full sleeve blouse and covered black shoe or lawyer’s suit with a black covered shoe.
• Formal Dress Code as above may be applicable during the normal class-hours also.

Examination and Evaluation: The Examination shall ordinarily be held at the end of every semester.

The end semester examination will be for 80 marks of 3-hour duration in each paper out of total 100 marks except in practical papers.

The remaining 20 marks shall be on the basis if internal evaluation as shown below:

• First Sessional Exam = 5 marks
• Second Sessional Exam = 5 marks
• Viva-voce Examination = 5 marks
• Group Discussion/ Seminar = 5 marks

Each sessional examination will be of 1½ hour duration of total 40 marks in each paper. The setting of question paper, invigilation duty, and evaluation of answer scripts, viva-voce examination and all other activities connected with internal evaluation.

• A Student who does not secure minimum 45% marks (i.e. 9 marks out of 20) in the internal evaluation shall be debarred from appearing in the end semester examination in that paper. Internal evaluation against each student shall be completed before filling of the examination form for the due semester examination.
• If a student misses 1 or both the sessional examination for valid reasons (as evidenced by a medical certificate or other authentic documents), the teacher concerned may allow the student a separate examination using the teachers own discretion.

Outline of Distribution of marks in the End Semester Examination Question Papers: In a paper of 80 marks of 3-hour duration question will be set as follows:

1. There will be Two Questions each of 12 marks from each of the 5 units of the syllabus of the paper. The students have to answer one from each unit. Of course, a question may more than one part. (12 X 5=60 marks) 
2. There will be a compulsory question of 20 marks in two parts: First part will have 10 multiple choice questions each of 1 mark containing 2 questions from each unit. (10 X 1=10 marks).

The second part will have 5 short questions each of 2 marks based on legal reasoning containing 1 question from each unit. (5 X 2=10 marks).

In a written paper of 60 marks of 2-hour duration outline of the question paper will as follows:

1. There will be 2 questions each of 15 marks from each of the three units of the syllabus of the paper. Students have to answer one from each unit. Of course, a question may have more than one part. (15X 3=45 marks).
2. There will be a compulsory question of 20 marks in two parts:

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  • The first part will have 5 multiple choice questions each of 1 mark covering all the three units of the syllabus equally as far as practicable (5 X 1 = 5 marks).
  • The second part will have 5 short questions each of 2 marks based on legal reasoning covering all the three units of the syllabus equally as far as practicable. (5 x 2 = 10 marks).

Standard of passing the semester examination: To qualify examination, a candidate shall have to obtain the minimum aggregate of 45% of marks and secure at least 40% of marks in each theory and clinical paper of end semester examination and a minimum of 45% marks in an internal assessment of each paper.

• In Clinical papers, the total marks are divided between the end semester examination and internal assessment in the ration of 80: 20. The internal evaluation of clinical papers shall consist of a programme like a project/ assignment/ sessional exams/ moot court exercise/ seminar/ group dissertation and viva-voce examination which will be completed at least a week before filling up of semester examination form starts.
• Scaling of the internal marks are arranged by the Controller of examination, wherever deemed necessary.
• To pass any of the semester examinations a candidate must have passed in all the subjects of that semester as per the provisions mentioned in the preceding rules. The results of the candidates appearing at the 10th Semester of the Five Year Law Course shall not be declared unless and until the candidate has been declared passed in all the papers up to 9th semester examination, Similarly, the results of the candidates appearing at the 6th semester of the Three year law course shall not be declared unless and until the candidate has been declared passed in all the papers up to 5th Semester examination.

Promotional Regulations: Eligibility for admission to the semester: A candidate, to the eligibility for admission for the next Semester, must have successfully kept the term for the proceeding Semester, irrespective of the result of the Semester examination examinations.

• Maximum of 3 (three) theory papers may be allowed as back papers in a semester. A candidate will be allowed to clear his or her back paper or papers within the prescribed limit of 8 (eight) from the date of admission in the First semester in either of the courses.

A candidate who could not appear or failed in any semester examination will be allowed to clear the same as follows:

a. The first semester with the regular third or even semester examination.
b. The second semester with the regular fourth or even semester examination and so on.

• A candidate may be allowed to repeat or re-appear any one of the theory papers in the next due semester (except ninth and tenth semesters) for “betterment” of marks provided the candidate secures less than 55% marks in that paper.
• No ‘betterment’/back papers shall be allowed in the internal evaluation or practical Papers (Compulsory Clinical Courses) in any Semester.
• A Candidate must pass all his or her Semester examinations including the ‘repeat’ and ‘betterment’ chances within 8 (eight) years from the date of admission to the First Semester Course. A candidate will get a maximum of 3 (three) chances to clear a Semester. Be it clarified that a candidate not appearing in any examination due shall lose that chance (s) allowed to him or her by the clause.

B.Com. LL.B. Hons. Colleges

• Gujarat National Law University - GNLU Gujarat, Gandhinagar
• Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Amity University - Noida, Noida
• Nirma University, Ahmedabad

B.Com., LL.B. Course Suitability

• Those seeking a double qualification in law and commerce should pursue this course.
• This degree course is suitable for students wishing to gain an in-depth understanding of issues in the legal arena combined with contemporary issues and skills relevant to a career in commerce.
• It is suitable for those wishing to gain a broader knowledge from a combination of these two fields of study.

How is B.Com. LL.B.  Hons Course Beneficial?

• As this is a combined degree course, it allows students to complete 2 Bachelor programs in 5 years of full-time study.
• Candidates having a strong hand in commerce can specialise in their work as legal practitioners, legal officers and in legal academia.
• Those who are good in commerce can improve or specialise their skills so that they have career opportunities in business and finance industries.
• It enables students to develop more concentrated expertise in a specific area of law.

B.Com. LL.B. Hons. Employment Areas

• Business Houses
• Consultancies
• Banks
• Private Practice
• Business Houses
• Sales Tax and Excise Departments
• Consultancies
• Judiciary
• State Police Department
• Revenue Department
• Sales Tax and Excise Departments
• News Channels
• Educational Institute 
• Newspaper

B.Com. LL.B. Hons. Job Types

• Business Consultants, Advocate, Human Resource Manager
• Assistant Advisor, Management Accountants, Human Resource Manager
• Deputy Legal Advisor
• Attorney General
• Finance Manager, Company Secretary, Management Accountants
• Law Reporter
• District and Sessions Judge
• Law Officer, Management Accountants
• Finance Manager, Legal Advisor, Human Resource Manager
• Magistrate
• Munsif (Sub-Magistrate)
• Notary
• Oath Commissioner
• Public Prosecutor
• Solicitor
• Business Administration Professor, Teacher
• Finance Manager, Trustee

Advance Course in B.Com. LL.B. Hons.

• LLM (Business Law)