AP LAWCET / AP PGLCET 2018 Notification,Key/Exam dates,Syllabus,Fee Payment,Online Application

AP LAWCET & AP PGLCET -2018 Important Dates/Schedule

Activity	Date & Time
Notification of AP LAWCET & PGLCET - 2018	05-03-2018 (Monday)
Commencement of Submission of Online application forms	09-03-2018 (Friday)
Last date for submission of online applications without late fee	05-04-2018 (Thursday)
Last date for submission of online applications with late fee of Rs. 500/-	10-04-2018 (Tuesday)
Correction of online application data already submitted by the candidate	08-04-2018 & 09-04-2018
Downloading of Hall-tickets from the website http://www.sche.ap.gov.in/lawcet	12-04-2018 (Thursday)
Date of AP LAWCET & PGLCET - 2018 Examination	19-04-2018 (Thursday)
Time of Examination	02:30 PM to 04:00 PM
Declaration of Preliminary Key	22-04-2018 (Sunday)
Last Date for receiving of objections on Preliminary Key	23-04-2018 (Monday)
Declaration of Results	25-04-2018 (Wednesday)

In terms of G.O.Ms. No.26, Higher Education (H.E.II ) Department, dated 24-3-2004 and G.O.Ms. No.52, Higher Education (UE-II) Department, dated 20-6-2007 and their amendments, issued by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the competent authority, Chairman, APSCHE has entrusted the job of conducting the entrance tests APLAWCET and APPGLCET for admission into first year of 5-year LL.B / 3-year LL.B and first year of Postgraduate Law courses LL.M / M.L respectively to Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh.

ELIGIBILITY FOR AP LAWCET–2018 & AP PGLCET-2018

3 year LL.B Course: The Candidates for 3 year LL.B. should have passed any Graduate Degree (10+2+3 pattern) of a recognized University with 45% of aggregate marks or any other examination recognized as equivalent by the Universities concerned. If any candidate secured less than 45% in graduation he should have passed any additional graduate or postgraduate degree with 45% aggregate marks.

5 Year LL.B. Course: The Candidates for 5 year LL.B. should have passed two year Intermediate Examination (10+2 pattern) with 45% of aggregate marks or any other examination recognized as equivalent by the University concerned or the Board of Intermediate Education, A.P.

Note: There is a relaxation of 5% of marks in the above qualifying examinationsfor 3 year / 5 year Law course in favour of the candidates belonging to SC / STand relaxation of 3% of marks for candidates belonging to other backward classes.

2 Year LL.M. Course: Candidates holding LL.B./B.L. degree on the date of application and candidates who have appeared/appearing for LL.B./B.L. Final year examination are also eligible. A candidate appearing for LLB/BL degree examinations may take the AP PGLCET in anticipation of results. However the candidate shall have passed the qualifying examination with 50% marks in aggregate (for OC/BC) and 45% marks in aggregate (for SC/ST) at the time of counseling.

ELIGIBILITY	3-YEAR LLB		5-YEAR LLB		LLM
For OC Candidates	Degree/PG minimum marks	with 45%	Intermediate minimum marks	with 45%	B.L./LLB degree with minimum 50% marks
For BC Candidates	Degree/PG minimum marks	with 42%	Intermediate minimum marks	with 42%	B.L./LLB degree with minimum 50% marks
For SC/ST Candidates	Degree/PG minimum marks	with 40%	Intermediate minimum marks	with 40%	B.L./LLB degree with minimum 45% marks

2.) The applicants who have obtained 10+2 or graduation / post graduation through s i n g l e s i t t i n g system directly without having any basic qualification for prosecuting such studies are not eligible for admission into the law courses.Note: 1) Mere appearance in AP LAWCET / AP PGLCET will not give any right of admission. The candidate shall satisfy all the eligibility criteria and should satisfy rules governing admission as are applicable at the time of admission.

3) Age on admission into law courses is subject to the rule position invogue at the time of admission.

4) Nationality and Domicile: The candidate should be an Indian National and should satisfy Local / non-local s t a t u s requirement as laid down in the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 and the amendments made thereto from time to time.

Centers of Entrance Test (APLAWCET/APPGLCET):

Anantapuramu, Chittoor, Tirupathi, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nandyal, Nellore, Ongole,

Guntur, Vijayawada, Bhimavaram, Kakinada, Rajamahendravaram,

Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Srikakulam

However, Convener reserves the right to allot candidates to any other

center(s) in unavoidable circumstances.

Medium of Entrance Test: The APLAWCET will be conducted in English and Telugu versions and APPGLCET question paper will be in English only.

Test Paper Information:

A P L A W C E T : The Test is designed to evaluate the candidate’s General Knowledge, Mental ability, current affairs and aptitude to pursue the study of Law. The Test consists of three parts. Total number of questions will be 120 and the duration of test is 90 minutes. Maximum marks are 120.

Part – A: Consists of 30 questions carrying 30 marks: General Knowledge and Mental Ability

Part – B: Consists of 30 questions carrying 30 marks: Current Affairs

Part – C: Consists of 60 questions carrying 60 marks: Aptitude for the Study of Law. In the questions in Part-C, Aptitude for the study of Law, elementary knowledge of the basic principles of the Law and Constitution of India on the part of the Student is assumed

For 5 year Law Course, the standard expected is of Intermediate level and for 3

year Law Course, the standard expected is of Degree Level.

APPGLCET:

A Single entrance test is conducted for all the courses of LL.M. It is of 90 minutes duration and consists of 120 questions of 1 mark each. Part-A consists of 40 questions (Jurisprudence 20, Constitutional Law 20; Total 40 questions of 1 mark each); and Part -B consists of 80 questions (public International Law 16,Mercantile Law 16, Labour Law 16, Crimes and Torts 16, and IPR & Other Laws 16).. The Questions will be objective type including multiple choices questions, matching items. Each Question contains four alternative answers and candidates have to pick up the correct answer from among the choices given.

Qualifying marks in AP LAWCET-2018: The qualifying percentage of marks in the Entrance Test is 35% (i.e. 42 marks out of total 120 marks). There will be no minimum qualifying marks for S.Cs & S.Ts for ranking.

Qualifying marks in AP PGLCET-2018: The qualifying percentage of marks in the Entrance Test is 25%. (i.e. 30 marks out of total 120 marks). There will be no qualifying marks for S.Cs & S.Ts for ranking.

AP LAWCET-2018 Results:

a.

Evaluation: Every care will be taken to avoid errors in evaluation, checking, scrutiny, tabulation and ranking. Hence, request for retotalling or revaluation or personal identification of scripts will not be entertained.

b.

Ranking: The Candidates will be ranked in the order of merit based on the marks obtained in the AP LAWCET-2018 / AP PGLCET-2018. In case of tie the relative rank will be decided as mentioned below:

i) By considering the marks secured in Part-C of A P LAWCET and if the tie still persists marks obtained in Part-B in AP LAWCET shall be taken into consideration.

ii) If the tie still persists they may be bracketed together for the purpose of ranking and seniority in age may be considered at the time of admission.

c. Rank obtained in AP LAWCET-2018 is valid for admission into 3 year / 5year Law Courses, as the case may be, for the academic year 2018-2019only.

AP PGLCET-2018 Results:

a) Evaluation: Every care will be taken to avoid errors in evaluation, checking, scrutiny, tabulation and ranking.

b) Ranking: The Candidates will be ranked as per the total marks obtained in the Entrance Test. If there is a tie in total marks, the marks obtained in Part-A of Entrance Test will be considered for awarding the rank. If the tie persists they may be bracketed together for the purpose of ranking and seniority in age may be considered at the time of admission.

d. The Candidates are advised to download the Rank Card from the web site www.sche.ap.gov.in/lawcet after one week of the publication of results. In case of the any difficulty in downloading the Rank Card the candidates are advised to contact the Convener’s office.

SYLLABUS FOR AP PGLCET – 2018

The candidates should be thorough in jurisprudence, constitutional law, Public

international law, Mercantile law, labour laws, crimes and torts, IPR other laws. However concentration should be on the following. Part-A: 40 Questions ….. 40 marks 
I) JURISPRUDENCE: 20Questions …20 marks Schools of Jurisprudence -Sources of Law, Custom Precedent and Legislation,

Rights and duties -Ownership and Possession, Persons, Obligation, Property, Liability, Legal Sanctions. 
II) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: 20Questions …20 marks Nature of the constitution: Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State

Policy, Executive, Judiciary and Legislature, Center-State Relations, Emergency provisions, Amendments to the constitution. Part-B: 80 Questions ….. 80 marks 

III) PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW: 16Questions … 16 marks International Law and Municipal Law, Subjects, State Territory, Air, Sea and outer

space, Nationality and Statelessness, Extradition, Asylum, State Jurisdiction, United Nations. 
IV) MERCANTILE LAW: 16Questions … 16 marks General Principles of Contract (Sections. 1-75, Indian Contract Act-1872). 
V) LABOUR LAW: 16Questions … 16 marks Trade Union Act 1926. Industrial Disputes Act 1947. 
VI) CRIMES and TORTS: CRIMES: 16Questions … 16 marks

Indian Penal Code -GGeneral Principles & General Exceptions. ceptions. TORTS: General principles of To of Tort, , Defences, Joint liability, State liability for torts; C torts; Consumer Protection Act,1986

VII) IPR & OTHE THER LAWS: 16Questions … 16 marks Copy right Act, 1957; 57; Patents Act, 2005; Environmental Protecti Protection Act, 1986; Human Rights,The Pro hts,The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, Salient fea alient features of Information Technology Act, 2000 an Act, 2000 and Right to Information Act 2005. 
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