Property Law Important Questions for TU Law Exams (LL.B. LAW403 & B.A.LL.B.) — Unit-wise List

Property Law answers are built on classifications — kinds of property, kinds of rights, modes of acquisition — and examiners test whether you can state and apply them precisely. Here is the unit-wise list of the most important questions for the TU LL.B. Property Law paper (LAW 403).

Who is this for? TU LL.B. 2nd Year (Property Law, LAW 403) students — and B.A.LL.B. students of Property Law (LAW 5206).

Unit-wise important questions

Unit 1: Introduction of the Law of Property

1. Define “property” and explain its concept as a bundle of legal relations. (15)
2. Explain the kinds of property with the Nepali statutory taxonomy. (15)
3. Critically examine the theories of property. Which best explains Nepal’s land-reform legislation? (15)
4. Distinguish corporeal from incorporeal and movable from immovable property, with legal consequences of each distinction. (10)

Unit 2: Modes of Acquisition and Transfer of Property

1. Explain the modes of acquisition of property, with adverse possession’s elements fully developed. (15)
2. What is prescription? Distinguish acquisitive from extinctive prescription, with the Nepali law’s treatment of State land. (10)
3. Explain the modes of transfer of property under Nepali law — sale, mortgage, gift, auction, partition and will. (15)
4. Describe the registration machinery for property transactions in Nepal and its effects. (10)

Unit 3: Constitutional and Legal Position of Property Rights in Nepal

1. Explain the constitutional position of property rights under Article 25 of the Constitution of Nepal, clause by clause. (15)
2. “Article 25 is the settlement of a land-reform state, not a laissez-faire charter.” Critically examine. (15)
3. Map the statutory framework of property law in Nepal from the Civil Code to the land statutes. (15)
4. How has the Supreme Court of Nepal interpreted “property” and disciplined its acquisition? (15)

Unit 4: Property Law in Nepal — Critical Study of Relevant Provisions of the Muluki Civil Code, 2074

1. Critically examine the Muluki Civil Code, 2074’s provisions on partition of family property. (15)
2. Explain the Code’s succession scheme and its equalization of women’s property rights. (15)
3. “An unregistered deed transfers no ownership, but it is not a scrap of paper.” Discuss with the Code’s registration provisions. (15)
4. Explain the provisions on guthi/trust under the Code, with the guthi-land administration’s critique. (10)
5. Explain servitude and usufruct under the Code with creation modes and extinguishing events. (15)

Unit 5: Traditional Land Tenure System in Nepal

1. Explain the traditional land tenure systems of Nepal, with each tenure’s nature and fate. (15)
2. What was birta? Discuss its abolition and significance as the first land reform. (10)
3. What is kipat tenure? Why is its extinction significant for the indigenous communities of eastern Nepal? (10)
4. Distinguish jamindari/talukdari from rajya rajauto, and explain their abolition. (10)

Unit 6: Existing Laws on Land Redistribution and Land Use

1. Discuss the land reform measures under the Lands Act, 2021, and evaluate their impact on property ownership. (15)
2. Explain the guthi land regime under the Guthi Corporation Act, 2033, with the 2019 controversy’s lessons. (15)
3. How did the Birta Eradication Act, 2016, transform Nepal’s tenure map? (10)
4. Explain the Ukhada Act, 2021’s scheme for the western tenants. (10)
5. Describe the Nepal Trust Act, 2064’s trust framework and its relationship with the guthi system. (10)

Unit 7: Existing Laws on Land Administration and Measurement

1. Explain the cadastral machinery under the Land Measurement Act, 2019, and its Rules. (15)
2. Describe the land revenue administration under the Land Revenue Act, 2034 — the Malpot office, the lalpurja, and the registration process. (15)
3. How are errors in the land records corrected? Explain the machinery and its litigation interface. (10)
4. “The measurement Act makes the facts; the revenue Act keeps the record.” Discuss the interlocking machinery. (10)

Unit 8: Land Acquisition Law

1. Explain the principle of eminent domain and its constitutional limits under Article 25. (10)
2. Describe the procedure of land acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 2034, and its Rules. (15)
3. How is compensation determined? Discuss the heads of claim and the practice’s critique. (15)
4. Critically examine the Supreme Court’s acquisition jurisprudence. (10)

Unit 9: Intellectual Property Law in Nepal

1. Define intellectual property and explain its recognition as property under the Constitution of Nepal. (10)
2. Explain copyright under the Copyright Act, 2059 — works, rights, term and exceptions. (15)
3. What are the requirements and effects of patent and trademark registration in Nepal? (15)
4. How are trade secrets and goodwill protected without registration? (10)
5. Describe the remedies for IP infringement in Nepal and their practical weaknesses. (15)

Unit 10: Prescribed Cases

1. Discuss the facts, holding and principle of Padam Bahadur Bhandari et al. vs. Nepal Government as located in the law of possession over guthi land. (10)
2. Write short notes on any three prescribed cases, with citations as printed in the syllabus. (3×5)
3. “The prescribed cases of property law are the register’s cases — possession, partition and the tiller’s claim.” Discuss. (10)
4. How should a law student brief a Supreme Court decision for the examination? Illustrate with this unit’s structure. (10)

How to answer Property Law questions well

• Classify before you analyse: movable/immovable, corporeal/incorporeal, ownership/possession — opening with the correct classification frames the whole answer.
• Anchor in the Muluki Civil Code 2074 where the question is about Nepali law — its property provisions replaced the old Muluki Ain chapters.
• Master the pairs: ownership vs possession, easement vs licence, succession vs transfer — distinction questions come from these pairs.
• For land questions, mention Nepal’s land-administration context where relevant — it shows practical understanding.

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