Hello Everyone,
♦️Now if your exams are in Jan 2020 and you still haven’t gotten around to remembering Case Laws or are finding it difficult, I can help give you some pointers. Please, please don’t think of skipping it just because you have less no. of days left for your exams. If my calculations aren’t wrong you still have 40 days for your exams. (38 to be exact, if you are planning 2 days for the first paper) That is more than enough time to start remembering Case Laws and Section Nos.
🔹I’ll just talk about the Case Laws in this post.
♦️I know Case Laws are a little difficult to memorise or learn especially considering just how many there are!
❇️ First try to understand the structure of the Case Law. Every Case is divided into three parts:
- What was the matter? Or what was the issue? – That will generally be the question in your exam i.e the case study
- What did the Court Observe? – Now, in this part there will be quoting of the relevant section no. and what does that particular section say i.e. the provision
- What was the Conclusion? – So, what conclusion did the court arrive at, keeping in mind the relevant Section and its provisions?
❣So how to go about memorizing them?
♦️Pick up just 5 Case Laws every day. That’s it. Just 5
✳️ POINTERS:
• Firstly, what not to remember?
o Section Nos. In fact, forget about them. It is better NOT to quote them rather than to quote the wrong ones. You already have enough to memorise as it is!
o Also, forget about whether it was ITAT, HC or SC. You’ll just end up being all confused.
o Also don’t try to remember the year of the case.
(If you can remember them, good. But if you can’t don’t worry too much)
• Now, what to remember?
📍 The name of the Assessee
📍 The Conclusion
• Most of the Case Laws that you will read are very interesting, mostly like a story.
a) So, try to remember it as how you would remember a story. Firstly, what’s the story about. Secondly, what happens in the story and lastly, how did the story end or conclude?
🔺 Understand, you don’t have to remember the Case Law word for word. Also, you don’t have to remember all the parts of the Case.
🔻 Try to write the Court’s Observation in your own words. It need not be a long paragraph. Even 4-5 lines containing the observation will do. These are CA exams, so it’s always Quality over Quantity!!
🔺 Even your conclusion can be as small as 2-3 lines. As long as what you are writing is correct, the quantity does not matter.
🔻 Don’t try to write the Case Laws when you are learning them. Just read the Issue, understand the Observation as much as you can and the Conclusion.
🔺 Then, try to speak about the case, in any language you want. Like as if you are talking to a friend about the case, explaining to them what had happened.
🔻 After you are comfortable with the first Case Law in your language and have understood it, move on
• The format for the answers will be
a) Facts of the Case – then leave a line and state the facts of the case study
b) Court’s Observation – leave a line and write the relevant provision
c) Conclusion – leave a line and state the conclusion
⭕️ Don’t forget to underline the important words in your conclusion
✅ Leaving a line ensures that your answer looks clean and neat. It’s all about the presentation!
⚠️ Also: Please do not leave out the new Case Laws that are notified for your attempt. Chances areas pretty high that at least one or two similar case laws will be asked in the exam!
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