Taxmann Cracker - Drafting Pleadings & Appearances (DPA) Book for CS Professional by Ankush Bansal

Drafting Pleadings & Appearances – CRACKER (Previous Exams Solved Papers) is a rigorously structured, exam-intelligence manual for CS Professional – Group 1 | Paper 2, designed to translate more than a decade of ICSI examination behaviour into a high-precision drafting and advocacy preparation tool. This CRACKER is editorially engineered around actual examination questions, their evolving patterns, and the manner in which ICSI evaluates drafting, pleadings, petitions, and professional appearances. The book systematically converts past examination papers up to December 2025 into a topic-wise, trend-mapped, and marks-oriented preparation framework, enabling students to focus on what is consistently examinable rather than what is merely academic. This Edition reflects the current structure of the CS Professional syllabus, integrates statutory and procedural accuracy, and incorporates chapter-wise marks analytics that reveal examiner preferences across June and December attempts—making it a decisive tool for the June/December 2026 examinations.

The Present Publication is the 4^th Edition, authored by CS Ankush Bansal, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Fully Solved Past Examination Questions] Covers all relevant CS Professional examination questions up to December 2025, with answers drafted strictly in the format, tone, and legal articulation expected by ICSI examiners
• [Topic-wise Arrangement of Questions] Questions are reorganised chapter-wise and topic-wise, allowing students to clearly see which drafting areas—such as pleadings, SEBI adjudications, or Companies Act petitions—are repeatedly tested
• [Statutorily & Judicially Updated Answers] Solutions are updated in line with current statutory provisions, procedural requirements, and applicable case law, ensuring legal defensibility and examination relevance
• [Chapter-wise Marks Distribution Analytics] Dedicated tables analyse marks allocation across chapters over multiple attempts, revealing high-weightage areas such as:
• Laws relating to Drafting & Conveyancing
• Adjudications and Appeals under SEBI Laws
• Applications, Petitions & Appeals under the Companies Act 2013
• [Previous Exams Trend Analysis] Multi-year trend tables map question type (descriptive/practical), repetition frequency, and marks allocation, enabling data-driven preparation
• [ICSI Study Material Cross-Mapping] Each chapter is explicitly mapped with the corresponding ICSI Study Material chapter, ensuring syllabus fidelity and eliminating redundant study

The book comprehensively covers both Drafting & Conveyancing and Pleadings & Appearances, exactly as examined by ICSI:

• Part I – Drafting & Conveyancing
• Types of Documents
• General Principles of Drafting
• Laws relating to Drafting and Conveyancing
• Drafting of Agreements, Deeds and Documents
• Drafting of Commercial Contracts
• Documents under the Companies Act 2013
• Art of Opinion Writing
• Commercial Contract Management
• Part II – Pleadings & Appearances
• Judicial and Administrative Framework
• Pleadings
• Art of Advocacy and Appearances
• Applications, Petitions and Appeals under the Companies Act 2013
• Adjudications and Appeals under SEBI Laws
• Appearance before other Regulatory and Quasi-Judicial Authorities
• Each topic is illustrated exclusively through exam-tested questions, ensuring that students practise only what has demonstrated examination relevance

The structure of the book is as follows:

• Front-loaded Analytics Section comprising:
• Chapter-wise Marks Distribution
• Previous Exams Trend Analysis
• Chapter-wise Comparison with ICSI Study Material
• Chapter-wise Question Compilation, where each chapter includes:
• Past examination questions segregated by attempt
• Fully solved answers reflecting professional drafting style and legal sequencing
• Practical and descriptive classification as per the ICSI pattern
• Logical Progression from Drafting Fundamentals to Advanced Pleadings, mirroring the way ICSI tests conceptual depth and professional application