CS Executive JIGL Chapter-wise Weightage: Marks From 6 ICSI Papers

Contract Law has the highest CS Executive JIGL weightage. It carried 93 of the 810 marks (11.5%) printed in ICSI's six Syllabus 2022 papers for Jurisprudence, Interpretation and General Laws, and never less than 15 in any one paper. In the two papers since ICSI cut four lessons, Constitution of India led instead, with 17.5 marks a paper against Contract's 15. Constitution of India (75), Crime and its Procedure (68) and Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation (63) come next. I counted all 190 sub-parts of Paper 1, December 2023 to June 2026: every JIGL paper ICSI has set under Syllabus 2022.

Contract, Constitution, Crime and Civil Procedure gave 199 of the 390 compulsory marks across the six papers. That is 51% of the marks you cannot skip.

TL;DR

• Contract Law led with 93 printed marks and had 15 or more in every paper.
• Civil Procedure, Crime and Contract had marks in the compulsory part of all six papers. Constitution had them in five.
• Evidence, Interpretation of Statutes and RTI had exactly 5 printed marks each in every paper. Evidence was always in a choice question.
• ICSI removed Specific Relief, Indian Stamp Law, Registration of Documents and Sale of Goods from December 2025. Since then, all 100 marks have come from the 14 current lessons.

What is the CS Executive JIGL chapter-wise weightage?

Over ICSI's six Syllabus 2022 JIGL papers, Contract Law carried the most marks (93), then Constitution of India (75), Crime and its Procedure (68) and Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation (63).

Method: I gave each of the 190 sub-parts in ICSI's six Syllabus 2022 JIGL papers (December 2023 to June 2026) to one lesson of ICSI's current 14-lesson study material, using the marks printed against it, and counted compulsory and choice-question marks separately. The papers are on ICSI's previous sessions question papers page.

Printed marks include both options of Questions 4 and 6, so each paper prints 135 marks and the six print 810. Marks per lesson over six papers, highest first:

• Lesson 13, Contract Law: 93 (11.5%).
• Lesson 2, Constitution of India: 75 (9.3%).
• Lesson 7, Crime and its Procedure: 68 (8.4%).
• Lesson 10, Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation: 63 (7.8%).
• Lesson 6, Civil Procedure: 53 (6.5%).
• Lesson 14, Negotiable Instruments: 50 (6.2%).
• Lesson 5, Law of Torts: 46 (5.7%).
• Lessons 1 (Sources of Law), 4 (Administrative Laws) and 12 (Information Technology): 45 each (5.6%).
• Lesson 9, Limitation: 43 (5.3%).
• Lessons 3 (Interpretation of Statutes), 8 (Evidence) and 11 (Right to Information): 30 each (3.7%).

Source: ICSI question papers, Executive Programme (Syllabus 2022) Paper 1, December 2023 to June 2026; lesson list from ICSI study material; Gradehunt analysis.

Another 94 printed marks (11.6%) were on topics outside the current 14 lessons: the four deleted lessons (Specific Relief, Stamp, Registration, Sale of Goods) plus Transfer of Property points. They are not one lesson, so I have kept them out of the ranking.

Where a part could fit two lessons, I chose the one that covers the point tested; moving any such part shifts a total by 5 marks at most.

Contract Law leads the count, and 13 of the 14 current lessons had marks in all six papers. The odd one is Negotiable Instruments, which had no question of its own in December 2023.

How is the JIGL paper structured?

All six papers have the same shape: 100 marks, three hours, six descriptive questions, and no MCQ part.

• Question 1: 20 marks, split into short parts of 2 to 4 marks.
• Questions 2, 3 and 5: 15 marks each.
• Question 4 or 4A: 15 marks.
• Question 6 or 6A: 20 marks.

The December 2026 paper is on Monday 21 December, 2:00 pm to 5:15 pm, including 15 minutes' reading time, as per ICSI's December 2026 time table.

Our CS Executive December 2026 time table post has the dates for every paper.

JIGL has 65 compulsory marks and two choice questions worth 35.

Which JIGL lessons are in the compulsory part every time?

Only three lessons had marks in the compulsory 65 in all six papers: Civil Procedure, Crime and its Procedure, and Contract Law. Constitution had compulsory marks in five; in December 2023 it appeared only in Question 4. Average compulsory marks per paper:

• Constitution 9.2, Crime 8.8, Contract 8.8, Civil Procedure 6.3.
• Torts 4.3; Administrative Laws, Information Technology and Negotiable Instruments 3.3 each; Limitation 3.0.
• RTI 2.5, Sources of Law 1.7, Interpretation 1.7, Arbitration 1.3, Evidence 0.

Source: the same six ICSI papers, Gradehunt analysis.

Question 1 tells the same story. Constitution had 10 of Question 1's 20 marks in four of the six papers, and Contract had 8 or 10 in three. December 2023 built Question 1 around one defamation story instead.

Arbitration looks large at 63 printed marks, yet it was compulsory only once, for 8 marks in December 2023. Evidence never reached the compulsory part.

The four big lessons hold half the compulsory marks. Arbitration and Evidence sit almost entirely in Questions 4 and 6, where you choose.

Which lessons did ICSI remove from JIGL?

ICSI's JIGL supplement for June 2026 deletes four lessons with effect from the December 2025 exam: Specific Relief, Indian Stamp Law, Registration of Documents and Sale of Goods. The study material went from 18 lessons to 14. ICSI posts each supplement on its supplements page.

The papers show the cut clearly. Marks printed on topics outside the current 14 lessons were 22 in December 2023, 20 in June 2024, 25 in December 2024 and 27 in June 2025. In December 2025 and June 2026 they were 0.

A student who had studied only the 14 current lessons could still reach 85 to 90 of 100 in the four older papers by choosing options. In the last two papers, all 100 marks came from those 14 lessons.

If your question bank predates December 2025, skip these four lessons and Transfer of Property points: they have carried no marks since the cut.

What changed in the paper after the cut?

Average printed marks per paper, the four papers before the cut against the two after it:

• Constitution 10.0 to 17.5.
• Crime 9.5 to 15.0.
• Civil Procedure 7.0 to 12.5.
• Information Technology 6.3 to 10.0, and Negotiable Instruments 7.5 to 10.0.
• Contract 15.8 to 15.0, and Arbitration 10.8 to 10.0.
• Interpretation, Evidence and RTI flat at 5.0.

Source: the same six ICSI papers, Gradehunt analysis.

Two papers are too few to call this a rule, but I would plan December 2026 on it.

Since the cut, Constitution, Crime and Civil Procedure gained the most marks, while Contract held steady at about 15.

Which updates apply for December 2026 and June 2027?

ICSI's notice dated 28 July 2026 says the JIGL study material for December 2026 is the edition updated till 30 November 2025. ICSI's December 2026 JIGL supplement then covers 1 December 2025 to 31 May 2026, with items under Lessons 2, 6, 9, 10 and 14.

• Lesson 2: Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd. v. B. Gurappa Naidu (SC, 30 April 2026) on the principles of Article 227.
• Lesson 6: B.S. Lalitha v. Bhuvanesh (SC, 15 May 2026) on res judicata between stages of the same litigation.

Write criminal-law answers under BNS, BNSS and BSA; every paper from June 2025 cites the new Acts. For June exams, ICSI applies amendments made up to 30 November of the previous year (study material, page iv), so June 2027 means up to 30 November 2026.

For December 2026, read the study material updated till 30 November 2025 with the December 2026 supplement, and cite the new criminal laws.

Which JIGL chapters should I study first for December 2026?

Before the 21 December paper, this is the order I would follow:

1. Learn Contract, Constitution, Crime and Civil Procedure to full-answer level. They gave 51% of the compulsory marks.
2. Cover Negotiable Instruments, Torts, Administrative Laws, Information Technology and Limitation next. Each had compulsory marks in three or four papers.
3. Prepare Evidence, Interpretation and RTI as short 5-mark answers. Each had one 5-mark part in every paper.
4. Prepare Arbitration and Sources of Law for Questions 4 and 6. Since June 2024 all of Arbitration's marks have sat in those choice questions, and so did 35 of Sources of Law's 45. Pick your side in the reading time, once you see both options.
5. Write the six past papers in three hours each. Check them against the answers in our ICSI guideline answers post.

In case-study parts, the answers I mark down most state the section and never apply it to the facts. Our post on answer writing for CS Executive law papers shows the format, and the CS Executive Tax Laws chapter-wise weightage uses the same count for Paper 7.

If you want your JIGL answers checked before 21 December, the Gradehunt CS Executive test series has full syllabus mock tests from Rs 199 per subject. You write by hand and upload, and each sheet is checked within 48 hours of upload, with marks and remarks.