AAI Law Officer Syllabus 2026: Subject-wise Details and Important Topics

Overview: Before you start preparing, you must understand the AAI law officer syllabus to make sure your efforts align with the position you want to target.  

• The AAI Law Officer Syllabus 2026 has two parts. Part A tests general knowledge, reasoning, numerical aptitude and English.  
• Part B tests law including the Constitution, the Indian Contract Act 1872, the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, administrative law, the four Labour Codes, the Companies Act 2013, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, the Airports Authority of India Act 1994 and the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024.  

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AAI Law Officer Syllabus 2026: Subject-wise Details 

Here's a quick overview of the AAI law officer syllabus before we get into the details.  

Part	Sections Covered	Level
Part A: General Ability	General Knowledge & General Awareness | General Intelligence & Reasoning | General Aptitude & Numerical Aptitude | English Language & Comprehension	Graduate
Part B: Law	Constitutional Law | Contract & Arbitration | Property & Procedural Law | Administrative Law | Labour & Industrial Law | Company, Partnership & Insolvency Law | Aviation & Corporation-Specific Law | Tenders & Public International Law	Professional law degree

AAI Law Officer Syllabus Part A: General Ability  

Part A tests four general areas at graduate level. AAI has not published a section-wise marks split for the Law post codes, so Part A should not be treated as a minor section. In comparable AAI law officer exam pattern, the general part has carried close to half the total marks.  

General Knowledge and Current Affairs 

This section tests current affairs from roughly the preceding twelve months, alongside static general knowledge.  

• Current affairs: national and international events, government schemes and policy announcements, key appointments, awards and honours, sport, and books and authors. 
• Static GK: Indian polity and governance, modern Indian history, Indian and world geography, the Indian economy, general science, and art and culture.  

Weight your current-affairs reading toward civil aviation and infrastructure. A recruiter's own sector is consistently over-represented in its general-awareness section, and this is the cheapest edge available on the paper.  

Track new airport commissioning and expansion projects, UDAN regional connectivity announcements, DGCA regulatory changes, AAI's own annual results and passenger-traffic milestones, and the rollout of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 and its draft rules.  

General Intelligence and Reasoning 

• Verbal reasoning: Analogies, classification, series completion, coding–decoding, blood relations, direction sense, ranking and ordering, syllogisms, statement and assumption, statement and conclusion, cause and effect. 
• Non-verbal reasoning: Figure series, pattern completion, mirror and water images, embedded figures, paper folding and cutting. 
• Analytical reasoning: Seating arrangements, puzzles, data sufficiency, and logical deduction. 

General Aptitude and Numerical Aptitude 

• Arithmetic: Number system, HCF and LCM, percentages, ratio and proportion, average, profit and loss, simple and compound interest, time and work, time speed and distance, mixtures and allegations  
• Algebra and Geometry: Basic algebraic identities, linear equations, mensuration, lines and angles, triangles, circles  
• Data Interpretation: Tables, bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts  
• Basic Statistics: Mean, median, mode, and elementary probability  

English Language and Comprehension 

• Grammar and Usage: Parts of speech, tense, subject–verb agreement, articles, prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, common errors. 
• Vocabulary: Synonyms, antonyms, one-word substitution, idioms and phrases, spelling. 
• Comprehension: Reading passages, para jumbles, sentence completion, cloze tests. 
• Written Expression: Précis writing, and clarity and coherence in expression  

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AAI Law Officer Syllabus Part B: Complete Legal Subject List 

Part B is the section that distinguishes this recruitment from a general PSU exam. The subjects below are drawn from AAI law officer syllabus, with current statute names and years.  

Constitutional Law 

• Preamble, and the nature of the Indian Constitution 
• Fundamental Rights: Articles 12 to 35, with emphasis on Articles 14, 19 and 21 
• Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties 
• Union and State executive, legislature, and their relations 
• Structure and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and High Courts 
• Writ jurisdiction: Articles 32 and 226 
• Emergency provisions, and amendment of the Constitution 
• Article 299: contracts by the Government of India (directly relevant to the tenders topic) 

Contract, Arbitration and Commercial Laws 

• The Indian Contract Act, 1872: Offer and acceptance, consideration, capacity, free consent, void and voidable agreements, contingent and quasi-contracts, breach and remedies, damages, indemnity and guarantee, bailment and pledge, agency 
• The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: Arbitration agreements, appointment and jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals, arbitral awards, setting aside awards, enforcement, and conciliation proceedings 
• The Specific Relief Act, 1963: Specific performance and injunctions (read alongside contract remedies) 

Property and Procedural Laws 

• The Transfer of Property Act, 1882: Transferable property, conditions restraining transfer, sale, mortgage, lease, exchange, gift, and actionable claims 
• The Limitation Act, 1963: Periods of limitation, computation, condonation of delay under Section 5, and the effect of acknowledgment Note: this statute is frequently miscited online as the "Limitations Act." Its correct name is the Limitation Act, 1963. Questions on it are almost always about specific limitation periods, so build a one-page table. 
• The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Jurisdiction, res judicata, parties to a suit, pleadings, summons, written statement, interim orders, decrees, execution, appeals, review and revision 

Administrative Law 

• Rule of law and separation of powers 
• Delegated legislation and its control 
• Principles of natural justice: audi alteram partem and the rule against bias 
• Judicial review: Gounds, and the scope of review of administrative action 
• Doctrines of legitimate expectation and proportionality 
• Administrative tribunals, and the Right to Information Act, 2005 
• Public interest litigation, and the concept of the State's liability 

Labour and Industrial Laws 

The four Labour Codes, in force from 21st November 2025: 

• The Code on Wages, 2019 
• The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 
• The Code on Social Security, 2020 
• The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 

Company, Partnership and Insolvency Laws 

• The Companies Act, 2013: Incorporation, memorandum and articles, share capital, directors and their duties, meetings and resolutions, corporate social responsibility, oppression and mismanagement, winding up, and the NCLT and NCLAT 
• The Indian Partnership Act, 1932: Formation, rights and duties of partners, authority of partners, dissolution, and registration; with an overview of Limited Liability Partnerships 
• The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016: Corporate insolvency resolution process, moratorium under Section 14, committee of creditors, resolution professionals, resolution plans, liquidation, and the waterfall under Section 53 

Aviation and Corporation-Specific Laws  

These are the acts that are the most important in Part B.  

• The Airports Authority of India Act, 1994: Constitution of the Authority, its composition and management, functions and powers, transfer of assets and liabilities, power to levy charges, powers of the Central Government, and accountability and audit provisions 
• The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024: Regulation of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export and import of aircraft; the statutory footing of the DGCA, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau; licensing; offences and penalties; and the appellate framework 

Tenders and Public International Law 

• Tenders and government contracting: The tender process and its stages, invitation to tender as an invitation to offer, earnest money and performance security, blacklisting, judicial review of tender decisions, and contracts by the Government under Article 299 
• Public International Law: Sources of international law under Article 38 of the ICJ Statute, treaties and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, the relationship between international and Indian municipal law, state jurisdiction and immunity, the United Nations system, and the settlement of international disputes  

Does the Syllabus Differ for Junior Executive (Law) and Manager (Law)? 

The syllabus itself is common to both posts. Both sit the same Computer-Based Test covering Part A and Part B, so everything above applies whichever post code you select.  

What differs is what happens after the CBT, and that should shape how you allocate your final two weeks:  

• If you are applying for Junior Executive (Law): There is no interview. The CBT is effectively the entire selection. Put everything into the paper.  
• If you are applying for Manager (Law): There is an interview after the CBT. From roughly week six, set aside two hours a week to prepare to discuss your three years of practice, and be ready for questions on aviation regulation, government contracting and the AAI Act.  

Make sure you prepare for AAI law officer exam according to right pattern and syllabus.  

Here are the key takeaways:  

• The AAI law officer syllabus has two parts: Part A (general knowledge, reasoning, aptitude, English) and Part B (law). Both posts sit the same paper. 
• There is no negative marking. Attempt every question; a blank scores the same as a wrong answer. 
• Two Part B subjects have changed. The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024 replaced the Aircraft Act 1934 from 1 January 2025, and the four Labour Codes came into force on 21 November 2025. 
• The AAI Act 1994 and the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam 2024 are the highest-yield topics on the paper relative to their length. Study them first. 
• Criminal law, evidence and jurisprudence are not in the published syllabus