11th DD Basu Essay Writing Competition by NUJS and The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy [Cash Prizes Upto Rs. 95k]: Submit by Jan 20!

Submissions are invited for the eleventh DD Basu Essay Writing Competitors by NUJS and The Vidhi Centre for Authorized Coverage. Submit by Jan 20!

In regards to the eleventh DD Basu Essay Writing Competitors

Dr. Basu was a distinguished Choose of the Calcutta Excessive Court docket. He was additionally a member of the Union Legislation Fee. His commentary on the Structure of India, written over twenty years in the past, remains to be used extensively as the first treatise on constitutional legislation throughout India.

Dr Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan (1985), Nationwide Citizen’s Award (1991) and was additionally honored with an Honorary Fellowship of Asiatic Society, Calcutta (1994). He has authored among the most authoritative and reputed works on the Structure of India. Yearly, up to date subjects of constitutional significance are chosen for the Competitors.

The themes within the earlier years have ranged from the precise to protest throughout the ambit of Half III of the Structure to the usage of constitutional energy to disqualify an individual from contesting democratic elections. This 12 months, the theme has been chosen towards the backdrop of understanding delimitation and its challenges and controversies in India.

Theme

Understanding Delimitation in India: Constitutional Controversies and Challenges

In regards to the Constitutional Legislation Society

The Constitutional Legislation Society (‘CLS’) is an instructional society constituted in 2012 by college students and our school advisor, the previous Vice-Chancellor, to help in understanding Constitutional Legislation. Its goal is to additional data and create a supportive surroundings for educational discussions and ideas about constitutional issues.

The CLS has efficiently organised a number of occasions, together with quizzes, mock parliaments, and discussions by eminent students on subjects of constitutional legislation of latest in addition to historic relevance. Prior to now, we’ve hosted luminaries within the area, comparable to Ok.Ok. Venugopal, Upendra Baxi, and Catherine MacKinnon, amongst others.

In regards to the Vidhi Centre for Authorized Coverage

The Vidhi Centre for Authorized Coverage is an impartial, not-for-profit suppose tank devoted to bettering governance and creating higher legal guidelines for the general public good by way of high-quality, peer-reviewed authorized analysis. Since its institution, Vidhi has labored carefully with the Authorities of India, state governments, and public establishments to tell coverage making, draft laws, and drive impactful reforms.

Its contributions embody important work on the chapter ecosystem, the information safety invoice, and repealing discriminatory legal guidelines, amongst others. Guided by values of non-partisanship, analysis excellence, and independence, Vidhi continues to form the authorized and coverage panorama in India.

In regards to the Essay Competitors

The theme goals to spark essential discussions on probably the most important but complicated features of India’s democratic framework. Delimitation, which entails redrawing electoral boundaries to make sure honest illustration, is crucial for upholding electoral fairness. 

Nonetheless, it additionally brings forth challenges round federalism, inhabitants dynamics, and constitutional mandates. This competitors offers a platform for members to investigate these intricacies, discover the historic and authorized contexts, and suggest modern reforms.

By encouraging scholarly engagement, the competitors seeks to contribute to the broader discourse on strengthening India’s democratic processes and fostering significant authorized and coverage developments.

Competitors Guidelines

The Competitors is open to all undergraduate college students of legislation faculties/departments of legislation of all Universities pursuing the 5-year-course or the 3-year-course. Co-authorship (of a most of two authors) is allowed. The co-authors could also be college students of various universities. There may be a number of members from the identical college.

Authors are inspired to slim down the broad theme by deciding on a particular side inside its realms to give attention to for a extra in-depth evaluation.

The Competitors doesn’t embody any registration charges.

The formatting specs for the essay are as such:

Font: Occasions New Roman

Font Dimension: 12

Spacing: 1.5

Margin: One inch on all sides

Paper measurement: A4

Minimal Phrase Restrict – 5000, Most phrase Restrict – 7000 (excluding footnotes, authors could keep away from utilizing talking footnotes).

Citations are obligatory and ought to be within the type of footnotes following a uniform format. The NUJS Legislation Evaluate Normal of quotation have to be adhered to.

All essay submissions shall bear a strict on-line plagiarism examine.

No identification marks ought to be discovered on any a part of the submissions.

Particular consideration might be positioned upon originality, applicability and feasibility of the arguments/ strategies made within the essay and the depth of analysis.

All groups/ members should ship digital copies of their essays in “.docx” (Microsoft Phrase) and “.pdf” codecs by e mail to clsvidhiessaycompetition@gmail.com by 11:59 PM on January 20, 2025.

It’s the duty of every Group to make sure that the “.docx” copy of the submission may be opened legibly with Microsoft Workplace 2010 or Microsoft Workplace 2007, and the “.pdf” copy of the submission may be opened legibly with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The “topic” of the submission e mail ought to learn “Submission for DD Basu Essay Writing Competitors 2024-25”.

Individuals shall additionally clearly point out their names, cellphone numbers, addresses, the names of their Faculty/College, the course undertaken, and their 12 months of research within the physique of the e-mail. The aforementioned particulars ought to solely be highlighted within the e mail and shouldn’t be part of the legislative draft.

Prizes

First place: INR 50,000 and a advantage certificates.

Second place: INR 25,000 and a advantage certificates.

Third place: INR 20,000 and a advantage certificates.

Contact

For any queries or clarifications, please e mail us at nujs.cls@gmail.com with the topic of the e-mail as “Clarifications- DD Basu Essay Writing Competitors”.