First Adv. Vijayaraghavan Memorial National Essay Competition, 2019

School of Legal Studies Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala is organising First Adv. Vijayaraghavan Memorial National Essay Competition, 2019.

Topic:

• Reintroduction of „Adultery‟ into the Indian Penal Code, 1860 – A Step in the Right Direction?


• Constitutional Validity of Section 377 of IPC – A Debatable Issue


• Section 376(2) of IPC: A Draconian Provision?

Who can apply?

• The Competition is open to all students pursuing under-graduate (three/five year) or post-graduate law degrees from any law school/university/college recognized by the Bar Council of India.


• Only one submission per author shall be entertained.

Submission Guidelines:

• The participants have to submit an essay on ANY ONE of the listed themes


• All submissions shall be in English language


• All essays should be original work of authors and any submission that is found to be plagiarized shall be disqualified from the Competition.


• Participant shall not include his/her name or affiliation in the submission ‟s text in any form. The same shall be provided in a cover letter accompanying the essay.


• All essays should be accompanied with a cover letter with the following details:
  
  
  
  • Name of Participant:
  
  
  • Year and Course (UG/ PG):
  
  
  • University Name:
  
  
  • Institutional Address (For delivery of certificate):
  
  
  • Contact Number
  
  
  • Email id.
  
  
  
  


• Any previously published entry would not be permitted. A declaration to that effect should be accompanied with the submission.


• Co-authorship is not allowed.


• The word limit for the essay is 4000 – 5000 words excluding footnotes accompanied with an Abstract of 250- 300 words.


• Submission shall be made ONLY in PDF format.


• A soft copy of the submission has to be mailed to vmnec.sls@gmail.com


• Subject of the e-mail should be “Submission: VMNEC, 2019 – Theme of the paper”.

Important Deadlines:

• Last Date of Submission of the Essay: January 15th, 2019 (11:59 pm)


• Declaration of the results: February 20th, 2019 (World Day of Social Justice)

Prizes:

• First Prize: Rs. 12,000/-


• Second Prize: Rs. 7,000/-


• Third Prize: Rs. 3,000/-


• The top three submissions shall be published in Cochin University Law Review [CULR] and the top ten submissions shall be given merit certificates.

For any queries contact:

• Arathi Ashok, 9847982918


• Aneesh V. Pillai, 8606558242

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