West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences ‘s DD Basu Essay Writing Competition [Prize Worth Rs 10K]: Submit by July 10

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About the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences 

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS or NUJS) is one of India’s finest National Law Universites. Established in 1999, NUJS offers courses at under and postgraduate levels. It is in Salt Lake City of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

The university offers a five-year integrated B.A. LLB (Hons.) degree program, and an LLM program. Admission to the former program is through the Common Law Admission Test, a highly competitive, nationwide entrance examination, held jointly by fourteen of the nineteen national law schools. NUJS also offers MPhil, Ph.D., and diplomas in business laws and other programs, in addition to a number of online courses that attract students from 17 countries across the world.  

About the Constitutional Law Society, NUJS

The Constitutional Law Society (‘CLS’) is an academic society constituted in 2012 by interested students and our faculty advisor, the former Vice-Chancellor, to assist in understanding Constitutional Law. Its objective is to further knowledge and create a supportive environment for academic discussions and thoughts about constitutional matters.  

The CLS has successfully organised several events, including quizzes, mock parliaments, and discussions by eminent scholars on topics of constitutional law of contemporary as well as historical relevance. 

The CLS, in association with the D.D. Basu Trust organises an annual essay writing competition, currently in its 10th edition.

About the DD Basu Essay Competition

The Constitutional law society at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences is organising the annual DD Basu Essay Writing Competition on Desirability of Sedition Laws in Modern India.

The Durga Das Basu Essay Competition (“the Competition”) is held in memory of the eminent jurist and lawyer Shri Durga Das Basu (1910-1997). Dr Basu was a distinguished Judge of the Calcutta High Court.

His Commentary on the Constitution of India, written over twenty years ago, is still used extensively as the primary treatise on constitutional law. Every year, contemporary topics are released for the competition. 

The themes in the previous years have ranged from the right to protest within the ambit of Part III of the Constitution to the use of constitutional power to disqualify a person from contesting democratic elections. 

This year, the topic has been chosen against the backdrop of the need for sedition laws and their relevance in modern India.

Theme

Desirability of Sedition Laws in Modern India

Competition Rules

  1. The Competition is open to all undergraduate students of law colleges/departments of law of all Universities pursuing the 5-year-course or the 3-year-course. Co-authorship (of a maximum of two authors) is allowed. The co-authors may be students of different universities. There can be multiple participants from the same university.
  2. The Competition does not include registration fees.
  3. The formatting specifications for the essay are as such:     
    1. Font: Time News Roman
    2. Font Size: 12     
    3. Spacing: 1.5     
    4. Margin: One inch on all sides     
    5. Paper size: A4
    6. Minimum Word Limit – 3500, Maximum word Limit- 5000 (including footnotes, authors may avoid using speaking footnotes). 
  4. Citations are mandatory and should be in the form of footnotes following a uniform format. 
  5. The NUJS Law Review Standard of citation must be adhered to.

Submission procedure

  1. All teams/ participants must send electronic copies of their essays in “.docx” (Microsoft Word) and “.pdf” formats by email to ddbasuessaywritingcompetition[at]gmail[dot]com by 11:59 PM on July 10, 2022. No extension will be granted with respect to the deadlines.     
  2. It is the responsibility of each Team to ensure that the “.docx” copy of the submission can be opened legibly with Microsoft Office 2010 or Microsoft Office 2007, and the “.pdf” copy of the submission can be opened legibly with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  3. The “subject” of the submission email should read “Submission for DD Basu Essay Writing Competition 2022”. Participants shall also clearly mention their names, phone numbers, addresses, the names of their College/University, the course undertaken, and their year of study in the body of the email. The aforementioned details should only be highlighted in the email and should not be a part of the legislative draft. 

Deadline

11:59 PM on July 10, 2022

Prizes & Awards

  • First place: INR 5000 and a merit certificate.
  • Second place: INR 3000 and a merit certificate.
  • Third place: INR 2000 and a merit certificate.

Note: No participation certificates will be issued.

Contact

In case of queries, write at ddbasuessaywritingcompetition[at]gmail[dot]com 


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