Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies
established in the year 2013, is a centre of excellence in legal education
affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala and approved by the Bar
Council of India, New Delhi
About the Competition
The Gender Justice Forum
Committee of Bharata Mata School of Legal Studies is proud to announce a
national online essay writing competition. This competition is a platform for law students and budding lawyers of
the country to critically evaluate the contemporary legal issues.
Eligibility Criteria
Students pursuing LL.B. Integral/Unitary and
LLM course from any Law school/ college/ university affiliated in India are
eligible to participate.
Topic
Gender Justice and Uniform Civil Code
General Rules
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Authors
must strictly follow the guidelines failing which their submission may not be
considered.
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The
soft copy of essay must be emailed to administrators at gj@bsols.edu.in. The
submissions must be in both Word (.doc/.docx) and PDF (.pdf) formats.
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Every entry must
compulsorily include a covering letter from the Head of the institution with the Name of the student, Details of
Course and Semester, Name of the Institution, University, e-mail id, address
and mobile phone number.
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Language: English
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Word Limit: 4000 words
including footnotes
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All submissions must
be in Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5 line spacing and 1inch margin on
all side.
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Headings must be formatted
in Times New Roman, font size 14, with 1.5 line spacing, and must be bold.
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Subheadings must be
formatted in Times New Roman, font size 14, with 1.5 line spacing, and must be
underlined in Small Caps.
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Footnotes
must be formatted in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.
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All submissions made
shall conform to Bluebook 20th edition, citation standards.
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The name of the
document shall be the name of the student.
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The
essay should be the original work of the author & must not have been published
elsewhere.
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Any
form of plagiarism will result in disqualification of an essay. Plagiarism
higher than 25% shall be disqualified in the preliminary round of evaluation
Important Dates
Last Date for
submission: Sep.15, 2023
Results declaration: Oct.10,
2023
Prizes
First Prize: Certificate and cash prize of Rs.5,000
Second Prize: Certificate and cash prize of Rs.3,000
Third Prize: Certificate and cash prize of Rs.2,000
In addition to the
above, the top 10 entries will receive a Certificate of Merit.
EVALUATION OF ESSAYS
A
Panel of Evaluators shall be constituted to evaluate and select the winning
entries and the decision of the Panel shall be final and binding
1.
Every essay shall be evaluated on a scale of 100.
2.
The following shall be the criteria of evaluation:
Clarity
of Thought and Originality 20
Proper
and Articulate Analysis 20
Novelty
20
Organization
and Presentation 20
Grammar
and Language 20
Submission Guidelines
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The participants must
sent their entries
through e-mail.
Entries sent
without the covering letter from the
Head of
the institution will not be taken into consideration.
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Interested
participants may register for the competition first through the link provided.
- Entries have to be sent through email gj@bsols.edu.in
Miscellaneous
By participating in the competition,
the participants agrees to protect the administrators from and against any
claims, suits and consequences caused by any
claim of
copyright violation,
plagiarism or unauthorized use
The
administrators reserve the absolute rights to cancel, defer or postpone
indefinitely, the competition in an event accruing to any contingency, natural
or man-made.
In
case of any dispute, the decision of the organizers shall be final and binding
and is not liable to any clarification to any of the participants regarding
evaluation of his/her essay.
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