Legal Aid Society, Faculty of Law, Integral University, is organising a National Article Writing Competition which will be held online in the second week of April, 2022.




The theme for the event is :- Dropping of Criminal Proceedings: A Case for Economic Fugitives.


Effective writing is a form of art, which only certain people possess. The main objective of article writing competition is to convey the thoughts of the writers and give information regarding a certain topic, which will prove to be helpful and provide knowledge to the students about different topics.

To convey the very idea of once perspective, a good article requires a lot of research information intertwined with suggestions and advices, through which the author believes to achieve the attention from its reader.

Rules of the Competition

1.The article must be written in English and submitted in Microsoft Word document format (.doc/.docx).
2.Co-authorship up to a maximum of two authors is permitted. 
3.Only one submission is allowed per author/team. Submissions, both as co-author and single, will be treated as multiple submissions and will be disqualified as an entry to the competition.
4.The following formatting specifications need to be strictly adhered to:
•Main Body: Font – Times New Roman, Font Size – 12, and Line Spacing – 1.5;
•Footnotes: Font – Times New Roman, Font Size – 10, and Line Spacing – 1.0 and footnotes must follow the Bluebook system of citation (APA, 20th edition).
•Margins should be 1 inch or 2.54 cm on all sides.
•The word limit is 2000 - 2500 words excluding footnotes.
•The article must contain an abstract, not exceeding 250 words (which would not be counted in the word limit for the article). It must indicate the theme/topic.
•Submission of articles will be at legalaidsociety@gmail.com
•The article must be accompanied by a cover letter containing the following information about the participant:
Full name of the participant;
Theme/Topic chosen;
Participant’s current year of study and name of the degree pursued;
Name and full address of the participant’s university;
Name and full postal address of the participant;
Phone number of the participant and email ID of the participant.

Note: 

1. The article must be original, unpublished and bona-fide work of the participant. Incomplete or plagiarized submissions shall be summarily rejected. The Similarity Index limit is 15% (excluding footnotes).

2.No part of the article should contain any form of identification of the participant such as the name of the author, University/College name, etc. on the article. Any form of identification will lead to disqualification.

1.Dropping of criminal charges and violation of Constitutional rights.
2.Negotiation: A plea agreements.
3.Accomplice and Dropping of Criminal charges.
4.Cooperating in a Bigger case.
5.Remedy: Mistake of Fact against Criminal proceedings 
6.Historical Perspectives of ADR in India 
7. Ad hoc Arbitration v Institution Arbitration - A critical analysis
8.Alternatives to Imprisonment. 

Link for registration 

https://forms.gle/EpvFPGLNu6ZtpKmQ7


Registration Fees - Rs. 50/- per team.
Last date for Registration - 30th March, 2022
Last date for submission - 14 April 2022.  

For any queries, contact
Faculty Coordinator
Mr. Ashraf Azami

Student Coordinators
Umar Saif Khan (9580380410) 
Ihtisham (6387409393)