Bennett University has been established by the ‘Times Group’, India’s largest media conglomerate through Act No. 24 of 2016 passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
About the School of Law
Bennett University established the School of Law with a vision to strive for excellence in teaching, research and advocacy towards Justice for all by shaping thought leaders in public policy of National and International dimensions.
About Competition
Law and Technology have often shared a unique relationship. Not only does law seeks to govern various operational aspects in the usage of technology, it has also used technology for the purposes of its implementation. Technological advancements have often posed various challenges to the law which the latter is frequently struggling with. The School of Law, Bennett University is conducting its Fourth National Moot Court Competition from February 11 to 13, 2022 which revolves around this theme of law and technology focusing on the constitutionality of cryptocurrency. The Moot Court Competition aims to dwell upon this infamous relationship between Law and Technology and its implication on the legal system.
Eligibility
Only regular students enrolled in a 5-year integrated undergraduate law programme or 3-year graduate law programme are eligible to register for the competition.
Each team shall consist of two speakers and one researcher.
Registration Procedure
Teams shall register for the competition on or before 23:59 Hours, December 25, 2021 by sending an email with the subject ‘Registration for Bennett National Moot Court Competition 2022’ to bnmcc@bennett.edu.in after completing the online registration form.
The registration fee for the competition is Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand Only) per team.
The registration fee must be paid through NEFT payment mode and the scanned copy of the transaction receipt of the same must be sent in the registration email mentioned in clause (1) above. The following are the details of the bank account for payment of the registration fee-
Name of the Bank and Branch
HDFC Bank, Sector Omega I/P2
Account Name
Bennett University
Account Number
50200022532364
IFSC Code
HDFC0002845
A scanned copy of the Bona-fide Certificate of the Head of the Institution/Principal/Head of the Department/Dean certifying the team consisting of the three members are bonafide students of the respective institution is to be uploaded through the online registration form.
The IV Bennett National Moot Court Competition will be conducted in offline mode on the campus of Bennett University. However, the mode of conduct is subject to change into online mode if unavoidable conditions are posed by the Pandemic or if new standard operating procedures are issued by the Government.
Important Dates
Last Date of Registration: December 25, 2021
Last date for Request of Clarifications: December 29, 2021
Release of Clarifications: January 3, 2022
Memorial Submission (Soft Copy): January 12, 2022
Memorial Submission (Hard Copy): January 22, 2022
Results of Memorial Knockout Rounds: January 24, 2022
Dates for the Competition: February 11-13, 2022
Contact Information
Teams can contact the Organizing Committee via email at bnmcc@bennett.edu.in or contact the following student members of the Moot Court Committee: –
About the School of Legal Studies, Om Sterling Global University
The School of Legal Studies, Om Sterling Global University was established in 2019 and is approved by the Bar Council of India, New Delhi. The stature of the School of Legal Studies is as big as its strength and has a legacy in terms of its research and academic work.
About the Moot
The School of Legal Studies is organizing International Virtual Moot Court Competition 2021, scheduled to be held on January 28 and 29, 2021.
The present moot court competition shall be conducted with the objective to provide learning opportunities to the students. The School of Legal Studies, OSGU believes in imparting value-added education and thus present event shall help students in enhancing their research skills, writing and advocacy. The present moot problem is based on Constitutional Law and, Human Rights law.
Participation Guidelines
Eligibility Criteria: Students enrolled in a full-time Law Degree Programme i.e. Five-Years Integrated Law Degree Programme or Three-Year B Programme at the time of the competition are eligible to participate in the Competition.
Each Law College/Law School/Law University shall nominate Only One Team. Thus Only One Team will be eligible to participate from an Institution.
The approval of the team for participation must be communicated undersigned by the Head/Chairperson/Principal/Dean of respective Institute and must be attached in the registration form( Enclosed as Annexure A) . The format of approval letter is enclosed herewith as Annexure B.
Team Composition: A team shall be comprised of Three Members i.e. Two Speakers and One Researcher. The Teams shall identify the speakers and researcher during registration and mention it too in the Approval Form.
Official Language: The official language of the Competition shall be English and Hindi
Dress Code: The teams are required to follow a strict dress code as prescribed by the Bar Council of India for Advocates.
The Team Codes shall be allotted to the participants after their initial On the day of Orientation Program the draw of lots shall be conducted.
How to Register?
The participants as a team are requested to register online from December 15, 2021 through this Google form link – Apply Now. After this initial registration, team codes shall be allotted and communicated on mail provided in the Form by the participants.
The registration fees of Rs. 750/- shall be paid later online and a copy of the receipt must be sent to mail i.e. mootcourt@osgu.ac.in. Only after payment of registration fees along with memorial submission, participation of teams shall be confirmed and same shall be communicated to given mail-in registration form.
Name of the Account Holder : Om Sterling Global University
Name of the Bank: HDFC Bank
Account Number: 50200040224861
IFSC Code: HDFC0000155
Important Dates
Commencement of Online Registration: November 26, 2021
Last date for Online Registration: December 25, 2021
Last date for seeking clarifications: January 5, 2022
Release of final Clarifications: January 15, 2022
Last Date for Submission of soft copy of memorials along-with payment of registration fees: January 20 , 2022
Orientation, Prelims & Quarters: January 28 , 2022
Semi-finals, Finals, Valedictory & Prize distribution: January 29 , 2022
Awards and Certificates
Winning Team: Rs. 10,000
1st Runner Up: Rs. 5,000
Best Speaker: Rs. 3,000
Runner Up Speaker: Rs. 2000
Best Researcher: Rs. 2,000
Best Memorial: Rs. 2,000
E-certificates of participation shall be awarded to the participants within 1 week of the completion of the Moot Court Competition.
The Centre for Corporate Law is an initiative of National Law University Odisha, Cuttack that strives to promote interdisciplinary research in corporate law, and related fields like insolvency laws, securities law, etc. The Centre for Corporate Law among other endeavours runs the ‘CCL Blog’.
The CCL Blog is a three-tier peer-reviewed and open-access blog that aims to bolster research within academia and the legal fraternity on contemporary issues pertaining to corporate law and its allied areas. At the same time, the blog seeks to publish content that keeps its readers abreast with updated information and analysis.
Editorial Board
The Blog’s Editorial Board includes distinguished members from the industry which include:
Ms. Anajana Potti (Partner, Banking & Finance, J. Sagar Associates)
Mr. Anish Jaipuriar (Partner, Tax Laws, Kaitan & Co.)
Mr. Anshuman Sakle (Partner, Competition/Antitrust Law, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas)
Mr. Ketan D. Parikh (Senior Counsel, Arbitration, High Court of Bombay)
Ms. Neeti Shikha (Head, Centre for Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Manesar)
Mr. Steven Levitsky (Merger Clearance and Antitrust Counseling Manhattan, New York, United States)
Call for Blogs
CCL is pleased to invite well-researched blogs on a rolling basis. Submissions can be in the form of articles, opinions, case comments and short notes on topics revolving around ‘Corporate and Commercial Laws’.
Topics
Submissions can be made within the ambit of ‘Corporate or Commercial Laws’. For the convenience of the authors, they include inter alia:
Banking and Finance Laws
Commercial Arbitration
Company Law
Competition/Antitrust Laws
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Mergers and Acquisitions
Securities and Capital Markets
Tax Laws
Eligibility
The CCL Blog invites blogs from students, practitioners, researchers, academicians, policymakers and other stakeholders in the legal field.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be the original work of the contributor and should not have been published or sent for publication elsewhere.
Co-authorship is permitted up to 2 authors.
Citations may be included either by adding footnotes (OSCOLA) or hyperlinking the reliable internet source in the main text itself.
Further, if the author relies on a specific part of a document to support an argument, pinpoint citations must be included.
Authors are advised to keep their articles concise and precise to enhance the effectiveness of their posts. The word limit should ideally range from 1200 – 1500 words (excluding footnotes).
Submissions should not contain advertising or marketing material. Posts summarising (and possibly linking to) alert memos and similar current awareness pieces prepared by law firms and other service providers will not be considered for publication.
Submissions should not contain any offensive, abusive, derogatory or potentially defamatory content.
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is the statutory university established by the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 and is the seventh National Law School in order of its establishment in India.
The University is recognized by the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university is located at Gandhinagar, which is the capital of Gujarat State within India and is located around 23 kilometres north of the city of Ahmedabad.
Submission Guidelines
The GNLU Journal of Law and Technology encourages paper submissions focusing on the amalgamation of any area of technology and law.
GNLU Journal of Law and Technology is a bi-annual journal open for submissions from academicians, practitioners, research scholars and students.
Co-authorship is allowed to a maximum of 2 authors. However, co-authorship is not allowed in case of Case Comment, Legislative Comment and Book Review.
Manuscript must not be currently before another journal for consideration.
Articles must not be previously published in English.
Plagiarism of any sort will result in immediate disqualification of the submission.
The manuscript shall be free from all grammatical and spelling errors.
The submission of the files shall be in the Microsoft Office (doc./docx) formats only.
The submission must contain an abstract (not more than 500 words) and at most 5 keywords.
The submission must necessarily be accompanied with a ‘Conclusion’ putting forth the authors’ views and opinions on the subject matter.
The submission shall consist of cover letter and main document.
The Cover Letter addressed to the Chief Editor shall include the details like Name of Author(s); Contact Details – Address, Email and Mobile No. of Author(s); Name and Address of Institution of Author(s); Academic Qualifications / Affiliations of Author(s); Conflict of Interest Statement and Financial Declaration by Author(s) {in case of sponsored studies}.
The main document shall not contain any author identification like name(s), affiliation(s), and any acknowledgement(s).
The name of the author(s) shall not be there in the file properties of the main document.
The title, abstract or the keywords shall not be removed from the main document.
Book Reviews/Case Commentary/ Short Notes (2000-3500 words, excluding footnotes).
The word limit prescribed shall be adhered to.
Formatting and Citation Style
The body of the manuscript must be in the font “Times New Roman”, font size 12, line spacing 1.5 and alignment “justify”.
All footnotes must be in Font “Times New Roman”, font size 10, line spacing 1.
All submissions must follow the OSCOLA style.
Spell out acronyms on first reference following by the abbreviated term in parenthesis.
The numbering against the heading (1., 2., ….) / sub-heading (1.1, 1.2, …..) shall be in the decimal number format system.
The heading shall be kept bold and the sub-headings shall be kept in italic.
Non-conformity could be a ground for rejection.
How to submit?
All submissions must be made to gjlt@gnlu.ac.inwith the subject “Manuscript Submission for GNLU Journal of Law and Technology”.
The submissions with the journal are open throughout the year and manuscript(s) will be considered for any particular issue based on the completion of the review process and the availability of space in a particular volume of the journal.
The ICFAI University, Jharkhand is a part of ICFAI Group, well known for its quality of education and ethics. It is the first Private University that was set up in Jharkhand, as per the State Legislative Act and is recognized by UGC, as per Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956. The University offers a range of Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programs in Engineering, IT, Law and Management disciplines.
About the Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law – FOL, a constituent of the ICFAI University, Jharkhand with an objective of developing a new generation of legal professionals through the comprehensive and contemporary body of knowledge in integrating law with management.
About the Moot Competition
The Moot Proposition is based on Cyber Law. The problem also covers all aspects of Data Privacy and Contemporary changes that took place regarding the regulation of Data.
Eligibility
Students of 3-year or 5-year integrated law degree or of postgraduate law courses from any University/Law School/College/Department are eligible to participate in the Competition.
2 teams can participate from the same University/Law School/College/Department.
Language
The official language for the Moot Court Competition shall be English only.
Participation & Registration Procedure
The teams interested in participating are required to confirm their participation by filling up the Google form. To register for the moot competition, click on the link given at the end of this post.
Registration Deadline
The last date of registration is December 10, 2021 (11:59 PM).
Gautam Buddha University, established by the Uttar Pradesh Act (9) of 2002, commenced its first academic session at its 511 acres lush green campus at Greater Noida in August 2008. The University is recognized by the University Grants Commission under UGC Act and is a member of the Association of Indian Universities.
General Rules of PN Mathur National Moot Court Competition
The PN Mathur National Moot Court Competition is open to all bona fide regular students enrolled in any undergraduate law course or its equivalent in any University or Institute within or outside India recognized by the Bar Council or State Government or Central Government as the case may be.
Each team shall comprise three members i.e. two speakers and one researcher. A team may also be comprised of two members i.e. two speakers only. The composition of the team shall not be changed once a team has registered under any circumstances whatsoever.
The members of the team must be designated as either ‘Speaker’ or ‘Researcher’ and such designation shall be conveyed to the Administrators at the time of registration. No researcher under any circumstances shall be allowed to present any arguments during the Oral Rounds.
Changes in the aforementioned designations shall not be made without a request by the responsible Faculty in Charge or Head of the Institution or Department of the Team seeking such change, as the case may be.
The discretion to allow or disallow such change shall solely rest with the administrators depending upon the reasonability of the cause shown, stage of the Competition, and compliance with the aforementioned rules.
No additional member or team coach besides the three or two members, as the case may be, shall be recognized as a participant and be allowed to attend the Oral Rounds.
Due to the pandemic, the organizers are unsure whether the event will be offline or online. If the situation allows it will be organized offline otherwise it will be conducted online.
Note: In the case of online mode, your additional accommodation fees will be refunded to your respective bank accounts.
How to register?
Interested teams are required to register by sending the following information latest by December 31, 2021, through e-mail with the subject “Registration- GBU National Moot Court Competition” at mootcourtsocietygbu@gmail.com :
Name of the Institution or University
Correspondence of Institution or University
Details of Participants:
Speaker 1: Full Name, Contact, E-mail
Speaker 2: Full Name, Contact, E-mail
Researcher: Full Name, Contact, E-mail iv. Duly filled Registration Form
Registration Fee:
For each participating team consisting of 3 members (500 each participant for accommodation): Rs 1500/-
Total: Rs. 3,000/- to be submitted through Demand Draft, Cheque, or online mode.
The teams for registration are required to send a scanned copy of the Registration Form (PDF Format Only) duly signed and sealed by the Head of the Institution or Department along with the scanned copy of Demand Draft or Cheque drawn in favour of “Gautam Buddha University” latest by January 5, 2022, on mootcourtsocietygbu@gmail.com
The teams are required to send the hard copies of the registration form along with payment by way of Any Online mode via post or by hand to the Administrators latest by January 10, 2022, on the following correspondence: The Dean (I/C), School of Law, Justice, and Governance, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida
The receipt of hard copies of the Registration Form along with the payment to the aforementioned address only shall confirm the participation of a team in the competition.
An acknowledgement of the receipt of required documents shall be mailed to the respective Team Members and concerned Faculty along with Team Code Number.
Communication with any one of the Team Members shall be deemed to be communication to the entire team for the purposes of this Competition.
The administrators shall not be responsible for any error or discrepancies in the details and the Registration Form, in which case the details given in the latter shall prevail.
Payment Details
Payment mode can be NEFT/RTGS/Google Pay/PhonePe/PayTM/UPI Transfer/BHIM in favour of Gautam Buddha University
Bank Name: Punjab National Bank
Bank Branch: GBU, Greater Noida
Account Number: 6660000100000025
IFSC Code: PUNB0666000
NOTE: Please attach the screenshot and transaction ID in the registration form.
Important Dates
Last Date for Registration: December 31, 2021
Last Date for the Submission of Memorial: January 15, 2022
Last Date for sending the hard copies of Memorial: January 20, 2022
Last Date for seeking clarifications: January 10, 2022
Orientation & Draw of Lots for the Preliminary Rounds: February 4, 2022
The RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal (formerly RGNUL Student Law Review) is a bi-annual, student run, blind peer reviewed journal based at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. It is a flagship law journal of RGNUL managed by the students of the University. It was founded with the objective of facilitating novel ideas and a research conducive environment.
RSRR consistently publishes dedicated Blog Series on niche and contemporary legal issues. RSRR regularly engages the student community, as well as legal practitioners, to contribute to the legal discourse on various topics. The RSRR Blog Series was also named one of the top 25 Constitutional Law Blogs by Feedspot for the last two years.
About the Centre for Internet and society
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
Call for blogs
In the age of digitalisation and the internet, issues of data protection and privacy have come to the forefront. Discourse and jurisprudence on the right to privacy have been evolving with time, with developments and rapid advancements in technology constantly posing new privacy concerns.
A landmark moment came in 2017, with the decision of a nine judge bench in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, which led to the right to privacy being declared a fundamental right. Subsequently, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, intended to protect the personal data of individuals, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2019. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is reportedly considering including the protection of non-personal data within the ambit of the Bill. The report of the Committee is expected to be presented to the Parliament during the 2021 Winter Session. A new draft of the 2019 Bill is expected to be presented before the Parliament soon.
Privacy concerns have once again been in the limelight recently after reports alleged that the Pegasus software was being used to spy on hundreds of people all over the world including numerous in India. The Supreme Court of India, while ordering an independent probe into the allegations, noted that surveillance infringes on the right to privacy of an individual. One of the most important questions presented here was where does an individual’s right to privacy lie in the larger context of national security.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
Suggested Sub themes
These sub themes are merely illustrative. Submissions need not be restricted to this list, as long as they fall within the ambit of the main theme.
Privacy and data protection in a pandemic
Benefits vs harms of processing medical and health data
The proportionality test: treading the line between national security and the individual right to privacy
Privacy and AI
Data for good and the commodification of individual data
Social Media and Privacy
Need for reform in the laws regulating surveillance in India
The growth of biometric data collection and surveillance
Comparative Analysis with international standard
Submission guidelines
All submissions must be in Garamond, font size 12, spacing 1.5.
Referencing:
Manuscripts must include hyperlinks for relevant legal sources and other information, including any laws, treaties or other legal texts which are mentioned.
The hyperlinks must only link to legal or reliable/respected news sources. The sources shall only be linked to primary sources. Hyper-linking to secondary sources may lead to re-corrections required from the authors.
Only relevant legal sources that cannot be accessed online may be cited through endnotes. The endnotes should be in Garamond, font size 10, single-spaced. All endnotes must be in the Chicago Style. In order to help with the review process please use endnotes only if absolutely unavoidable.
Margins: Left 1 Inch, Right 1 Inch, Top 1 Inch, and Bottom 1 Inch.
Word limit for each post is 1500-1800 words (exclusive of endnotes). Articles exceeding the word limit shall be accepted subject to the discretion of the Board. If accepted, they shall be published in two parts.
Authors are required to provide an abstract of 100-150 words along with keywords that represent the essence of the submission. The abstract is to be submitted along with the article itself in the same document as of the blog submission.
The entries should be submitted only in .doc/.docx format.
Entries selected, after the Peer Review process by CIS, shall be published on the RSRR website. Some of the entries selected by the Peer Review process will be cross posted on the CIS website, after more detailed feedback with the authors and copy editing conducted by CIS. The authors’ whose posts are selected for publication on the CIS website will also be provided a honorarium of 5,000 INR.
The manuscripts which are selected by the Board shall be replied to within 21 days of the submission. In case no reply is received from the Board within 21 days, the article shall be deemed to be rejected.
E-certificates from RSRR and CIS will be awarded to the authors of each published blog.
Co-authorship up to a maximum of two persons is permitted.
The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions or views stated in the submitted Manuscript.
Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited. RSRR follows the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018.
Copyright of all blog posts published on the RSRR website shall remain with RGNUL Student Research Review. Copyright of all blog posts published on the CIS website shall remain with RSRR and the author. The same shall be subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) Licence.
All moral rights shall vest with the author(s).
The manuscripts not abiding to the above guidelines are subject to rejection.
Submission procedure
All the submissions must be made through theGoogle Form. Any submission made via any other mode than the one suggested or even via mail shall not be considered.
Submission Deadline
The last date for submissions for this Series is 15th January, 2022.
The NLUJ Centre for Intellectual Property Studies Blog invites submissions by way of a Call for Blogs on a rolling basis from students, researchers, policy-makers, academicians, lawyers, and all who are committed to our objective of furthering discussion and research on Intellectual Property law and its intersection with other laws. The blog posts submitted may be in the form of short articles, short notes, opinions and case comments.
The submissions may be related to any contemporary concern or debate relating to intellectual property and its allied fields including, but not limited to, biotechnology, cyberspace, environment, space law, competition law, human rights, trade or any other such related field which may have an interface with intellectual property.
Submission Guidelines
The article should be an original work of the author and unpublished in any other journal or blog. The NLUJ CIPS Blog has a strict policy against plagiarism. All submissions are to be mailed to nlujcipsblog@gmail.com.
Submissions must be made in MS Word format only. There must be no hint of the authors’ identity in the word document submitted.
The sources may be cited in the form of hyperlinks within the main body of the submission. In case this is not possible, the sources may be cited as end notes.
The content should be written in Garamond Font with a size of 12 for the main body and 10 for the end notes. Line Spacing is to be maintained at 1.5. All footnotes should follow the OSCOLA format.
Co-authorship of up to two authors is permitted.
The submissions should be within the word limit of 1500-2500 words. However, the same would be relaxed if imperative to maintain the quality of the submission. The submissions will be accepted by the Blog on a Rolling basis.
The authors shall receive an Acknowledgement e-mail on the receipt of the article by the Editorial Board and a confirmation of acceptance/ rejection of submission once the submission is reviewed and a decision is made thereupon.
On submission to the Blog, an exclusive license to publish the work is granted by the author to the Centre for IP Studies till a decision over publication is taken. This license will expire for those articles which are not published by the Blog. For those published, the author grants an unlimited assignment over the reproduction, communication to the public and translation rights over the work.
Review Policy
Each submission shall undergo a two-stage internal review process. Our editors reserve the absolute discretion to approve or reject a post for publication. For a post to be successfully published on the blog, the author/s may be required to alter the language/grammar, justify author(s) position on the law and reply to the comments of the reviewing editors.
Submission Procedure
The authors are requested to include the following details in the body of the email: Name of Author(s), Year of Study (if applicable), and Institution or Organisation of affiliation.
You may also include a short bio of around 40-50 words.
The RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) Journal (formerly RGNUL Student Law Review) is a bi-annual, student-run, blind peer-reviewed journal based at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.
It is the flagship journal of RGNUL managed by the students of the University. It was founded with the objective of facilitating novel ideas and a research conducive environment.
About the RSRR Blogs
RSRR consistently publishes a dedicated Blog Series on niche and contemporary legal issues. RSRR regularly engages the student community, as well as legal practitioners, to contribute to the legal discourse on various topics. The RSRR Blog Series was also named one of the top 35 Constitutional Law Blogs by Feedspot.
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on the internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open-source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.
Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.
Call for Blogs
In the age of digitalisation and the internet, issues of data protection and privacy have come to the forefront. Discourse and jurisprudence on the right to privacy have been evolving with time, with developments and rapid advancements in technology constantly posing new privacy concerns.
A landmark moment came in 2017, with the decision of a nine-judge bench in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, which led to the right to privacy being declared a fundamental right. Subsequently, the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, intended to protect the personal data of individuals, was introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2019.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is reportedly considering including the protection of non-personal data within the ambit of the Bill. The report of the Committee is expected to be presented to the Parliament during the 2021 Winter Session. A new draft of the 2019 Bill is expected to be presented before the Parliament soon.
Privacy concerns have once again been in the limelight recently after reports alleged that the Pegasus software was being used to spy on hundreds of people all over the world including numerous in India. The Supreme Court of India, while ordering an independent probe into the allegations, noted that surveillance infringes on the right to privacy of an individual. One of the most important questions presented here was where does an individual’s right to privacy lie in the larger context of national security.
Social media is currently considered as one of the biggest threats to individual privacy. Actions of social media giants recently have highlighted these issues. Facebook’s name change to “Meta” has brought the concept of a shared virtual space called the “Metaverse” to the forefront, which is expected to operate parallel to the real world. Such a world would require huge amounts of data for its operation, giving rise to issues related to users’ personal data and privacy rights.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp launched its new privacy policy which raised concerns regarding the ability of social media companies to collect and misuse user data in the garb of user consent even though no real choice has been provided to users.
This blog series aims to critically analyse the legal and regulatory framework surrounding the right to privacy and the legality of the surveillance. We welcome submissions from legal practitioners, academicians, students, and members of the legal fraternity.
Sub-themes
These sub-themes are merely illustrative. Submissions need not be restricted to this list, as long as they fall within the ambit of the main theme.
Privacy and data protection in a pandemic
Benefits vs harms of processing medical and health data
The proportionality test: treading the line between national security and the individual right to privacy
Privacy and AI
Data for good and the commodification of individual data
Social Media and Privacy
Need for reform in the laws regulating surveillance in India
The growth of biometric data collection and surveillance
Comparative Analysis with international standard
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be in Garamond, font size 12, spacing 1.5.
Referencing:
Manuscripts must include hyperlinks for relevant legal sources and other information, including any laws, treaties or other legal texts which are mentioned.
The hyperlinks must only link to legal or reliable/respected news sources. The sources shall only be linked to primary sources. Hyper-linking to secondary sources may lead to re-corrections required from the authors.
Only relevant legal sources that cannot be accessed online may be cited through endnotes. The endnotes should be in Garamond, font size 10, single-spaced. All endnotes must be in the Chicago Style. In order to help with the review process please use endnotes only if absolutely unavoidable.
Margins: Left 1 Inch, Right 1 Inch, Top 1 Inch, and Bottom 1 Inch.
Word limit for each post is 1500-1800 words (exclusive of endnotes). Articles exceeding the word limit shall be accepted subject to the discretion of the Board. If accepted, they shall be published in two parts.
Authors are required to provide an abstract of 100-150 words along with keywords that represent the essence of the submission. The abstract is to be submitted along with the article itself in the same document as of the blog submission.
The entries should be submitted only in .doc/.docx format.
Entries selected, after the Peer Review process by CIS, shall be published on the RSRR website. Some of the entries selected by the Peer Review process will be cross posted on the CIS website, after more detailed feedback with the authors and copy editing conducted by CIS. The authors’ whose posts are selected for publication on the CIS website will also be provided a honorarium of 5,000 INR.
The manuscripts which are selected by the Board shall be replied to within 21 days of the submission. In case no reply is received from the Board within 21 days, the article shall be deemed to be rejected.
E-certificates from RSRR and CIS will be awarded to the authors of each published blog.
Co-authorship up to a maximum of two persons is permitted.
The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions or views stated in the submitted Manuscript.
Plagiarism in any form is strictly prohibited. RSRR follows the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018.
Copyright of all blog posts published on the RSRR website shall remain with RGNUL Student Research Review. Copyright of all blog posts published on the CIS website shall remain with RSRR and the author. The same shall be subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) Licence.
All moral rights shall vest with the author(s).
The manuscripts not abiding to the above guidelines are subject to rejection.
Submission link
All the submissions must be made through the link given below.
About Journal of Global Research and Analysis (JGRA)
JGRA is a peer-reviewed bi-annual journal that aims to promote the most original and scholarly research. It is published by the Geeta Institute of Law (GIL) under the aegis of K. R. Education Society, Panipat.
Theme
There are no specific themes for writing a paper for JGRA. JGRA invites well-researched, quality contributions to Contemporary issues in the legal field.
Moreover, as the journal encourages the multi-disciplinary approach, such submissions will be preferred.
Types of Submissions
JGRA is accepting submissions from academicians, legal professionals, research scholars and students in the following categories:
Long Articles (4000-7000, inclusive of footnotes): Contributors in this category are intended to extensively engage with a particular legal issue of contemporary relevance while recognizing the lacunae and providing possible suggestions.
Essays/Short Articles (3000-5000, inclusive of footnotes): This category targets at the precise analysis of a legal problem that poses serious reconsideration in the present social scenario.
Case and Legislative Comments (2500-3000, inclusive of footnotes): Authors are intended to present a critical approach to the contemporary legal pronouncements and legislative actions.
General Guidelines for Submission
Long and short articles must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 200 words.
There can be a maximum of two authors in one submission.
All manuscripts must be submitted in English language only.
The research paper must be original and unpublished work of the author(s).
The manuscript must be drafted in Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, justified alignment (except the title and ‘abstract’ caption which should be centrally aligned).
Citation format: Journal will strictly follow the ILI Rules of Footnoting (available on the website of ILI, New Delhi). The footnotes must be type written in the font Times New Roman, font size 10, line spacing 1.0 and justified alignment.
All entries should be submitted in .doc or .docx format.
Any plagiarism shall attract immediate disqualification.
Note: Manuscripts having more than 10% plagiarism will be outrightly rejected and therefore will not be reviewed.
How to Submit?
All the submissions must be sent in .doc format through electronic mode only by sending an email to editorjgra@geeta.edu.in with the subject of mail as “Submission for Volume 10 (II) of JGRA”.
All the contributors are also required to submit a cover letter containing the following information:
Name of the author (s)
Designation of author (s)
Affiliation of the author (s)
Contact number
Title of the paper
The authors are also required to submit a declaration of originality and previously unpublished work. The declaration can be found attached as Annexure I.
Submission Deadline
For Volume 10 Issue II: The contributors have to submit their research work on or before December 15, 2021.
