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About Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (“IBBI”) is a statutory body established on October 1, 2016, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”). It is a key pillar of the ecosystem responsible for the implementation of the Code that consolidates and amends the laws relating to reorganization and insolvency resolution in the country.

IBBI promotes the development of, and regulates, the working and practices of insolvency professionals, insolvency professional agencies, insolvency professional entities, and information utilities in furtherance of the purposes of the Code.

About RGNUL Financial & Mercantile Law Review

RGNUL Financial & Mercantile Law Review (“RFMLR”) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, bi-annual law journal published by RGNUL since 2014. Ranked among the top ten most accessed law reviews in India by SCC Online, RFMLR is an initiative of the student community of RGNUL, which promotes research and debate in the areas of finance and economics emanating out of legal issues.

The Editorial Board of RFMLR has published eight volumes of the journal to date, in addition to two special issues, namely, Special Issue on GST Law and Special Issue on COVID-19, and is currently reviewing manuscripts for Volume IX, Issue I.

The Editorial Board operates a Blog on the official website of RFMLR, to publish scholarly, legal analysis in a shorter format to encapsulate a critical view on current and ongoing trends. The blogs include contributions from law students as well as notable guest authors and cover an array of topics from the diverse and multifarious areas of business and commercial laws.

About the Blog Series Competition

The Code is one of the most dynamic statutes enacted in the past decade and its implementation has unfolded numerous novel perspectives to the legal framework which highlight the existing lacunae and incertitude in the law. There is still room for novel discourse on the Code and in the broader field of insolvency.

The Blog Series Competition aims to further discourse on the practical and critical challenges faced by the insolvency regime in the country and offer novel and innovative solutions for such challenges.

The Editorial Board of RFMLR and IBBI invite students to submit manuscripts on the main theme to contribute to the discourse around insolvency and related issues. After reviewing all the manuscripts, the Editorial Board will select entries that will be published on the RFMLR Blog under the Insolvency Series.

About the Conference

The Blog Series Competition will be followed by a Conference where the officials from IBBI and other professionals from the field of insolvency would discuss emerging issues pertaining to the insolvency regime in India. The results of the Blog Series Competition will be announced during the Conference wherein the winners would present their research before the experts and the attendees.

This would not only give the attendees insights into the vital issues in insolvency but also give them a unique opportunity to interact with the experts from the field.

We welcome academics, practitioners, and students from all fields to attend the Conference on January 30, 2022.

Sub-Themes for Submissions

1. Evolving Position of Personal Guarantors to Corporate Debtors under the IBC Regime.
2. Areas of Improvement in the IBC vis-à-vis Stressed Assets Resolution.
3. Analyzing the Contours of Cross-Border Insolvency within the Indian Legal Framework.
4. Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Insolvency Resolution Process.
5. Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process for MSMEs.

Note: The aforementioned sub-themes are not exhaustive and simply illustrative in nature. Author(s) will be free to write on any other topic or issue falling within the ambit of the main theme.

Submission

The author(s) shall submit the manuscript along with the duly signed Certificate of Originality and Copyright (in the attached format) via the form latest by January 15, 2022.

No author is allowed to submit more than one manuscript.

The author(s) shall submit the manuscript in .doc or .docx format.

All queries shall be sent to the Editorial Board at submissions_rfmlr@rgnul.ac.in.

Eligibility

The Editorial Board of RFMLR and IBBI invite submissions for the Blog Series Competition from all students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate courses in Law, Commerce, Humanities, Business Administration, and Management.

Prizes

1. The selected entries will be published on the RFMLR Blog under the Insolvency Series.

2. Among the published entries, the top three will be awarded Certificates of Appreciation.

3. All the entries selected for publication will be awarded Certificates of Participation.

4. Cash Prize for Best/Winning Entry: ? 10,000/-

5. Cash Prize for Second Best/Runner-Up Entry: ? 5,000/-

6. The winning entry of the Blog Series Competition would be allowed to briefly present their research and interact with the experts during the Conference.

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of manuscripts: January 15, 2022

Intimation to authors of all shortlisted blogs and top entries: January 25, 2022

Deadline for Registration for Conference: January 29, 2021

Conference: January 30, 2022

Important Links

Submission Form – CLICK HERE 

Registration-  CLICK HERE

Contact Details

Mail to: rfmlr@rgnul.ac.in

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About the Legal Aid Society

Legal Aid Society of Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi is one of the prominent societies with Illustrious Convenors and Assiduous Members. With its plethora of reach among the society, it functions to meet the ends of justice, by curbing the legal atrocities and ambiguities.

The Society outreaches to the necessitous people and the community, to aid & spread legal awareness and legal education by acting as a harbinger of justice.

The Blog – Voices of Law, is one such platform edging legal education through its legal contours, thereby enlightening the lantern of knowledge.

Call for Blogs

Delhi University’s Legal Aid Society of Law Centre-II, Faculty of Law is inviting submissions for its blog ‘Voices of Law’ by way of a call for blogs.

Eligibility

Students/Faculty Members of all institutions as well as Ex-students of Law Centre II , Faculty of Law, University of Delhi are eligible to make their submissions.

Topics

• Right to be Forgotten
• Personal Data Protection
• Right to Privacy
• Anti- Paparazzi Law
• Information Technology Act

Formatting Guidelines

Authors wishing to contribute their work to LAS should ensure that their submission conforms & confines to the following guidelines:

• Word limit — 800-2500 words
• The work should not be plagiarized
• The submission should be an original unpublished work of the author(s) and should not be in consideration at any other forum. In case of any dispute, Law Centre – II or the University of Delhi are not liable for the professional misconduct of author(s)
• Document type- doc, docx
• Language- English(Global)
• Heading size- 14
• Body font- Times New Roman
• Body size – 12
• Footnote size – 10
• Citation Style – ILI citations and
• Footnotes (ILI Style, ILI Footning): The link to all the sources and documents cited should be included in the footnotes

NOTE: Kindly adhere to the aforementioned guidelines. If the submissions do not follow the format, they shall be rejected.

Review Policy

Legal Aid Society, LC-II adopts a hybrid approach to the skimming review process. The Blog’s prominent editors purport maximum discretion to the rejection or acceptance of any submission.

The author(s) should be called upon to undergo or alter the semantics, or any recollection to be made, if any, for successful publication.

Submission Guidelines

Those interested should email their submissions on the topics given to lc2legalaidsociety@gmail.com latest by December 30, 2021.

Students/Faculty members of all institutions as well as Ex- students of Law Centre-II are eligible to make their submissions. The submissions mailed after 11:59 PM on December 3th will be disqualified.

Submission Deadline

December 30, 2021

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About the Centre

The NUJS Centre for Sports Law and Policy (CSLP) was established in 2019 with the objective of fostering a culture of innovation, legal scholarship, and policy-making in the domain of Sports Law and its many interactions with the subjects.

The Centre aims to fill the void in the area of Sports Law and Policy at the national and international level by working on contemporary sports issues. This Centre will harness the potential of NUJS to contribute to the research and thought leadership of Sports Law. This discourse on law and policy will go a long way in bringing change in society, one step at a time.

Theme

Sports law and policy

The topics can either be about contemporary developments in the field of sports law and policy or any other legal aspect. The topic may include interactions of sports law and policy with other subjects.

How to Submit?

All manuscripts must be in MS Word format and should be sent to blog.cslp@gmail.com with the subject line ‘SUBMISSION’ along with the details of the author/s in the body of the mail.

Submission Guidelines

• The NUJS CSLP is accepting submissions on a rolling basis from those interested in the field of sports law and policymaking.
• The word limit for the Articles is 1500-2000 words excluding endnotes.
• Endnotes must be under the NUJS Law Review Citation Standard.
• Manuscripts must contain original and unpublished content of the author/s.
• Co-authorship of a maximum of 2 persons will be allowed.
• All submissions will be reviewed by the editorial team to check originality, quality of arguments, structure and citations before publication and may be accepted or rejected on any of these grounds.

Contact Details

Mail to: blog.cslp@gmail.com

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Eligibility

Contributions are welcome from students, scholars, academicians, and legal practitioners.

Submissions Details

• Submissions must be original. By submitting an article, the author undertakes that it has not been submitted, accepted or published elsewhere.
• Submissions must be in Word Format (.doc or .docx) to bloggcls@gmail.com.
• The maximum number of co-authors permitted is two.
• The manuscript should be free from any art work or border lines. The authors are also requested not to mention their personal details in the manuscript, instead, it should be mentioned in the body of the email.
• All submissions made for the blog via. email will be acknowledged on its receipt within a period of 2-3 working days from the date of submission. Authors are requested to be kindly co-operate.

Word Limit & Styling

• The maximum word limit is 1500 words.
• All relevant sources must be hyperlinked. In case no hyperlink is available for a reference, use of endnotes is recommended. Speaking endnotes and footnotes are discouraged.
• 12′ for text and 10′ for End notes – TIMES NEW ROMAN; 1.5 LINE SPACING; Justified.

Author Details

• Submissions made via email shall necessarily contain the following in the body of the email: Name of the Author, Institution/Organisation of affiliation, Year of Study (If applicable), Short Bio (Not exceeding 50 words).

Review

• Submissions for the blog shall be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• Receipt of submissions shall be conveyed at the earliest.
• The Editorial Board may take upto 02 weeks for the review of submissions.
• For any editorial changes suggested after preliminary acceptance, the author is requested to respond at the earliest.
• These changes made by the author will then be subjected to another review. Final decision regarding the acceptance/rejection will be conveyed only after this process.
• Due to high volume of submissions, the email response time shall be longer than expected.
• Relaxation or changes in any rules is subject to the discretion of the Editorial Board.
• Editorial Board has full discretion to reject articles at any stage.

Confidentiality

• Every submission undergoes a blind review whereby the Editors during the review are not apprised of any information of the authors including but not limited to their name or institutional affiliation.
• Any attempts to vilify this protocol of blind review shall lead to immediate rejection of the manuscripts. All queries and concerns must be directed through the official GCLS email ID only. Further, under no circumstances should the authors reach out to any Editorial Board member(s) in their personal capacity.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject such manuscripts at any stage.

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About the Society for Advancement of Criminal Justice

The Society for Advancement of Criminal Justice (SACJ) at the National University of Juridical Sciences is a premier academic society working in the field of Criminal Law and its allied disciplines.

Since its inception in the year 2005, the Society has focused on fostering a conducive environment to promote discourse in the field of Criminal Law. This discourse is aimed to be promoted through talks, lectures and panel discussions by dignitaries related to this field, as well as by organising various academic competitions and focusing upon academic writing.

About the Blog

The SACJ runs a blog that contains notes, articles, news updates and case briefs on contemporary issues in the fields of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and allied themes. The blog is comprehensive and is updated regularly. The blog can be accessed here.

Call for Blogs

The submissions can be centred around any theme relating to Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and its allied avenues and can cover both domestic or international perspectives. However, the piece submitted should not be a mere reiteration of the existing literature or framework, and the author(s) should try to be novel in their ideas.

Co-authorship

Co-authorship is allowed for up to 2 authors.

Plagiarism Policy

The work submitted must be original, unpublished and not under review on any other platform. Any form of plagiarism will result in an automatic disqualification. Before submitting any piece, it is requested to refer to our ‘Conditions for Publication’ dealing with our submission policies regarding plagiarism, copyright infringement and ownership provided on the website which can be found here.

Publication Fee

There is no publication fee for the approved works.

How to Submit?

All the submissions must be mailed to sacjblog@nujs.edu and must be in word format (‘.doc’s or ‘.docx’).

Guidelines for Publication 

The word limit of the blogs submitted shall ideally be within 2000 words (excluding footnotes). However, we shall be flexible with the word limit if the submission quality is up to the mark. Case Comments must ordinarily range between 1500 – 3000 words. Essays can be submitted on  specific themes related to contemporary issues. The word limit shall be restricted to 6000 words articles can range anywhere between 3000 – 6000 words. 

Formatting Guidelines

For more details regarding formatting and submissions guidelines, please visit this page.

Timeline for Review

The authors will get feedback maximum within 10-15 days post the submission of their piece. The author(s) can request for an expedited review if they feel the topic is of pertinent contemporary importance and might lose its relevance if the review is delayed. The editorial board might accept/reject such requests of expedited review depending upon the feasibility.

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About Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (“RGNUL”) is an autonomous National Law University (“NLU”) that was established in 2006 and has garnered a pan-India reputation as a stellar institution for legal research and education. It is the only NLU to have been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an ‘A’ grade and is amongst the four NLUs to have been granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission.

RGNUL has been ranked among the top 10 law schools in India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

About RGNUL Financial & Mercantile Law Review

RGNUL Financial & Mercantile Law Review (“RFMLR”) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, bi-annual law journal published by RGNUL since 2014. Ranked among the top ten most accessed law reviews in India by SCC Online, RFMLR is an initiative of the student community of RGNUL, which promotes research and debate in the areas of finance and economics emanating out of legal issues.

The Editorial Board of RFMLR has published eight volumes of the journal to date, in addition to two special issues, namely, Special Issue on GST Law and Special Issue on COVID-19, and is currently reviewing manuscripts for Volume IX, Issue I.

The Editorial Board operates a Blog on the official website of RFMLR, to publish scholarly, legal analysis in a shorter format to encapsulate a critical view on current and ongoing trends. The blogs include contributions from law students as well as notable guest authors and cover an array of topics from the diverse and multifarious areas of business and commercial laws.

About Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (“IBBI”) is a statutory body established on October 1, 2016, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“Code”). It is a key pillar of the ecosystem responsible for the implementation of the Code that consolidates and amends the laws relating to reorganization and insolvency resolution in the country.

IBBI promotes the development of, and regulates, the working and practices of insolvency professionals, insolvency professional agencies, insolvency professional entities, and information utilities in furtherance of the purposes of the Code.

About the Blog Series Competition

The Code is one of the most dynamic statutes enacted in the past decade and its implementation has unfolded numerous novel perspectives to the legal framework which highlight the existing lacunae and incertitude in the law. There is still room for novel discourse on the Code and in the broader field of insolvency.

The Blog Series Competition aims to further discourse on the practical and critical challenges faced by the insolvency regime in the country and offer novel and innovative solutions for such challenges.

The Editorial Board of RFMLR and IBBI invite students to submit manuscripts on the main theme to contribute to the discourse around insolvency and related issues. After reviewing all the manuscripts, the Editorial Board will select entries that will be published on the RFMLR Blog under the Insolvency Series.

About the Conference

The Blog Series Competition will be followed by a Conference where the officials from IBBI and other professionals from the field of insolvency would discuss emerging issues pertaining to the insolvency regime in India.

The results of the Blog Series Competition will be announced during the Conference wherein the winners would present their research before the experts and the attendees. This would not only give the attendees insights into the vital issues in insolvency but also give them a unique opportunity to interact with the experts from the field.

We welcome academics, practitioners, and students from all fields to attend the Conference on January 30, 2022.

Sub-Themes for Submissions

1. Evolving Position of Personal Guarantors to Corporate Debtors under the IBC Regime
2. Areas of Improvement in the IBC vis-à-vis Stressed Assets Resolution
3. Analyzing the Contours of Cross-Border Insolvency within the Indian Legal Framework
4. Alternative Dispute Resolution for the Insolvency Resolution Process
5. Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process for MSMEs

Note: The aforementioned sub-themes are not exhaustive and simply illustrative in nature. Author(s) will be free to write on any other topic or issue falling within the ambit of the main theme.

Submission Procedure

• The author(s) shall submit the manuscript along with the duly signed Certificate of Originality and Copyright (in the attached format) via this form latest by January 15, 2022.
• For detailed submission guidelines, please refer to the brochure attached.

Important Dates

• Deadline for submission of manuscripts: January 15, 2022
• Intimation to authors of all shortlisted blogs and top entries: January 25, 2022
• Deadline for Registration for Conference: January 29, 2021
• Conference: January 30, 2022

Important Links

• Link for Registration Form.
• Submission Form for Manuscripts for the Blog Series Competition is here.    

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About the CCL Blog

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 two-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)
• Ms. Rashmi Deshpande (Partner, Tax Laws, Khaitan & Co.)
• 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.

Charges

There shall be no processing or publication fee.

Contact Details

Mail to: ccl@nluo.ac.in

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About RGNUL student research reviews

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.

1. Privacy and data protection in a pandemic
2. Benefits vs harms of processing medical and health data
3. The proportionality test: treading the line between national security and the individual right to privacy
4. Privacy and AI 
5. Data for good and the commodification of individual data
6. Social Media and Privacy 
7. Need for reform in the laws regulating surveillance in India
8. The growth of biometric data collection and surveillance 
9. Comparative Analysis with international standard

Submission guidelines

1. All submissions must be in Garamond, font size 12, spacing 1.5. 
2. Referencing: 
   1. Manuscripts must include hyperlinks for relevant legal sources and other information, including any laws, treaties or other legal texts which are mentioned.
   2. 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. 
   3. 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.
3. Margins: Left 1 Inch, Right 1 Inch, Top 1 Inch, and Bottom 1 Inch. 
4. 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.
5. 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. 
6. The entries should be submitted only in .doc/.docx format. 
7. 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.
8. 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. 
9. E-certificates from RSRR and CIS will be awarded to the authors of each published blog. 
10. Co-authorship up to a maximum of two persons is permitted. 
11. The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions or views stated in the submitted Manuscript. 
12. 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. 
13. 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. 
14. All moral rights shall vest with the author(s). 
15. The manuscripts not abiding to the above guidelines are subject to rejection. 

Submission procedure 

All the submissions must be made through the Google 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 15^th January, 2022.

Contact Details

Mail to:  submissionsrslr@rgnul.ac.in

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About the Call for Blogs

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

1. 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. 
2. Submissions must be made in MS Word format only. There must be no hint of the authors’ identity in the word document submitted.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Co-authorship of up to two authors is permitted.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

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About RGNUL Student Research Review

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.

1. Privacy and data protection in a pandemic
2. Benefits vs harms of processing medical and health data
3. The proportionality test: treading the line between national security and the individual right to privacy
4. Privacy and AI 
5. Data for good and the commodification of individual data
6. Social Media and Privacy 
7. Need for reform in the laws regulating surveillance in India
8. The growth of biometric data collection and surveillance 
9. Comparative Analysis with international standard

Submission Guidelines

1. All submissions must be in Garamond, font size 12, spacing 1.5. 
2. Referencing: 
   1. Manuscripts must include hyperlinks for relevant legal sources and other information, including any laws, treaties or other legal texts which are mentioned.
   2. 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. 
   3. 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. 
3. Margins: Left 1 Inch, Right 1 Inch, Top 1 Inch, and Bottom 1 Inch. 
4. 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.
5. 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. 
6. The entries should be submitted only in .doc/.docx format. 
7. 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.
8. 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. 
9. E-certificates from RSRR and CIS will be awarded to the authors of each published blog. 
10. Co-authorship up to a maximum of two persons is permitted. 
11. The author(s) bear sole responsibility for the accuracy of facts, opinions or views stated in the submitted Manuscript. 
12. 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. 
13. 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. 
14. All moral rights shall vest with the author(s). 
15. 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.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVu5WFt7LJwPstg4AW4gY5RYsKOQLKqFRn0qWLJgvyLeOznQ/viewform

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 January 15, 2022. 

Note: There will be no fees charged at any stage, i.e., registration, processing of the blog and publication.

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