The Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi Foundation is inviting submissions for their 1st Essay Competition.
About the Organisation
The Foundation was inaugurated on 27 November 2022, at the India International Centre, New Delhi. Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation founded in memory of Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi. The Foundation aims to promote legal thought and discourse towards judicial education, legal reform, judicial impact assessment, and judicial conscientiousness.
About the Competition
The Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi Foundation is inviting submissions for their 1st Essay Competition.
Topic
Our Constitution and the Idea of Therein
Eligibility
Third Year and fourth-year students of law
Formatting Guidelines
- Word limit: 3500- 4000 words (exclusive of footnotes)
- Font: Times New Roman, Font size: 12
- Line spacing: 1.5 Inch; Margin: Justified
- Citation style: Harvard Bluebook Citation Style, 21st Edition
Submission Guidelines
There shall be two levels of scrutiny for the entries submitted by the participants.
- First – The JAKT Foundation seeks assistance from your esteemed University in shortlisting ten (10) best essays through an internal assessment. The nodal officer may facilitate the selection of ten (10) best essays from received entries/submissions. Each essay/entry shall be judged on a score of 50 points, i.e. 10 points each for the five (5) parameters mentioned above.
- Second – All shortlisted entries, received from the participating Universities, will be scrutinized by our esteemed panel of High Court judges and/or Senior Advocates. Each essay/entry shall be judged on a score of 50 points, i.e. 10 points each for the above-mentioned heads.
- The cumulative score of a participant at both levels (50 + 50 = 100) will then be considered to decide the winners.
General Guidelines
- Each entry must be the original and previously unpublished work of the participant.
- Universities are requested to check the entries for plagiarism. Any submission that is found to be plagiarised beyond 10% ought to be disqualified from the competition.
- Participants are cautioned that using AI Tools such as ChatGPT shall also invite disqualification from the competition.
- Quotations of only up to 250-300 words are allowed out of the total word count (not less than 3500 and not more than 4000 words).
- All entries must be anonymised with a code assigned to each entry. The Universities are requested to maintain a record of the entry codes. The code will be as follows – JAKTF-acronym of the participating university-entry number in seriatim, e.g. if the entry has come from an NLU the code shall be – JAKTF-NLU-I; JAKTF-NLU-II; and so on.
- Participants shall not include their names in the submission’s text in any form.
Awards
- In all, there will be three winners i.e. First, Second and Third places, who shall each receive cash prizes of INR 40,000/, INR 30,000/- and INR 25,000/- respectively.
- Additionally, there shall be two special awards for mention-worthy entries, if any. The said two entries shall be awarded a cash prize of INR 10,000/- each.
- The winners shall receive their awards and certificates at the 2nd Annual JAKT Foundation Memorial event to be held at Patna in November 2023. At the event, the winners will also be given 3 – 4 minutes each to speak briefly about their view on the topic.
- If required, each winner shall be given a return train ticket to attend the event.
- The stay and meals of the winners at Patna will be fully taken care of by the Foundation.
Important Dates
- The last date for submission of entries by the students to their respective Universities shall be May 30, 2023, latest by 11:59 p.m.
- The last date for submissions of the shortlisted entries by the respective Universities to the JAKT Foundation via email in pdf format shall be June 30, 2023, latest by 11:59 p.m.
Location
Patna, India.
Contact Information
In case of any queries, please reach out to contact[at]justiceajaytripathifoundation.org
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Source: Lawctopus
