Legitimate Scrutiny, 3rd National Article Writing Competition 2023

About Legitimate Scrutiny

Legitimate Scrutiny is a new-age platform that unites Judges, Lawyers, Renowned Academicians, Entrepreneurs and Law Students together as a community. Expand your horizons of knowledge in the field of legal study with our numerous blogs, articles, research publications and informative videos. We present you the opportunity to get yourself published through our platform and reach people all over the world and exhibit your skills to a mass that takes interest in the same matters as you do. We organize writing and drafting competitions of all kinds regularly through which you can test your mettle. Compete against your peers and fellow writers and stand apart from the crowd.

Website- www.legitimatescrutiny.com

About the Event

Legitimate Scrutiny brings to you the opportunity to participate in their 3rd National Article Writing Competition and get yourself published on the Global Stage. In these trying times, when the entire world seems to be rigorously working hard to grow and enhance their skills, Team Legitimate Scrutiny hopes and prays for your safety and well-being. Whatever may be the circumstances, your progress, productivity and hard work shall not suffer in the face of adversity. Now, unlike ever before, you have the opportunity to test and your writing skills against worthy opponents from all over the nation, all from the comfort of your own home. This event gives all the participants a chance to bring out their thoughts and ideas regarding the legal sphere of our country. With topics and themes that are related to the contemporary legal scenario of India, you are sure to have an enlightening and self-educating experience while writing your article for this event. We urge everyone to keep their spirits high, utilize this precious time by discovering new avenues of the legal world and support our efforts with enthusiasm and vigor.

Themes

Reasonable Restriction on Freedom of Speech;
Post Pandemic Judicial Mechanism;
Fundamental Rights &Non-Citizens;
Ignorance of Law is No Defence;
Media Trail.

Prizes

• 1st Prize- 4,000 INR+Meritorious Certificate+15% Off on Journal publication.

• 2nd Prize- 2,000 INR+Meritorious Certificate+15% Off on Journal publication.

• 3rd Prize- 1,000 INR+Meritorious Certificate+15% Off on Journal publication.

• Top 12 Participants other than the Top 3 shall get FREE website Publication and 10% Off on any one manuscript Publication at our Partner Journal

  Publication + Certificate of Excellence.

• All the Participants shall get Certificate of Participation and 10% Off on Website.

General Guidelines

1. One article per participant/team is permissible;
2. Co-authorship up to 2 is allowed;
3. Article must be free from plagiarism and should be original;
4. The article must be in font; ‘Times New Roman’ having 1.5 line spacing and the body of the content should be of font size 12. However, the headings may be of font size 14, in all caps and the word limit is 2000 words. 20th blue book shall be followed for citations;
5. Submissions must be made in either ‘docx’ or ‘doc’ along with PDF format;
6. The authors should provide their details on a separate cover page containing their credentials and contact details;
7. For the purpose of submission, the student must send a mail on legitimatescrutiny@gmail.com;
8. Registration Deadline – 18th January 2023 11:59PM;
9. Submission date till 28th December 2023.
10. Registration Fee: single Author- 150 INR, Dual Author -250 INR

Marking Criterion

• Accuracy of citation;

• Citation formats (for instance the candidate if following bluebook or other such citation formats throughout their paper);

• How good did the candidate structured the whole article (that includes points on Introduction, argumentative stands and the conclusion drawn on the basis of the said argumentative stands);

• Material (research work, legal points, statutory point, anything authentic research to prove the said argumentative point);

• General guideline should be strictly followed.

• To register for the Legitimate Scrutiny National Article Writing Competition 3.0, Follow This Link -> https://bit.ly/3Z65Xyg by or before 18th of January 2023.

• Make the Payment of the Registration Fees via PhonePe at 8979377962 or to use other UPI apps, use our UPI ID 8979377962@ybl. (150 INR for Single Authorship and 250 INR for Co-Authorship.)

• Make sure to take a Screenshot of your payment and attach it at the end of your Google form