Call for participation in The Second ILS National Alternate

Judgment Writing Competition 2015-16

Eligibility
Any Law College or Law University can send only one entry.
The team of student researchers shall consist of 3 members. The student authors of the alternate
judgment shall be pursuing the 5-year or 3-year law course.
The Competition
The competition will have two rounds:
First Round All alternate judgments received will be assessed, and 5 will be selected for the
second round. Each of the 3 members of the teams shall author any two of the below mentioned
parts of the judgement:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

Relevant Legislations
Position in other jurisdictions
The arguments of the petitioner;
The arguments of the respondents;
Issues
Reasoning of the court

The members shall specify which parts have been authored by them in their entries.
Second Round 5 selected teams shall make oral presentations of their drafts in the ILS Law
College, before a distinguished panel of jury. By draw of lots the roles of the team members can
be switched. This is done to assess team-work and a thorough understanding of the judgement by
all team members.
The selected teams will be informed by 1st week of February 2016. The teams shall be given a
reasonable period of time to prepare for oral presentations.

The Alternate judgment

The subject of the alternate judgment writing is the Supreme Court order in D.K. Aruna v. Sate
of Telangana and ors [Writ Petition No. 512/2015]. A copy of the mentioned order has been
attached. The teams may refer to the following link for further details of the order;
http://www.livelaw.in/sc-refuses-to-entertain-petition-to-include-women-in-state-cabinets/
The alternate judgment may be submitted as follows:
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Language- English
Word limit - 4000 words (including foot notes)
Format MSWord
Font - Times New Roman
Font size- 12 for text, 10 for footnotes
Page numbers bottom center
A cover page stating the name of the competition, the name of your institution and the
names of student authors, with the signatures of each student author
The alternate judgment shall begin on the next page.
Do not state any matter in the alternate judgment (except the cover page) that might
reveal your identity or of your institution.

Marks
Statement of facts

20 Marks

Statement of rival contentions and framing of issues

40 Marks

Citing of relevant laws viz. case-law, statutes, positon in other jurisdictions and 40 Marks
opinions of jurists
Critical analysis and problematizing the judgment and analytical reasoning

40 Marks

Presentation, style, clarity, appearance, and over-all impression

10 Marks

Oral Presentation

100
Marks

Registration
To register for the competition
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Prepare and print the alternate judgment

Pay registration fees of Rs.500/- by Demand Draft drawn on a nationalized bank in favor
of Principal, ILS Law College

Prepare a covering letter by typing in Bold the Title of the Competition as Subject. This
letter shall contain the details of the Student Researchers of the team and should be
signed by the Head of the Institution or Department, stating
o the name of your institution,
o email and local address of your institution

o names, emails, mobile / telephone numbers of each student author,

o Photographs and signatures of each student author.
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Post the copy of the alternate judgment, Demand Draft and covering letter to the
following address: Principal, [in the care of Centre for Public Law], ILS Law College,
Law College Road (Chiplunkar Road), Pune 411004, Maharashtra State, India.

Also send a Scanned Copy of your DD and a soft copy of your alternate judgment in
MSWord format by email to centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com, with Second Alternate
Judgment 2016 in the subject of the mail.

The Printed and Soft Copy of the Draft of the Alternate judgment and DD of Rs. 500/must reach us on or before 1 December 2015.

Particulars of prizes
To organise this contest Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Trust is pleased to provide the financial
assistance. The amount of awards is as follows:
S. No
1
2
3

Particulars
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize

For details contact:

Faculty-coordinator
Dr. Sanjay Jain centreforpubliclaw@gmail.com
Student Coordinators
Aishwarya Gupta 8806516757
Gauri Shidhaye 9920265547
Manav Mutneja 8698063435
Akrity Abhilasha 9561780236

Amount (Rs.)
10,000
8,000
5,000