{"id":268805,"date":"2022-06-22T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=268805"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:57:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:27:27","slug":"10th-durga-das-basu-essay-writing-competition-submit-by-july-10-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/22\/10th-durga-das-basu-essay-writing-competition-submit-by-july-10-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"10th Durga Das Basu Essay Writing Competition [Submit by July 10, 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABOUT CLS<\/u><\/p>\n

The Constitutional Law Society (\u2018CLS\u2019) is an academic society constituted in 2012 by interested students and our faculty advisor, the former Vice-Chancellor, to assist in understanding Constitutional Law. Its objective is to further knowledge and create a supportive environment for academic discussions and thoughts about constitutional matters. The CLS has successfully organised several events, including quizzes, mock parliaments, and discussions by eminent scholars on topics of constitutional law of contemporary as well as historical relevance. In the past, we have hosted luminaries in the field, such as K.K. Venugopal, Upendra Baxi, and Catherine MacKinnon, among others.<\/p>\n

The CLS, in association with the D.D. Basu Trust organises an annual essay writing competition, currently in its 10th edition.<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE D. D. BASU ESSAY COMPETITION<\/u><\/p>\n

The Durga Das Basu Essay Competition (\u201cthe Competition\u201d) is held in memory of the eminent jurist and lawyer Shri Durga Das Basu (1910-1997). Dr Basu was a distinguished Judge of the Calcutta High Court. His Commentary on the Constitution of India, written over twenty years ago, is still used extensively as the primary treatise on constitutional law. Dr Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1985 and was nominated as an honorary fellow for the Asiatic Society in 1994. Every year, contemporary topics of constitutional significance are chosen for the Competition. The themes in the previous years have ranged from the right to protest within the ambit of Part III of the Constitution to the use of constitutional power to disqualify a person from contesting democratic elections. This year, the topic has been chosen against the backdrop of the need for sedition laws and their relevance in modern India.<\/p>\n

COMPETITION RULES <\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. The Competition is open to all undergraduate students of law colleges\/departments of law of all Universities pursuing the 5-year-course or the 3-year-course. Co-authorship (of a maximum of two authors) is allowed. The co-authors may be students of different universities. There can be multiple participants from the same university.<\/li>\n
  2. The Competition does not include registration fees.<\/li>\n
  3. The formatting specifications for the essay are as such:\n