Call for Papers | Seminar on Delivering Justice to Women by School of Law, VIT [Cash Prizes Worth Rs.10k]: Submit by Sep 30

About VIT School of Law

VIT was established in 1984 under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956. The VIT School of Law (VITSOL), incepted in the year 2014 as a progeny of VIT University stands recognised as one of the best Law Colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu.

About National Commission for Women

The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Its main objective is to review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women, to recommend remedial legislative measures, to facilitate redressal of grievances and to advise the Government on all policy matters related to women.

About the Seminar

The event aims at identifying the real issues that hamper the realization of the objectives visualized while setting the Fast track courts in India, the level of support state machinery extends in the setting and functioning of Fast track courts, the level of awareness among the stake holders and to suggest measures to make the Scheme work successfully.

Objectives of the Seminar

To create and assess the level of awareness among the participants about the objective and utility of Fast track special courts.
To promote exchange of ideas on the problems encountered by the state machinery in establishing Fast track special courts as special platforms for speedy disposal of criminal cases against women and children.
To provide a forum for critical examination of the functioning of Fast Track Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu.
To share the views of the legal luminaries in identifying the issues that hamper the realization of objectives by setting up of Fast track courts.
To collaborate for discussion towards suggesting measures to make the Fast track special courts improve its efficiency and make the scheme function successful.

Theme

Role of Fast track Special courts in delivering justice to Women

Eligibility

All legal luminaries including Students of law and humanities, Academicians, Research Scholars, NGOs, members of the Bar and Bench, Investigating wing of the Police and the general public.

About Call for Papers

The seminar is open to and Research papers, Concept notes, Working papers relating to the theme of the Seminar are invited for discussion and participation.

Submission Guidelines

The Submissions are to be made in MS Word format only and are to be submitted through this link.
Font- “Times New Roman”, Font size –“12pt”, Line space-“1.5”
Reference should be in the 20th edition Harvard Bluebook.
Maximum of 2 authors permitted per submission.
Plagiarism in any form is strictly forbidden.