11TH EDITION OF D.D. BASU ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION, DEADLINE- 20 JANUARY 2025
Understanding Delimitation in India: Constitutional Controversies & Challenges
Prizes will be awarded to the top three submissions
Dr Basu was a distinguished Judge of the Calcutta High Court. He was also a member of the Union Law Commission. His commentary on the Constitution of India, written over twenty years ago, is still used extensively as the primary treatise on constitutional law across India. Dr Basu was awarded the Padma Bhushan (1985), National Citizen’s Award (1991) and was also honored with an Honorary Fellowship of Asiatic Society, Calcutta (1994). He has authored some of the most authoritative and reputed works on the Constitution of India. 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 theme has been chosen against the backdrop of understanding delimitation and its challenges and controversies in India.
THEME: “UNDERSTANDING DELIMITATION IN INDIA: CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES AND CHALLENGES”
ABOUT THECONSTITUTIONAL LAW SOCIETY:
The Constitutional Law Society (‘CLS’) 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.
All teams/ participants must send electronic copies of their essays in “.docx” (Microsoft Word) and “.pdf” formats by email to [email protected] by 11:59 PM on January 20, 2025.
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