Call for Papers: Delhi Journal of Contemporary Law, Forthcoming Issue at Law Centre II, University of Delhi [online; deadline 7 November 2026]

The Delhi Journal of Contemporary Law (e-ISSN 2582-4570) is an online, peer-reviewed annual law publication of Law Centre II, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. It gives legal academicians, research scholars, judges, jurists and legal practitioners an opportunity to publish original work on important contemporary areas of law, and aims to promote discussion and awareness on current debates on law and public policy.

The Editorial Board invites Articles/Research Papers, Notes and Comments, and Book Reviews for its forthcoming issue.

• Academicians, Ph.D. scholars and legal practitioners can submit.
• LLM scholars can be co-authors only with academicians or legal practitioners.
• Papers of 3 Year LLB and 5 Year LLB students will not be considered.
• Multiple submissions by the same author(s) will not be considered. Only the first submission will be considered.

• Articles: above 6000 words (excluding footnotes and abstract).
• Notes and Comments: not exceeding 5000 words (excluding footnotes and abstract).
• Book Reviews: not less than 1500 words.
• All articles, notes and comments should carry a brief abstract of 250-300 words, with a minimum of four keywords.
• Not more than 2 co-authors. Where there is more than one author, the corresponding author details must be specifically mentioned.

• Text: Times New Roman, font size 12, spacing 1.5.
• Footnotes: Times New Roman, font size 10, spacing 1.
• Title of the paper: Times New Roman, bold, font size 14, centre aligned.
• Abstract: Times New Roman, font size 11.
• Headings: Times New Roman, bold, font size 12, centre aligned.
• Sub-headings: Times New Roman, italics, font size 12, left aligned.
• Avoid bullet points in the text of the manuscript; use small roman numbers instead.

Use footnotes instead of endnotes. Footnotes must conform strictly to the ILI style of footnoting. Non-adherence to the prescribed footnotes may lead to rejection of the paper.

All contributions must be the original work of the contributors and must not have been submitted for publication in any other journal. All submissions will strictly undergo the plagiarism test as per UGC Rules. AI generated texts will lead to rejection of the paper.

Submissions not as per the guidelines will be outrightly rejected.

Submit through the Google form linked in the call for papers. The submission deadline is November 7, 2026.