JCC Law Review, Vol. XI No. 1 (2026) [ISSN 2231-296X]: Constitutional Law

The JCC Law Review (ISSN 2231-296X) is the law journal of Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata, a government-sponsored law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta. The journal is named after Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri, a lawyer of the Calcutta High Court and the founder-editor of the legal journal Calcutta Weekly Notes.

The College is now inviting papers from academicians and research scholars for publication in Volume XI, No. 1 (2026).

The theme for Volume XI, No. 1 (2026) is Constitutional Law. The following sub-themes are illustrative, and authors are at liberty to submit papers pertaining to the main theme of the journal:

• Constitutional Morality
• Basic Structure Doctrine in Contemporary India
• Federalism, Decentralisation and Co-operative Governance
• Transformative Constitutionalism
• Judicial Review, Judicial Activism and Judicial Overreach
• Uniform Civil Code
• Challenges ahead: Digital Age, Climate Justice, Terrorism and Globalisation, Citizenship, Special Intensive Revision

Only academicians and research scholars are eligible to submit. Co-authorship of up to one (1) co-author is allowed.

The submitted article must be the original and previously unpublished work of the author.

• Length: around 5000 to 6000 words
• Format: MS Word (.doc or .docx)
• The manuscript must contain the title of the paper, an abstract, keywords and endnotes
• Main text: Times New Roman, size 12
• Endnotes: Times New Roman, size 10
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Citation style: Bluebook 21st edition

The official call states that strict adherence to the submission guidelines is required, failing which the submission is liable to be rejected.

No manuscript may disclose the identity of the author or authors, so as to enable anonymous screening and blind peer review.

A separate cover page must be submitted containing the title of the paper, the name of the author or authors, the affiliation of the author or authors, and a bionote.

Authors must submit a plagiarism report along with the manuscript. The accepted similarity index is not more than 10%.

Submissions are to be made by email to the official mail id of the journal, jcclawreview.articlesubmission@gmail.com, with the subject line Submission_JCCLR_ConstitutionalLaw_2026.

The last date for submission of articles is 10 August 2026.

Manuscript acceptance is contingent upon strict adherence to the submission guidelines and is subject to the final approval of the Review Committee. The official notice states that submission does not guarantee selection, as publication is strictly contingent upon a successful blind peer review.