NLU Tripura Journal of Law and Policy (NLUT-JLP), Vol. III, Issue III (Peer-Reviewed, Rolling Submissions)

The NLU Tripura Journal of Law and Policy (NLUT-JLP) is the flagship journal of National Law University Tripura, Agartala. It is an annual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes work on contemporary legal and policy questions at the local, national and international levels.

The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Pratap Singh, Professor of Law and Vice-Chancellor of NLU Tripura. The Editorial Advisory Board listed in the journal brochure includes Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. K. Sikri (former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and International Judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court), Prof. (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa (Vice-Chancellor, Chanakya National Law University, Patna) and Prof. Krishan Mahajan (Senior Advocate and Mediator, Supreme Court of India).

NLUT-JLP accepts submissions on a rolling basis. The call for papers states that submissions received on or before 31 May 2026 were considered for Volume II, Issue II, and that submissions received after that date are considered for Volume III, Issue III.

That cut-off has passed, so a manuscript sent now is in line for Volume III, Issue III. The journal has not published a separate closing date for that issue, and both the journal page and the submission guidelines confirm that review runs on a rolling basis.

The call invites original and unpublished manuscripts from scholars, faculty members, researchers, judges, professionals and students. The journal page describes the same audience as scholars, researchers, practitioners and policymakers.

Authors are asked to review the terms and conditions closely before submitting, to avoid rejection on formal grounds.

• Research Articles: 8,000 to 10,000 words
• Case Comments: 3,000 words
• Legislative Reviews: 2,000 to 3,000 words
• Book Reviews: 2,000 to 3,000 words

All word limits are exclusive of footnotes, and the journal states that they are strictly enforced. The submission guidelines additionally list Interviews with legal and policy experts, practitioners and scholars at 3,000 words.

• An abstract of not more than 300 words, along with up to 6 keywords placed below the abstract
• A covering letter giving the title of the paper and the name, designation and institutional affiliation of the author or authors
• A solemn declaration of originality confirming the manuscript has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere
• No biographical information about the author anywhere in the manuscript itself, since review is double-blind

• MS Word, Times New Roman, font size 12 for the body, justified alignment
• Footnotes in Times New Roman, font size 10
• Line spacing of 1.5 for the main text and 1 for footnotes
• Title on the cover page in Times New Roman, size 16, centre aligned
• Citations must be uniform and in the OSCOLA format (4th edition), per the journal's official submission guidelines

After an initial screening, shortlisted submissions go through a double-blind peer review, and the final selection is based on that process. Authors receive an acknowledgement of receipt within 4 weeks of submission. The decision on acceptance rests with the Editorial Board and is final, and the Board reserves the right to reject a manuscript at the final stage.

Submissions with plagiarised content, copyright issues or AI-generated text are rejected outright. On sending a submission, authors agree to assign exclusive copyright in the work to NLUT-JLP, which may publish and reproduce it with due acknowledgement to the author.

The journal states that there are no fees for submission or publication.

Submissions are accepted in electronic form only, by email to nlut-jlp@nlutripura.ac.in, with the subject line "Submission for NLUT-JLP Journal".

One thing to watch: the call for papers poster prints the address as nlutjlp@nlutripura.ac.in without a hyphen, while the journal's own webpage, the submission guidelines and the brochure all give it as nlut-jlp@nlutripura.ac.in. The hyphenated address is the one carried consistently across the university's maintained pages and documents, so use that, and copy the poster version as well if no acknowledgement arrives.