You, Amend Your Constitution! 5.0 by UPES School of Law, Uttrakhand

The Society for Constitutional Law and Human Rights (SCLHR), School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) is organizing You, Amend Your Constitution! 5.0 and is accepting registrations for the same.

About UPES School of Law

The School of Law, UPES was established in 2007 to produce competent legal professionals. Since then, it has been a pioneer in grooming modern-day legal professionals with a multi-disciplinary edge by providing specialized courses in Energy Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Taxation Law, Techno Legal Law, Media Law, and others.

About SCLHR

Society for Constitutional Law & Human Rights (SCLHR) is a forum dedicated to promoting research, increasing students’s ability to interpret the law in changing situations, and spreading awareness of issues relating to Constitutional Law & Human Rights. The mission of the society is to promote research dealing with Constitutional Law & Human Rights topics, to make the constitution and human rights, a subject matter to read, explore, discuss, debate, and deliberate upon by the students beyond the classroom.

About the Event

They are organizing the UPES Law Festival, Vidhi Utsav, an annual gathering that provides a lively forum for academics and legal professionals to discuss and discover different aspects of the legal field in the form of competitions and symposiums.

SCLHR is excited to invite you to an esteemed platform to feature the upcoming event, “You, Amend Your Constitution!” This event is a unique opportunity for students to engage critically with constitutional law, proposing and defending constitutional amendments based on their insights and reasoning.

Objective

The competition aims to encourage students to propose and defend constitutional amendments, fostering a deep understanding of constitutional law and human rights.

Eligibility

It is open to Students, Research Scholars, and PhD Candidates pursuing graduate and postgraduate degrees from any field of study.

Awards and Prizes

• 1st Prize: INR 15,000 + Trophy
• 2nd Prize: INR 9,000 + Trophy
• 3rd Prize: INR 6,000 + Trophy

The aforementioned prizes would be based on the cumulative scores secured in both rounds.

Additional Awards

• Special Mention for Excellence in Drafting would be given to the student who scores the highest marks in the first round exclusively.
• Special Mention for Outstanding Presentation would be given to the student who scores the highest marks in the second round exclusively.
• Certificates of Merit will be provided to the top 15 participants.

Note: Certificates of Participation will be provided to all the participants.

How to Register?

Interested candidates may register through the link provided at the end of the post.

Fee Details

A nominal Fee of Rs. 250 shall be charged.

Format

The competition comprises two rounds, focusing on both the proposal of amendments (written drafts) i.e. Round 1, and their subsequent defence through an oral presentation for selected students i.e., Round 2.

Kindly note that the Round 1 of the competition shall entertain 70 registrations only, on a first come first serve basis.

Out of the registered teams, those who shall send the written submissions (online submissions – Round 1), 15 teams will get selected for oral rounds (offline presentation – Round 2).

Important Dates

• Last Date for Registration: February 20, 2024
• Last Date for Write-up Submissions: March 20, 2024
• Result Announcement for Round 1: March 28, 2024
• Orals Round and Results: April 6, 2024

Contact Information

For any queries or further discussion, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Click here to register.