National Seminar on Deciphering Issues and Challenges of New Criminal Laws in India at Haldia Law College [Aug 30]: Register by Aug 29

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About the College

Haldia Law College (HLC), established in 2002 under the humble patronage of Dr. Lakshman Seth, D.Litt., stands as one of the pioneer institutions in the field of law in this country. As an institution of the Indian Centre for Advancement of Research and Education (ICARE), it is affiliated with Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, and approved by the Bar Council of India.

It imparts 5-Year integrated B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), 3 Year LL.B. and 2-Year LL.M. degree under Vidyasagar University since 2002. Haldia Law College is situated in the heart of Haldia city, surrounded by natural sceneries and well-connected via Rail and roadways.

About the Seminar

To generate awareness, this seminar intends to serve as a medium of discourse for us to engage in meaningful dialogues, share insights, and broaden our understanding of the evolving legal landscape in the present Indian Criminal Law set-up. This Seminar attempts to delve into the issue of how these three newly introduced laws were an earnest endeavour to decolonize laws made during the British era and further to address the change in perspective about how the modern society needs to revamp the Indian Criminal Justice System.

Our aim is to make participants as well as interested stakeholders aware of the important changes brought forth by the new substantive and procedural criminal laws. Our goal is to convey the impact of implementation of new criminal laws and the relevance of the existing criminal laws on interpretation of new laws.

In essence, this Seminar aims to provide a forum for scholars, practitioners and students to share research findings and practical experiences and further to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and dissemination of information among educators, academicians, research scholars, legal experts, legal practitioners, Human Rights activists, and students of legal and other allied fields.

Sub-themes

The following sub-themes are not exhaustive but illustrative only. The researcher may choose any suitable topic pertaining to the main theme for the purpose of their paper presentation

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: Substantial Change or Rhetorical Imperialism
Journey from Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Transformation from Indian Evidence Act, 1872 to Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Feminist Reading of Three New Criminal Laws
Sexual offences under new Criminal Laws
Gender Neutrality of Sexual Offences
Changes to Trial Procedures
Organised Crime, its shape and contours
Community Service as a form of punishment
Terrorism under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
Mob Lynching under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)
Transformative impact of the new evidence law in the realm of criminal justice
Admissibility and Non-admissibility of Electronic and Digital Evidence
Forensic Investigation under BNSS
Any other suitable topic relating to three newly introduced laws

Call for papers

Well researched and high-quality papers are gladly invited from all sections of society, particularly from the Research scholars, practitioners, academicians, and students on the issues related to above themes. It is also proposed that the selected papers by the Review committee will be published in a special volume after the seminar in the form of an edited book with ISBN no.

Submission Guidelines

An abstract should contain 200-250 words accompanied by a brief profile of the author indicating his/her email ID, contact number, and institutional affiliation.
Paper should not be more than 3000 words, excluding footnotes. The font style will be in Times New Roman, font size 12 for main body of the paper and font size 10 for footnotes on plain A4 size paper with 1’’ margin on all sides with 1.5 line spacing using MS-Word.
ILI citation format shall be strictly followed throughout the paper.
Paper presenters are requested to adhere to the plagiarism norms. Any material borrowed from other sources must be duly acknowledged and cited.
Co-authorship is allowed. However, there can be maximum two authors in one research paper.
The organizers reserve the right to accept or reject papers based on relevancy, adherence to the theme, creativity, contribution to existing literature and on adherence of the above-mentioned guidelines.
Authors of selected abstract & full paper shall be given opportunity to present their paper during the Seminar.

Presentation Guidelines

The sessions will be grouped according to the theme of the paper. Each presenter will be given 15 minutes for the presentation. This will be followed by a Q/A session conducted by the panellists.
Discussion shall be conducted after the presentation of each paper. It shall be upon the discretion of the author(s) to make use of presentation tools such as Power Point.
In case of co-authors, at least one author must be present on the day of the National Seminar for the purpose of Paper Presentation.