Submission Guidelines

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The Centre for Business and Financial Laws (CBFL) at National Law University, Delhi (NLUD) operates the CBFL Blog to publish the latest updates on business and financial laws along with its allied areas. We prefer articles based on emerging conflicts in law and notes about a recent case, legislation or other legal developments. The pieces submitted are expected to be analytical in nature and descriptive articles will not be accepted. The blog accepts articles related to the following fields of law:

 

• Corporate Law

• Competition Law

• Banking and Finance Law

• Insolvency Law

• Employment Law

• Taxation Laws

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While these themes are indicative rather than exhaustive and there is no requirement that the submission must fall in the above heads, we expect the piece submitted to pertain to some aspect of business and commercial laws. Further, we do not publish pieces discussing questions of pure dispute resolution and its methods (such as civil litigation, arbitration, and mediation). However, issues of dispute resolution may be accepted if their discussion is intertwined with a commercial or business law issue.

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While it is preferred that the articles submitted be based upon a question of Indian law, there is no per se requirement. If the article takes up a question in which foreign jurisprudence is useful to study or holds contemporary value, then the blog may accept the same. Please note that jurisprudence which holds persuasive value for Indian courts (such as that of the EU, UK, USA, Canada or Australia) would be highly preferred.

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Please feel free to submit your article if you believe it aligns with the Centre’s mandate - we encourage authors to peruse the blogs already published by us for a better understanding of what falls within our mandate.

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Nature of Submissions

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The blog invites rolling submissions.

• Co-authorship of up to (2) authors is allowed.

• Submissions should be no shorter than 1000 words, and no longer than 1500 words with an abstract no longer than 50 words.

• In an event where your chosen theme requires a relaxation of the word limit, we would be happy to consider it on a case-by-case basis. Please write to us regarding a word count relaxation and we will consider your request.

• Presently, the blog only accepts articles in English.

 

Plagiarism and Author Agreement

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• Submissions should be the original work of the contributor. All submissions are screened via plagiarism and AI-detection softwares and in an event where a submission is found to be substantially plagiarised or unoriginal, the article will be summarily rejected. CBFL reserves the right to take further action against the author(s) as it deems fit.

• The author is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of statements of facts, opinions or views in the submission.

• Submissions should not contain content that is offensive, abusive, derogatory or potentially defamatory.

 

Formatting and Referencing​​

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• The abstract should not be more than 50-100 words. Abstract must not be added to the main article. It is only to be submitted in the submission form.

• The submission must be word-processed. Font - Times New Roman, Font Size - 12, Line Spacing - 1.5, Paragraph Spacing - 6 above and 6 below. 

• Title must be Bold and Underlined. The text of the title must be in Sentence Case only.

• Heading 2 must be Bold.

• Heading 3 must be underlined. 

• Margins must be one inch from all sides.  

• All references must be in the form of hyperlinks in the body of the submission. Hyperlinks should be provided to all supporting materials and legal texts for the benefit of the readers. In case no hyperlink is available for any reference, use of endnotes is recommended. No speaking endnotes or footnotes are allowed.

• In case of endnotes, the following formatting to be followed: Font - Times New Roman, Font Size - 12, Single Spacing between all lines.

• No borders are to be used in the submission. No graphs and images are allowed unless it is necessary to illustrate the argument in the article. 

• The submission must only be in a .doc/.docx format. The file name must be “Title_CBFL Blog''. The short title must capture the essence of the submission, and not be longer than ten words. The text of the title must be in Sentence Case only.

• ​Metadata of the file or the submission body must in no event disclose identification of any kind, including the name and institutional affiliation of the author.

• Submissions must only be made by filling this Google Form. Submissions made through any other medium will be summarily rejected. 

• Once the Editorial Board receives the article, it will go through a rigorous editorial process and the decision about its acceptance or rejection shall be communicated to the authors within 20 days. 

• All submissions made to the CBFL Blog are strictly double-blind peer reviewed. 

• Each article submitted will go through two stages of review - after the preliminary review, authors will be contacted whether their article has been accepted, accepted subject to changes, or rejected. 

• The second stage shall be the final stage of review, after which authors will be informed whether their article is finally to be published or not. Please note that an article may be rejected at either stage of the process. 

• Adhering to all the formatting guidelines is mandatory.

• Cross-publication of articles across different platforms is not allowed by the blog. 

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Decision on publication is at the sole discretion of the Centre. Relaxation of any rules regarding submissions is subject to the discretion of the Board of Editors. On publication, all literary rights to the submission are transferred to the Centre for Business and Financial Laws, NLU Delhi.

 

For further clarification, you may kindly send a mail with the subject ‘Query’ to cbfl.blog@nludelhi.ac.in.