National Conference on RTI’s Journey in 10 Years: Achievements & Concerns

Live Law: Lucknow: Sunday, 27 September 2015.

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University is organizing a National Conference on RTI’s Journey in 10 Years: Achievements & Concerns with the aim of celebrating the achievements of this legislation along with making the academicians aware of the concerns that the enactment is facing in today’s era.

Date: October12, 2015

Venue: Seminar Hall Dr. RMLNLU, Lucknow

SUB THEMES

·         Purpose and Significance of Right to Information.

·         Right to Information: A Global Perspective.

·         Right to Information and its Constitutional Mandate.

·         Right to Information and Impediments in Administration

·         Right to Information: A Success Story.

·         Bringing the Right to Information Act back to life: Recommendations and Suggestions.

Registration fees: Rs. 1000/- payable to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, through N.E.F.T.

 Bank Name -State Bank Of India

 Branch -Aashiana

 City – Lucknow

 State -Uttar Pradesh

 Country -India

 A/C Holder Name-Study Material Account Dr.RMLN LAW UNIVERSITY

 Account No.-30913234236

 IFSC -SBIN0012734

Submission Guidelines

1.    The participants must submit an abstract of not more than 250 words briefly explaining the research aims, method findings and discussion.

2.    The submission of the abstract should be accompanied by a covering letter stating the sub theme selected, name of the author, institution and contact details.

v    All abstracts and full-length papers must be mailed to rticonf.rmlnlu@gmail.com

v    Registration will be done only after the acceptance of the abstract during September 29th to October 5th 2015.

v   The full length paper has to be submitted by October 8, 2015. The word limit should be 4,000 to 6,000 words (inclusive of footnotes).

v    The maximum no. of authors per submission is 2.

Formatting Guidelines

1.    All submissions must be 1.5 spaced in Times New Roman, font size 12 and justified. All footnotes must be in Times New Roman, size 10, single-spacing and justified

2.    All submissions must be in conformity with OSCOLA (Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities), 4th Edition which may be downloaded from www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola.

Last date for submission of abstract: September 28, 2015.

Last date for Submission of Full Papers: October 8, 2015