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Examination Rules

1. EXAMINATION COMMITTEE AND ITS FUNCTIONS:

• Constitution of Examination Committee:

There shall be an Examination Committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor through an order.  The tenure of the Committee shall be for one academic session. The Committee shall consist of minimum five members.

• Powers and Functions of Examination Committee:

1. Upkeep of examination records.
2. Conduct examinations
3. Notification of results
4. Preparation and dispatch of Grade Cards.
5. Remedy the grievances
6. Enforce examination rules.
7. Maintaining and upholding the sanctity of examination rules.
8. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Vice-Chancellor.

• Meeting of Examination Committee

Meeting of the examination committee shall be conducted by the Controller of Examinations as frequently as may be necessary. The quorum shall be of three members. 

2. ATTENDANCE AND ATTENDANCE MAKE-UP

• Classroom Attendance & Participation:

 All the students who are participants to a particular course shall regularly participate in the class in the manner outlined in these rules.

• Minimum Percentage of Attendance:

• A. LL.B – In order to be allowed to appear in the End Semester Examination, a student shall attend at least 70% of the total classes held in the course concerned during the semester. Attendance for the purpose of 70% limit means coming to the class well prepared with the assignments.

• M – In order to be allowed to appear in the End Semester Examination, a student shall attend at least 75% of the total classes held in the course concerned during semester.  Attendance for the purpose of 75% limit means coming to the class well prepared with the assignments. 

• Marks for Attendance:

• A. LL.B – The following are the marks that shall be allowed for the purpose of encouraging the students to attend the undergraduate/postgraduate programme of the University.

• M. – The following are the marks that shall be allowed for the purpose of encouraging the students to attend the undergraduate/postgraduate programme of the University.

• Closure of Attendance:

 Attendance shall be closed four days before the first day of End Semester Examination to enable Examination Department to publish list of “Not Eligible” students due to less attendance for appearing in End-Semester Examination.

• Status of Attendance

 The status of attendance shall be declared by 4^th of every academic month by the examination department. The faculty members shall submit the status to the examination department by 3^rd of every academic month. Any objection pertaining to the notified attendance shall be communicated, in writing, to the examination department within two days of publication failing which the notified attendance shall be deemed as final.  Provided that if the student(s) will be absent for any authorized reasons, he/she shall submit the objection immediately after joining the University. 

• Discollegiate:

• A. LL.B (Hons) – A Student not attending 70% of classes of the total classes held shall not be allowed to appear in the End Semester Examination or in case appeared the result shall be withheld. Any further relaxation in this rule shall be governed by the Bar Council of India Rules.

Provided that a student representing the University in any Inter-University, National and International Contests for the actual number of days devoted for participation and or suffering from any illness preventing the student to attend the classes may apply for attendance make up according to the attendance make up rules.

 Provided further, that if the class attendance of a student selected for representing the University in any Inter-University, National and/or International contests, falls below the statutory requirement of the semester, the student shall not be allowed to represent the University for the next one semester.

• M.- A Student not attending 75% of classes of the total classes held shall not be allowed to appear in the End Semester Examination or in case appeared the result shall be withheld.

Provided that a student representing the University in any Inter-University, National and International Contests for the actual number of days devoted for participation and or suffering from any illness preventing the student to attend the classes may apply for attendance make up according to the attendance make up rules.

 Provided further, that if the class attendance of a student selected for representing the University in any Inter-University, National and/or International contests, falls below the statutory requirement of the semester, the student shall not be allowed to represent the University for the next one semester.

• Attendance make up:

• A student may claim attendance make-up on following grounds:

• If the student represents the University in any Inter-University, National and International Moot Court Competitions or other academic competitions with prior approval, on prescribed format, of the University.

• If the student concerned suffers from any communicable disease/illness which disenables him/her from participating in the class.

• For availing attendance make-up, a student has to apply in prescribed form within 07 days (seven days) of returning/joining the University.

• All the Attendance make-up applications should be forwarded by the respective course teachers of the student. In addition to this, in case of attendance make-up on medical grounds, the Medical Certificate and application should be verified by the Warden.  In case of representation of the University in Moot Court and other academic competitions approved by the University, the attendance make up application &/certificates of participation should be verified by the respective Faculty Advisor/s.

• Calculation of marks on attendance make-up:

• In case of attendance make-up for sickness, no marks (marks on attendance) will be awarded and marks will be calculated on the basis of actual attendance only. But the attendance make up will be calculated for the purpose of determining the eligibility to appear in the end-semester examination.

• In case of attendance make-up for representing the University in moot court competition etc. marks (marks on attendance) will be calculated as if the concerned student was present on the days of participation. This will also include the journey period with shortest route to the venue of the Competition.

3. AVERAGE MARKS

• Award of Average Marks:

 For availing award of average marks in Snap Test/Mid Term Examination/Project, a student will be required to apply to the Examination Section within 07 days (Seven Days) of returning/re-joining the University.

• Grounds for availing Average Marks in Snap Test/Mid Term Examination:

• If a student is unable to appear in snap test or mid-term examination on medical grounds and requests for award of average marks, his/her request may be considered by the Examination Committee, only if:

• He/she is hospitalized in the University empanelled hospitals/Nursing homes as notified by the University time to time, and

• He/she submits a request for grant of average marks within seven days, duly forwarded by the Warden.

 Provided that notwithstanding anything contained above, the award of average marks shall not exceed forty percent of the maximum marks of that paper.

3.2. If a student represents the University in a Moot court competition or other events he may apply for the average marks in Snap Test/Mid Term Examination.  Application for average marks will be supported by the participation certificate and verification, in the prescribed format, from the Moot Court Committee Faculty Advisor or in case of other events by the concerned committee Faculty Advisor.

There will be no limitation/ceiling on award of average marks for this reason/ground.

• Average Marks in Project Component

 A student may apply for awarding average marks in project component of a subject, if he/she has represented to the University in any moot court competition.  Application for award of average marks should be supported by participation certificate, in prescribed format, and forwarded by the Moot Court Committee Faculty Advisor or in case of other event by the concerned committee Faculty Advisor.  Average marks of rest of the components of that subject of that semester will be taken as the base for award of average marks for that project.

• Limitations on Average Marks and Project Exemption

• In case of participation in a competition during snap test/mid term, student will be awarded average marks. Student will not be eligible to claim exemption in project.

• There shall be exemption in project only in participation in Moot Court Competitions. Exemption shall be available only in one subject. 

• A student may be allowed to waive the benefit of the exemption in project.

• There shall be no average marks for end term component.

Explanation: Exemption in project shall be construed for Memorial also. 

4. AWARD OF MAXIMUM CREDITS POINTS FOR PUBLICATION OF

PROJECT.

• A student may apply for award of maximum credit points in a project, if his/ her Project has been published in any reputed national/international law journal.

• For award of maximum credit, a student must submit application with the following:-

• Acceptance of the publisher within one year (two academic sessions) from that Subject/Semester concerned.

• Application should be forwarded and verified by the concerned faculty member endorsing that “The project topic allotted and the project published is same”.

• In addition to this, student has to submit proof of publication also. Maximum credit will be awarded only after receiving the proof of publication.

 In case of acceptance from reputed national/international journal, the time limit may be reconsidered by the Examination Committee on a case by case basis.

• In case of co-authorship, amongst students, the maximum credit shall be awarded to student to whom the project topic is allotted.

• The maximum credit shall be allowed for publication of a seminar project in the form of book with ISBN/ISSN.

5. DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS/GRADES/SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

• Distribution of Marks:

 Following is the scheme of distribution of Marks for B.A. LL.B. (Honours) and LL.M.

                           B.A. LL.B. (Honours)

                                      Class Presentation (two presentations):                10 Marks

                                      Project:                                                                  25 Marks

                                      Mid Term Examination:                                       20 Marks

                                      End Term Examination:                                       40 marks

• Scheme of Examination:

 The scheme of examination shall be the same for B.A. LL.B. (Hons) and LL.M. unless specified otherwise.

• Marks for Attendance:

            The students may get Marks for attendance as stipulated in Rule 2.3

• Snap Test:

• There shall be two snap tests to be conducted by the course teacher within the specified week prescribed in an academic calendar.

• Dates for the snap test shall not be disclosed. Respective faculty members should coordinate among themselves to finalize the date of snaps.  Snap test shall be conducted in the first hour of the scheduled week in an academic calendar.

• Each snap test shall be of 5 Marks.

• There shall be written examination unless some other method has been approved by the Under-Graduate Council. Such method must be approved in writing by the Under-Graduate Council.

• Guidelines for Projects:

 The students are required to comply with the guidelines contained in the  Schedule – I

• Guidelines for Memorial and Moot Court Exercise:

 The students are required to comply with the guidelines contained in the  Schedule – II

• Class Presentation:  

There shall be one class presentation in honors paper in BA LL.B and two class presentations in LL.M on the topic allotted by the faculty. 

• Mid Term Examination:

 There shall be a written mid-term examination. For compulsory papers and optional papers, student shall attempt two questions out of three questions. In the honors paper, student shall attempt one question out of two questions. For LL.M, the scheme of honors paper shall be followed. The duration of mid-term shall be one and half hours. 

• End Term Examination:

 There shall be written examination. For compulsory papers and optional papers, student shall attempt four questions out of five questions. In the honors paper, student shall attempt two questions out of three questions. For LL.M, the scheme of honors paper shall be followed. The duration of end term shall be three hours. 

 For appearing in the End Term examination, a student shall apply in a prescribed form and obtain an admit card from the examination department failing which a student shall not allowed to appear in the end term. 

            5.2.7    Seminar Paper:

 The students are required to comply with the guidelines contained in the  Schedule – III

• Dissertation (LL.M)– A dissertation carrying maximum of 200 marks on a topic approved by the University has to be submitted on or before 30^th April of the year in which the candidate is a student of the IV term. In special cases, however, the PostGraduate Council may permit a student to submit his dissertation after 30^th April, but not later than 31^st August of the year. In case the dissertation is not submitted by 31^st August as aforesaid, the candidate will have to register himself as an ex-student after obtaining necessary permission from the Vice-Chancellor. Such candidate shall have to pay the fee as mentioned in the Schedule of Fees.

In case where a student fails to obtain the required percentage of marks in the dissertation submitted by him/her, he/she should be permitted to revise and resubmit the dissertation on the same topic or on a fresh topic, after approval from the Post-Graduate Council, if he/she desires. 

The dissertation for LL.M would be evaluated by an internal course teacher as well as an external examiner. However, if the difference between internal and external examiners is more than fifteen percent than it would be sent to a third examiner, who shall be an external examiner and whose evaluation shall be final. The students are required to comply with the guidelines contained in Schedule- IV.   

• Result and Grading System:
  • A. LL.B (Hons)

• M

6. RULES OF PROMOTION:

• A. LL.B (Hons)-

• There shall be no automatic promotion to the students.

• The students are required to obtain 4 GPA to pass their semester examination.

• The students will be promoted to second year even if they have not secured the minimum CGPA in the 1st year but they will not be promoted to fifth semester unless they have secured minimum 4 Grade Point in every subject of first and second semesters as well as cumulatively.

• The students will be admitted to the ninth semester only if they secure 4 Grade Point in their subjects of first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth semesters as well as cumulatively.

• If the students fail to secure 4 CGPA even after appearing two times (one initially & second repeat), they will be treated as year back students.
• Ex-Student:

If a student fails to obtain 4 CGPA during 5 year regular course, he shall be treated as Ex-Student. Ex-Student shall apply for examination as and when dates are announced by the examination department.

• M. – Students shall have to secure B grade in five papers in order to be eligible for promotion to the next year. The student who fails to secure B Grade shall be declared ex-student and will continue the courses of first year as non-resident students.

Those who secure at least B Grade in every subject shall be declared successful. Those who secure F Grade shall be deemed to have failed. Such failed student may take same course again and complete all the requirements as indicated above in corresponding semesters. However, the students failing in the dissertation may resubmit the dissertation on such date as may be fixed by the Post-Graduate Council. 

Explanation: GPA shall mean Grade Point secured by a student in a concerned subject. CGPA shall mean Cumulative Grade Point Average which will be calculated on the basis of total grade credit secured divided by total credit points allotted for subjects in B.A. LL.B. (Honors) programme/ LL.M Programme. Total Grade Credit shall be calculated on the basis of grade points secured in a subject multiplied by the maximum credit of the subject.  

7. REPEAT EXAMINATION

• Eligibility of Students for Repeat – Student who fails in a subject shall be eligible to appear in repeat exam.
• Repeat shall be available in the end term component of the subject after payment of fees as prescribed in Schedule V.
• Repeat shall be available only when the subject is offered in the semester.
• The candidate shall be given only one opportunity in addition to original examination of that subject.
• In case of Seminar Paper, the repeat exam will be evaluated only on written submission of the Seminar Paper subject to the payment of fees as prescribed in Schedule-V.
• In case where a subject is not offered, the Committee may decide to allow repeat examination in such subject(s) in exceptional cases.
• In case of ex-student, he/she shall be allowed to appear in the repeat exam with limitation of 20 papers (maximum five papers in a semester) provided such paper is offered by the University.

8. UNFAIR MEANS:
   • Unfair means shall mean copying of complete project/seminar paper or substantial portion of project/seminar paper or using of impermissible means during snap test, mid term and end term or canvassing for the marks.

• The use of unfair means shall be reported to the Controller of Exams in writing by the invigilator detailing out means adopted by the student during examination.

• After detection of use of unfair means in the examination hall, the student shall be provided with the new answer script and will be directed to continue answering the question in a new answer script.

• The student shall be given an opportunity, oral or written, to present his case of use of unfair means before the decision on such use.

• Punishment for using Unfair Means:

• Disqualification from the individual component of the subject in which he/she was found using unfair means.

• Disqualification from all the component of the subject in which he/she was found using unfair means.

• Disqualification from all the subjects of that academic semester

• Removal of the name of the student from the rolls of the University.

9. EVALUATION OF ANSWER SCRIPTS, PROJECTS AND SEMINAR PAPERS
   • Evaluated answer scripts of Snap Test and Mid Term would be shown to the students as per the schedule published in academic calendar.

• Marks of the oral presentation of Moot Court Exercises shall be shown to the students.

• Marks of the project viva-voce will be shown to the students.

• Answer scripts of end term examinations shall be evaluated after codification done by the examination department.

• In case more than 30% students in a particular end term of honors/optional subject have secured more than 80% or less than 25% marks, the answer script may be sent for moderation. Moderation Committee shall be constituted by the ViceChancellor in consultation with the Examination Committee.

• The faculty members shall submit guidelines for evaluation of answer scripts of end term if called for by the Moderation Committee.

10. REVALUATION/RE-TOTALING OF PAPER OF END TERM EXAMINATION:

• Reevaluation/Re-totaling:

 Reevaluation/Re-totaling shall be available only for end term paper. Re-totaling shall be limited only to re-totaling of marks obtained in the end term paper. Revaluation of the end term paper will be sent to two external evaluators for evaluation.  Instructions for inviting application for Re-evaluation/Re-totaling will be notified by the examination department after declaration of result. 

• Calculation of Marks:

 If the marks awarded in the paper by any of the two evaluators are higher than the marks given by the original examiner by more than 10% of maximum marks in the paper, the average of the marks awarded by two nearest examiners shall be taken to represent the final marks. This average of marks shall be awarded to the candidate for the revision of result.

11. GENERAL RULES FOR EXAMINEES:

• Candidates must not tear out pages or parts of pages of answer books.

• Rough work and all calculations must be written in the answer books at the end of the answer scripts and the same should be crossed. There is no separate “rough paper”.

• A candidate must not communicate in any way with another candidate during the examination and must not disturb other candidates. This would amount to unfair means.

• Candidates must not leave their examination desks during an examination except with the permission of the invigilator in the end term examination.

• Eatables, drinks, etc., are not permitted in examination hall(s).

• Candidates who need to take medication during an examination should inform the Invigilator before start of the exam.

• No candidate shall leave the examination hall during the first hour. The candidate may leave the examination hall in the last 15 minutes after submitting their answer scripts.  Candidates who wish to leave may do so at other times with the invigilator’s consent provided that they hand-over their completed scripts to the

invigilator before leaving. Candidates must leave the examination hall without disturbing the other candidates.

• Candidates who have handed over their completed scripts to the invigilator and who have left the examination room will not be re-admitted under any circumstances.

• Candidates must stop writing when instructed to do so by the Invigilator.

• Candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination hall after 15 minutes from the commencement of the examination.

• It is candidate’s responsibility to check that they have received the correct question paper and the answer sheets are in order. If there is any doubt, candidates should bring it to the notice of the invigilator.

• The candidates shall not make any identification mark in their answer scripts so as to reveal their identity except their roll number.

• No candidates shall be allowed to enter in the examination hall with any type of electronic gadgets including the cell phones.

• All the entries in the answer script should be duly filled by the candidate. Nothing else should be written thereon before the commencement of the examination.

• Misbehavior and noncompliance of the instructions given by the invigilator shall amount to gross misconduct under these rules.

12. AWARD OF DEGREE

• A. LL.B. (Honours)

A candidate shall be eligible for the award of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Degree only when he/she has successfully completed all the prescribed courses, by securing at least the minimum B grade in all courses and a minimum grade point average of 4 out of 10.

A candidate admitted to B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Degree programme shall have to complete all the prescribed requirements within a maximum period of seven years from the date of enrollment to be eligible for the award of the degree.

If the candidate is not successful in completing all the prescribed requirements within the stipulated period of five years, he/she will have to pay the examination fees for reappearing in the examination unless he/she qualifies for the award of degree.

• M.

A candidate shall be eligible for the award of the LL.M degree only when he/she has completed all the prescribed courses, including the dissertation, by securing at least the minimum B grade in all courses and a minimum grade point average of 3 out of 7 within a maximum period of five years form the date of enrollment. But after passing of first two years, he/she will have to pay examination fee for additional semester of his/her continuation in this programme. 

13. Issue of Documents

The following documents shall be issued by the examination section, on request of students, after successful completion of the programme. The student will have to obtain

“No Dues” certificate from the all departments of the University. They are: 

1. Transfer Certificate.
2. Character Certificate.
3. Migration Certificate.
4. Attendance Certificate.
5.  
6. Provisional Degree/Degree.

14. AWARD OF GOLD MEDAL/S:

 The University awards the following Gold Medals to its B.A. LL.B. (Honors):

            13.1     University Gold Medal: For First Rank Holder.

University Gold Medal shall be awarded to the First Rank Holder student in B.A.LL.B.(Honors) and LL.M. on the basis of CGPA taking the programme as a whole. Provided that:

                (a)          The student must have completed all courses under the Programme in one chance

i.e. without any repeat in any course and

(b) There is no proven charge of misconduct on the ground of violation of rules or breach of any disciplinary rules of the University.

• Chancellor’s Gold Medal: For Overall Best Performance.

 Chancellor’s Gold Medal will be awarded to a student for Overall Best Performance in B.A.LL.B. (Hons.).

The Vice Chancellor shall constitute a committee and the committee would decide the criteria for “overall best performance” for award of the Medal.

• Syed Afzal Ahmed Rizvi Gold Medal: For Criminal Law and Advocacy

 The Syed Afzal Ahmed Gold Medal shall be awarded to a B.A. LL.B. (Honors) student as per the procedure laid down in Schedule – V (include from the decision of Academic Council).

14. EMERGENCY POWERS

Notwithstanding anything contained in the above Rules, the Vice Chancellor is empowered to revise/ update the examination rules as and when required in accordance with course/syllabus and other conditions from time to time.

15. REPEAL AND SAVINGS

After notification of operation of these examination rules, all preceding rules relating to examination stand repealed. Except, rule of promotion and award of degree shall be governed by the related provisions mentioned in prospectus applied/issued to the concerned batch. 

SCHEDULE – I

GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WRITING

1. Object of Writing a Project:

Students are expected to collect, compile, assimilate, understand and analyze the literature.

The Main objective of expecting students to projects in most of the subject’s right from first year is to improve their learning skills through writing. A study on a specific issue will give immense confidence to the students regarding the subject.

The projects with a little effort can be converted into Articles and sent to Journals for publication. Even otherwise, these projects will remain as unpublished research work and will help the prospect of higher education and placement opportunities.

2. Structure of a Project:

• Cover Page

o Title of the Project o Name of the Student, Roll No. and name of the Programme o To whom the project is submitted o Name of the University and place o Date of Submission

• Certificate of Declaration regarding originality of research work
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviation, if any
• Table of cases/ diagrams/ graphs/ photographs etc., if any
• The project should be divided into several sections relating to Introduction, Scope, Methodology, systematic treatment of the subject and conclusions.
• Bibliography

3. Formalities of a Project

• Project has to be typewritten
• Table of cases, list of abbreviation, bibliography etc. must be arranged in alphabetical order.
• Bibliography and footnoting must be done in “Blue Book form of Citation”.
• The body of the project in compulsory and optional papers should be between 5000-8000 words (approximately 10 pages).
• The body of the project in Honours paper should be between 10000-12000 words (approximately 30-40 pages).

4. Project Submission: Project shall be submitted both in soft and hard copy.

• Date of Submission: The hard copy of the project(s) must be submitted to the Academic Department on or before the date mentioned in the Academic Calendar. Candidates must also send a soft copy of their project(s) through e-mail to academic@hnlu.ac.in File name of the submission should be Semester.nameofthesubject.nameofthestudent.rollno.doc.  For example corporatelawI.Ramesh.Project.32.  The date of submission of project would be reckoned from the date of submission through e-mail or hard copy, whichever is earlier.  The academic department shall not accept the submission of project/memorial after seven days from the last date of submission unless the student remains absent from the University on due authorization. Once submitted, the hard copy of the project shall not be returned to the student in any circumstances.

• Negative Marking: Half a mark will be deducted everyday for late submission after the last date of submission.

5. Copy right and violation of copy right: Any copying from a project report submitted earlier or from any journal or any other materials downloaded from websites without acknowledgement is strictly prohibited. There may be a negative mark given for unnecessary copying without application of mind.

SCHEDULE – II

GUIDELINES FOR MEMORIAL WRITING AND MOOT COURT EXERCISE

1. Object of Memorial Submission:

The object of memorial is to equip the student about nuances of pleading and drafting of legal memorandum. The idea underlying is to analyze a legal problem and give an objective legal opinion on that problem with legal arguments. The research skill requires to prepare a memorandum contributes in shaping up legal mind of student. It also helps student in participation in international and national moot court competition. The preparation of memorial graduates the skill of student who desires to join challenging legal profession. 

2. Structure of Memorial shall be as follows.
   • Cover Page ( Name of Court, Parties Name appearing on behalf of …, Roll No. )
   • Table of Contents
   • List of abbreviations, if any, in alphabetical order
   • Index of authorities
   • Statement of Jurisdiction (only for the petitioner/ Plaintiff/ Appellant)
   • Statement of facts
   • Questions presented
   • Summary of arguments
   • Written submissions
   • Prayer

3. Copy of Memorials: Copy of memorials from one submitted earlier or reproduction from any book on cases and materials is prohibited.

4. Project Submission: Project shall be submitted both in soft and hard copy.

• Date of Submission: The hard copy of the memorial(s) must be submitted to the Academic Department on or before the date mentioned in the Academic Calendar. Candidates must also send a soft copy of their memorial(s) through e-mail to academic@hnlu.ac.in File name of the submission should be Semester.nameofthesubject.nameofthestudent.rollno.doc.  For example corporatelawI.Ramesh.Memorial.32.  The date of submission of memorial would be reckoned from the date of submission through e-mail or hard copy, whichever is earlier. The academic department shall not accept the submission of memorial after seven days from the last date of submission unless the student remains absent from the University on due authorization. Once submitted, the hard copy of the memorial shall not be returned to the student in any circumstances.
• Negative Marking: Half a mark will be deducted everyday for late submission after the last date of submission.

5. Formalities of submission:
   • Memorial should be typed.

• Index of authorities, Table of cases, list of abbreviation, bibliography etc. must be arranged in alphabetical order.

• Memorial work must contain foot-notes style as prescribed in “Blue Book: Uniform form citation” or any other standard format of foot-noting. 

• The Memorial should consist of approximately 8 pages.

SCHEDULE – III

GUIDELINES FOR THE SEMINAR PAPER

1. Objective of Seminar Paper

The objective of seminar paper is to train a student to write a comprehensive project work in their area of interest. It helps the student to sharpen the writing and research skill with detailed references and resources consulted. It also provides for the opportunity to students to undertake a research topic in their area of interest. 

2. Structure of the Paper
   • Cover Page o Title of the Seminar Paper o Name of the Student, Roll No. and name of the Programme o Name of the Guide o Name of the University and place o Date of Submission

• Title Page (this page should contain only the title of the seminar paper)
• Certificate from the Guide.
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviation, if any
• Table of cases/ diagrams/ graphs/ photographs etc., if any
• The paper should be divided into several sections/chapters relating to Introduction, Scope, Methodology, systematic treatment of the subject and conclusion and suggestions.
• Bibliography

Important Note: In seminar paper, the candidate is supposed not to write his name, roll number, or any other identification mark except the cover page as mentioned above.  Violation of this rule may lead to treatment of the project under rule for unfair means.

3. Formalities of Submission

The word limit for the body of the Seminar Project (excluding the title, acknowledgements, abbreviations, bibliography, etc) shall be 15,000 to 20,000 words (approximately 50-80 pages). Project shall be typed in Times New Roman, Font size 12 and printed in 1.5 line space on single side of the paper with 1 inch margin on all sides.

A student will not be allowed to submit the seminar project without the certificate of guide. A soft copy of the seminar project shall be submitted along with hard copy without which the hard copy will not be accepted by the Examination Department.

4. Mode of Attendance:
   • mark shall be awarded for 2 consultations with the guide before synopsis presentation.
   • marks shall be awarded for 4 consultations with the guide before final presentation. In both the cases the student will be required to take certificate from the Guide. The student will have to submit the certificate before the presentation. 2 marks shall be awarded for attending the synopsis and final presentation.

5. Changing the Seminar topic/title

After the synopsis presentation there would be no change in the seminar topic in any circumstances whatsoever.  Before synopsis presentation, any change in the topic/title shall be entertained after obtaining necessary certificate from the guide.

6. Mode of Evaluation:

The Seminar project will be evaluated by two evaluators. Mean of the two marks will be the marks of the Project.

7. Project Submission: Project shall be submitted both in soft and hard copy.

7.1 Date of Submission: The hard copy of the Seminar Paper must be submitted to the Academic Department on or before the date mentioned in the Academic Calendar.  Candidates must also send a soft copy of their Seminar Paper through e-mail to

academic@hnlu.ac.in File name of the submission should be  Semester.nameofthesubject.nameofthestudent.rollno.doc.  For example semX.corporatelawI.Ramesh.Seminar.32.  The date of submission of Seminar Paper would be reckoned from the date of submission through e-mail or hard copy, whichever is earlier.  Once submitted, the hard copy of the Seminar Paper shall not be returned to the student in any circumstances.

8. Plagiarism shall be dealt with under the rules of unfair means.

SCHEDULE – IV

GUIDELINES FOR DISSERTATION

1. Structure of the Dissertation
   • Cover Page o Title of the Dissertation (as approved by the Post-Graduate Council) o Name of the Student, Roll No. o Name of the Guide o Name of the University and place o Date of Submission
   • Title Page
   • Certificate from the Guide.
   • Table of Contents
   • List of Abbreviation, if any
   • Table of cases/ diagrams/ graphs/ photographs etc., if any
   • The paper should be divided into several sections/chapters relating to Introduction, Scope, Methodology, systematic treatment of the subject and conclusion and suggestions.
   • Bibliography

2. Formalities of Submission

The word limit for the body of the Seminar Project (excluding the title, acknowledgements, abbreviations, bibliography, etc) shall be 20,000 to 25,000 words (approximately 80-120 pages). Dissertation shall be typed in Times New Roman, Font size 12 and printed in 1.5 line space on single side of the paper with 1 inch margin on all sides.

A student will not be allowed to submit the dissertation without the certificate of guide. A student will have to submit three copies of the dissertation. 

SCHEDULE V

Fee