Guidelines on Formatting and Citation Methodologies

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Guidelines

on

Formatting and Citationfor

Corporate Law Review


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Presentation Path

Guidelines for Document

Guidelines for Citation


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Document

Font Times New Roman

Font Size 12 pt

Paragraph Justified Line Spacing 2

Indentation 1 inch both from Right and Left

Margins Page Number Centre Bottom


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Citation

Citing Cases

Cases from the Supreme Court (and/or) High Court:

Name of the Court, Name of the Case and Applicable

Citation. Try and Mention if the case was decided on

appeal Makes for a better Reading !!!

Ex In the Supreme Court of India, Kesavananda

Bharati v. The State of Kerala and Others (AIR 1973

SC 1461)Ex In the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai, (Case

Name, (Citation))


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Citing Cases from Tribunals

Tribunals are usually divided, based on

different Zones There are different Tribunals such as

Company Company Law Board (Published as CLJ(Company Law Journal) and as Comp Cas)

Labour Courts, State Tribunal and National Tribunal(Published as LLJ (Labour law Journal))

Income Tax Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal (Published asITR (Income Tax Reporter))

CESTAT Central Excise and Service Tax Tribunal forcustoms, excise and service tax matter

Securities Division and SAT (Securities AppellateTribunal)


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To Cite cases from Tribunals

Name of tribunal (Zone),Name ofParties to a

particular matter, Citation

Ex - Company Law Board (Mumbai), CDS Financial

Services (Mauritius)Ltd Vs. BPL Communication

Ltd & Ors (121 Comp Cas 374)


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International Cases

Standard to be applied Name of the Court,

Name of the Parties, (Citation)

Ex U.S. Supreme Court,

Meritor Sav. Bank V. Vinson 477 U.S. 57, 60

(1986)

First Party Second Party Volume No

YearReporter

Abbreviation

(U.S.

Reports)

First

Page ofCase

SpecificPage

Referred

To


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For Citing Judgments from US Federal Circuit

Courts and Supreme Courts of States Same

Standards are applicable with necessarychanges to Name of Court and Reporter

Abbreviation

For Judgments from House of Lords, Pleasefollow the citation as given in the source from

where, citation has been used.


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Short Citation Forms

Id = Ibid (Latin Short for Ibidem) - is the term used to providean endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited inthe preceding endnote or footnote.

Only be used to cite immediately preceding authority within same footnote;

Within the immediately preceding footnote when the preceding footnotecontains only one authority.

Rule Id may not be used to refer to one authority in a preceding footnoteif the preceding footnote cites more than one source.

Ex - Thomas C. Schelling, A ProcessofResidential Segregation

Neighborhood Tipping 2,reprintedin Economic FoundationofProperty Law 307, 308 (Bruce A. Ackermaned., 1975)

UseofId: Idat 3,reprintedin Economic FoundationofPropertyLaw 307, 309 (Bruce A. Ackermaned., 1975)


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Supra = (Latin for "above") is an academic and legal

citation signal used when a writer desires to refer a

reader to an earlier-cited authority.

Ex - Stephen J. Legatzke, Note, The Equitable

Recoupment Doctrinein United Statesv. Dalm:

Where'sthe Equity, 10 Va. Tax Rev. 861 (1991). Legatzke,supraat 862.


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Citing News Periodicals, Magazines

Standard to be applied

Name of the News / Magazine Article, Author, Date of Newspaper or Date of publishing

the magazine, (Volume, if it is a magazine), And Page No in which the article appears in

newspaper or Magazine

Ex - FutureofIndian Capital Markets A Debateon Jalan Committee Report Economic Times,

21st December, 2010, Atpg 13

Ex - The ReturnofFiscal Dominanceby Suman

Berry . Economic & Political Weekly, 14th August2010, (Vol. XLV No. 33), Atpg 10


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Citing Internet Sources

Standard to be applied Name of the Article,Author, Date ofPosting

(Web Address, (Date of Last Visit)

Ex - Jalan wants to kill stock exchanges byJayanth R. Varma Financial Express 30th

November, 2010

(http://www.financialexpress.com/news/jalan-wants-to-kill-stock-exchanges/717764/) (LastVisited 30-09-2010)


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Citing Articles from Law Journals and

Law Reviews

Standard to be applied Title of Article/Essay/Case Note/

Research Paper, Authors Name, Pg at which Article Appears

on, Specific Page Referred to, Name of Law Review/ Journal,

Volume, And Year ofPublication.

Ex - The Role of Foreign Precedents in a Countrys Legal

System by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, 1,10, NLSR, (Vol.

22(1)) 2010)

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