The final leg is here to decide on who can rightfully wear the crown of India’s best legal blogger. You will also decide on who has written the single best blog post of the lot, as well as the special prize for the best blogging tackling issues of social and legal importance. These categories are the big ones, with almost Rs 1 lakh of prizes remaining to be divvied up.
Special jury prize for social justice blogging: 2 x Rs 10,000
Sponsored by a kind and charitable lawyer who wishes to remain anonymous, the two most thought-provoking posts tackling issues of social and legal importance win Rs 10,000 each. Please note that winning posts will have to be of exceptional quality and must contain rigorous argument.
Update 11 November: socialmath was added, slightly late, although missed deadline but said wanted to participate.
Favourite overall post: Rs 10,000
A subjective category: pick your favourite single blog post in the entire competition. This is the one post that you want to read over and over again, that makes you happy, sad or thoughtful. Or simply your favourite, whatever that means.
The selection was taken from all previous rounds’ popular votes’ and judges’ first choices, as well as the first and second overall ranks in each category. The principle is that if a post did not top in one of the categories it probably would not win the overall favourite post. In addition, we have included a small number of posts which were not featured in other categories yet or which the bloggers have said they wanted to put forward (all posts new to the competition are denoted with an asterisk at the bottom of the list)
The best legal blogger, demonstrating overall blogging excellence: Rs 65,000 in total)
First prize: Rs 30,000 cash award
Second prize: Rs 20,000
Third prize: Rs 10,000
Highly commended prize: Rs 5,000
Bloggers with more than 10 posts to their name were selected for this round. All of them have been consistent and committed to the blogging endeavour in the competition.
One good test here should be: Which of these excellent writers would you have religiously followed on an independent blog over the last six months?
Click on their names to see all the blogs they have written in the past six months (the number in brackets denotes the total blogs to date, please do feel free consider blogs written after 30 July in making your decision).
If you have not yet signed up, create a free account here - it only takes two minutes. In order to prevent multiple voting by the same person or other fraud please be aware that we will be monitoring new account creation for suspicious activity and by IP addresses. Any suspected fraud could result in invalidating those votes and/or disqualification of the blogger concerned. Legally India’s decisions will be final in any case.
The three judges’ decisions will again jointly account for 75 per cent of the vote, with the popular vote weighing in for 25 per cent and acting as tie-breaker.
This time voting will be blind and results of the popular vote will only be unveiled at the end of voting.
You can sign in and vote below with either your email address or username:
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Ps: If you are using an old version of Internet Explorer, you may run into difficulties voting. Please let us know if this is the case.
And in 'favourite' posts category my post on ABC: Adjusting comes twice in the list; please look into this.
All the best to everyone!
kianganz10 Sept 2010, 19:10
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Have deleted the duplicate post, thanks.
It explained the asterisks - have clarified slightly. They are all new posts that have not yet been featured in the competition and people may therefore not have read.
Anonymous guest10 Sept 2010, 20:49
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Dude...how much do you spend looking at the screen? Go out and play some gulli cricket man.
LegalPoet10 Sept 2010, 22:21
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Dude I spend as much time looking at the screen as you do commenting on my comments. :D
(Technical Explanation): I have a large peripheral vision courtesy the speed reeding course I did. I can scan the text pretty quickly. :P
(Physical Explanation): Playing cricket keeps you fit and keeps your eyesight as good as anyone elses. Spotting the error is like spotting a doosra or a carrom ball. :D
(Emotional Explanation): When you have participated in a competition with some effort, you get involved in it to an extent that you want it to be fair and proper.
(Philosophical Explanation): I comment, therefore I am. :-)
(Economical Explanation): The opportunity cost of my commenting is greater/smaller than my not commenting on it (I hate economics and hence the possibility to choose an option for the right answer). The "ABC: Adjusting post" might divide its votes amongst its copy and ruin my chances. :D
(Historical Explanation): I have a previous track record of being a incessant commenter. :P
Hi LegalPoet, we would aggregate votes for the double-posted Adjusting blog into one.
Anonymous guest14 Sept 2010, 23:39
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Why aren't LI readers voting?
LegalPoet15 Sept 2010, 05:07
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Yes strange! I think in the first day itself we had around 40-50 votes; but since then it has slowed down! :sad:
Anonymous guest17 Sept 2010, 00:25
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when does voting close, and when are final (post-judging) results to be declared?
[Voting will close this week, results will be declared once all the judges' votes are in, hopefully soon. -Kian]
Anonymous guest20 Sept 2010, 16:24
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where are the results? oh! have i gone blind?
gautamanzar21 Sept 2010, 01:30
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Where are the RESULTS???? :O. Are the judges holding some secret meetings to tinker with the results so that the prizes are distributed evenly? (Just Kidding). Am eagerly waiting for the results. Mr. Ganz! Take note.
Anonymous guest21 Sept 2010, 16:31
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@#10-Gautam,
Thank you for your comment. Although you have stated that your comment is in jest, I'd like to clarify that there have been no "meetings" or even confabulations between the judges. We were given time till the end of last week (Sep. 18 to complete the judging). The final leg of the competition involved extensive reading and re-reading of not just the short listed entries but several other blog posts as well. Personally, I could not meet the deadline and sought a couple of days extension from Kian to send him my results. I did send him the results close to midnight yesterday. You need to appreciate that all of us have personal and professional commitments (not to mention the distraction of CL 20) which pulls us in different directions.
I understand your anxiety. Were I to place myself in your shoes, I would be just as impatient, especially if I were a participant. Thank you for your patience. I am sure that the results will be out very soon. May the best blogger win.
Sanjay Bhatia
Anonymous guest21 Sept 2010, 23:47
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laugh. learn. read. and wait for long. :P
Anonymous guest24 Sept 2010, 19:22
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Where are the results? Why is this taking so long? Kian, please give us a date by which the results will be out.
kianganz24 Sept 2010, 19:25
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Apologies for the delay but I bid your patience please - doing this properly and giving due attention to each post takes its time. We are still waiting for return of one verdict. Hopefully as soon as possible we'll be able to update.
Best, Kian
Anonymous guest26 Sept 2010, 20:07
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does LI plan to release the results at all?? Like in this year or the next?
kianganz26 Sept 2010, 20:09
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Yep, as mentioned previously, they'll be released as soon as we have all the judges votes come in. Please bear with us until then. When the results are out, they will be announced on the frontpage and we will email bloggers, so no need to stress that you'll miss them.
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Comments
May I know why some posts are *ed?
And in 'favourite' posts category my post on ABC: Adjusting comes twice in the list; please look into this.
All the best to everyone!
It explained the asterisks - have clarified slightly. They are all new posts that have not yet been featured in the competition and people may therefore not have read.
(Technical Explanation): I have a large peripheral vision courtesy the speed reeding course I did. I can scan the text pretty quickly. :P
(Physical Explanation): Playing cricket keeps you fit and keeps your eyesight as good as anyone elses. Spotting the error is like spotting a doosra or a carrom ball. :D
(Emotional Explanation): When you have participated in a competition with some effort, you get involved in it to an extent that you want it to be fair and proper.
(Philosophical Explanation): I comment, therefore I am. :-)
(Economical Explanation): The opportunity cost of my commenting is greater/smaller than my not commenting on it (I hate economics and hence the possibility to choose an option for the right answer). The "ABC: Adjusting post" might divide its votes amongst its copy and ruin my chances. :D
(Historical Explanation): I have a previous track record of being a incessant commenter. :P
Smileys speak-
:-)- please note me.
:D- please note me too.
:P- Me.
[Voting will close this week, results will be declared once all the judges' votes are in, hopefully soon. -Kian]
Thank you for your comment. Although you have stated that your comment is in jest, I'd like to clarify that there have been no "meetings" or even confabulations between the judges. We were given time till the end of last week (Sep. 18 to complete the judging). The final leg of the competition involved extensive reading and re-reading of not just the short listed entries but several other blog posts as well. Personally, I could not meet the deadline and sought a couple of days extension from Kian to send him my results. I did send him the results close to midnight yesterday. You need to appreciate that all of us have personal and professional commitments (not to mention the distraction of CL 20) which pulls us in different directions.
I understand your anxiety. Were I to place myself in your shoes, I would be just as impatient, especially if I were a participant. Thank you for your patience. I am sure that the results will be out very soon. May the best blogger win.
Sanjay Bhatia
Best,
Kian