The Cell for Studies in Media Laws was established with the aim to promote research, debate and dialogue on legal and ethical issues related to media and to inculcate a spirit of scholarly discussion among the student body.

TOPICS FOR THE COMPETITION

1. Should there be nothing offensive about the right to offend?

2. Whoever controls the media controls the mind. When paid news masquerades as real news, what is the price of the truth in the media?

3. The importance of net neutrality and a free and open internet.

4. The press is there to “inform, educate and entertain”. While doing so it is meant to be “irreverent, unruly and opinionated”, (Lord Justice Leveson, An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, Executive Summary, November 2012, at p. 6). Does the Indian media need to be regulated? Who will regulate the media?

5. “…there ought to exist the fullest liberty of professing and discussing, as a matter of ethical conviction, any doctrine, however immoral it may be considered.”- John Stuart Mill Keeping in view the dynamic understanding of ‘obscenity’, is the law protecting the freedom of speech and expression of the content creators?

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

A soft copy of the essay should be submitted by e-mail to (medialawcell.nliu[at-the-rate-of]gmail[dot]com.) The subject of email shall be (medialawessay.nliu[at-the-rate-of]gmail[dot]com.)

Essays should be in English. Only original essays (not published earlier or extracted from other sources) will be accepted. Violation of this rule will result in immediate disqualification.

REGISTRATION

Registration fee: 500 INR

PRIZES

1st Prize: Rs. 5000

2nd Prize: Rs. 3000

3rd Prize: Rs. 2000

Additionally, ‘special mention’ certificates would be announced on the recommendation of the panel of judges.

Certificates of Participation will be given to all participants.

For more details and guidelines refer to the attached document