Call for Papers for Shimla Law Review by HPNLU [Volume VIII (2025–26)]: Submit by April 30

24 Dec 2025

Categories: Call for Papers

About the Law Review

The Shimla Law Review is envisioned to be an annual publication, owned and published by the HPNLU, Shimla. The periodical is intended to provide a forum to the judges, professors,research scholars, and students for exposition on contemporary legal issues, apart from the traditional challenges that the legal paraphernalia comes across. SLR finds its genesis in the backdrop that the role of an institution is beyond the traditional classroom interaction.

It includes deliberations that can affect the society in multifarious ways and support the progressive values that are imbibed in the Constitution. SLR is an all-encompassing journal and promotes contributions on multiple facets of the legal regime owing to its ever-evolving width. In essence, the work of scholarship involves criticizing, revising the existing quantum of information, concepts, values, methods, and throwing new light in the darkness of unknown.

The topography where the University is located resembles the terrains of law and provides the most conducive opportunity for a publication such as SLR that dwells deeper into the realms and nuances of these terrains of the conception and practices of law and legal system.

Submission Categories

Lead or Special Articles: 15000-20000 words
Articles: 8000-15000 words
Case Comments: 6000-8000 words
Notes including Legislative Comments: 6000-7000 words
Book Reviews: 2000-3000 words

Submission Guidelines

Theme: There is no specific or particular theme(s) or topic(s) for the Volume. All submissions, whether relating to the legal developments directly or otherwise, are welcome.
All submission in electronic form: All contributions have to be submitted in the electronic form. The manuscript should be typed in MS Office double spaced, with a left margin of one and half inches, and submitted here.
Abstract: Abstract of the paper in 250-300 words should be sent along with the electronic submissions.
Covering Letter: Author(s) must send a covering letter mentioning the title of the paper, name, designation, and details of the author(s) as well as institutional affiliation. The author(s) are compulsorily required to make a solemn declaration about the originality of the manuscript and that the same has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
Communication of Acceptance: The decision on the acceptance of the paper for publication will be that of the Editorial Board, which shall be final. The communication shall be made electronically. The Editorial Board reserves the right of publication and a manuscript may be rejected from publication in the final stage(s).