The All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (AIFTP) the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Bar Association and The Goods and Service Tax Practitioners Association of Maharashtra (GSTPAM) in association with Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai is pleased to announce the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Research Paper Competition, 2022.
The topics for this year’s Research Paper for Professionals are:
Topic 1: A comparative analysis of the old reassessment regime vis-à-vis the new reassessment regime.
OR
Topic 2: Whether the provisions of ITC providing conditions for payment of tax by the supplied, valid?
Each article can be authored by a maximum of two authors. The entries will be judged by a panel of eminent professionals and judges. The three best articles from the two subjects referred above will be awarded cash prizes, along with a certificate of merit. The winning research paper will be published in the AIFTP Journal, Journal of GSTPAM, and ITATonline website
Kindly confirm your participation for the same by October 15, 2022 at palkhivala.mootcourt@gmail.com
The papers must reach the above email ID on or before October 31, 2022 by 5:00 p.m. IST.
Please find enclosed a copy of the Rules governing the competition.
RULES FOR THE NANI PALKHIVALA MEMORIAL RESEARCH PAPER COMPETITION
1. PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
1.1. Each participant can send only one article can be authored by a maximum of two professionals .
1.2. Entries must be in English only.
1.3. Participants must register by sending a mail to palkhivala.mootcourt@gmail.com on or before October 15, 2022.
1.4. Participants must also submit a short bio-data and passport size coloured photograph mentioning their full name, membership in the professional organisation, contact number, email and postal address.
1.5. The professional must be below the age of 35 as on October 15, 2022.
2. PRESENTATION
2.1. The research article must comprise of not less than 7,500 words and not more 10,000 words including footnotes.
2.2. The research paper should be typed on A4 size paper; font size of the body of the text must be 12, font type: Times New Roman, 1.5 Spacing and one-inch margins on each side.
2.3. Citing and referencing should be as per OSCOLA 4th Edition
2.4. There should be appropriate footnotes indicating the correct source of information. The footnotes may be typed in font size 9, Font type: Times New Roman, Single Spacing. However, two separate footnotes must be double spaced.
2.5. A bibliography, mentioning all the articles, books, references, websites etc referred to, should be made at the end.
2.6. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
2.7. Participants must email a copy of their entry as a Read-Only MS-Word document to palkhivala.mootcourt@gmail.com.
2.8. Copyrights of all authors are respected, but neither the AIFTP, ITAT Bar Association, The Goods and Service Tax Practitioners Association of Maharashtra (GSTPAM) nor Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai will be responsible for any infringement of the same.
2.9. Each entry shall be enclosed with a covering letter.
2.10. Entries must reach the above-mentioned address on or before October 31, 2022 by 5:00 p.m. IST.
2.11. The organisers will not be responsible for any loss or non-delivery of the entries.
3. MARKING CRITERIA
3.1. Each article will be marked on a total of 100 marks.
3.2. The following is the criteria for marking and the marks allocated to each category:
S.No Marking Criteria Marks Allocated
1. Structure of Articles 20
2. Ingenuity of Ideas 15
3. Issues Covered 15
4. Language, Grammar & Style 15
5. Use of Law & Authorities, reference etc. 30
3.3. The decision of the judges shall be final.
4. AWARDS
4.1. A Certificate of Merit and a cash prize shall be awarded to each of the three best research papers.
4.2. The cash prize awarded shall be as follows:
First prize Rs. 10000/-
Second prize Rs. 7500/-
Third prize Rs. 5000/-
4.3. Certificate of Participation will be issued to each of the participants.
4.4. The Best Article will be published in the Souvenir which will be released on the occasion of the 12th Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial National Tax Moot Court Competition.
4.5. The Best article will also be published along with a photograph of the participants in the AIFTP Journal, GSTPAM and on website (www.itatonline.org)
4.6. All winners shall be duly intimated by E-mail or Telephone.
5. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. For the purpose of this competition, each article shall be the original work of the participant/s. any article found to be a copied work from any other original work, would be disqualified.
5.2. The article should not have been submitted to any other competition and/or should not have been published earlier.
5.3. All entries shall be deemed to be the property of the association which reserves the right of publication of the same.
5.4. If there arises any situation that is not contemplated in the Rules, the organizers decision on the same shall be final.
5.5. The organisers reserve the right to vary, alter, modify or repeal any of the above rules if so required and as they deem appropriate.
5.6. The authors should not send the papers for publication to any magazine, paper etc. without the prior consent of the organisers.
6. CONTACT DETAILS
Email Address: palkhivala.mootcourt@gmail.com
Telephone Numbers-
Mr. K. Gopal : +91- 98200 50141
Mr. Ajay Singh : +91- 98922 12125
Mr. Paras Savla : +91- 98672 00094
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