Submission Policy

Note: For queries/submissions, visit our Contact page.

Due to a high number of guest submissions, we provide a timeline of at least two weeks, if not longer for a response to your submission. Please email us for follow up only if you have not heard from us for more than two weeks from the date of submission. We appreciate your patience.

1. Content:

• • We welcome submissions conventional as well as emerging areas of law that have an impact or are bound to impact India.
  • We prefer submissions that do not exceed 1,500 words in length. The title must not exceed 10 words. Vidhi Vaani reserves the right to change the title of your submissions for Search Engine Optimization purposes.
  • Submissions must be made in MS Word document formatted using Times New Roman font, size 12, line spacing 1.5, justified.
  • Authors must include their brief biographical information (in no more than two lines) at the top of the post below the title. Eg.: “Ms. X is an associate at XYZ Law Firm in Mumbai”, or “Mr. A is a 3rd year LLB student at PQR Law School in New Delhi”.
  • Each submission must include up to three keywords that are relevant to the topic submitted for publication.
  • Along with the blog submission, the author(s) would be required to submit an abstract of 100-150 words describing the overview of the theme covered in their blog.
  • A relevant photograph must be provided by the author which should be attributed (provide image source URL), at least 200×200 pixels, JPG, or PNG format.

              2. References:

• • The content in every submission shall be supported by research in the form of footnotes. References may be made for statistics, judgments, articles, blogs, and any other part of a submission that is required to be backed by source content. Vidhi Vaani reserves the right to ask for more reference links in case any reference is deemed missing in any submission. Failure to provide appropriate references in the original article or on being called upon by the Vidhi Vaani team, shall lead to disqualification of submission from consideration. Vidhi Vaani further reserves the right to limit the number of footnotes/references in the finally published article.
  • There is no need to provide links to Indian statutory materials that are well known, e.g. Companies Act, 2013. However, links are preferable for recent amendments in Indian statutes or regulations or for references relating to foreign law.

              3. Plagiarism & AI

We at Vidhi Vaani believe in the importance of critical and original thinking gained through extensive research and application of mind which is why we run extensive checks on every submission made to us to avoid plagiarism and AI generated content. Analytical posts would be preferred over descriptive ones and various factors including but not limited to relevance, quality, structure, logic and writing-style would be considered. However, for the purposes of citing judgments, quoting books, and referring other legal articles, a 10% plagiarism threshold is allowed for all submissions

    4. No Conflict

Through their submissions, the contributors confirm that the work represents their original contribution, and that it has not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works. In case contributors have any actual or potential conflicts of interests in relation to the subject matter of their contribution, that must be disclosed at the time of submission itself.

     5. Discretion

Each submission will be reviewed by the team at Vidhi Vaani, who retain their absolute discretion in determining whether to accept a post and, if accepted, whether the post requires revisions. Contributors must work with the members to incorporate suggested revisions and comments. Given the large volume of submissions, the members are not in a position to provide feedback on each rejected submission.

    6. No Claims

Vidhi Vaani takes all appropriate steps to ensure authenticity of the submissions that are published on the website. However, the website maintains its status as an intermediary between the budding legal writers and the readers. The content is not owned by Vidhi Vaani and no claims including but not limited Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”), contractual breach, misinformation, etc. shall be maintainable against Vidhi Vaani.

   7. Publication Fees

Vidhi Vaani aims to make legal knowledge free and accessible to all. However, due to high hosting and domain maintenance costs, we charge Rs. 250/- (Indian Rupees Two Hundred & Fifty Only) for every article which is finally selected for publication on the website. The steps for making the payment shall only be disclosed to the authors whose content submissions finally get selected for publication.  

   8. Republishing

Posts initially carried on the Vidhi Vaani website may be cross-posted on other websites or in print without prior permission. However, this is subject to the condition that the cross-posting prominently carries wording to the effect that the material was “first published on the Vidhi Vaani (https://vidhivaani.in)”.