Publication Policy

Submissions to the Delhi Journal for Law and Justice are open to a wide range of contributors, subject to authorship and copyright norms derived from standard academic publishing practices. The journal welcomes original, unpublished manuscripts from undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars and legal practitioners.

Interdisciplinary submissions that engage seriously with recognised legal methods, such as doctrinal analysis, comparative approaches, empirical legal studies, or socio-legal inquiry are also encouraged while reflecting evolving trends in legal scholarship across institutions. Co‑authorship is permitted and strictly limited up to two authors so as to foster collaborative research while maintaining clear responsibility and accountability for the submitted work. 

A. All submissions to the Journal for Law and Justice must be original, free from plagiarised content. The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations 2018 apply regarding permissible plagiarism limits.

B. The Journal enforces a strict AI policy. Authors may not use AI to generate substantive content or citations. AI is allowed only for limited proofreading and basic sentence restructuring and should be negligible.

A. Open Access 

The Delhi Journal for Law and Justice provides immediate open access to its content, enabling free public availability to foster global knowledge exchange.

    B. Copyright and Licensing

Upon publication, authors de-facto grants the Delhi Journal for Law and Justice a royalty-free and transferable license to publish, archive, index, and distribute the work in print, electronic formats, databases and open access repositories for the full copyright term.

C. Indemnification

By submitting, authors agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Delhi Journal for Law and Justice and its hosting institution against claims, suits, or liabilities from alleged copyright infringement, unauthorized use, or rights violations arising from publication.

D. Specific Adherence

Author(s) must comply with each and every rules and guidelines mentioned in Submission Guidelines, Submission Categories, Style Guide, Peer-Review Process and Call For Paper (for that specific Issue). 

Note:

A. The Editorial Board of the journal shall conduct a strict editorial review of the submissions and retains absolute discretion with respect to acceptance/rejection of articles.

B.  Law Centre-II shall be the sole copyright owner of all published submissions. Apart from fair dealing for research, private study, or critique, no part of the journal may be copied, adapted, abridged, translated, stored in any retrieval system including computer, photographic, or other systems, or reproduced in any form or by any means whether electronic, mechanical, digital, optical, photographic, or otherwise.

The Delhi Journal for Law and Justice (DJLJ) maintains a fair and efficient review process. Receipt of acknowledgment is typically sent within 30 days of submission, with preliminary editorial reviews completed in four to six weeks of acknowledgement.

DJLJ employs a structured multi-stage, double-blind peer review process:

A. Preliminary Review: Editors and reviewers check for anonymity, word limits, and formatting compliance. Submissions violating exclusivity or suitability are rejected promptly.

B.   The first editorial review includes checking for language clarity, the existence of a specific problem, paper structure, research depth, novelty/originality and contribution to academia. The editor may reject outrightly, ask for further review or ask the author to rewrite and re-submit the article.

C. The second peer review is completed by the same editorial members as in step B along with two or more external peer experts from the advisory board who assess methodology, novel component, scholarly rigor, literature engagement and impact of the article. Reviewers recommend acceptance, revision or rejection of the manuscript.

D. The authors must edit their manuscript as per the comments they received via trailing mail and meet the deadlines outlined for final editing of their manuscripts prior to publication. The editorial board will perform substantive and line editing of all approved manuscripts according to DJLJ’s style and will allow authors to review the edits before distribution to readers.

Note: Timelines may be extended if the editorial board requests any author(s) for revision at any time during the review process. The aforementioned timelines may be revised for improving efficiency.