INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE (ILI) DELHI PH.D ADMISSION TEST 2011

Published On: 15th November 2011

By Sunil Sood, New Delhi

THE INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE

(Deemed University)

Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi – 110 001

Phone: 23387526, 23386321

ADMISSION NOTICE For Ph.D. Programme

The Indian Law Institute, a premier Institute for Legal Research and Education invites applications for admission to the Ph.D. Programme in Law. An applicant holding LL.M. Degree from a recognized university with minimum 55% marks is eligible to apply. The procedure of admission, details of admission test and the application form can be downloaded from the ILI’s website: www.ili.ac.in.

Eligibility for the admission:

To be admitted to the candidature for a Doctoral degree an applicant shall have:

i. Obtained a Master’s Degree in law of any recognised university securing not less than 55% marks or its equivalent.

ii. For applicant belonging to SC/ST category and/or physically handicapped applicants, a relaxation of 5% in marks shall be admissible.

iii. Teachers working in any University or its affiliated colleges and having a teaching/research/other relevant experience of not less than 5 years may be allowed a relaxation of 5% marks.

Provided that out of the two relaxations as stipulated above, only one relaxation is permissible for an applicant.

Procedure for Admission:

a. The admission shall be through a written test to be conducted by the Institute on 10thDecember, 2011 at 2 p.m. in the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi.

b. The candidates who have qualified for UGC NET/ JRF, SLET, and M. Phil are exempted from taking the admission test.

c. All qualified candidates shall make a presentation before the Admission Committee on the proposed topic of research on a date notified by the Institute.

Written test: There shall be a written test of three hours duration for the (on 10.12.2011 candidates who have Not qualified UGC NET/JRF, SLET & At 2 p.m.) M.Phil. The written test shall consists of two papers:

i. Part I Legal Research Methodology – 50 Marks (Subjective Type) Five questions to be answered out of eight

i. Part II On Core subjects – 50 Marks (Subjective Type)

Five questions to be answered in not more than 150 words from Subjects (i) Jurisprudence, (ii) Constitutional Law, (iii) IPC and (iv) Commercial Laws (Contract, Partnership & Sale of Goods).

Note: Short listed Candidates based on the admission test shall be called for Presentation of their Research Proposal and Interview. The candidates of exempted category shall be shortlisted based on the Research Plan submitted by them alongwith the application form.

Categories of Enrolment

a. Full Time enrolment:

i. Enrolment for the Ph.D. Programme shall ordinarily be full-time. The candidate shall put in a minimum of two-years regular attendance in the Institute.

ii. Three years shall be the maximum period in which a full time candidate should complete the work and submit it for evaluation.

b. Part-time enrolment:

There shall be provision for part-time enrolment for the Ph.D. Degree.

i. A part-time candidate shall put in a minimum of three years of part- time study in the Institute including time spent for research at any other place with the permission of the supervisor.

Provided that the part-time candidate shall put in regular attendance in the Institute for at least a total period of 6 months spread over the three year period.

ii) Five years shall be the maximum period in which the part-time candidate shall complete the research work and submit it for evaluation.

c. Conversion either from part-time to full-time or from full-time to part- time is to be permitted only with the approval of the Doctoral Committee.

d. In cases of both part-time and full-time enrolment the supervisor of the candidate shall ensure monitoring of the research work done by the scholars outside the Institute campus by insisting on production of adequate proof of work done.

e. Expiry / Lapse of Enrolment:

Enrolment for the Ph.D. shall be deemed to have lapsed after three years from the date of enrolment in the case of full-time scholars and five years in the case of part-time scholars. In such cases, however, the Doctoral Committee, on the application by the concerned scholar along with the report of supervisor, may give extension of time for a period of six months at a time but for a maximum period of not more than one year.

Course Work:

The scholars should undertake course work for a minimum period of one semester and take three courses. The details of the three courses are as follows:

a. 1. Course on Legal Education and Research; 2. Course focusing on the Research area of Ph. D scholar and 3 Practical Teaching Course

b. The scholars possessing M. Phil./ Ph.D. Degree may be exempted from taking the Research Methodology paper in the course work provided they have completed such course earlier.

c. The Ph. D scholar shall secure at least 50% of marks in each paper.

d. The course work shall be completed within six months from the date of registration.

e. Ph.D. Scholar failing to secure 50% of marks in the courses mentioned above, may be provided an opportunity to re-appear one or more time(s) within three months of the publication of results.

f. The Ph. D scholar shall be allowed to continue further research work only after completing the course work as mentioned above.

Date, Time & Venue of Written Test: 10thDecember, 2011 at 2.00 p.m. in the Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi

Number of seats: The Number of seats for Ph.D. will depend on the availability of suitable candidates but it will not exceed 5 students in an academic year.

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