1- Guidelines for Writing the NTCC Dissertation Report
S./No. CREDIT Word length No. of Binding Report
UNITS (excluding Copies Type Retention
footnotes, details
Appendices
)
1 6 credits/ 18000-25000 2 Black At
4 credits words copies colour Institutional
hard level up to
binding 2 years.
with Best report
golden may be
print kept for
longer time
period
Word length will be exclusive of Preface Copyright Page, Faculty Guide Approval
Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures,
Certificates etc.
Language English
Paper size A4
Margins The text of the document must be justified.
Sanctioned left and right margin is 1.5 inches and 1.25 inches
respectively. And top and bottom is 1.00 inch.
Typing On one side of page. The text will follow line spacing of 1.5 lines.
Table and figures, tabular material as necessary and appendix
material as appropriate may be single space.
Centred material is to be centred between the left and right
margins.
The first line of all paragraphs of running text will be indented 0.5
inches.
Pagination Each page must be numbered, except the Title Page.
The pre pages—including the Copyright Page, Faculty Guide
Approval Page, Acknowledgement, Table of Contents, List of
Tables, List of Figures and Abstract (if any) —will be numbered with
lower-case Roman numerals (ii, iii, iv, etc.) centred from the bottom
edge of the page. The first page that will show a page number is
page ii.
All remaining pages carry consecutive numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). The
page number will be placed in the centre from the bottom edge
of the page.
Arrangement Every NTCC Dissertation should have three parts: the pre pages, the
of Contents main text, and the reference material (Bibliography, Webliography
annexure/s if any and proof of publication)
Each part has several sections, which are normally arranged in the
order discussed below.
1. Preliminary Pages
a. Title page
b. Declaration
c. Topic Approval Letter through Supervisor
d. Acknowledgement(s)
e. Table of Contents
f. Abbreviations
g. List of Cases
h. List of Tables (if any)
i. List of Figures (if any)
j. Abstract /Preface
2. Text (divided into minimum five chapters including
introduction and conclusion with footnotes)
3. Appendices
a-Bibliography,
b-Webliography
c-Annexure/s if any
d- Proof of publication (cover page of publication
and author page/certificate)
Please refer Publication guidelines
Tables and Each table of figure should be placed immediately after the
figures paragraph in which it is mentioned. If it has a separate page, this
page should be the one following the page on which the
table/figure was first mentioned.
Tables and figures that must be positioned horizontally
(landscaped) will face the outer edge of the page, with the widest
margin at the binding edge.
Tables and figures are numbered in separate series. Each table
and figure, including any in the appendices, has a number in its
own series. Each series is numbered consecutively within chapters
(e.g., Figure 10.1, Figure 10.2, and Figure 10.3).
Each table and figure will be separately numbered.
All titles/captions of Table & Figures will appear in the pre pages in the List of Tables
and List of Figures.
Text Format Chapter Title:
Times New Roman, 14 font size. The title should be in capital
letters.
Font Size and Style:
Times New Roman, 12 font size for the main text.
Footnotes: Times New Roman, 10 font size.
Line Spacing: The line spacing should be done in following
manner:
Main text - 1.5 space gap.
Footnotes - 1.0 space gap.
Headings: The heading should be used as per the following style:
First heading: 12 font size, Bold in Centre
Second heading: 12 font size, Bold Left aligned.
Third heading: 12 font size, Italics, Left.
Use of Mode of Citation for Books
Footnotes A. For an Authored Book
(Citation style) (i) By a single or two authors:
Name of the author(s), Title of the book [Link]. (Publisher, Place of
publication, edition/year of publication)
S.N. Mishra, Labour and Industrial Laws 76 (Central Law
Publications, Allahabad, 28th edn. 2018)
M.P. Jain and S.N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law 38
(LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhawa, Nagpur, 7thedn., 2011)
(ii) By multiple authors (more than two):
Names of the first two authors, [Link]., Title of the book [Link]. (if
referring to specific page or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication,
edition/year of publication).
Harold G. Coward, Julius J. Lipner, et al., Hindu Ethics, Purity,
Abortion, and Euthanasia (State University, New York Press, Albany,
1989).
B. For Edited Books
(i) By a single or two editors:
Name of the editor(s) (ed(s.)), Title of the book [Link]. (Publisher,
Place of publication, edn/year)
P.J. Fitzgerald (ed.), Salmond on Jurisprudence (Sweet and
Maxwell, 12thedn, 2016)
Elizabeth Clark and Herbert Richardson (eds.), Women and
Religion: A Feminist Sourcebook of Christian Thought (Harper, New
York, 1977).
(ii) By more than two editors:
Name of the editors, the first two only, [Link]. (eds.), Title of the book
[Link]. (If referring to specific page or pages) (Publisher, Place of
publication, edn/year).
Chatrapati Singh, P.K. Coudhary, [Link]. (eds.), Towards Energy
Conservation Law 78 (ILI, Delhi, 1989).
Mode of Citation of Case Law
I. Where the case title is written in the body of the text, only
the name of the case shall be in the text e.g. Kesavananda
Bharthi v. State of Kerala and the citation is written in the
footnote as AIR 1973 SC 1461.
II. If the name and citation are to be written in the footnote
itself: Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC
1461.
III. If parties to a case are numerous, e.g. State of Punjab
v. Union of India and others; this case is to be cited as:
State of Punjab v. Union of India (1977) 3 SCC 592.
Statutes
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (No. 45 of 2000).
The Arms Act, 1959 (No. 54 of 1959).
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (No. 28 of 1961).
Section(s)/Article in a Statute/Constitution
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 2000), s. 30.
Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 2000), ss. 30, 32.
The Constitution of India, art. 21.
The Constitution of India, arts. 14, 19, 21.
Mode of Citation for Articles (Journal):
I. Citation of a paper published in a journal/periodical:
Name of author of the article, title of the essay within inverted
commas, volume number of journal, Name of the journal in
abbreviation page number (year).
Zoe Robinson, “Constitutional Personhood” 84 Geo. Wash. L. Rev.
605 (2016).
II. Citation of a write-up published in a
newspaper/periodical:
Name of the writer, Title of the write-up within inverted commas,
Name of the newspaper, date.
Lalmani Verma, “Snubbed and sulking, BJP’s junior partners in UP
ask for more” The Indian Express, Dec. 26, 2018.
III. Referencing
IV. Ibid./ Id.
Ibid. (meaning ‘in the same place’) is used to refer to an
authority in the footnote immediately preceding the current
footnote and the same page/place is being referred to.
Id. (meaning ‘the same’) is used if the authority is the same but
the page or place of reference is different. E.g. Id. at 30.
Websites
E.g.-Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Federalism and its
alternatives-2 available at:
[Link]
bhattacharya/[Link]. (last visited on Dec 26,
2018).
Reports
• Law Commission of India, 276th Report on Legal
Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting Including in
Cricket in India (July, 2018).
