IALR Journal by NLIU Bhopal (Volume VIII)

About the Journal

The Indian Arbitration Law Review is a specialised periodical, devoted exclusively to arbitration law, which offers legal professionals, academicians and students an up-to-date review of the field. The Journal is published by EBC and indexed on SCC Online as well as HeinOnline. Published pieces include long articles, short articles, case comments, and book reviews on the law and practice relating to arbitration.

About the University

Situated at Bhopal, the capital city of the State of Madhya Pradesh, NLIU was established by Act No. 41 of 1997 of the State Legislature. NLIU is a premier law school of the country. Apart from imparting quality legal education, NLIU encourages and fosters a culture of research and critique in varied areas of law. The University currently publishes four other law journals – Indian Law Review, NLIU Journal of Intellectual Property Law, NLIU Journal of Business Laws and NLIU Law Review.

Sub themes

The Journal welcomes submissions on any of the following sub-themes:

India’s Draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024: A Critical Analysis of Proposed Appellate Mechanisms and Judicial Modification of Arbitral Awards in Light of Gayatri Balasamy Judgement.

WTO’s Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration: Analysing its implications for third-party states, treaty interpretation and investor-state overlap.

Analysing the interplay between the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in parallel proceedings.

Arbitration of Disputes involving the Securities and Exchange Board of India in furtherance of their Online Dispute Resolution System.

The advent of Tax Arbitration to determine tax obligations and enforcement of clauses in treaties.

Emerging requirement for a framework to address cross-border aviation disputes with a shift in reliance on the ICAO Council to ad hoc and private arbitration mechanisms for civil aviation dispute resolution.

Submission Categories

Submissions can be made under the following categories:

• Long Articles (4000-8000 words): The article must be a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of a contemporary issue in arbitration law and should include references to a range of sources and contributions in the form of alternatives and suggestions.
• Short Articles (2000-4000 words): The article must be an analysis of a contemporary issue in arbitration law and should include a reference to a range of sources and contributions in the form
  of alternatives and suggestions.
• Case Comments (1500-4000 words): The comment must be an analysis of a recent judgment, bringing out its relevance in light of the development of arbitration law, views expressed in the judgment and the opinion(s) of the author.
• Book Reviews (1000-3000 words): The review must be a crisp account of a recently published book on arbitration, including the issues explored and related arguments of the author.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions are accepted only in the English language.
• All articles must be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 300 words. Case Comments and Book Reviews do not need abstracts.
• The abstract must expressly include the novelty and usefulness of the idea that the author wishes to put forth and must categorically mention the specific contribution of the article beyond the existing available literature.
• Co-authorship (with no cap on authors) is permitted for all articles.
• The manuscript should not contain any references to the identity of the authors. However, authors are allowed to cite their previous published work.
• The body of the manuscript should be in Times New Roman, Font Size 12 and 1.5-line spacing.
• The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, Font Size 10 and single line spacing.
• The citations must conform to the style of OSCOLA (4th Edition) – Key available here.
• Manuscripts should only use footnotes as a means of citation. No other method shall be permitted.
• Substantive footnotes are permissible.
• IALR accepts manuscripts on a rolling basis. Manuscripts received after the deadline shall be considered for publication in Volume 9.

How to Submit?

Kindly submit your manuscript through the Google Form available at the end of the post.

Deadline

The submissions must be sent by 11:59 pm, September 10, 2025.

Contact

In case of any queries, kindly drop an email at ialr@nliu.ac.in or contact:
Akhila Hebbar, Editor-in-Chief
+91-6366164006
Divyank Dewan, Managing Editor
+91-9818813438

Click here to submit.