THE GNLU LAW REVIEW (TGLR)

CITATION GUIDE
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PREFACE
The GNLU Law Review (“TGLR”) accepts only footnotes for citing any source.
The footnoting style followed is the Harvard Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
(20th Edition) (“Harvard Bluebook”). The citations should be in font size 10 with
line spacing of 1 inch. Further, the citations must be in Times New Roman.

TGLR Citation Guide (“Guide”) is based on the Harvard Bluebook and is to be

used for mere guidance. Not all rules of citation have been referred in the Guide.
Further, sole reliance on the Guide for citation purpose is not advised. If an
author cites any source not used here or in case of any other confusion, s/he
should refer to the Harvard Bluebook. The Editorial Board of TGLR or Gujarat
National Law University will not take responsibility for any error arising due to
reliance placed on the Guide.

- The Editorial Board, TGLR

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CONSTITUTION....................................................................................... 7

1.1 Indian Constitution......................................................................... 7

Article ...................................................................................................... 7

Preamble .................................................................................................. 7

Schedule................................................................................................... 7

Constitutional Amendment Acts .............................................................. 7

Amendments, insertions and omissions.................................................... 7

Pending constitutional amendments ......................................................... 8

1.2 Foreign Constitutions..................................................................... 8

The United States of America (USA)........................................................ 8

Australia ................................................................................................... 8

Switzerland............................................................................................... 8

France ...................................................................................................... 9

Japan ........................................................................................................ 9

2. BOOKS ..................................................................................................... 9

2.1 Multiple Editions, Same Publisher............................................... 10

2.2 Books with editor/s or translators ................................................ 10

2.3 Books with more than two editors ................................................ 10

3. A RTICLES AND WORKING PAPERS........................................................ 10

3.1 Articles in consecutively paginated journals and magazines....... 10

3.2 Articles in non-consecutively paginated journals and

Magazines...... ........................................................................................... 11

3.3 Works in Collection ...................................................................... 11

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3.4 Newspaper Articles ...................................................................... 11

3.5 Online Newspapers ...................................................................... 12

4. CASES..................................................................................................... 12

4.1 Supreme Court Decisions............................................................. 12

4.2 High Court Decisions................................................................... 13

4.3 Decisions of Tribunals ................................................................. 13

4.4 International Domestic Jurisdictions ........................................... 14

USA ....................................................................................................... 14

Canada ................................................................................................... 14

Australia ................................................................................................. 14

UK ......................................................................................................... 14

5. INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL ................................................................ 14

5.1 UNGA resolutions (Res.), Decisions (Dec.) and resolutions with

special names............................................................................................ 14

5.2 UN Charter................................................................................... 15

5.3 UNSC resolution (Res.) and Decisions (Dec.) ............................. 15

5.4 UN Reports ................................................................................... 15

5.5 Cases [International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Permanent Court

of International Justice (PCIJ)] ............................................................... 16

5.6 Treaties ......................................................................................... 16

6. REPORTS ............................................................................................... 16

6.1 Law Commission Reports............................................................. 16

6.2 Committees set up by the Government ......................................... 17

6.3 Five-Year Plans ............................................................................ 17

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6.4 NGO Reports ................................................................................ 17

6.5 Government Statistics................................................................... 18

6.6 Reports of Parliamentary Committees ......................................... 18

6.7 Annual Reports of Government Bodies Or Governmental

Departments ............................................................................................. 18

7. STATUTE................................................................................................ 18

7.1 Statute........................................................................................... 18

7.2 Schedules of a Statute................................................................... 19

7.3 Amending Statute.......................................................................... 19

7.4 Illustrations in a Statute ............................................................... 19

7.5 Ordinance ..................................................................................... 20

7.6 Rules ............................................................................................. 20

7.7 Regulations ................................................................................... 20

7.8 Bye Laws ...................................................................................... 20

7.9 Bills............................................................................................... 20

7.10 Ministry Notifications................................................................... 21

7.11 Circulars....................................................................................... 21

7.12 Guidelines..................................................................................... 21

7.13 Executive Orders .......................................................................... 21

7.14 Government Policies .................................................................... 22

7.15 Gazette Notifications .................................................................... 22

8. LEGISLATIVE & OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS ........................................... 22

8.1 Constituent Assembly Debates ..................................................... 22

8.2 Parliamentary Questions or Speeches ......................................... 23

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8.3 Parliamentary Debates ................................................................ 23

8.4 Minutes of Meetings of Official Bodies ........................................ 23

9. MISCELLANEOUS .................................................................................. 24

9.1 Online Materials .......................................................................... 24

9.2 Dictionaries .................................................................................. 24

9.3 Videos ........................................................................................... 24

9.4 E-Mail........................................................................................... 24

9.5 Letters........................................................................................... 25

9.6 Symposia....................................................................................... 25

9.7 Speeches ....................................................................................... 26

10. SHORT CITATION FORMS ..................................................................... 26

10.1 Supra ............................................................................................ 26

10.2 Id................................................................................................... 26

10.3 Hereinafter ................................................................................... 26

10.4 Infra .............................................................................................. 27

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1. CONSTITUTION

1.1 Indian Constitution

Article
INDIA CONST. art. [article number], cl. [clause number, if applicable].
Example:
INDIA CONST. art. 20, cl. 1.

Preamble
INDIA CONST. pmbl.

Schedule
INDIA CONST. sched. [schedule number], pt. [part number, if applicable], ¶
[paragraph number].
Examples:
INDIA CONST. sched. X, ¶ 7.
INDIA CONST. sched. V, pt. B, ¶ 4(1).

Constitutional Amendment Acts

The Constitution [(<amendment number in words> Amendment)] Act, [year of
the act], § [section number, if applicable].
Example:
The Constitution (Ninety-First Amendment) Act, 2003, § 5(b).

Amendments, insertions and omissions

INDIA CONST. art./sched. [article/schedule number, whichever is applicable],
amended by/inserted by/omitted by The Constitution [(<amending act number in
words> Amendment) Act], [year of the act].
Examples:

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INDIA CONST. art. 124(2), amended by The Constitution (Ninety-ninth

Amendment) Act, 2014.
INDIA CONST. art. 31, omitted by The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment)
Act, 1978.
INDIA CONST. sched. X, inserted by The Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment)
Act, 1985.

Pending constitutional amendments

The Constitution [(<Number of amendment in words> Amendment)] Bill, [Bill
number of the year], [year in the title of the bill], cl. [clause number].
Example:
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Fourth Amendment) Bill, Bill No.
3 of 2019, 2019, cl. 2.

1.2 Foreign Constitutions

The United States of America (USA)

U.S. CONST. art. [article number], § [section number, if applicable], cl. [clause
number, if applicable].
Example:
U.S. CONST. art. I, § 9, cl. 2.

Australia
Australian Constitution s. [section number].
Example:
Australian Constitution s. 51.

Switzerland

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[constitution name] [const. name abbreviation] [CONSTITUTION] [date of

enactment], [abbreviation of full title of systematic collection of laws] [number
of laws], art. [article number], para. [paragraph number] [(Country abbreviation)].
Example:
BUNDESVERFASSUNG [BV] [CONSTITUTION] Apr. 18, 1999, SR 101, art. 29, para.
1 (Switz.).

France
[year] CONST. [article number] [(country abbreviation, if not evident from the
context)].
Example:
1958 CONST. 1 (Fr.).

Japan
[Constitution name] [Constitution abbreviation] [CONSTITUTION], art. [article
number], para. [paragraph number] [(country abbreviation, if not evident from
the context)].
Example:
NIHONKOKU KENPŌ [KENPŌ] [CONSTITUTION], art. 9, para. 2 (Japan).

2. BOOKS

[Volume number, if any] [AUTHOR’ S NAME ], [TITLE OF THE BOOK] [Page

number] [(Publisher’s name Year of publishing)].
Examples:
 1 JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, A HISTORY OF THE CRIMINAL LAW OF
E NGLAND 156–57 (London, MacMillan & Co. 1883).
 GLANVILLE WILLIAMS, LEARNING THE LAW 69 (Sweet & Maxwell 2014).

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2.1 Multiple Editions, Same Publisher

[Volume number, if any] [AUTHOR’ S NAME ], [TITLE OF THE BOOK] [Page

number] [(Edition Year of publishing)].
Examples:
 FLEMING JAMES, JR. ET AL., CIVIL PROCEDURE § 2.3 (4th ed. 1992).
 FRANCIS A. CAREY , O RGANIC CHEMISTRY 310 (6th ed. 2006).

2.2 Books with editor/s or translators

[Volume number, if any] [A UTHOR’ S NAME ], [TITLE OF THE BOOK] [Page

number] [(Name of the editor/s followed by ed./eds., Name of the translator (if
any) followed by trans., Publisher’s name Year of publishing)].
Example:
 KARL MARX & FREDERICH E NGELS, THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (Joseph
Katz ed., Samuel Moore trans., Washington Square Press 1964).
 E THICS OF CONSUMPTION: THE GOOD LIFE , JUSTICE , AND GLOBAL
STEWARDSHIP 118–19 (David A. Crocker & Toby Linden eds., 1998).

2.3 Books with more than two editors

[Volume number, if any] [A UTHOR’ S NAME ], [TITLE OF THE BOOK] [Page

number] [(Name of the editor followed by et al. eds., Name of the translator (if
any) followed by trans., Publisher’s name Year of publishing)].
Example:
 AIDS AND THE LAW (Harlon L. Dalton et al. eds., 1987).

3. A RTICLES AND WORKING PAPERS

3.1 Articles in consecutively paginated journals and magazines

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[Author’s name], [Title of the article], [Journal volume number] [NAME OF THE
JOURNAL (abbreviated)] [Starting page of the article], [Pages cited] [(Year)].
Example:
 David E. Graham, Cyber Threats and the Law of War, 4 J. NATL SEC. L. &
POL'Y 87, 91 (2010).
 Fred R. Shapiro & Michelle Pearse, The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All
Time, 110 MICH. L. REV. 1483, 1489 (2012).

3.2 Articles in non-consecutively paginated journals and Magazines

[Author’s name], [Title of the article], [Journal Volume Number] [NAME OF THE
JOURNAL (abbreviated)] [Date of issue as on its cover] at [first page of the work],
[page or pages on which specific material appears (if applicable)].
Example:
 Barbara Ehrenreich, Iranscam: The Real Meaning of Oliver North, MS., May 1987,
at 24, 25.
 Damages for a Deadly Cloud: The Bhopal Tragedy Will Cost Union Carbide $470
Million, TIME , Feb. 27, 1989, at 53.

3.3 Works in Collection

[Authors Name], [Title of the shorter work], in [Volume number (if any)] [NAME OF
THE VOLUME ] [Page on which the shorter work begins, page on which specific
material appears] [(Editors, translators, edition, publisher, and date)].
Example:
 Kay Deaux & Brenda Major, A Social-Psychological Model of
Gender, in THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL DIFFERENCE 89, 90
(Deborah L. Rhode ed., 1990).

3.4 Newspaper Articles

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[Name of the author], [Name of the article], [Name of the newspaper] [(Place of
publication)], [Date of publication], at [ Page number].
Example:
 Nancy Reagan, Editorial, Just Say “Whoa,” WALL ST. J., Jan. 23, 1996, at A14.
 Trial Judge Will Not Give Enquiry Evidence, TIMES (London), June 13, 1990, at
3.

3.5 Online Newspapers

[Name of the author], [Name of the article], [Name of the newspaper] [(Date of
publication)], [URL].
Example:
 John M. Broder, Geography Is Dividing Democrats over Energy, N.Y. TIMES (Jan.
27, 2009),
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/science/earth/27coal.html.

3.6 Working Paper

[Name of the author], [Name of the article] [(name of the sponsoring organization,
the working paper designation and number, and the year)].
Example:
 Alan J. Auerbach & Laurence J. Kotlikoff, National Savings, Economic Welfare,
and the Structure of Taxation 24–33 (Nat’l Bureau of Econ. Research, Working
Paper No. 729, 1981).

4. CASES

[Plaintiff/ Appellant/ Applicant] v. [Defendant/ Respondent], [Citation],

[Paragraph number, if any]

4.1 Supreme Court Decisions

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Examples:
 Satya v. Teja Singh, (1975) 1 SCC 120.
 Vishaka & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors., AIR 1997 SC 3011, ¶ 21.
 State of Punjab v. Mohar Singh, 1955 SCJ 25.
 Surajdeao Ojha v. State of Bihar, 1980 Supp SCC 769.
 Goodricke Group Ltd. v. State of West Bengal, 1995 Supp (1) SCC 707.

4.2 High Court Decisions

Examples:
 Pandhari v. Motiram Jayram Deogade, (2018) 3 Mah LJ 251.
 K. Bhoomi Reddy v. The Land Acquisition Officer, 2015 SCC OnLine Hyd
90.
 Vasundara Bhalla v. Haridas Bhagat and Company Pvt. Ltd., AIR 1995 Mad
172.
 Saha and Gupta Enterprise v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (2008) 1 Arb LR
102.

4.3 Decisions of Tribunals

[Name of the Tribunal (Bench and city)], [Plaintiff/ Appellant/ Applicant] v.

[Defendant/ Respondent], [Page or paragraph number] [(Date of ruling)].
Examples:
 National Company Law Tribunal (Ahmedabad Bench, Ahmedabad), Varia
Engineering Work Pvt Ltd v. Himanshu Varia & Ors., (Mar 1, 2019).
 National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi), B. Raghupathy v.
Union of India & Ors., ¶ 3 (Aug 21, 2018).
 Central Administrative Tribunal (Jabalpur Bench, Jabalpur), Vishnu Prasad
Shyam v. Union of India, (Aug 13, 2007).

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4.4 International Domestic Jurisdictions

USA

 Davis v. People of Territory of Utah, 151 US 262 (1894).

 Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 195 (1962).

Canada

 R. v. Morgentaler, [1993] 3 S.C.R. 463.

 Chase v. Campbell, [1962] S.C.R. 425 (Can.).

Australia

 GBT v. The State of Western Australia [2019] WASCA 40.

 Dickson v The Queen [2010] 241 CLR 491.

UK

 R v. Golds [2016] UKSC 61.

 Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 562 (HL) 564.

5. INTERNATIONAL MATERIAL

5.1 UNGA resolutions (Res.), Decisions (Dec.) and resolutions with

special names

[G.A.] [Res./Dec.] [resolution/decision number], [UN Document number]

(date).
Examples:
 G.A. Res. 47/163, ¶ 5 (Dec. 18, 1992).
 G.A. Dec. 62/557, U.N. Doc. A/63/49 (Vol. III), at 106 (Sept. 15, 2008).

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 G.A. Res. 60/1, 2005 World Summit Outcome (Sept. 16, 2005).

Resolutions by other organs

Resolutions issued by other U.N. organs should be cited analogously to General

Assembly and Security Council resolutions. List the title of the U.N. organ first.
Example:
 Trusteeship Council Res. 2014 (XXVI), at 2 (June 1, 1960).

5.2 UN Charter

U.N. Charter art. [Article number], ¶ [paragraph number].

Example:
 U.N. Charter art. 43, ¶ 1.

5.3 UNSC resolution (Res.) and Decisions (Dec.)

Security Council resolutions and statements of the Security Council president

should be cited by resolution number and date.
Example:
 S.C. Res. 1325, ¶ 8 (Oct. 31, 2000).

5.4 UN Reports

[Author], [name of report], [paragraph cited] [UN Document number] (date).

Examples:
 U.N. Secretary-General, An agenda for peace: Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking
and Peace-Keeping: Rep. of the Secretary General, ¶ 14, U.N. Doc. A/47/277-
S/24111 (June 17, 1992).
 Maurice Kamto (Special Rapporteur on the Expulsion of Aliens), Fourth Rep.
on the Expulsion of Aliens, U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/594 (Mar. 24, 2008).

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5.5 Cases [International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Permanent Court of

International Justice (PCIJ)]

[Name of case] [(names of parties in short forms)], [characterization of the

decision like judgement, order, Preliminary Objection etc.], [citation] [paragraph
number when available indicated by the pilcrow symbol ¶] (date).
Examples:
 Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicar. v. U.S.),
Judgement, 1986 I.C.J. 14 (June 27).
 Diversion of Water from Meuse (Neth. v. Belg.), Judgment, 1937 P.C.I.J.
(ser. A/B) No. 70, at 7 (June 28).

Arbitration Cases-

 Amoco Int’l Fin. Corp. v. Iran, 15 Iran-U.S. Cl. Trib. Rep. 189 (1987).
 Savarkar (Fr. v. Gr. Brit.), Hague Ct. Rep. (Scott) 275 (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1911).

5.6 Treaties

[Agreement’s/Treaty name], [state parties (if applicable)], [subdivision referred

to (if applicable)], [date of signing], [source].
Examples:
 Treaty of Neutrality, Hung.-Turk., Jan. 5, 1929, 100 L.N.T.S. 137.
 North American Free Trade Agreement, Can.-Mex.-U.S., Dec. 17, 1992, 32
I.L.M. 289.

6. REPORTS

6.1 Law Commission Reports

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[LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA], [REPORT NUMBER] [NAME OF THE REPORT],

[Page number] [(Year of publication)],
Example:
 LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA, REPORT NO. 245: ARREARS AND BACKLOG:
CREATING ADDITIONAL JUDICIAL (WO)MANPOWER 42 (2014).

6.2 Committees set up by the Government

[NAME OF THE CHAIRMAN/COMMITTEE], [TITLE OF THE REPORT] [Page

number] [(Year of publication)].
Example:
 ASHOK KUMAR COMMITTEE, THE REVIEW OF THE CIVIL AVIATION
REQUIREMENTS (CAR) FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 40 (2012).

6.3 Five-Year Plans

[NAME OF THE BODY ], [NAME OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN (Y EAR OF ITS
IMPLEMENTATION)] [Page number] [(Year of publication)].
Example:
 PLANNING COMMISSION, E LEVENTH FIVE -Y EAR PLAN (2007-2012), 27
(2006).

6.4 NGO Reports

[NAME O F THE NGO], [TITLE OF THE REPORT] [Page number] [(Year of

publication)].
Example:
 PEOPLE ’ S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
AGAINST THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY 7 (2003).

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6.5 Government Statistics

[NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT], [NAME OF SUB-DEPARTMENT

CONDUCTING THE STATISTICS (IF ANY )], [TITLE OF THE REPORT] [Page number]
[(Year of publication)].
Example:
 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU, CASES
REGISTERED & THEIR DISPOSAL UNDER DOWRY DEATHS DURING 2001-02
49 (2001).

6.6 Reports of Parliamentary Committees

[NAME OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ], [SESSION NO.], [REPORT

NUMBER] [TITLE OF THE REPORT], [Page number] [(Year of publication)].
Example:
 STANDING COMMITTEE O N URBAN DEVELOPMENT, FIFTEENTH LOK
SABHA, TWENTY THIRD REPORT, REPORT ON THE STREET VENDORS
(PROTECTION OF LIVELIHOOD & REGULATION OF STREET VENDING) BILL,
2012 3.1.1 (2013).

6.7 Annual Reports of Government Bodies Or Governmental

Departments

[NAME OF THE GOVT. BODY ], [TITLE OF THE REPORT] [REPORT YEAR] [Page
number] [(Year of publication)].
Example:
 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 99 (2019).

7. STATUTE

7.1 Statute

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[Short Title of the Act], § [Section number], No. [Act number], Acts of
Parliament, [Year of the Act] [(country abbreviation)].
Note: While citing a State legislation, in place of ‘Acts of Parliament’, use ‘Acts
of [relevant State] State Legislature’.
Examples:
 Banking Regulation Act, 1949, § 3, No. 10, Acts of Parliament, 1949 (India).
 Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953, § 5, No. 40, Acts of
Maharashtra State Legislature, 1953 (India).

7.2 Schedules of a Statute

[Short Title of the Act], sched. [Schedule number], art. [Article number].
Example:
 The Geneva Conventions Act, 1960, sched. I, art. 3.

7.3 Amending Statute

[Short Title of the Act], No. [Act number], Acts of Parliament, [Year of Volume]
[(Country abbreviation if not evident from context)].
Examples:
 Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2000, No. 1, Acts of Parliament, 2001
(India).
 Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1992, No. 13, Acts of Parliament, 1992
(India).

7.4 Illustrations in a Statute

[Short Title of the Act], Illustration to § [Section number].

Example:
 Indian Contract Act, 1872, Illustration to § 12.

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7.5 Ordinance

[Short Title of the Ordinance], § [Section number] [(Date of Promulgation)].

Example:
 The National Tax Tribunal Ordinance, 2003, § 5 (Oct. 16, 2003).

7.6 Rules

[Rules name], [Year of enactment], [Volume number] [Publication abbreviation]

[Page(s) of specific material] [(country abbreviation if not evident from context)].
Examples:
 Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Rules, 1977, 22 Gen. S. R. & O. 719 (India).
 Indian Post Office (1st Amendment) Rules, 1996, 1997 CIS 135 (India).

7.7 Regulations

[Regulations Name], [Year of Enactment], [Volume Number] [Publication

Abbreviation] [Page(s) of Specific Material] [(Country abbreviation if not evident
from context)].
Example:
 Indian Medical Council (Profession Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics)
Regulations, 2002, Gazette of India, pt. III sec. 4 (Apr. 6, 2002).

7.8 Bye Laws

[Name of the Bye Laws], Bye Law [Bye Law number].

Example:
 Bye Laws of The Bombay Stock Exchange, Bye Law 1(a).

7.9 Bills

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[Short Title of the Bill], Cl. [Clause number], No. [Bill number] of [Year of the
Bill] [(country abbreviation if not evident from context)].
Example:
 The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018, Cl. 3, No. 169 of 2018
(India).

7.10 Ministry Notifications

[Name of the notifying ministry], [Description of the notification], [Notification

number] [(Date of notification)].
Example:
 Ministry of Finance, Resignation Acceptance of Dr. Urjit R. Patel as
Governor of RBI, F.No. 1/3/2013-BO.I (Dec. 11, 2018).

7.11 Circulars

[Name of relevant authority], [Circular number] [(Date of issuance)].

Example:
 Ministry of Finance, Circular No. 1/9/2014-FI (C-68798) (Oct. 7, 2014).

7.12 Guidelines

[Name of the guidelines], Cl. [Clause number] [(Date of issuance)].

Example:
 RBI Guidelines, Cl. D.I.a (Aug. 1, 2016).

7.13 Executive Orders

[Name of the relevant authority], [Title of the order], [Order number] [(Date of
issuance)].
Example:

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 Ministry of Finance, General Order, 60(2)/98/IC-I (Apr. 16, 1998).

7.14 Government Policies

[Name of the policy], [Location of text], ¶ [Paragraph number] [(Year of

adoption)].
Example:
 National Telecom Policy, Preamble, ¶ 10 (2012).

7.15 Gazette Notifications

[Name of the Government], [Name of the notifying ministry or department],

[Notification number] [(Date of issuance)].
Example:
 Govt. of India, Ministry of Labour and Employment, S.O. 1032(E) (Feb.
27, 2019).

8. LEGISLATIVE & OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

8.1 Constituent Assembly Debates

[Book number] LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY

DEBATES: O FFICIAL REPORT [ REPORT NO.] (photo. reprint [year]).
For the online version: [Book number] [HOUSE NAME ] SECRETARIAT,
CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES [date of speech] speech by [speaker name]
[page no.], [URL] [(last visited date)].
Examples:
 7 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES:
O FFICIAL REPORT 893 (photo. reprint 2003).
 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES, Sep. 17,
1946 speech by B.R. AMBEDKAR 66,

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http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/vol1p5.htm (last visited on

Feb. 27, 2014).

8.2 Parliamentary Questions or Speeches

[Title of the session], [NAME OF THE HOUSE ], [URL], [Date it was last visited].
Example:
 100 day plan for the Textile Sector, RAJYA SABHA DEBATES,
http://rsdebate.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/63456/2/PD_229_0709201
3_p89_p121_9.pdf#search=null 2009 07 15 (last visited on Feb. 24, 2014).

8.3 Parliamentary Debates

[Title of the session], [NAME OF THE HOUSE ], [URL], [(Date it was last visited)].
Example:
 Withdrawal of Proposal to Amend 498A, RAJYA SABHA DEBATES,
http://rsdebates.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/632603/2/PD_234_200320
14_p3666_p367_28.pdf#search=propasal to amend 498A (last visited on
Jan. 23, 2018).

8.4 Minutes of Meetings of Official Bodies

[Name of the department], [Minutes of the type of meeting], [Date], [URL], [(Date it
was last visited)].
Example:
 Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Minutes of the India - Kenya Joint Trade
Committee meeting, Nov. 18, 2014,
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=183077 (last visited on
Apr 24, 2018).

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9. MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Online Materials

[Name of the author], [Title], [NAME OF THE WEBSITE ] [Date] [URL] [Date last
visited].
Where author information is not available, the citation must begin from the title.
If no clear title is discernible then cite the title as shown in the Title Bar of the
web browser.
Example:
 Krishnadas Rajagopal, Jallikattu issue to go to Constitution Bench, THE HINDU
(Dec. 12, 2017), http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jallikattu-issue-
constitution-bench/article21512807.ece.

9.2 Dictionaries

[TITLE OF THE DICTIONARY ] [Page number] [(Editors, Edition no. Year)].

Example:
 BLACK’ S LAW DICTIONARY 978 (Bryan A. Garner et al. eds., 9 th ed. 2009).

9.3 Videos

[Title of video], [Date], [URL], [(Date last accessed)].

Example:
Vice President briefs media about his 2- nation visit to Latin America, Mar. 12,
2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdoHfThW5U (last visited on
Mar. 17, 2019).

9.4 E-Mail

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Letter from [Name of the sender], [Title and Institutional affiliation in

abbreviation], to [Name of the recipient], [Title and Institutional affiliation in
abbreviation] [(archival information)].
Example:
 E-mail from Editorial Bd., the GNLU Law Review, to Mr. Mike Cruz,
Managing Dir., LexisNexis India (Apr. 24, 2018, 05:30 pm IST) (on file with
the author).

9.5 Letters

Letter from [Name of the sender], [Title and Institutional affiliation in

abbreviation], to [Name of the recipient], [Title and Institutional affiliation in
abbreviation] [(date)] (on file with [the person possessing the letter]).
Examples:
 Letter from Mike Cruz, Managing Dir., LexisNexis India, to the Editorial
Bd., The GNLU Law Review (Apr. 24, 2018) (on file with the author).

If available online:

Letter from Indira Jaisingh, to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India (Mar. 8, 2019),
https://barandbench.com/eliminate-sexist-language-in-courts-indira-jaising-
pens-open-letter-to-cji/ (last visited on Apr. 24, 2018).

9.6 Symposia

Symposium, [Title], [first page no. of the piece] [JOURNAL NAME IN

ABBREVIATION] [Pages cited] [(Year)].
Examples:
 Symposium, Security and Investment Law, 92 THE GNLU L. REV. 92, 95
(2013).
 Symposium, Changing Images of the State, 107 HARV. L. REV. 1179 (1994).

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9.7 Speeches

[Name of the speaker], [Designation or institutional affiliation], [Title of the

speech] [(Date on which the speech was delivered)].
Examples:
 Justice A.K. Sikri, Judge, Supreme Court of India, Convocation Address at
the 9 th GNLU Convocation: Legal Education in Practice (Jan. 27, 2019).

10. SHORT CITATION FORMS

10.1 Supra

For when an authority has been cited previously but not immediately above this
one. For authorities cites immediately above see Id.
Example:
 HASTINGS, supra note 15.

10.2 Id.

For authorities cited immediately above this entry, write Id. followed by the
paragraph, section or volume referred to.
Example:
 Id. §2.

10.3 Hereinafter

If the first citation contains a “hereinafter” short title, use that short title in
subsequent “supra” citations.
Examples:

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 U.N. Secretary-General, An agenda for peace: Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking

and Peace-Keeping: Rep. of the Secretary General, ¶14, U.N. Doc. A/47/277-
S/24111 (June 17, 1992) (hereinafter ‘Report’).
 Report, supra note 44.

10.4 Infra

For authorities that are explained subsequently.

Example:
 HASTINGS, infra note 25.

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