Centre for Legal Studies

Gitarattan International Business School, Delhi

REF. GIBS/ADM/STU/18-19/0366 18th March, 2019

CONDUCT OF SUMMER INTERNSHIP

In terms of the Academic circular 8 of 2018, students pursuing BA-LLB and BBA-LLB
courses are to take part in Summer Internship at the end of their 4 th, 6th and 8th semester in
three different stages. In stage-1(Sem-4), the internship shall be conducted preferably at a
lower court (District Level). In Stage-2(Sem-6), the summer internships shall be
conducted at High Court level, or in a state level commission / institution providing
internship for the Law students. In Stage-3(Sem-8), the summer internships shall be
conducted at Supreme Court level, or in any national level commission / institution
providing internship for the Law students. Duration of internship at all the stages should
be of four weeks (minimum contact days 20 days). It is partly the responsibility of the
students to arrange for the legal entity where they intend to undergo internship. Each
student, besides supervising advocate / external guide, shall be provided with an internal
academic guide to support the student to carry out the work smoothly and compile
internship report.

LAWYER Or A COURT ONCE FIXED CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT WRITTEN

PERMISSION FROM THE PRINCIPAL, CLS, GIBS / DIRECTOR, GIBS.

Internship Report

The Guidelines for methodology to be adopted for making the report are attached as
Appendix-A. The format for compilation and report is attached as Appendix-B.

ANY PREVIOUS WORK OR BORROWED REPORT WILL BE SUMMARILY

REJECTED AND IN ALL CASES OF REJECTION THE WORK IS TO BE REPEATED
AFRESH. INCLUSION OF PLAGIARISM REPORT CERTIFICATE IS MANDATORY.
Schedule

The schedule of internship and evaluation is given in the table below. The schedule is to
be adhered to by all the students:

To be Activity Marks Remarks

Completed Allotte
by Date d
27/03/2019 Briefing of all students of BA -
LLB / BBA LL.B 4th semester
about the Summer Internship.
28/03/2019 Briefing of all students of BBA -
th
LL.B 6 semester about the
Summer Internship.
24/05/2019 Submission of name of the 05 Submission to their respective
internship entity in the prescribed guide and marks will be
Performa. allotted by the guide only.
28/05/2019 Commencement of Internship.
20/06/2019 Midterm Progress Review 05 Daily Diary is to be prepared
in this regard and is to be
checked by respective guide
for evaluation purpose.
15/07/2019 Submission of first draft report to 10 Submission to the respective
respective guide. guide and marks will be
allotted by the guide only.
25/07/2019 Return of corrected draft by
respective guide.
15/08/2019 Submission of Final Report to the 05 Submission to the respective
Guide. guide and marks will be
allotted by the guide only.
21/08/2019 Feedback form filled by 05 Marks will be allotted based on
supervising advocate to be the feed back report.
submitted by the students.
24- Viva by the Committee 10
31/08/2019 comprising of Senior Supervisor,
Summer Internship Coordinator &
respective guide.
Total Marks 40

Prof B S Hothi
Director
 Appendix-A

PART-A: CHAPTER-WISE PLAN

Chapter Plan and the contents to be included in the Summer Internship Report are given
below (Report should be covered within 40-50 double space typed pages). Chapter Plan
given in the following paragraphs is minimum output expected. Guide and students have
flexibility to add other aspects without diluting the existing policy.

CHAPTER-1: LEGAL DELIVERY SYSTEM AT DISTRICT LEVEL(STAGE-1) /

STATE LEVEL (STAGE-2) / NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
(STAGE-3)

1.1 Evolution of Court System in India

1.2 Hierarchy of Indian Court System

1.3 Constitution and Composition of District/State/National Courts specially of Civil

& Criminal (Purpose, Functions, nomenclature of judges of each constituent)

1.4 Administrative control of District/State/National Courts

1.5 Other adjudicatory bodies at District/State/National level (write Purpose and

Functions of each)

(a) Family Courts

(b) Motor Accident Claim Tribunal

(c) Green Court

(d) CBI Courts

(e) Consumer Forum

(f) Legal Aid Centers

(g) Mediation System

(h) Any Other

CHAPTER 2: OFFICE PROCEDURES AT ADVOCATE’S / LEGAL FIRM /

COMMISSIONARATE OFFICE
2.1 In Stage-1/2/3 summer internship, each student is to undergo internship under a
registered advocate at District/State/National courts. Students are to use
observation, interview and document study approaches to understand functioning
of office of the advocate / external guide. Besides the guidance by the external
guide, students are to collect data on the following aspects, analyse and include
the outcome in the summer internship report:

2.11 Client Counseling: Students are to use interviewing, planning, and analytical
skills in lawyer-client relationship in the law office. Interviewing and advising to
the client constitutes significant part of lawyer’s work. The students are required
to understand client counseling methods and should personally experience the
counseling process with two or more clients.

2.12 Taking Notes: Taking notes during the meeting with the client or hearing at the
time of court proceedings is an essential component of routine functioning of
every lawyer. Students are required to understand the significance of taking notes
and learn the standard format which lawyers use to take notes in their court dairy
and linking with drafting and ongoing proceedings.

2.13 Legal Research: Legal research is necessary to link facts, circumstances,

situations of the case with the law points; and ingredients of various sections of
acts and previous cases. This process is essential for drafting and pleading the
case in the court. At the lawyer's office students are to involve themselves in the
process of research and link it with the facts of the case.

2.14 Drafting: Students are to learn basic rules of effective drafting and draft at least
one legal document during the internship and include it as annexure.

2.15 File Preparing: The students are to learn procedure and format for Case File
preparation, sequence of documents filed, affidavits, numbering of pages &
annexure, Vakalatnama etc. Submit at least one complete set of files. If
required, mask the real names/parties and attached the file as appendix.

2.16 Account Settling: Settling the accounts or negotiating with the client is another
important aspect which requires on the job training. Students are to learn pricing
mechanism of legal consultancy. Comment on both ethical and unethical
dimensions.

2.17 Court Fee: Student are to collect data regarding payment of Court Fee under
various heads especially in civil and criminal cases and understand rules and
procedures relating to Court Fee. Mention relevant laws regarding the payment of
Court Fee and should also be able to explain the concept of stamp duty.
2.18 Relationship with Support Staff: At the advocate's office/ law firm support
staff may be working. Understand the functions of staff, managing them and
enlisting support for preparation, filing, tracking and archiving the case.

CHAPTER 3: FILIING A CASE & COURT PROCEDURES

3.1 Once the case is ready at the office of the advocate, it is to be filed in a relevant
court. From 'filing of the case to its conclusion' there are many procedures that
are to be followed. Students are to collect data on various aspects and record
them systematically in the report. Some of the aspects to be recorded in this
Chapter are given in the following Para.

3.1.1 Record in your report the following aspects:

(a) Procedures of filing a case at the Registry / Filing Of Appeal / Review/

Revision/ Writ Petition.

(b) Various Forms of Court procedure like (Bail Bond, Index form,
Memorandum of Appeal, Process fess form, Application of Certified
Copy); Attaché the copy of filled forms as annexure, and for filling the
forma students may use fictitious names and information.

(c) Filing before a relevant Court (Jurisdiction of the Courts).

(c) Listing of Cases for hearing (Cause List).

(d) Structure of Court Staff, their nomenclature and functions.

(e) Assessment & payment of right Court Fee.

3.2 Court Manners/Procedures: Understand and note the manners of the court;
addressing the judge and opposition lawyer; procedures for oral and written
submissions; application for seeking time, adjournments, bail etc.

3.3 Hearing and Pleading: With the permission/guidance of the supervising

advocate attend the court proceedings and observe the hearing & pleading process
by the lawyers. Make necessary notes and write your comments.

3.4 Action by the Court: Students are required to understand the action taken by the
judge in particular case. Focus on issues such as adjournment, evidence recording,
order, and judgment, issue of Notices, Summons, and Warrants etc. Make note of
such aspects case wise. Observe ethical dimensions of functioning at courts and
record your impressions.
3.5 Receiving a Copy of an Order: The students are to explore the procedure for
obtaining a certified copy of an order/judgment and format for the application for
it. Include it in Report. Students can also affix a specimen copy or format of such
application or order.

3.6 Appeal Procedure: Students are to familiarize themselves with the procedure of
appeal of an order/decree, applicability of appeal for a particular order/decree and
court of appeal.

CHAPTER 4: CASE DIARY

4.1 Each student is to prepare Case Diary comprising of at least 10 cases including at
least one criminal and one civil case (where-ever applicable). The format for compiling
the Case Diary is attached.

CHAPTER 5: LEARNING SUMMARY

This chapter will include the following:

5.1 Your achievements during the internship.

5.2 Ethical issues observed or faced.

5.3 Suggestions.
 Appendix-B

PART-B: FORMAT OF THE INTERNSHIP REPORT

FORMAT

1. The final report should be written and compiled in the following the sequence:

(a) Title Page

(b) Certificate
(c) Acknowledgement
(d) Contents
(e) List of Abbreviations
(f) List of Tables
(f) Body of the Report
(j) Appendices/Annexure

TITLE PAGE

2. The format of the title page is attached as Annexure-1.

CERTIFICATE

3. The format of certificate is attached as Annexure-2. A certificate from the

supervising advocate, where student has conducted the internship, is also to be attached
separately.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT(S)

4. In the “Acknowledgement” page, the trainee student recognises his/her

indebtedness for guidance and assistance by the faculty guide, supervising advocate and
any other member (s). Courtesy demands that he/she also recognises specific
contributions by other persons or institutions such as libraries and research foundations.
Acknowledgements should be expressed simply, tastefully, and tactfully duly signed
above the name by the Student.

CONTENTS & LIST OF TABLES/ABBREVIATION

5. The format of Contents and list of Tables/Abbreviations are attached as

Annexure-3.
BODY OF THE PROJECT REPORT: GUIDELINES FOR REPORT WRITING

6. The guidelines for collecting data and Chapterisation Plan is given Appendix-A.
Following aspects must be adhered to:

(a) Page Size: Good quality white A4 size executive bond paper should be
used for typing and duplication.

(b) Chapter No/Title: The chapters are to be numbered as Chapter-1, Chapter-2

etc, Bold, Centre aligned, Font size 14. The heading/title of the chapter is to appear
below the chapter number in uppercase, Bold, Centre aligned, Font size 14.

(c) Para Numbering: Paragraphs are to be numbered as 1, 2, 3 etc in every

chapter separately. Sub Para are to be numbered as (a), (b), (c), etc. Sub-sub Para
are to be numbered as (i), (ii), (iii) etc.

(d) Page Specifications:

(i) Left Margin : 1.25 inch

(ii) Right Margin : 1.25 inch
(iii) Top Margin : 1 inch
(iv) Bottom Margin : 1 inch

(e) Page Numbers: All text pages starting from Body of the Internship
Report should be numbered at the bottom center of the pages.

(f) Normal Body Text:

(i) Font Size: 12, Times New Roman, Double Spacing, Single Side Writing.

(ii) Paragraphs Heading Font Size: 12, Times New Roman, Bold,
Indentation 5 spaces from Para number. Main Para uppercase, sub-Para
and sub-sub Para lowercase with first letter in uppercase.

(g) Structure of Final Report: A Internship Report should be minimum of

40 pages typed pages in double space on A4 size paper with 12 font sizes. 10 %
variation is permissible.

(h) Table Number: Table numbers are to be written at the bottom of the
table, centre aligned as given below:

(i) Table No-1: Number of Employees in Organisation ABC

(ii) Source, if any, is to be written in Font size 10, Italics, Unbold,

outside the Table, aligned with left boundary.
 (j) Binding & Color Code of the Report:

(i) Hard Bound Report

(ii) Background of the cover page – Black(Stage-1)/ Maroon(Stage-
2)/ Navy-Blue(Stage-3)
(iii) Letters in Silver White
REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. Follow ILI Style of footnoting. The style for writing footnote is given at
Annexure-4.
APPENDIX/ANNEXURE

8. The appendices are to be attached at the end of the report and to be numbered as
Appendix-A, Appendix-B etc right justified at the top of the page. Below the word
Appendix write in parenthesis “Refer Para No__”. The Para number should be the
number in the body of text where the reference of appendix is given.
9. An appendix may have annexure (s). The annexure, if any, are to be attached
immediately after the said appendix. The annexure are to be numbered as Annexure-1,
Annexure-2 etc.
Annexure-1

SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT CONDUCTED AT ________ COURT---------

(name of Court) (In Capital Letters)
(Font size = 18)

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements

for the award of the degree of

BBA LL.B/BA LL.B

To

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi

Intrenship Co-ordinator: Submitted by:

[Co-ordinator Name (Bold)]
[Designation]
Student Name:
Roll No:

CENTRE FOR LEGAL STUDIES

GITARATTAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
DELHI-110085
Batch (20____-20______)
 Annexure-2

CERTIFICATE

I,_______________________________, Enrolment No. ________________ certify that the

Summer Internship is conducted by me and the Report submitted is an authentic work
carried out by me at _______________________ (Name of Advocate/Firm/Institution). The
matter embodied in this Report has not been submitted earlier for the award of any degree
or diploma to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature of the Student

Date:

Certified that the Summer Internship Report conducted by

by Mr./Ms.______________________________, Enrolment No. ___________,

Conducted at ____________________________________(Name of organisation)

is completed under my guidance.

Signature of the Guide

Date:

Name of the Guide:

Designation:

Countersigned

Summer Internship Coordinator Principal/ Director

 Annexure-3

FORMAT FOR CONTENTS & LIST OF TABLES/ABBREVIATIONS

CONTENTS
S No Topic Page No
1 Certificate (s) i
2 Acknowledgements ii
3 List of Tables iii
4 List of Abbreviations iv
5 Chapter-1: Legal Delivery System at __________ Level
6 Chapter-2: Office Procedures at Advocate’s Office
7 Chapter 3: Filling A Case & Court Procedures
8 Chapter 4: Case Diary
9 Chapter 5: Learning Summary
10 References/Bibliography
11 Appendices/Annexure

LIST OF TABLES
Table No Title Page No
1
2

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

S No Abbreviated Name Full Name

1 CPC Civil Procedure Code
2 CW Civil Writ
 Annexure-4

ILI RULES OF FOOTNOTING

The Institute has followed standard pattern of footnoting which is followed by The
Journal of Indian Law Institute, Annual Survey of Indian Law and many other Journals
which are as under:

Part I

MODE OF CITATION FOR BOOKS

A. FOR AN AUTHORED BOOK

(i) By a single author:

ame of the author, Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)
(Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).
e.g. M.P.Jain, Indian Constitutional Law 98 (Kamal Law House, Calcutta, 5th edn., 1998).

(ii) By two authors:

Name of the authors, Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)
(Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).
e.g. M.P.Jain and S.N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law 38 (Wadhawa, Nagpur,
2001)

(iii)By multiple authors (more than two):

Name of the first two authors, et.al., Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page
or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication).
e.g. Jerry L. Mashaw, Richard A. Merrill, et.al., The American Public Law System –
Cases and Materials 50 (West Group, St. Paul, MN, 1992).

B. FOR EDITED BOOKS

(i) By a single editor:

Name of the editor (ed.), Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)
(Publisher, Place of publication, edn/year).
e.g. Nilendra Kumar (ed.), Nana Palkhivala: A Tribute (Universal Publishers, Delhi,
2004).

(ii) By two editors:

Name of the editors (eds.), Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages)
(Publisher, Place of publication, edn/year).
e.g. S.K. Verma and Raman Mittal (eds.), Intellectual Property Rights: A Global Vision
38-42 (ILI, Delhi, 2004).
(iii) By more than two editors:

Name of the editors, the first two only, et.al. (eds.), Title of the book p.no. (if referring to
specific page or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication, edn/year).
e.g. Chatrapati Singh, P.K. Coudhary, et.al. (eds.), Towards Energy Conservation Law
78 (ILI, Delhi, 1989).

(iv) By, or an auspices of, an organization/institution:

Indian Law Institute, Index to Indian Legal Periodicals (ILI, Delhi, 2002)

Part II

MODE OF CITATION FOR ARTICLES/ESSAYS

(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).
e.g. K. Madhusudhana Rao, “Authority to Recommend President’s Rule under Article
356 of the Constitution” 46 JILI 125 (2004).

(ii) Citation of a paper published in a case reporter:

P.K. Thakur, “Permissibility of Probation in Offences Punishable with Minimum

Imprisonment” 2 SCJ 26-38 (2002).

(iii) Citation of an essay published in a book edited:

Name of author of the essay, title of the essay within inverted commas, Name of the
editor(s), title of the edited book page number (publisher, edition/year).
e.g. R.K. Nayak, “Evolving Global Drugs Law for the 21 st Century” in D.C. Jayasuriya,
R.K. Nayak et.al.(eds.), Global Drugs Law 70 (1997).

(iv) Citation of an essay published as a part of a Survey of Law (e.g. Annual Survey
of Indian Law – [an annual publication of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi]:

Name of author of the essay, title of the essay within inverted commas, volume number
name of the survey, page number (year).
e.g.: P.S. Jaswal, “Constitutional Law-I” XXXVIII ASIL 115-150(2002).

(v) Citation of a write-up published in a news paper/periodical:

Name of the writer, Title of the write-up within inverted comma s , Name of the
newspaper, date.
Robert I. Freidman, “India’s Shame: Sexual Slavery and Political Corruption are Leading
to an AIDS Catastrophe” The Nation, Apr. 8, 1996.
(vi) Citation of an editorial from a newspaper:

Editorial, Title of the Editorial within inverted commas Name of the newspaper, date.
Editorial “Short-circuited” The Times of India, Aug. 2, 2004.

(vii) Citing a reference form Encyclopedia:

Edwin R.A. Seligman (ed.), XV Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (The Macmillan
Co., NY, 1957).

Part III

WEBSITES

If the websites gives information as to when it was last modified, the must be cited, if not
one must cite the date of visiting the website.

(i) Information Technology Act 2000, India, available at: http://www.mit.gov.in/it-

bill.asp (Last Modified July 29, 2003).

(ii) Information Technology Act 2000, India, available at: http://www.mit.gov.in/it-

bill.asp (Visited on July 29, 2003).

Part IV

UNPUBLISHED WORKS

(i) Unpublished Research Work (E. g., Dissertation/Thesis):

Name of the Researcher, Title of the dissertation/thesis (Year) (Unpublished Ph.D. thesis,
Name of the University/organization).
Raman Mittal, xyz (2004) (Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Punjab University).

(ii) Interviews:

Interview with M. Veerappa Moily, Law Minister, The Hindu, July 25, 2004.

(iii) Forthcoming publication of a book:

G. Gann Xu, Information for Corporate IP Management (In Press, 2004).

(iv) Forthcoming publication of an article:

Shabistan Aquil,, “Classification of Human Rights””, in S.K. Verma,

Shabistan Aquill, et. al. (eds.), Human Rights: Cases and Material (In Press, 2004).

Part V

MODE OF CITATION OF CASE LAW

(a) All India Reporter (AIR)

(i) If the case name and citation together are to be written in the text of the article itself
[Note: This format is not allowed in JILI):

Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (AIR 1962 SC 933).

(ii) If the name and citation are to be written in the footnote itself:

Kesavnanda Bharati v. State of Kerala, AIR 1962 SC 933.

(iii) 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 Bharathi v. State of Kerala and the citation is written in
the footnote as AIR 1973 SC 1461.

(b) Supreme Court Cases (SCC)

(i) If the case name and citation together are to be written in the text of the article itself
[Note: This format is not allowed in JILI]

Jassa Singh v. State of Haryana [(2002) 2 SCC 481]

(ii) If the name and citation are to be written in the footnote itself:

(iii) Jassa Singh v. State of Haryana (2002) 2 SCC 481.

(iv) If the case title is to be written in the body of the research paper, only the name of the
case shall be written e.g., Jassa Singh v. State of Haryana then the citation would be
written in the footnote as (2002) 2 SCC 481.

(c) Criminal Law Journal (Cr.L.J)

Lakhwinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab, 2003 Cri LJ 3058 (SC).
Ujjagar Singh v. State of Haryana, 2003 Cri LJ 1691 (P&H).

(d) All England Reports (All ER)

Wilcox v. Jeffery [1951] 1 All ER 464.

(e) If parties to a case are numerous, for e.g.

State of Punjab v. Union of India

This case is to be cited as:
State of Punjab v. Union of India (1977) 3 SCC 592.

Part VI

ACTS

The Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000)

Part VII

REPORTS

(i) Law Commission of India, 144 th Report on Conflicting Judicial Decisions Pertaining
to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (April, 1992).

(ii) Government of India, Report: Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System

(Ministry of Home Affairs, 2003).
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FORMAT FOR WRITING CASES IN INTERNSHIP REPORT

IN THE COURT OF (Designation and Name of Judge along with Court Name)
CASE No._______

XYZ ….. Plaintiff

v.
ABC …..Defendant

DATE OF CASE:

FACTS:
(In brief)

ISSUES:
1.
2.
3. etc.

COURT’S OBSERVATION:

SELF-OBSERVATION (of the case with the understanding of sections and Acts used in
the particular case.)

NEXT DATE OF HEARING (If Any)