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Asst.Prof. Anjali Dixit publishes her new blog on “Plagiarism in Legal Research.”
22 Mar 2021
Comprehending “plagiarism” Ms Anjali Dixit, assistant professor, faculty of Juridical Sciences Rama University, publishes her new blog on “Plagiarism in Legal Research.” Further details and the blog are mentioned below.
Blog- Plagiarism in Legal Research
Written By – Anjali Dixit
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Juridical Sciences
Rama University, Kanpur
About the Blog:
Plagiarism is one such word that has deep-rooted meaning and existence. Ms Anjali Dixit beautiful comprehends its historical significance. In her blog, she has accentuated the different spectrums of “Plagiarism in Legal Research”. This blog, for sure, will educate many students and faculty members in gaining the proper knowledge of Plagiarism and related legal research.
Scroll down to read the full BLOG.
Plagiarism in Legal Research
MEANING OF PLAGIARISM
The word “plagiarism” is derived from the Latin term “plagiare, which means kidnapper. Plagiarism is defined as, “use per se (as it is) or close resemblance or imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work”
Plagiarism as defined in Section 2 (k) of UGC Act 1956, the regulation as, “…an act of academic dishonesty and a breach of ethics. It involves using someone else’s work as one’s own. It also includes data plagiarism and self-plagiarism.
UNIVERSITY GRANT COMMISSION AND PLAGIARISM
University Grants Commission or the UGC was set up in 1956 by an act passed by the legislature called the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. It was created in order to regulate the higher education system of India.
Sections 26, 27 and 28 of UGC Act 1956 have provided UGC certain conditions which must be fulfilled before a binding regulation can be made. By this binding effect UGC constituted a committee to look into the issue of plagiarism and this committee framed a draft regulation known as the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2017. Publicly notified by the UGC on 1st September 2017. On 20th March 2018, the guidelines were affirmed by the UGC anticipating notice after the endorsement of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY IN CORE
The core work carried out by the student, faculty, staff and researcher shall be based on original ideas and shall be covered by Zero Tolerance Policy on Plagiarism. In case Plagiarism is established in the core work claimed then Plagiarism Disciplinary Authority (PDA) of the Higher Educational Institutions shall impose maximum penalty. The core work shall include abstract, summary, hypothesis, observations, results, Conclusions and recommendations.
LEVELS OF PLAGIARISM IN NON-CORE AREAS
For all other (non-core) cases, plagiarism would be quantified into following levels in
Ascending order of severity for the purpose of its definition:
Similarities up to 10% .- excluded
Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40%
Level 2: Similarities above 40% to 60%
Level 3: Similarities above 60%
PENALTIES FOR STUDENTS
Plagiarism Disciplinary Authority (PDA) of the Higher Educational Institutions, based on recommendations of the Academic Misconduct Panel (AMP), shall impose penalty considering the severity of the Plagiarism.
i. Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40% - Such student shall not be given any mark and/or credit for the plagiarized script and shall be asked to submit a revised script within a stipulated time period not exceeding 6 months.
ii. Level 2: Similarities above 40% to 60% - Such student shall not be given any mark and/or credit for the plagiarized script and shall be asked to submit a revised script after a time period of one year but not exceeding eighteen months.
iii. Level 3: Similarities above 6o% -Such student shall not be given any mark and/or credit for the plagiarized script and his/her registration for that course to be cancelled.
PENALTIES FOR FACULTIES, STAFF, RESEARCHERSOF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
(i) Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40% - Shall be asked to withdrawn' manuscript submitted for publication and shall not be allowed to publish any work for a minimum period of one year.
(ii) Level 2: Similarities above 40% to 60% - shall be asked to withdrawn ' manuscript submitted for publication and shall not be allowed to publish any work for a minimum period of two year and shall be denied a right to one annual increment and shall not be allowed to be a supervisor to any UG, PG, Master's, M'Phil., Ph.D' student/scholar for a period of two years.
(iii) Level 3: Similarities above 60% - shall be asked to withdrawn manuscript submitted for publication and shall not be allowed to publish any work for a minimum period of three years and shall be denied a right to two successive annual increments and shall not be allowed to be a supervisor to any UG, pG, Master's, M.phil., Ph.D. student/scholar for a period of three years.
OFFENCE OF REPEATED PLAGIARISM
Both students and faculty members it committed repeated plagiarism then on repeated plagiarism they shall be punished for the plagiarism of one level higher than the lower level committed by him/her. In case where plagiarism of highest level is committed then the punishment for the same shall be operative. In case level 3 offence is repeated then the concerned person shall be dismissed. .
AUTHOR
ANJALI DIXIT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
FACULTY OF JURIDICAL SCIENCES
RAMA UNIVERSITY, KANPUR