Articles initially accepted (conditionally or otherwise) by the peer review team will be subject to editing by the editorial team and will be classified into two categories.

(i) Minor Editing

In such category, the minor changes in the contents or foot notes or additional minor requirements will be informed to the author within 6 weeks of the communication of the initial acceptance by the peer review team. The author is bound to inform acceptance to the said minor changes/modifications/ additions within a week of communication of the same or else, the said minor changes/modifications/additions will be deemed to be accepted by the author. Consequently, the Article will be finally accepted and the same will be communicated to the author. If the Author refuses to accept the said minor changes/modifications/ additions, the same has to be communicated to the Chief Editor within a week of communication of the minor changes/modifications/ additions by the Review.

(ii) Resubmission

In case of conditional initial acceptance by the Peer Review team suggesting resubmission by the author based on changes suggested, suggestions to the author would be communicated within 4 weeks of the date of conditional acceptance. If the author is not willing to add or make the changes suggested or the substantive editions suggested, he may withdraw his submissions and the same has to be communicated to the Chief Editor within 2 weeks of communication of the suggestion for resubmission. If no such withdrawal is made by the author may be asked to resubmit the articles with the additions/modifications/changes/editions suggested by the Editorial Team/Editorial Board within 8 weeks thereof. The Peer Review team would finally accept or reject the resubmitted version within 4 weeks of the submission of the resubmitted version and communicate the same to the author. In the event of satisfaction by the Peer Review team, the same will be placed before the Editorial Board which may finally accept the submission for publication and communicate the same to the author.

(iii) Major Editing

In case of conditional initial acceptance by the Peer Review team suggesting major editing by the Editorial Board and Editing team, the suggestion would be communicated to the author within 2 weeks of the initial conditional acceptance. If the author is not willing to such editing, he may withdraw his submissions by communicating to the Chief Editor within 2 weeks of communication of the suggestion for editing. If the author doesn’t withdraw his submission within the period prescribed aforesaid, the author will be deem to have accepted the suggestion for editing by the Editorial Board/Editing team. Then the article will be forwarded to the Editorial Board and Editing team for editing and finalization and the edited version of the article would be communicated to the author within 8 weeks thereof.  If the author doesn’t consent to the edited version within 2 weeks thereof, the matter will not be proceeded further and original submission returned to the author. The author will be still entitled to resubmit his submission in new form which will be subjected to the same review process again. If consent to the edited version is not refused by the author within time period prescribed above, the edited version will be deemed to be consented by the author. Thereafter, the same will be forwarded for approval by the same, Peer Review Team which may finally accept or reject the edited version within 4 weeks of the submission of the edited version by the Editorial Board. If the edited version is approved by the Peer Review Team, the same will be placed before the Editorial Board which may finally accept the submission for publication and communicate the same to the author.

In the event of conditional initial acceptance by the Peer Review Team suggesting major editing by the Editorial Board and the author accepting the Editorial Board to make substantial editing and the author leaving it to the editing team for finalization and submission for approval by the Peer Review team, the following procedure is mandatory. Once, the author accepts or is deem to accept to the Editorial Board/Editing team making substantial editions, after such substantial editions, the edited article would be sent to the author in the edited form and if the author disapproves publication of the article in such edited form, the author will be disentitled to publish the same in any other Journal or Review of that article in a form resembling the edited version forwarded by the Editorial Board/Editing team of the Academy Law Review.