Amity University Mumbai Amity Law School Is Organizing National Moot Court Competition 2019 (NMCC-Second Edition) (18 October - 20 October 2019)
Amity University Mumbai Amity Law School Is Organizing National Moot Court Competition 2019 (NMCC-Second Edition) (18 October - 20 October 2019)
Amity University Mumbai Amity Law School Is Organizing National Moot Court Competition 2019 (NMCC-Second Edition) (18 October - 20 October 2019)
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Amity University Mumbai with its future-ready, sprawling campus, a world - class learning infrastructure
and over a kilometer long frontage on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway offers a 360 degree career
transformational set-up. With its state of the art infrastructure, the campus facilitates all-round growth of
students. It also houses world class sports facilities for soccer, cricket, lawn tennis and badminton. Amity
University Campus has been designed by a globally renowned US architect who has previously designed
Boston and California State University.
Amity Law School (ALS) is one of the world-class legal educational institutions in the country.
The School has been granted affiliation by Bar Council of India and conducts various 5 years courses such
as B.A.LL.B., B.B.A.LL.B., B.COM.LL.B., LL.B. (3yrs), LLM (1year) and PhD. These programmes seek
to promote multi-disciplinary analysis of the socio-legal problems by designing its course-structure and
teaching methods to realize these objectives. In addition, the School organizes seminars on contemporary
legal issues, conducts clinical courses and trains students in legal research and legal writing
Amity Law School has been organizing intellectually challenging competitions since 2014. It’s the second
edition of National Level Moot Court Competition which is going to be held from 18 th October – 20th
October 2019.
The principal objective of the National Level Moot Court Competition: 2 nd Edition: is to groom the
academic excellence amongst students related to the Constitution and Personal Laws and to develop their
advocacy and research skills in an environment of healthy and fair competition. The competition also aims
to provide a platform for law students to exhibit their argumentation skills which are the core part of
advocacy.
Schedule
Event Date
Last date of Registration 25/09/2019
Last date for submission of Memorials 04/10/2019
Inauguration 18/10/2019
Fact Sheet
Cindia is a developing country having states like Vindhya Pradesh which has districts such as Jorakhpur,
Nareilly and Sarnataka which has districts such as Kudipi. The laws of Cindia are pari materia with the
laws of India.
In Cindia freedom of speech and expression as well as freedom of religion are given prime importance.
January 2014
1. Meenakshi Singh is a 17 year old Hindu girl, studying in 12 th Standard in Vindhya Pradesh State
Board. She had many friends in her junior college including Shaikh Sana who was her senior in
the college as well as the President of Rebellious Party of Vindhya Pradesh. (RPVP). Shaikh Sana
used to help Meenakshi in her studies and Meenakshi used to admire her a lot. During this time,
Meenakshi was impressed with the religious practices and good conduct of her friends and started
believing in the ideology and teachings of Islam.
2. Later on, with the desire of learning more about the Muslim religion, she took admission in
Jorakhpur Islamic Study Center (JISC) as an external candidate and started taking religious
lessons along with her regular studies. At JISC, Meenakshi met Husain Mirza who was an active
member of RPVP. Husain and Meenakshi fell in love with each other.
October 2014
3. Meenakshi was reported missing by her father Suresh Singh, who initially filed a police complaint
and requested them to trace her. Meanwhile, Meenakshi converted herself to Islam and later on
changed her name to Saira, which was later found out by police and her father. It was also found
out that Saira was all along staying with her friend Shaikh Sana. Husain Mirza used to visit her
often which was noticed by her neighbors.
4. Saira’s father filed a Writ Petition invoking Article 226 of the Cindian Constitution in Vindhya
Pradesh High Court contending that JISC was involved in forced and illegal religious conversions
and was recruiting cadre for Islamic terrorist organizations operating from Afjhanistan and East
Menya. Saira appeared before the court, denied all the allegations and testified that she was
staying with Shaikh Sana out of her own will. The court dismissed the petition and let Saira
continue her studies in Islam and live with Shaikh Sana.
December 2014
5. Suresh Singh filed another Writ Petition asserting that he got reliable information that Saira is
about to be transported out of Cindia after getting her married off to Mohd. Junaid at the instance
of JISC. The High Court passed an interim order directing Saira to be kept under surveillance to
ensure that she could not be taken outside Cindia. While she was under surveillance, the police
found that she has moved out from Shaikh Sana’s house to an undisclosed location with Husain
Mirza. Though Saira denied the plan to travel abroad, the court directed her to stay at a women's
hostel in Nareilly.
6. Saira filed an interim application claiming that she was being lodged in the hostel for no fault of
her. She also testified on oath that she does not hold a passport and has no plans whatsoever to
travel abroad. Therefore, in January 2015, the court let her live with Shaikh Sana and continue
with her studies till the Writ Petition is finally disposed off.
March 2015
7. Meanwhile, Saira appeared before the High Court and admitted that she is married to Husain
Mirza as per Muslim law. Husain Mirza, along with being an active member of RPVP, is also an
active member of Radical Islamic Front with four criminal cases pending against him. Saira
pleaded that she be allowed to preach Islam without hindrance from the police and any of her
relatives, live with her husband and continue her education, The Court accepted her plea and
disposed off the Petition.
December 2016
8. Saira’s marriage was going through a rocky patch as she was not able to conceive a child. Husain
Mirza used to torture her for this reason. Vishal, neighbor of Saira and Husain, had been
witnessing these fights. He had sympathies for Saira as she was silently suffering this mental and
physical anguish.
9. One day, Husain married another woman, Fatima, without even informing Saira. Seeing Fatima in
the house, Saira got furious and decided to leave Husain Mirza and end her life. Knowing these
facts, Vishal stopped Saira from taking such an extreme step and offered her a refuge in his house.
On the same night, Saira got to know that she is pregnant with Husain’s child. Hence, she thought
of returning to her matrimonial home. As soon as she called Husain to share this news, he hung up
on her and sent Triple Talaq on WhatsApp.
10. Seeing Saira in such a plight, Vishal proposed her and promised to take responsibility of her and
her child. He also suggested shifting to his native place Kudipi, in the state of Sarnataka, and
leading a happy life away from this chaos. Saira agreed to marry Vishal and they left Vindhya
Pradesh to settle in Kudipi, the next day itself. They went to a local temple in Kudipi and got
married as per Hindu rites and ceremonies in the presence of some of Vishal’s close friends.
However, Saira, with the consent of Vishal, continued to preach Islam and brought up her son,
Sameer, as a Muslim.
August 2018
11. Saira and Vishal were leading a happy life along with Sameer at Kudipi. One day, Saira received a
call from Vishal’s office informing that he had suffered a massive cardiac arrest and lost his life on
the spot. Saira, unable to bear this sad news, collapsed and went into Coma.
12. After a few days, she recovered in the Government Hospital of Sarnataka. She immediately
reached their house in Kudipi and found that the house had been occupied by Vishal’s brothers and
Sameer had been admitted to an orphanage. Saira contacted Vishal’s parents but they refused to
acknowledge her as their daughter-in-law.
13. Saira having no means to sustain herself and her son, filed two cases - firstly, a case of
maintenance for herself from Vishal’s parents claiming herself to be his legally wedded wife as per
Hindu religious rites; and another case against Husain Mirza claiming maintenance for Sameer
and herself and seeking compensation for trapping her into conversion, marriage and treating her
in an undignified way. The family court dismissed both the cases as not maintainable; hence she
preferred appeals before the High Court of Sarnataka. High Court admitted both the appeals and
kept them for joint hearing.
14. Meanwhile, when these appeals were pending in the High Court, National Investigation Agency
(NIA), which investigates terror cases, had unearthed a big racket of “Psychological Kidnapping”
being prevalent in Vindhya Pradesh where organized groups attempt to recruit Hindu women as
terrorists by getting them converted and marrying them off to Muslim men. And, Husain Mirza
has been an active member of the organization. Husain Mirza on the other hand, was missing from
Vindhya Pradesh and couldn’t be traced.
15. NIA also found that Saira, who was previously Meenakshi, had been shifted to an undisclosed
location with Husain for a few days. NIA had a suspicion that Saira is a trained terrorist who is
involved in terror activities and that she had vital information about the whereabouts and links of
Husain Mirza. Therefore, NIA obtained a warrant against Saira under National Security Act and
NIA arrested and detained her for further investigation.
16. Saira filed a Writ Petition in the High Court of Sarnataka challenging her arrest and detention by
NIA and prayed for quashing the FIR against her. The NIA opposed her application arguing that
she had been actively involved in terrorist and psychological kidnapping as an accomplice of
Husain. The agency termed her matrimonial dispute and eloping with Vishal etc as ‘camouflage’
as pre-scripted by the organization JISC, with which both Saira and Husain Mirza were involved.
The NIA also relied upon the discrepancies in the civil appeals filed by her to substantiate the
NIA’s claims. High Court of Sarnataka has admitted the Writ Petition filed by Ms. Saira.
National Moot Court Competition 2019
Rules
• Best Team Certificate+ Trophy + Rs. 45,000 (Forty-Five Thousands) Prize money
• Runner up team Certificate+ Trophy +Rs. 30,000 (Thirty Thousands) Prize money
• Best Speaker Certificate+ Trophy + Rs. 10,000 (Ten Thousands) Prize money
• Best Researcher Certificate+ Trophy + Rs. 5,000 (Five Thousands) Prize money
• Best Memorial Certificate+ Trophy + Rs. 5,000 (Five Thousands) Prize money
Important dates:
Event Date
Last date of Registration 25/09/2019
Last date for submission of Memorials 04/10/2019
Interaction with Researchers 18/10/2019
Preliminary Rounds 18/10/2019
Preliminary Rounds and Semi Final Round 19/10/2019
Final Round 20/10/2019
Prize Distribution and Valedictory 20/10/2019
Organizing Committee
Chief Patron
Patrons
(Vice- Chancellor, Amity University Mumbai) (Director, Amity Law School, AUM)
Faculty Committee
Conveners
Email: amity.mum.mootcourt@gmail.com