University Institute of Laws,: National Moot Court Competition, 2023
University Institute of Laws,: National Moot Court Competition, 2023
University Institute of Laws,: National Moot Court Competition, 2023
2023
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RULES AND REGULATIONS ( National Moot Court
Competition, 2023)
1. Team Eligibility and Composition
● The competition is open for students who are pursuing LLB three year / five-year
course during the current academic year.
● Each team shall consist of three members. This number cannot be modified under
any circumstances.
● In a team consisting of three members, two members shall be designated as
‘Speakers’ and the third member shall be designated as ‘Researcher’.
2. Anonymity
• Each participating team shall be allotted a team code upon initial Registration and
the same shall be conveyed on email provided by the team.
• Teams shall not disclose, in any manner whatsoever, for the entire competition,
either their own individual identities or the identity of the Institution that they
represent, even if asked by the Judges.
• The team shall not disclose their identity anywhere in their written Memorials and
instead should use the code allotted.
• Non-compliance with the above mentioned rules shall result in immediate
disqualification of the team and decision of Department of Laws Moot Court
Organizing Committee in this regard shall be final.
3. Dress Code
The Dress Code for the Inauguration, Oral Rounds and Valedictory shall strictly be:
For Gentlemen - Western Formals (White formal shirt with formal black pants and a
black blazer with black tie); and
For Ladies - Western Formals (White formal shirt with black formal pants and a black
blazer with black tie) or Indian Formals.
4. Clarifications
• Clarification requests sent after 14th March, 2023 shall not be entertained.
• Memorials: - Teams have to prepare memorials for both the sides, i.e.
Petitioners and Respondents.
• Written memorials must be typed in A4 pages in Times New Roman font with
12 font size and with 1.5 line spacing.
• The footnotes must be in Times New Roman font with 10 font size and with 1.0
line spacing and “ILI citation style” must be used for citing the authorities.
• Memorials for either the Petitioner(s) or the Respondent(s) shall not exceed 25
pages, including the cover page. Any issue or pleading, not discussed within the
body of the Memorials must not be raised in the Courtroom.
• The Memorial Submission shall be marked on a scale of 100 marks and the
parameters which are laid down as under:-
Sr. No. MARKING CRITERIA MARKS ALLOTTED
1. Evidence of Original 20
Thought
Total 100
• The registered teams shall submit their soft copies of memorials of both sides
at nationalmoot2023@gmail.com and mail should mention the subject
“Memorials for Team Code X”.
• 6 hard copies of the Petitioner side memorial and 6 hard copies of Respondent
side memorial (in total 12 copies) shall be submitted by the participating teams
at the Registration Desk on 28th March, 2023.
• The Team Codes shall be allotted to the participating teams after payment of
registration fees
• In the Preliminary Rounds (Prelims I and II), each team will get a maximum
of 15 minutes to put up their arguments. Maximum time limit for Rebuttal shall
be 5 minutes which shall be exclusive of the 15 minutes. It is left to the
discretion of the individual teams to divide the time among the members,
which in any case shall not be more than 10 minutes for an individual speaker.
This time limit is exclusive of the Judges' questioning.
• In the Semi-finals and Final Round, each team will get a maximum of 30
minutes to forward their arguments and 10 minutes for rebuttal/sur-rebuttal.
• Time divisions for the Speakers shall be informed to the Court Monitors by
the teams before oral submissions start.
• For the preliminary rounds, every team shall argue twice, once for petitioner
and once for respondent decided as per lots.
• Eight teams from the Preliminary Round will be sent to the Quarter-final
round.
• The Quarter-final round will be held on 28th March, 2023. The best four
teams, one from each courtroom will compete for the Semi-final Rounds
and the best two teams, one from each courtroom will qualify for the Final
Rounds.
• Both the Semi-final and the final rounds will be held on 29 th March, 2023.
• The lots so drawn will determine who will contest against whom and for
which side the respective teams would put up their oral arguments.
• Each side shall get a maximum time of 15 minutes to present their arguments
and no Speaker shall be permitted to address the Court for more than 10
minutes. The time limit is exclusive of the 5 minutes for Rebuttal or Sur-
rebuttal
• The result shall be based solely on the score of the oral submissions. Only
in case of tie, then the team with the higher memorial score, i.e., the score
of the memorials without deducting penalties, will win the round. Top 8
scoring teams from the preliminary rounds Quarter-final Round.
Quarter Final Round –
• The eight (8) teams that proceed to the Quarter Final Rounds, as determined
by the Rules above, shall each argue only ONCE for the side allotted by
draw of lots.
• Four (4) teams shall qualify for the Semi-Final Rounds on a knock out basis,
i.e., the winner of each Quarter-Final Round shall qualify to the Semi-Final
Rounds.
• The knockout will be decided based on the oral rounds only, but if the teams
get tied, the team with higher memorials score, i.e., the score of the
memorials without deducting penalties, will win the round.
• The maximum time for arguments per side shall be the same as in the
Preliminary Rounds.
Semi-Final Rounds –
• The four teams that proceed to the Semi-Final Rounds, as determined by the
Rules above, shall each argue only ONCE for the side allotted by draw of
lots.
• Two (2) teams shall qualify for the Final Round on a knock out basis, i.e.,
the winner of each Semi-Final Rounds shall qualify to the Final Round.
• The knockout will be decided based on the oral rounds only. However, if
the teams tied, the team with higher gross memorials score, i.e., the score of
the memorials without deducting penalties, will win the round.
• Each side shall get a maximum time of 30 minutes to present their arguments
of which no Speaker shall be permitted to address the Court for more than
20 minutes. The time limit is exclusive of the time for Rebuttal or Sur-
rebuttal, which shall be 10 minutes.
Final Round
• The two (2) teams that proceed to the Final Round, as determined by the
Rules above, shall each argue only ONCE for the side allotted by draw of
lots.
• The team which wins the Final Round shall be declared as the ‘Best Team’.
• The other team shall be declared as the ‘Runners-Up’. If the teams tied, the
team with higher memorials score, i.e., the score of the memorials without
deducting penalties, will win the round.
• The maximum time for arguments per side shall be the same as in the Semi-
Finals Rounds.
9. Researcher Test
● The researcher will be given a written test on general topics and those pertaining to the
Moot Problem.
● In case of a tie in the test, the memorial marks shall be considered for deciding the Best
Researcher.
● In case of a tie even after adding the memorial marks, a tie breaker questions shall be
asked to the researchers whose scores are tied.
10. Results
● The results shall be announced shortly after each round.
● The results of the final round shall be announced at the valedictory and award
ceremony, to be held on 29th March, 2023.
11. Scouting
● For the preliminary rounds, apart from the participant teams for such round, the
members of the other teams are not allowed to observe such round. Scouting is
strictly prohibited and scouting by any team shall entail instant disqualification.
12. Awards
● Winning Team Award – The winning team will receive certificates of winning, a
trophy and a cash prize worth Rs. -21000/-.
● Runner-up Team Award – The runner-up team will receive certificates of winning,
a trophy and a cash prize worth Rs. -11000/-.
● Best Speaker will receive a trophy, certificate and cash prize worth Rs. – 5,000/-.
● Best Researcher will receive a trophy, certificate and cash prize worth Rs. – 5,000/.
● Best Memorial -The team submitting the best Memorial will receive a trophy and
Certificate and cash prize worth Rs. -5,000/-.
● All the participants will be awarded with the participation certificate.
17. Miscellaneous
ISSUES
1. Whether the present appeal is maintainable in the court of law?
2. Whether the Sessions Court erred in convicting the accused?
3. Whether Sameer and Nancy both are liable under IT Act?
Participating teams are free to frame any other relevant issue.
AUTHORITY LETTER
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Faculty Co-ordinators:
Dr. Nisha Jindal
(9417078263)
Dr. Samni Singla
(7009438662)
Student Co-ordinators:
Ishan Bhardwaj
(8607900121)
Lovish
(7837789389)
Ajitabh Sharma
(7973044438)