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NCU LAW SCHOOL NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION

III EDITION

NCU Law School

National Moot Court Competition (III Edition)

November 20 - 21, 2015

Organized by:

MOOT COURT COMMITTEE

NCU LAW SCHOOL

SECTOR-23-A, GURGAON – 122017, HARYANA


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ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY (Formerly ITM University), nationally

renowned for

leadership in

Engineering and

Management Studies

established a Law

School in 2010 to

promote profound

scholarship and

enlightened research in

law. THE NORTHCAP

UNIVERSITY felt the

need to establish this

Law School to provide highest quality professional legal education to face the

new challenges and dimensions of the internationalization of legal profession.

The vision of NCU

Law School is to be

ranked "Numero Uno"

amongst the premier

law schools of the

country. NCU Law

School strives to

achieve excellence in

legal education

through globally

relevant academic

programs, outstanding faculty members, interactive teaching pedagogy, limitless

clinical trainings and far-reaching projects.

Law teaching at NCU Law School is interwoven with related contemporary

issues, including international and comparative law perspectives. The curricula

and syllabi are based in a multidisciplinary body of social science and scientific

knowledge.


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Curriculum development includes expanding the domain of optional courses;

providing deeper understanding of professional ethics; modernizing clinical

courses; mainstreaming legal aid programs; and developing innovative pedagogic

methods.


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OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS

UCOL: ADVOCATES & CONSULTANTS

UCOL is a Delhi based multi-jurisdictional law firm, the genesis of which dates

back to the year 1936. The firm has a PAN India presence with a strong team of

about 30 advocates and consultants besides other para-legal staff and legal

associates all over India.

Mrs. Kaadambari Singh Puri is the Managing Partner at UCOL. She has been

regularly advising MNC’s, foreigners, NRIs, PIOs with regard to FDI laws

concerning India, regarding legal aspects & structuring of entire transactions.

Mr. Sacchin Puri, enrolled to bar in 1998, serves as an adviser at UCOL. Because

of his brilliant strategies, he is favourite amongst various MNC’s. His expertise

has rendered him with the distinction of being one of the most widely covered

lawyers on television by various reputed channels including BBC, NDTV, NDTV

Profit etc. He advises clients on corporate and commercial laws in various sectors.

He has also been the Counsel for Union of India and the Special Counsel for the

Central Vigilance Commission. Mr. Puri has also rendered opinions to the

Canadian and German courts on the issues of applicability of foreign decrees in

India and of personal laws of India as applicable to Indians living abroad.

ADVOCATE RAVI CHAWLA

Advocate Ravi Chawla is one of the leading advocates based in Delhi. He was

enrolled with Bar Association in 1989. He has extensively dealt with cases

relating to criminal law, corporate laws, real estate laws etc. He has also been

appointed as an arbitrator in numerous arbitration proceedings.

He currently serves as chief editor in-charge of Apex Decisions: A daily journal

circulated to all district judges & high court judges, Chief Election Commission

of District Court Rohini, Vice- President of All India Lawyer’s Sports

Association, President of Advocates Sports Association of Delhi and Member of

Election Commission of District Court Tis Hazari. He also serves as a court

observer for Delhi Medical Association Elections.

AHUJA RESIDENCY

Established in 1982, Ahuja Residency is one of Delhi's leading providers of

quality guest houses, corporate residences and serviced apartments.

The properties have been recommended by several travel books like “Sawday's

Special Places to Stay: India” which writes about one of its properties as

"Wonderful - a peaceful oasis in the seething, sometimes overwhelming, capital."

Ahuja Residency also operates/ have operated guesthouses for companies such as

Microsoft, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nestle, General Motors etc.


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ABOUT NCU LAW SCHOOL MOOT COURT COMPETITION

NCU Law

School aspires

to create

lawyers who are

comfortable and

skilled in

‘dealing’ with

the differing

legal systems

and cultures that

make up our

global

community

while remaining

strong in one’s own national legal system. The NCU Law students are be trained

to specialize in international trade practices, comparative law, conflict of laws,

human rights law, environmental law, gender justice, space law, biomedical law,

bio-ethics, international advocacy etc.

NCU Law

School

organized the 1st

edition of its

National Moot

Court

Competition

from 13th-15th

March 2013, in

association with

Kochhar & Co.,

Advocates and

Consultants.

Sixteen teams

from various

law schools

across the country participated in the competition to showcase their advocacy and


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drafting skills. The final round was judged by a five judge bench comprising of

legal luminaries including Justice. S.K. Katriar, Mr. K.T.S. Tulsi (Sr. Advocate

Supreme Court), Mr. Tarvinder Singh. Hidayatullah National Law University,

Raipur, emerged as winners of the Moot Court competition with a narrow margin

win over their competitors from Amity Law School, Noida. The Best Speaker

(Male) was won by Mr. Keshav Pratap Singh Tanwar, UILS, Punjab, Best

Speaker (Female) was won by Ms. Christy Alex, Jamia Millia Islamia University,

New Delhi. The Best Memorial prize was awarded UILS, Punjab.

With the success of the 1st NCU Moot Court Competition, It climbed another

ladder by organizing the 2nd edition of its National Moot Court Competition from

14th - 15th March 2014. The Second Edition of NCU Law School National Moot

Court Competition, 2014 received tremendous response from colleges and

universities throughout the country. In an attempt ensure highest quality, the

number of teams participating in the event was restricted to sixteen. All

participating teams represent top law schools and universities across India

including six National Law Schools. In a short span of two years, NCU Law

School has carved a niche for itself, as a leader in Environment Law Moot Court

Competition. Last years’ problem was based on a debate between first generation

and second generation environmental rights, in light of the proposed setting up of

Small Hydroelectric Power plants and perceived environmental harms therefrom.


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The Inaugural Session

for the Second NCU

Law School National

Moot Court

Competition was held

on Wednesday,

March 12, 2014. The

Chief Guest for the

occasion was Hon’ble

Mr. Justice V.B.

Gupta, Former Judge,

High Court of Delhi

and presently

Member, National

Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC). Hon’ble Vice Chancellor

& Professor of Eminence, THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, Prof. Prem Vrat

presided over the session and Mr. Pramod Ahuja, Senior Advocate, Supreme

Court of India was the Guest of Honour. Ms. Neha Tripathi, student of First year,

BBA LL.B. programme of NCU, Gurgaon coordinated the Inaugural Session and

welcomed all the guests. This was followed by the invocation to Goddess

Saraswati and lighting of

the ceremonial lamp by

all the dignitaries present

on the occasion. Prof. S.

Shanthakumar, Director,

NCU Law School,

welcomed all the

participants and

introduced the guests for

the evening. UCOL

Advocates &

Consultants, were the

Principal Sponsors for the event and Ahuja Residency, provided accommodation

facilities to all participants free of cost. mylaw.net sponsored online law courses

for all participants and winners. Hon’ble Vice Chancellor in his Presidential

Address appreciated the theme of the Competition and the need for moot court

competitions and called them the ‘laboratories of law’. He also spoke of the


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‘Triple Bottom Line’ concept whereby every project must satisfy the needs of

People, Planet and Profit. He discussed as to how environment protection and

economic development are not adversarial in nature and need to go hand-in- hand

and he ended his address by blessing all the participants and wishing them all the

very best. Mr. Pramod Ahuja, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, in his

Special Address, stressed on the need for practical knowledge in the practice of

law and spoke about how moot court competitions were a step in the right

direction. Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.B. Gupta, formally declared the Competition

open. In his address, Justice Gupta stated that each child is different and will

certainly excel in his / her chosen field. He urged students to go ahead and live

their dreams and concluded is address by speaking about how even small

contributions matter in the field of environment protection. The Preliminary

Rounds for the Competition were conducted in four sessions in four different

court rooms on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Each team got the opportunity to

present their case from the side of the Petitioner as well as the Respondent and

were judged by a panel drawn from academia, law practice and law firms. The

top eight teams advanced

to the quarter finals,

which were conducted in

the afternoon session the

same day. The best four

teams from the Quarter

Finals stage, namely,

GNLU Gandhinagar, ILS

Law College Pune,

School of Law Christ

University and NLIU

Bhopal advanced to the

Semi Finals, which was held during the forenoon of Friday, March 14, 2014. The

Final Rounds witnessed a very closely fought battle for the trophy between

School of Law Christ University, Bengaluru and NLIU Bhopal with both teams

displaying great calibre and advocacy skills. The final rounds were judged by

Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.K. Katriar, Former Judge, High Court of Bihar; Hon’ble

Mr. Justice S.N. Jha, Former Chief Justice, High Court of Rajasthan, Ms.

Aishwarya Bhati, Hon’y Secy., Supreme Court Bar Association and Prof. S

Shanthakumar, Director, NCU Law School. Aradhyanayan Tiwari was adjudged

the Best Male Speaker, Reshma Raja the Best Female Speaker [both from School


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of Law, Christ University]

and NUSRL Ranchi was

adjudged to have the best

Memorials. The all-girl

team from NLIU Bhopal

emerged as the Winners of

the Competition with

School of Law, Christ

University as the Runners

Up. The Valedictory

Ceremony and Prize

Distribution were held on

the same day. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Judge, High Court of Delhi

was the Chief Guest for the ceremony. Other guests included Hon’ble Mr. Justice

S.K. Katriar, Former Judge, High Court of Bihar; Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.N. Jha,

Former Chief Justice, High Court of Rajasthan, Ms. Kaadambari Puri, MD,

UCOL, Mr. Pramod Ahuja, Sr. Advocate, High Court of Delhi, Mr. Dinesh

Kumar Mishra, Judge, CBI Court, Ms. Laika Agarwal (Ahuja Residency) and Mr.

Kunal Mehra (Rainmaker). The Ceremony started with the welcome address by

Prof. S. Shanthakumar

who welcomed all the

guests and thanked

them for their presence,

while introducing them

to the gathering. He

expressed his

happiness at the great

sportsman spirit shown

by all teams over the

course of the 2 day

competition and hoped for greater participation in future. He thanked Ms.

Aakanksha Kumar, faculty coordinator for the event also all the student

volunteers for making this event a grand success. Mr. Kunal Mehra, VP,

Rainmaker spoke to the participants and handed out the usernames and passwords

to the Online Environmental Law Course at myLaw.net which was given as a

participation prize to all participants, free of charge. Ms. Kaadambari Puri in her

short address marvelled at the turn out for the competition and expressed her


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gratitude to the institution for enabling her organization to be part of such a grand

event. Hon’ble Mr. Justice S K Katriar exalted the benefits of moot court

competitions for law students in his address and expressed the difficulty in

judging the final rounds of the competition, given the great level of skill and

persuasiveness expressed by both teams. Hon’ble Mr. Justice SN Jha echoed

Justice Katriars’ views on judging and also complemented the organizers for

choosing such a contemporary issue for a moot court competition. Mr. Dinesh

Mishra spoke of how a specialist moot court competition on environmental law

is the need of the hour in the country and how NCU Law School is taking strides

in the direction of carving for itself a niche in the area. Hon’ble Mr. Justice

Sanjeev Sachdeva in his Valedictory Address highlighted the nuances of great

advocacy skills and highlighted the difference between a “good lawyer and a

great lawyer” through an anecdote about smoking while praying. He

congratulated the winners and the participants and expressed his wish to continue

his association with NCU Law School, while branding the NCU Law School

National Moot as the “Stetson Moot in India”, to a thunderous round of applause

from the organizing committee and the participants alike.

The NCU Law School’s National Moot, though just into its 3rd year, has already

gained popularity among the law student fraternity as a one of its kind.


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MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2015

1. Title & Commencement:

1.1 The NCU Law School National Moot Court Competition (III Edition)

(hereinafter referred as MCC) shall be held on 20th & 21st November, 2015 at

THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY, HUDA Sector 23A, Gurgaon- 122017,

Haryana.

2. Language:

2.1 The language of the Competition shall be English.

3. Eligibility Criteria:

3.1 Law schools/Colleges/ Institutes/ Universities, recognized by the Bar

Council of India, are eligible to participate in the MCC. The participants

should currently be pursuing their Bachelor’s degree in law i.e., Three Year

or Five Year Law Courses. Students who have completed their law courses

are not eligible to participate in the competition.

3.2 Only one team can register from a particular law school/College/

Institution/University to participate in the MCC.

3.3 Only those members designated as Speakers will be permitted to put forth

oral arguments in the Competition.

4. Registration:

4.1 The Participating team shall duly fill the Registration Form provided along

with the official rules and send it along with a participation fee of Rs. 4,500/-

(Rupees four thousand five hundred only) on or before 15th October, 2015.

The Registration fee shall be sent through Demand Draft drawn in favour of

“THE NORTHCAP UNIVERSITY” payable at Gurgaon.

4.2 Only 16 teams will be considered for participating in MCC & this will be

done on first cum first serve basis. Next 3 teams will be kept on waiting list

& participating teams will be confirmed about their participation by an e-

mail on 17th October, 2015.

4.3 The participants are required to submit two passport size photographs of each

team member along with the registration form.

4.4 Each team shall be allotted a Team Code along with the confirmation email

on 17th October, 2015. The Lots for the Preliminary rounds shall be drawn

by the NCU Law School Moot Court Committee on 20th November, 2015

before inaugural.


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4.5 The teams shall submit their written submissions by the team code allotted

to them and “NOT” by their institution’s name.

5. Written Submissions/ Memorial:

5.1 All participating teams shall submit 6 sets of written memorials.

5.2 The cover page of memorials for the petitioner shall be in blue and of the

respondent shall be in red.

5.3 The teams shall not indicate their names or the names of their college or the

university on memorials. For all communications purposes, the team code

shall only be specified.

5.4 The team code allotted to all teams shall be indicated at top right corner of

the memorial, which will be communicated by way of E-mail.

5.5 All participating teams must submit a soft copy of their memorial in PDF

format, for both sides by 11:59 P.M. IST on or before November 15, 2015

by mail addressed to [email protected]. No memorial after this

date shall be accepted in any case.

5.6 Teams must also get the hard copies of the memorials (6 sets for the

petitioner and respondent each) on November 19, 2015.

5.7 The written memorials shall conform to the set standards:

Teams have to prepare memorials for both the sides.

All Memorials must be in English, and must be printed single side on A4 size

sheets, with equal margins of at least 1 inch on all sides.

The text font should be Times New Roman, size 12 for the main body, and

Times New Roman, size 10 for the footnotes.

The main body must be in 1.5 line spacing. The footnotes may be in single

line spacing.

Each Memorial shall not exceed 35 pages in all. Arguments shall not exceed

25 pages.

Memorials shall not be plastic bound.

5.8 The Memorial must contain all of, and only, the following parts:

Cover page; Table of Contents;


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Table of Abbreviations;

Index of Authorities;

Statement of Jurisdiction;

Statement of Facts;

Issues Raised;

Summary of Arguments;

Arguments Advanced/ Pleadings;

Prayer.

5.9 Blue Book (19th Edn.) mode of citation must be followed.

5.10 Each page must have a margin of at least an inch on all sides.

6. Evaluation Criteria for Written Submission:

Every memorial will be marked on scale of 100 and will be evaluated according

to the following criteria:

S. No. Criterion Marks

1

Proper inclusion of parties, identification of issues and nature of

relief sought

10

2 Knowledge of Law & Facts 15

3 Application of Law to Facts 15

4 Analysis and Organization 10

5 Use of Authority 15

6 Proper Citation & Correct Format 10

7 Originality in Presentation 10

8 General Impression and Clarity of Thought 10

9 Grammar and Style of Presentation 05

Total 100

7. Preliminary Rounds:

7.1 The teams shall be divided into groups namely A, B, C & D which will

comprise of 4 teams each. The rounds shall be conducted among the teams

within that particular group.

7.2 The groups shall be divided on the basis of draw of Lots.


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7.3 There shall be two preliminary rounds on 20th November, 2015 and every

team shall be given the opportunity to argue on each side.

7.4 The Petitioner shall be allotted ten (10) minutes for arguments and five (5)

minutes for rebuttal. The Respondent shall be allotted fifteen (15) minutes

for rebuttal and arguments. Any extension of time beyond the specified

period shall be subject to the discretion of the judges.

7.5 The division of time between the speakers is the discretion of the team

members, subject to a maximum of 6 minutes for one speaker.

7.6 Before the commencement of the each round, each team shall indicate to the

‘court officer’ as to how they wish to allocate their time.

7.7 At the end of the preliminary rounds, the top 2 teams from every group will

qualify for the Quarter Finals. The top 2 teams of every group will be

selected on the basis of number of rounds won.

7.8 A team shall be credited with a win, if its total marks in the respective

sessions are higher than its opponent’s teams.

7.9 In the case of a tie, combined total marks of both the preliminary rounds

shall be considered. The team with the higher score will advance to the

Quarter Finals. If the situation of the tie still persists, then it would be

resolved by considering the memorial scores

8. Quarter Finals:

8.1 The Quarter Finals will be held after the completion of the preliminary

rounds on the same day i.e. 20th November, 2015. Quarter Finals shall be a

knock-out round. A team will be credited with a win in the Quarter Finals if

their total marks (including memorial score) are higher than its opponent’s

team.

8.2 In Quarters, the winning teams from group A shall compete with those of

group B & winning teams of group C shall compete with those of group D.

However, the side to be presented by a team shall be determined by way of

draw of lots with the teams picking the lots after the completion of the

preliminary rounds.

8.3 Each team shall get a total time of 20 minutes to present their case and shall

include the time for ‘rebuttal’ and ‘Sur-rebuttal’.


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8.5 Before the commencement of the round, each team shall indicate to the


9. Semi-Finals:

9.1 The Semi-Finals will be held on 21st November, 2015. The Semi-Finals shall

be knock-out round. A team will be credited with a win in the Semi-Finals if

there total marks are higher than its opponent’s team.

9.2 In Semis, the winning team from group A shall compete with that of group

C & winning team of group B shall compete with that of group D. However,

the side to be presented by a team shall be determined by way of draw of lots

with the teams picking the lots after the completion of quarter-finals rounds.

9.3 Each team shall get a total of 25 minutes to present their case. This time will

include the time for ‘rebuttal’ and ‘Sur-rebuttal’.

9.4 The division of time between the speakers in the discretion of the team




10. Finals:

10.1 The Final will be held after the Semi-Finals on 21st November, 2015. A

team will be credited with a win in the Final if there total marks are higher

than its opponent team.

10.2 Each team shall get a total of 30 minutes to present their case. This time

will include the time for ‘rebuttal’ and ‘Sur-rebuttal’.





11. Dress Code: Participants are required to adhere to the following dress code

during the competition:

11.1 Ladies: White shirt, black trousers/skirts, black tie, black coat and black

shoes.


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11.2 Gentlemen: White Shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat and

black shoes.

11.3 Strict adherence to the dress code is solicited. Failure will result in

disqualification.

12. Evaluation Criteria for Oral Pleadings:

S. No. Marking Criteria Marks

1 Knowledge of Facts & Law 20

2 Interpretation of Facts & it’s Application 20

3 Use of Authorities 15

4 Style, Poise & Court Manners 15

5 Organization of Arguments 15

6 Time Management 15

13. Scouting:

13.1 Teams shall not be allowed to observe the oral submissions of any

other team. Scouting is strictly prohibited.

14. Awards:

14.1 Winning Team Award

14.2 Runner up Team Award

14.3 Best Speaker (Prelims/Quarters)

14.4 Best Speaker (Semis/Finals)

14.5 Best Researcher (On basis of a written researchers’ test)

14.6 Best Memorial

14.7 Online courses to all participants

15. Decision of the Judges Shall Be Final:

15.1 The decision of the judges with regard to the outcome of the rounds shall

be final.


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16. Accommodation:

16.1 Accommodation has been arranged for all teams by the Organizers from

12:00 Noon; November 19, 2015 to 12:00 Noon; November 22, 2015.

Participants requiring accommodation arranged for by the organizers,

please indicate the same in the space provided for in the Travel Details and

Accommodation form.

17. Note:

17.1 All questions seeking clarifications on the Moot Problem should be sent to

[email protected] by October 20, 2015.

17.2 More information about the University and the law school can be obtained

from www.ncuindia.edu.

17.3 The organizers reserve the discretion to amend these rules at any time prior

to the inaugural of the MCC. In case of any discrepancy or doubts regarding

the rules, the decision of the organizers shall be final.

17.4 For clarifications through phone, please contact:

Faculty Coordinator

Ms. Pallavi Bajpai

Asst. Prof. of Law

Mobile No: +91-8377088481

Moot Court Committee

Convener (Admin)

Harshit Dusad

M: +91-8010774942

Convener (Managing)

Nikhil Jain

M: +91-8826119007

Co-Convener

Ritwik Chawla

M:+91-9811017706


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IMPORTANT DATES

S No. Event Date

1 Deadline for receiving Registration form by

organisers

October 15, 2015

2 Communication of confirmation to registered

teams [First 16]

October 17, 2015

3 Deadline for receiving questions seeking

clarifications

October 20, 2015

4 Release of clarifications, if any October 25, 2015

5 Deadline for submission of soft copy of

memorials

November 15, 2015,

11:59PM

6 Inaugural Ceremony, Draw of Lots and Exchange

of Memorials

November 20, 2015

[8:30 AM Onwards]

7 Preliminary Rounds November 20, 2015

[10:00 AM Onwards]

8 Draw of Lots and Quarter Finals November 20, 2015

[3:00 PM Onwards]

9 Draw of Lots and Semi Finals November 21, 2015 [9

AM Onwards]

10 Finals November 21, 2015

[Afternoon]

11 Valedictory Ceremony November 21, 2015

[ 4:00 PM Onwards]

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