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It gives us immense pleasure to invite your institution to participate in the XVI National Moot Court Competition -2016 to be held on 13th & 14th Feb. 2016 at M. P. Law College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
RULES FOR THE COMPETITION:
1. Each team shall comprise of 3 (Three) participants only (Mooter 1, Mooter 2 and Researcher)
2. Competition is restricted to bonafide regular students of Law School / College/ University. All participants must be students of LL.B. /B.L. and may be either from 3 years or 5 years course.
3. The participants will have to bear the travelling and all other incidental expenses.
4. Free lodging will be provided to the team of three participants only on the days of the competition i.e. 12th Feb. from 9.00 pm to 14th Feb. 2016 up to 9.00 pm and boarding will be provided on the days of Competition i.e. 13th & 14th Feb. 2016. The Participants should follow disciplinary rules at the Accommodation where they will be boarded.
5. Each participant Law School / College / University shall pay a notional entry fee of Rs. 1000.00 (One Thousand Rupees only) by way of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of The Principal, M.P. Law College, payable at Aurangabad, Maharashtra State.
6. The dress code shall be as prescribed for Advocates.
7. The home team will be competing in this competition.
8. The moot problem for preliminary round is prepared by Ms. Annamma Samuel, IPR Consultant, New Delhi & Final round Ms. Anagha Pedgaonkar, NLC IV yr. Student of M P Law College, Aurangabad.
PHASES OF THE COMPETITION
9. The competition will have TWO Rounds (i.e. Preliminary and Final), the preliminary round will be held on 13th Feb. 2016 from 9.00am onwards and Final round will be held on 14th Feb. 2016 from 9.00 am onwards.
10. The best FIVE teams from the preliminary round will be qualified for the FINAL round.
11. In both the rounds, one participant from each team shall argue on behalf of the petitioner, and the other on behalf of the respondent.
12. There will be direct performance of petitioner of a team against respondent of another team according to lots drawn in different Court Halls.
13. Problem No. 1 and 2 are for the preliminary and final rounds respectively.
14. In case of a tie, both the teams will be considered qualified.
MEMORIALS
15. All teams shall submit their written memorials / submission for both sides along with synopsis in English.
16. All teams shall submit typed / computerized memorials fulfilling the following specifications.
17. The memorials shall be typed on A – 4 size paper with prescribed margin on both sides in the “Times New Roman” font size 12 with double line spacing.
18. Memorials not following the above specifications will be penalized.
19. Each team shall send three copies of memorials for each side mentioning name of the participant and College/ University on the covering letter within due time. Neither
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the name of student nor the name of the Institution shall reflect on the memorials. The cover page shall be coloured differently i.e. Gray for Petitioner and Blue for the Respondent. Use of chart paper instead of plastic sheets or transparencies, would be highly appreciated. For binding use staples or cotton thread stitches instead of spiral binding. Teams which have not sent memorials within specified time will lose 05 marks from the total score.
20. Participants shall send the Registration form, Travel plans, Demand Draft of Rs. 1000.00 and Memorials so as to reach the organizing college on the following address as per the scheduled prescribed at the end.
The Principal, M.P. Law College,
Samarth Nagar, Aurangabad – 431 001 (M.S.)
21. Participants shall send the soft copies Registration form, Travel plans and Memorials on the following e-mail id :
[email protected]
22. Participants should carry their personal copies of memorials for their own use. The Copies of the memorials submitted to the organizing college, will not be returned.
23. Each participant shall have time of 15 minutes to present their oral submission and 05 minutes for rebuttal. Rebuttal is mandatory for each Mooter. No Mooter will be allowed to address the court for more than the prescribed time without permission of the Court. The oral submission and Rebuttal shall be in English.
24. Five minutes before the completion of the allotted time, for each participant, a warning bell will be given and at the completion of the allotted time there will be a final bell.
25. All teams are expected to carry with them the case laws and authorities which they intend to refer.
MARKING CRITERIA
26. The following will be the marking criteria
Knowledge and application of law 25
Presentation and perusal of facts 10
Answer to court queries 15
Advocacy / Court Etiquettes 25
Written Memorials / Drafting 15
Rebuttal 10
TOTAL MARKS: 100
27. All the participants are expected to maintain the decorum of the court during the competition and are expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the legal profession.
28. The organizers reserve the right to take appropriate action for any unethical, unprofessional and immoral conduct.
29. The organizer’s decision as regards the interpretation of rules or any other matter relating to the competition shall be final.
30. If there is any situation, which is not contemplated in the rules, the organizers decision shall be final.
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PRIZES
31. There shall be cash prizes as follows along with trophies
I) Winner Team cash prize of Rs. 7000/- from college alongwith Late Adv. Shri. Sudhakarrao Deshmukh Trophy.
II) Runner Up Team cash prize of Rs. 5000/- from college alongwith Late Adv. Shri. Sudhakarrao Deshmukh Trophy.
III) Individual Prizes & Trophies.
Late Adv. Shri L. N. Sirsamkar- Best Petitioner from final round cash prize of Rs. 2000/- alongwith Trophy.
Best Respondent from final round cash prize of Rs. 2000/- alongwith Trophy from college.
Late Adv. Shri. Sudhakarrao Deshmukh Trophy for Best Mooter in both rounds.
Ghate Foundation, Aurangabad – Best Mooter Trophy for Preliminary Round.
DATES TO REMEMBER – SCHEDULE OF COMPETITION
32. Submission of registration form 25th Jan. 2016
along with travel plans and demand draft.
33. Submission of memorials 01st Feb. 2016
34. Date of Preliminary Round. 13th Feb. 2016
35. Date of Final Round. 14th Feb. 2016
For any queries participants is Welcome to Call
Prof. Dinesh B. Kolte 09423160612
Prof. Abhay Jadhav 09404202278
Prof. Amol D. Chavhan 09420706040
For more details and moot probelm click MPLC-XVI NMC 2016 Invi. Letter, Rules & Reg. Form
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