Nalsar takes sole lead in MPL post-Sathe; NLIU, NLU Delhi laurels at Herbert Smith

Defending Mooting Premier League (MPL) champions [[Nalsar Hyderabad]] earned fifteen points after winning the

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[[SP Sathe Moot Court Competition, ILS Pune|SP Sathe Moot, ILS Pune]]. Although it did not break at Herbert Smith, the other prominent moot that concluded last weekend, Nalsar continues to dominate the standings of the MPL 2 sponsored by Allen & Overy with a 15-point lead over second placed [[NUJS Kolkata]].

Herbert Smith

The [[NUJS Herbert Smith National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition|NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot]] saw some high quality judging and intense competition was blogged live by Legally India’s MPL team on the weekend. [[NLIU Bhopal]], which topped the MPL Standings early this season, revived its mooting spirits with a win which earned it fifteen points and helping the college move from eighth to sixth position in the standings.

Enthusiastic [[NLU Delhi]] came runners up and also bagged the best speaker award and became the third team to earn more than 100 points in this season.

[[NLU Jodhpur]], which started slow this season, moved up three places from the eleventh to the eighth position. They finished semifinalist and also won the best memorandum award. [[NLSIU Bangalore]] was the other semifinalist and remains at the fourth position.

S P Sathe Moot

Nalsar defeated [[RGNUL Patiala]] in the finals of the moot and also won the best speaker award in this tier 5 moot. [[RMLNLU Lucnkow]] and [[Campus Law Centre Delhi]] were the semifinalists. [[RMLNLU Lucknow]] also bagged the best memorandum award.

The moot was organized by the Sathe Foundation in collaboration with [[ILS Law College Pune]]. ILS convenors and faculty organisers declined to comment when contacted.

[[Mooting Premier League 2 season standings]]

PosLaw schoolPtsDetails
1Nalsar Hyderabad134SP Sathe (Winner, best speaker); NLU-J Antitrust (Winner, best memorandum, best speaker); GIMC (Runners up); KLA Moot (Winners); BCI Moot (Winners);Jessup South (Runners up);NLIU-Juris Corp (Best speaker); Stetson South India (Winner), Nani Palkhiwala (Winners), Surana Int\‘l Minority (Semifinalist); Surana Tiral Advocacy South (Seminfinalist)
2NUJS Kolkata119Fiat Justitia (Winners, best memorandum); [NLU-D Corp Law] (Runners up); NLU-J Antitrust (Semi finalist); KLA Moot (Best Speaker, Runners up);BCI Moot (Semifinalist); Commonwealth International Rounds (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); Jessup North (Runners-up, Best Memorandum); Oxford-Media India Round (Winner); Commonwealth India Rounds (Winners; Best Memo); Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Best Memo, Best Speaker, Semi-finalist)
3NLU Delhi101Herbert Smith (Runners up, Best Speaker); Fiat Justitia (Runners up); DM Harish (Semifinalist);KLA Moot (Semifinalist);Jessup North (Winner, Best Speaker); KK Luthra (Runners up); HNLU Moot (Winner, Best Speaker, Best Researcher) Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Semi finalist) Henry Dunant (Runners up)
4NLSIU Bangalore86Herbert Smith (Semifinalist);GIMC (Semifinalist); DM Harish (Best Researcher);BCI Moot (Runners up);Jessup South (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); KK Luthra (Semi finalist); Oxford-Media India Round (Runners up, Best speaker); Stetson South India (Semi-finalist), Nani Palkhiwala (Best Speaker), Rizvi Moot (Winners)
5RGNUL Patiala72.5SP Sathe (Runners-up); NLU-D Corp Law (Winners, best memorandum (joint), best researcher); Surana IT (Semi finalist); DM Harish (Runners up);KK Luthra (Best speaker); Stetson North (Semi finalist, best speaker); NLIU-Juris Corp (Semi finalist); Surana Trial Advocacy North (Runners up), Rizvi Moot (best speaker)
6NLIU Bhopal72Herbert Smith (Winners);ULC Moot (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); Stetson North (Semi finalist); HNLU Moot {Semi-finalist) Nani Palkhiwala (Best Researcher), Surana Trial Advocacy North (Winners, Best Speaker), Henry Dunant (Semifinalist, Best Memo), Rizvi Moot (semi-finalist)
7ILS Pune61Surana IT (Semi finalist); Surana Corp (Best Memorandum, Semifinalist); Jessup South (Winners, Best Memorandum);Stetson South India (Semi-finalist), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Winners)
8NLU Jodhpur60.5Herbert Smith (Best Memo, Semifinalist);Fiat Justitia (Super six); Surana IT (Runners up); Surana Corp (Winners); GIMC (Semifinalist);Oxford-Media India Round (Semi finalist, Best memorandum); NLIU-Juris Corp (Runners up); Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney (The Sarah Derrington Encouragement Award)*
9NUALS Kochi58Surana IT (Winners); Surana Corp (Best Speaker); Stetson South India (Runner-up, Best Memo), Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Runner up) Surana Trial Advocacy North (Best Memo), Surana Int\‘l Minority (Runners up)
10GNLU Gandhinagar51DM Harish (Winners); BCI Moot (Best Memorandum, Best Male Speaker);ICC Mediation (Special Award for the Team Which Best Acknowledged Cultural Differences);Commonwealth India Rounds (Semi finalists); John Marshall (Winner, Ambassador Round), Nani Palkhiwala (Semifinalist), Surana Trial Advocacy North (Semifinalist)
11HNLU Raipur49ULC Moot (Best Memorandum, Best Researcher);BCI Moot (Best Female Speaker);Oxford-Media India Round (Semi finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Winner); Henry Dunant (Winners)
12Government Law College, Mumbai45.5NLU-D Corp Law (Best speaker); Fiat Justitia (Super six, best speaker); NLU-J Antitrust (Semi finalist); DM Harish (Best Memorandum);KLA Moot (Best Memorandum);Jessup South (Semifinalist);Nani Palkhiwala (Best Memo)
13RMNLU Lucknow45SP Sathe (Semi-finalist, best memorandum); Surana IT (Best Memorandum); NLU-D Corp Law (Semi finalist); Surana Corp (Runners up); GIMC (Best Memorandum);Henry Dunant (Best Researcher)
14SOEL Chennai41Surana IT (Best speaker); NLU-D Corp Law (Semi finalist); Commonwealth India Rounds (Runners up, Best Speaker); Surana Int\‘l Minority (Winners), Surana Tiral Advocacy South (Runners up, Best Speaker)
15UILS Chandigarh33ULC Moot (Winners); Stetson North (Runners up); Nani Palkhiwala (Runners Up), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Best Memo)
16Campus Law Centre Delhi29.5SP Sathe (Semi-finalist); Fiat Justitia (Super six); NLU-J Antitrust (Runners-up); HNLU Moot (Runners up, Best Memorandum) Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Winner)
17Army Institute of Law, Mohali23KLA Moot (Semifinalist);Nani Palkhiwala (Semifinalist), Surana Int\‘l Minority(Best Memo), Rizvi Moot (runner-up, best memo)
18University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta University, Delhi20Stetson North (Winner)
19Amity Law School18Jessup North (Semi-finalist); Stetson North (Best memorandum); Commonwealth India Rounds (Semi finalists)
20Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad15Henry Dunant (Semifinalist, Best Speaker)
20Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University15FDI Moot (Semi-finalist; 2 Honourable Mentions); Surana Trial Advocacy North (Semifinalist), Rizvi Moot (semifinalist)
22CNLU Patna13Jessup North (Semi-finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Semi finalist, Best Memorandum)
23Bishop Cottons Women\‘s Christian Law School, Bangalore10Stetson South India (Best Speaker)
24Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad5BCI Moot (Semifinalist);
24Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur5Surana Int\‘l Minority (Best Speaker)
24CMR Law College, Bangalore5ULC Moot (Runners up);
24Symbiosis, Pune5NLU-J Antitrust (Best researcher)
28School of Law, Christ University4Surana Corp (Semifinalist);
29CUSAT Kochi3Surana Int\‘l Minority(Semifinalist)
29Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT, Kharagpur 3HNLU Moot (Semi finalist)
29New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune3Surana Trial Advocacy South (Semifinalist)
29Government Law College, Ernakulam3ULC Moot (Semifinalist);
33NLU Orissa2.5NLU-D Corp Law (Best memorandum (joint))
34V.M. Salgaocar Law College, Panjim1.5Fiat Justitia (Super six)

Legend: T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 (total points won in each tier); Pos (Position); W (Wins); R/u (Runner-ups); S/F- Semifinalist; B S (Best speaker); B M/R (Best Memorial/Researcher); HM (Honorable Mention & other equivalent awards); Pts (Points) For more information please refer to the [[MPL 2 rulebook]].

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