JGLS Sonepat won the 7th NLS International Arbitration Moot organised by NLSIU Bangalore which broke into the finals of the 21st Vis Vienna international arbitration moot world rounds this weekend.
JGLS pushed up a rank, displacing ILS Pune, on the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 5 table, after picking up 23 points from this Tier 4 win alongside a best speaker citation at the moot.
NLSIU picked up a whopping 57 points this weekend from its Tier 1 runners up citation and two honourable mentions for best speaker at Vienna.
JGLS’ winning team consisted of speakers Samhith Malladi and Sanjika Dang and researchers Nimrah Alvi and Vaidehi Misra.
Malladi said: “The problem was a complex one, and I think it boiled down to, first, spotting the issues and their nuances with clarity and second, being able to analyse relevant authorities effectively while speaking, apart from merely citing them before the arbitrators.”
“It really was a question of the particular issue at hand. For example, there was an issue on consolidation of contractual and treaty claims, for which the ICC had only recently provided for in 2012. That required an intense understanding of the jurisprudence of the issue, as well as interpreting various contractual clauses to our advantage. But of course, facts were hugely important and we practiced hard to have them on our fingertips, ready for deployment whenever needed,” he added.
NLSIAM runners up NLU Jodhpur, semi finalists Amity Delhi and GNLU Gandhinagar, and CNLU Patna which opened its MPL kitty after it picked up the Best Memorial citation at NLSIAM, were the others who added MPL points this weekend.
NLSIAM was live-blogged on Legally India.
NLSIU’s Vis Vienna finalist team consisted of speakers Ashwini Vaidialingam and Shiva Santosh Kumar and researcher Deekshitha Ganesan. Ganesan said: “I think our biggest worry was breaking, to begin with, and then after that it was just about doing well in [the current] round. We got lucky in the pre-breakers, we had pretty good [opponents]. Post breaking the [speakers] just delivered one round after the other.”
She commented that having informal practice rounds with other teams who were coming to participate in Vienna helped them understand what was practically expected at the moot in terms of arguing style and simplifying arguments.
Last year NUJS Kolkata, which made it to the Octa finals of the Vis Vienna world rounds, was the furthest breaking Indian team at the moot.
Upcoming moot: WTO moot geneva rounds – 13 – 18 May
At a glance: law school wise
| | Law school | Award | Score | |---|---|---| | NLSIU Bangalore | Vis Vienna (Runners up + 2 HM Speakers) T1 + NLSIAM (Organiser) T4 | 35+20+2=57 | | JGLS Sonepat | NLSIAM (Best Team+ Best Speaker) T4 | 15+8=23 | | NLU Jodhpur | NLSIAM (Runners up) T4 | 8 | | CNLU Patna | NLSIAM (Best Memorials) T4 | 8 | | Amity Law School Delhi | NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) T4 | 4 | | GNLU Gandhinagar | NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) T4 | 4 | |
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At a glance: moot wise
| Moot | Law School |
|---|---|
| Vis Vienna Runners up | NLSIU Bangalore |
| Vis Vienna HM Speakers | NLSIU Bangalore |
| NLSIAM Winners | JGLS Sonepat |
| NLSIAM Runners up | NLU Jodhpur |
| NLSIAM Best Memorial | CNLU Patna |
| NLSIAM Best Speaker | Samhith Malladi, JGLS |
| NLSIAM Semi-Finalists | Amity Law School Delhi & GNLU Gandhinagar |
Mooting Premier League (MPL) Season 5 Standings
| Law school | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | Org | W | R/u | S/F | Q/F | O/F | B S | B M/R | HM | Pts | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 85 | 5 | 75 | 105 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 288 | Henry Dunant (Best advocate, semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + HNLU Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (runner’s up) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist + Best Memorials)+ KK Luthra (Best team) + Jessup South Qualifying (Best team + Best speaker) + GIMC (Best team) + KLA (Best team) + ULC (Best Researcher + Semi - Finalist) + Amity Delhi (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + HSF (Best Team + Best Speaker) + (Vis East Quarter-finalists + HM Claimant Memorial) + (Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition - HM Prelims Speaker) + Vis Vienna (Runners up + 2 HM Speakers) + NLSIAM (Organiser) | |
| 2 | NLU Jodhpur | 20 | 140 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 238 | Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) + Stetson North (Best Team) + DM Harish (Best team + Best memorial) + ULC (Best team) + Amity Delhi (Best researcher) + NLU Antitrust (Organiser) + Red Cross (Runner’s up + Best Memorial) + (Vis East - HM Claimant Memorial + HM Respondent Memorial) + (Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition Runners’ up + HM Memorial + HM 2 Prelims Speakers + HM Finals Best Speaker) + NLSIAM (Runners up) | ||||
| 3 | NLIU Bhopal | 15 | 40 | 59 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 145 | Raj Anand (Best team) + BCI moot (Runners up, Best mooter – female) + Rizvi Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Runner’s up, Best Memorial) + Stetson South ( Best team) + KK Luthra (Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best team + Best memorial) + KLA (Best memorial) + ULC (Best memorial) + GH Raisoni (Runners up) | |||||
| 4 | NLU Delhi | 45 | 52 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 125 | Henry Dunant (Best memorial, Semi finalist) + Manfred Lachs World (Semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + FDI International moot (Best Memorial - Claimants) + Stetson North (Runners up) + KK Luthra (Runners Up) + Jessup North (Best team) + NLU Antitrust (Runners up + Best Researcher + Best Speaker) + (Vis East - HM 2 Speaker’s) | |||
| 5 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 45 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 117 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi – Finalist) + BR Sawhney (Organisers) + HNLU Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial ) + Stetson South (Semi finalist + Best speaker) + Jessup South (Runners up) + GIMC (Semi finalist) + KLA (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best speaker) + NLU Antitrust (Semi-finalist) + HSF (Semi-finalist) + (Vis East - Best Memorial Respondent) + (Philip C Jessup Moot Octa-finalists) | ||||
| 6 | NLU Orissa | 35 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 110 | Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial) + Stetson North (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Best memorial + Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Best speaker + Semi finalist) + KLA (Best speaker) + ULC (Semi finalist) + Gh Raisoni (Semi finalist + Best speaker) | ||||||
| 7 | JGLS Sonepat | 30 | 30 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109 | Henry Dunant (Runners up) + Nani Palkhivala (Best Team) + BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) + NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) + Oxford Price Media: South Asia (Best Team) + (Oxford Media - Best Team) + NLSIAM (Best Team+ Best Speaker) | ||||||
| 8 | ILS Pune | 45 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 88 | Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) + Stetson South (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Runners up + Best researcher) + GIMC (Best memorial) + NLU Antitrust (Semi-finalist) + HSF (Runners up) | ||||||
| 9 | NUJS Kolkata | 25 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 84 | Surana IT (Semi finalist) + SLCU National moot (Best speaker, Best memorial, Semi finalists) + BR Sawhney (Runners up) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia Rounds (Runners up) + Stetson North (Semi- Finalist) + Jessup North (Runners up) + ELSA Asia-Pacific (Best Team) + HSF (Organiser) + (Vis East - HM Claimant Memorial + Octa-finalist’s) | ||
| 10 | HNLU Raipur | 52 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 59 | SLCU National moot (Semi finalists) + Amity Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial) + HNLU Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) + GIMC (Semi finalist) + HSF (Best Memorial) | |||||||
| 11 | Symbiosis Pune | 20 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59 | Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals, best speaker) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) + KLA (Runners up) + Amity Delhi (semi finalist) + NLU Antitrust (Best Team) + GH Raisoni (Semi finalist + Best researcher) | |||||||
| 12 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 37 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 57 | Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners) + GIMC (organiser) + Surana Corp (Semi final) + HSF (Semi-finalist) + GH Raisoni (Winners) + NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) | ||||||||
| 13 | Amity Delhi | 30 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 | Rizvi Moot (Best Researcher) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Researcher) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist) + Stetson North (Best Memorials) + KK Luthra (Best speaker) + Jessup North (Best speaker + Semi finalist) + Amity Delhi (organiser) + NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) | |||||||
| 14 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 15 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (Best memorial) + Jessup North (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Runners up) + ULC (Best speaker) + ELSA Asia-Pacific (Semi-Finalist) | ||||||
| 15 | KIIT Bhubaneshwar | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial) | ||||||||||
| 16 | GLC Mumbai | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher) + Amity Delhi (Semi finalist) | |||||||
| 17 | RGNUL Patiala | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | Surana IT (Runners up) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Rizvi Moot (Runners up) + Jessup North (Best memorial) | ||||||||
| 18 | Nuals Kochi | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist) + ULC (Runners up) + NLU Antitrust (Best Memorial) | ||||||||
| 19 | Christ University | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners) + GIMC (Best speaker) | |||||||||
| 20 | Sastra school of Law Thanjavur | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher) | |||||||||||
| 21 | Pravin Gandhi Law College Pune | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | KK Luthra (Best memorial) + KLA (Semi finalist) | |||||||||||
| 22 | UILS Chandigarh; Abha Sharma | 10 | 1 | 10 | Stetson North (Best speaker) | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Seedling School of Law & Governance | 10 | 1 | 10 | BCI moot (Best memorial | ||||||||||||
| 24 | CLC Delhi University | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | KK Luthra (Organiser) + HSF (Best Speaker) | |||||||||||
| 25 | Delhi University LC I | 8 | 1 | 8 | Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial) | ||||||||||||
| 26 | GLC Chennai | 8 | 1 | 8 | Amity Delhi (Runners up) | ||||||||||||
| 38 | CNLU Patna | 8 | 1 | 8 | NLSIAM (Best Memorials) | ||||||||||||
| 39 | SOEL Chennai | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | SLCU National moot (Runners up), Pro bono enviro (Org) | |||||||||||
| 40 | CUSAT Cochin | 5 | 1 | 5 | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker) | ||||||||||||
| 36 | ITM Gurgaon | 5 | 1 | 5 | GH Raisoni (Best memorial) | ||||||||||||
| 37 | UPES Dehradun | 4 | 1 | 4 | Surana Corp (Semi finalist) | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Amity Noida | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | |||||||||||
| 39 | Dept of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh | 3 | 1 | 3 | Jessup North (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 40 | JSS Law College Mysore | 2 | 1 | 2 | Surana Corp (Organisers) | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Kerala Law Academy | 2 | 1 | 2 | KLA (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Rizvi College Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rizvi Moot (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 43 | ULC Bangalore | 1 | 1 | 1 | ULC Bangalore (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Raisoni Nagpur | 1 | 1 | 1 | GH Raisoni (organiser) |
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