[[CNLU Patna]] defeated [[Campus Law Centre Delhi]] in the finals of the 28th [[Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition|Bar Council of India Moot]] hosted by [[NLU Delhi]]. [[Nalsar Hyderabad]] and [[Symbiosis Law School, Pune]] finished semifinalists in this Tier 3 MPL moot.
Nishant Jethra from Campus Law Centre, Delhi and Madhupreetha Elango, ILS Pune won the best speaker awards for the male and female categories respectively.
After the moot, CNLU Patna and Campus Law Centre, Delhi moved six places up in the [[MPL 3 Standings]], from the 24th to the 18th position and from the 14th to the 8th position respectively.
The CNLU team consisted of speakers Girijapati Kaushal, Vibhanshu Srivastava and researcher Ravi Prakash. Kaushal said that the moot win was more than a good experience for the team. “It was a life-changing event,” he said. “We won BCI. What else we could we have thought of?”
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Kaushal mentioned that the judging quality was consistently good throughout the moot. “The judging was marvellous. The judges were down to earth. One interesting experience that we had was that in almost every round, we had one actual judge on the bench. It was nice to have members of the Indian judiciary adjudging every other round.”
Kaushal said that the second round was the toughest round in the moot. “In the second round, only 4 teams were selected out of 26 teams for the semis. We faced [[HNLU Raipur]] in this round. The round made the moot quite challenging, though I admit, it makes luck a very important factor in the moot.”
The moot problems in each round of the four rounds of the competition were based on Contract law, Family law, Media law and Law of torts. “The problems were very meticulously drafted and tested one’s knowledge and application of the law. We found it very enjoyable.” Kaushal specifically mentioned that the CNLU Patna won the moot based on comparative performance of other teams. “This win did not benchmark our quality, but this win is a benchmark which we will be chasing in future.”
Sarvajeet from NLU Delhi confirmed the results and said that 49 teams participated in the moot. There was no best memorandum award in the moot. This is the second BCI moot this season, as a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the BCI. The first BCI moot was hosted by Nirma University in February, where Nalsar Hyderabad defeated SOEL Chennai to win the moot.
[[Mooting Premier League 3 season standings]]
| Pos | Law school | Pts | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 231 | DMH (best speaker); Surana Corp (silver, best memo); GIMC (gold); KLA (best memo); Rizvi (gold); Jessup South (gold, best memo); Oxford Media India rounds (silver, best memo); Stetson South (gold, best memo); NLIU-Juris Corp (gold, best speaker, best memo); Palkhivala (gold); Dunant (silver); B.R. Sawhney (gold); Trial Adv South (silver); Raj Anand Moot (semis); Maritime Arbitration (semis, best memo, hon men for best resp memo); |
| 2 | NLU Jodhpur | 127 | NLU Antitrust (organiser); Amity moot (silver, best speaker, best researcher); Surana Tech (semis); GIMC (silver); Jessup North (best speaker); Stetson North (gold); Hidayatullah (gold, best speaker, best memo); Dunant (best memo); Trial Adv North (silver, best speaker, best memo); IICLAM (gold); |
| 3 | NLU Delhi | 109 | ULC moot (best male speaker, best female speaker); BCI-Nirma (semis); Surana Tech (semis); DMH (semis); KLA (semis); Jessup North (gold); KK Luthra (gold); SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (best researcher, semis); Oxford Media India rounds (gold, best speaker); (Law Asia (semis); Dunant (semis); IICLAM (organiser); |
| 4 | GLC Mumbai | 106 | Amity moot (gold); DMH (best memo); NUJS-HS (gold, best speaker, best memo); SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (best speaker); NLIU-Juris Corp (semis); Trial Adv South (gold, best speaker); IICLAM (Best Memo); Raj Anand Moot (silver); |
| 5 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 85 | [BCI - NLU Delhi] (semis); NLU Antitrust (silver, best memo); BCI-Nirma (gold, best female speaker); DMH (semis); Jessup South (semis); Oxford Media India rounds (semis);Dunant (gold); B.R. Sawhney (organiser); |
| 6 | NUJS Kolkata | 79 | NLU Antitrust (gold, best researcher); NUJS-HS (organiser); KLA (silver); SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (gold, best memo); Oxford Media India rounds (semis); NLIU-Juris Corp (semis); Hidayatullah (silver, best researcher); B.R. Sawhney (semis); SLCU Moot (silver, best speaker, best memo); Trial Adv North (semis); |
| 7 | ILS Pune | 62 | [BCI - NLU Delhi] (best female speaker); Surana Tech (silver); GIMC (best memo, best speaker, semis); KK Luthra (silver); Stetson South (best speaker); B.R. Sawhney (best speaker, semis); Trial Adv South (semis); |
| 8 | Campus Law Centre Delhi | 60 | [BCI - NLU Delhi] (silver, best male speaker); Amity moot (semis); ULC moot (semis); KLA (gold); Raj Anand Moot (gold, best speaker); |
| 9 | NLIU Bhopal | 59 | NLU Antitrust (best speaker, semis); BCI-Nirma (semis); NUJS-HS (silver); GIMC (semis); Rizvi (silver, best speaker); NLIU-Juris Corp (organiser); SLCU Moot (gold); Raj Anand Moot (semis, best memo); |
| 10 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 53 | DMH (best reseracher); Surana Corp (semis);KK Luthra (best memo); Stetson North (silver); Palkhivala (silver); Trial Adv North (semis); |
| 11 | RGNUL Patiala | 51 | Amity moot (best memo, semis); ULC moot (silver); Surana Tech (best memo); Jessup North (semis); SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (semis); Stetson North (best speaker); Hidayatullah (semis); B.R. Sawhney (best memo); |
| 12 | School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore | 49 | Surana Corp (gold, best speaker); KLA (best speaker); SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (organiser); IICLAM (silver, best speaker); SLCU Moot (organiser); |
| 13 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 47 | NLU Antitrust (semis); GIMC (organiser); Jessup North (best memo, semis); Palkhivala (best researcher, semis); B.R. Sawhney (silver); Trial Adv North (gold); |
| 14 | SOEL Chennai | 45 | BCI-Nirma (silver, best male speaker); Jessup South (silver, best speaker); Stetson South (semis);Trial Adv South (best memo); |
| 15 | HNLU Raipur | 39 | Jessup North (silver);Stetson North (semis); NLIU-Juris Corp (best researcher); Palkhivala (best speaker, semis); [Hidayatullah (organiser); SLCU Moot (semis); |
| 16 | Symbiosis Law School, Pune | 36 | [BCI - NLU Delhi] (semis); ULC moot (best memo); Surana Tech (organisers); NUJS-HS (semis); Rizvi (best memo, semis); Palkhivala (best memo); IICLAM (semis); |
| 17 | Jindal Global Law School | 33 | ULC moot (gold); NUJS-HS (semis); KK Luthra (semis); Dunant (best speaker, semis); |
| 18 | CNLU Patna | 25 | [BCI - NLU Delhi] (gold); Stetson North (semis); |
| 19 | School of Legal Studies, CUSAT Kochi | 23 | Surana Tech (gold, best speaker); |
| 20 | V M Salgaocar Law College, Goa | 10 | Stetson South (silver); |
| 21 | Army Institute of Law, Mohali | 10 | Stetson North (best memo); |
| 22 | Amity Law School IP University Delhi | 10 | Amity (oraganisers); NLIU-Juris Corp (silver); |
| 23 | KLE Bangalore | 9 | ULC moot (best researcher); IICLAM (semis); |
| 24 | School of Law, Sastra University, Thanjavur | 6 | ULC moot (semis); Trial Adv South (semis); |
| 25 | New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune | 5 | Stetson South (semis); |
| 25 | Dr. Ambedkar Law College, Chennai | 5 | Jessup South (semis); |
| 27 | NUALS Kochi | 5 | SLCU-LKS-CCI Antitrust (silver); |
| 28 | AKK New Law Academy, Pune | 4 | KLA (semis); |
| 28 | Symbiosis Law School, Noida | 4 | Surana Corp (semis); |
| 30 | ULC Bangalore | 4 | ULC moot (organisers); SLCU Moot (semis); |
| 31 | SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law | 3 | Hidayatullah (semis); |
| 31 | Guru Gobind University | 3 | Rizvi (semis); |
| 33 | J S S Law College, Mysore | 2 | Surana Corp (organiser); |
| 33 | Nirma University | 2 | BCI-Nirma (organisers); |
For more information please refer to the [[MPL 3 rulebook]].
Comments
Winner: Symbiosis, Noida
Runner: NLIU, Bhopal
Best Memo: NLIU, Bhopal
Best Speaker: ILS, Pune
We are in touch with the organisers to confirm the results of both the Pro bono Enviro moot and the ELSA Asian rounds. The standings will be updated after final confirmation from the organisers
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Prashanth
Siddhartha Luthra - I dint enjoy the fun of judging any moot final. I hope to see better competition and energy in the next version of BCI Moot
B.S. Chauhan - Energy and preparation level was low, I was prepared with much more cases than teams have actually used.
Wants to hear anything more about BCI.
Quoting out of context will not deny the fact that CNLU is the winner of the most prestigious national moot court. Also CNLU student Girijapati Kaushal was judged as the best speaker by the same judges.
Show some respect for the national winners.
judging was abysmal....
In any case, the moot concluded late yesterday and we have official organiser confirmation now of the full results.
http://www.legallyindia.com/201203252677/Mooting/indian-triple-whammy-abroad-as-jindal-rmlnlu-win-elsa-jakarta-leiden-moots-symbi-noida-triumphs-at-pro-bono-enviro
You will appreciate that we can not publish a story without organiser confirmation of all results, and we generally try to get quotes from winners, which takes a while particularly when competitors are abroad.
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Kian