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[[HNLU Raipur]] finished runners up at the [[Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot]] and jumped from the eleventh position to the fifth position in the [[MPL 2 standings]] sponsored by Allen & Overy. Meanwhile [[Symbiosis, Pune]] won its first moot this season at the [[GH Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition|GH Raisoni Moot]].
Red Cross Moot
The first Tier 2 moot of this season saw only one Indian team out of 20 teams globally, with HNLU having qualified after winning the [[Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition]] in September of last year.
HNLU’s team (pictured) picked up a massive 25 points for its place in the finals, taking it to fifth place in the MPL 2.
Victoria University of Wellington from Wellington, New Zealand eventually won over HNLU in the finals.
G H Raisoni
It was an all-Pune battle at Nagpur when [[Symbiosis Pune]] defeated [[ILS Pune]] in the finals of the [[GH Raisoni Moot]].
[[GNLU Gandhinagar]] won the best memorandum award and finished as semi-finalists. [[Baroda School of Legal Studies]] was the 35th team to enter the MPL 2 by winning the best speaker award and finishing semifinalists in the moot.
Sankalp Anantwar from GH Raisoni Law School confirmed the results and said that 20 teams from all over the country participated in the moot. The moot problem was related to copyright laws.
ELSA Moot:
We have been informed that two Indian teams have won awards at the [[ELSA WTO Asian rounds]]. However, we are still waiting for an official confirmation from the organizers.
[[Mooting Premier League 2 season standings]]
| Pos | Law school | Pts | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 134 | SP 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) |
| 2 | NUJS Kolkata | 119 | Fiat 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) |
| 3 | NLU Delhi | 101 | Herbert 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) |
| 4 | NLSIU Bangalore | 86 | Herbert 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) |
| 5 | HNLU Raipur | 74 | [Red Cross Moot] (Runners up); ULC Moot (Best Memorandum, Best Researcher);BCI Moot (Best Female Speaker);Oxford-Media India Round (Semi finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Winner); Henry Dunant (Winners) |
| 6 | RGNUL Patiala | 72.5 | SP 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) |
| 7 | NLIU Bhopal | 72 | Herbert 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) |
| 8 | ILS Pune | 66 | [Raisoni] (Runners up); Surana IT (Semi finalist); Surana Corp (Best Memorandum, Semifinalist); Jessup South (Winners, Best Memorandum);Stetson South India (Semi-finalist), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Winners) |
| 9 | NLU Jodhpur | 60.5 | Herbert 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)* |
| 10 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 59 | [Raisoni] (Semi finalists, Best Memo); DM 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) |
| 11 | NUALS Kochi | 58 | Surana 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) |
| 12 | Government Law College, Mumbai | 45.5 | NLU-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) |
| 13 | RMNLU Lucknow | 45 | SP 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) |
| 14 | SOEL Chennai | 41 | Surana 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) |
| 15 | UILS Chandigarh | 33 | ULC Moot (Winners); Stetson North (Runners up); Nani Palkhiwala (Runners Up), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Best Memo) |
| 16 | Campus Law Centre Delhi | 29.5 | SP Sathe (Semi-finalist); Fiat Justitia (Super six); NLU-J Antitrust (Runners-up); HNLU Moot (Runners up, Best Memorandum) Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Winner) |
| 17 | Army Institute of Law, Mohali | 23 | KLA Moot (Semifinalist);Nani Palkhiwala (Semifinalist), Surana Int\‘l Minority(Best Memo), Rizvi Moot (runner-up, best memo) |
| 18 | University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta University, Delhi | 20 | Stetson North (Winner) |
| 19 | Amity Law School | 18 | Jessup North (Semi-finalist); Stetson North (Best memorandum); Commonwealth India Rounds (Semi finalists) |
| 20 | Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad | 15 | Henry Dunant (Semifinalist, Best Speaker) |
| 20 | Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University | 15 | FDI Moot (Semi-finalist; 2 Honourable Mentions); Surana Trial Advocacy North (Semifinalist), Rizvi Moot (semifinalist) |
| 20 | Symbiosis, Pune | 15 | [Raisoni] (Winners); NLU-J Antitrust (Best researcher) |
| 23 | CNLU Patna | 13 | Jessup North (Semi-finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Semi finalist, Best Memorandum) |
| 24 | Bishop Cottons Women\‘s Christian Law School, Bangalore | 10 | Stetson South India (Best Speaker) |
| 25 | Baroda School of Legal Studies | 8 | [Raisoni] (Semi finalists, Best Speaker) |
| 26 | Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad | 5 | BCI Moot (Semifinalist); |
| 26 | Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur | 5 | Surana Int\‘l Minority (Best Speaker) |
| 26 | CMR Law College, Bangalore | 5 | ULC Moot (Runners up); |
| 29 | School of Law, Christ University | 4 | Surana Corp (Semifinalist); |
| 30 | CUSAT Kochi | 3 | Surana Int\‘l Minority(Semifinalist) |
| 30 | Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT, Kharagpur | 3 | HNLU Moot (Semi finalist) |
| 30 | New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune | 3 | Surana Trial Advocacy South (Semifinalist) |
| 30 | Government Law College, Ernakulam | 3 | ULC Moot (Semifinalist); |
| 34 | NLU Orissa | 2.5 | NLU-D Corp Law (Best memorandum (joint)) |
| 35 | V.M. Salgaocar Law College, Panjim | 1.5 | Fiat 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]].
Comments
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jackpot
In any case, no offense was intended.
Congratulation to the lady's
Congrats HNLU
From my perspective, the more colleges that cross 100 points the merrier: we have no reason to discriminate against one college or another.
Congratulations to the NHLU team for their brilliant preformance!
Best wishes,
Kian
And Kian, please change NHLU in your comment to HNLU- people do have a lot of issues if their law school's name is not taken properly. Atleast, I would have!
talk about equality!!!
a far cry!
Best wishes
Kian
"Bill Gates worked superbly hard and was a childhood computer prodigy but he hit the jackpot when creating the PC-DOS operating system for IBM and retaining the copyright to it."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#IBM_partnership
Or:
"Up-and-coming film-maker George Lucas' first Star Wars film was a box office hit but he really won the jackpot when he had the foresight to retain the rights to all Star Wars spin-off licensed products and merchandise, bagging him more than $13bn in cash and counting."
Or in other words:
"HNLU hit the jackpot with its performance in Hong Kong and - the first Tier 2 Moot of the season - giving it 25 points in the MPL and propelling it up the rankings from 12th (?) place to fifth with a realistic shot now to mix up the MPL 2 top field."
In any case, as a policy, we do not normally change headlines just because they might upset a few people otherwise we would be changing headlines every other day for a law firm or other (seriously).
Again, no offense is intended nor should reasonably be inferred from the title.
Best wishes
Kian
(a)the accumulated stakes in a kind of poker that requires one to hold a pair of jacks or better in order to open the betting.
(b)A cumulative pool in a competition, lottery, or various other games.
going by this definition LI should change the headline irrespective of their policy....
jackpot means: a large cash price in a lottery.
the origin of the word: it was first used in poker, where the pot grew until a player could open thew bidding with two jacks or better
Shame on you LI instead of humbly accepting your fault why the hell are u going on citing your policies and dictionary.
(a) no one gives a damn to your policy so don't cite them
(b) the oxford dictionary is even against you.
Change the title.
Grow up!! If you really want your law school to be worthy of being a top national law school then act like one. Kian cannot change headlines just because some inane individuals who have taken offense of an innocuous headline. There is nothing wrong in the headlines. Do not act like those psuedo individuals who find faults in each and everything on this earth. Seriously I am reiterating again GROW UP guys.
Moreover, if you want to interpret the word "JACKPOT", the article also refers to the number of points scored by HNLU which is 25 and its awesome and not indicating that it was by sheer dumb las vegas casino luck. Kian very understands that doing well in a moot specially a tier 2 one is not about luck.
For the love of GOD stop bickering about issues like this. You act like 5 year olds with candies man.
@kian, dont budge to all this shit.
Please don't quote selectively from the OED - there are dozens of alternative definitions that do not include luck and the full OED probably has 10 pages on Jackpot.
In no particular order, excluding the purely poker or casino definitions, from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jackpot
hit the jackpot
to win or obtain a lot of money or success She must have hit the jackpot with the sales of her last album.
jackpot - any outstanding award
prize, award - something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe"
2. A top prize or reward.
From http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/jackpot
a large unexpected success or reward
hit the jackpot
1 to win the most important prize in a competition
2 to be very successful at something
She hit the jackpot with her first novel, which sold over a million copies.
Anyway, when there is a serious factual error in our reporting or something is actually and seriously offensive we will gladly correct it. When someone objects to the words or style used in a story, we will not entertain such requests as any credible publication should and would as a matter of principle.
We will now moderate any new comments complaining about the headline unless they make an interesting and valid point, otherwise this debate risks boring everyone else to death.
Please celebrate this great result from HNLU's mooters and do not distract or diminish from their achievement.
Warm regards
Kian
Its time for you ppl to enjoy! And this headline is in no way derogatory.
It seems like you ppl are acting like a school kid. Stop behaving like this.
Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners!!!
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It seems the likes of #1,# 2 and #10 don't read the newspapers very often - and neither their English grammar and usage books. Otherwise they would know LI's usage of the headline is perfectly acceptable - and pithy (find out the meaning), too.
Kian, I am surprised that you actually bother with such sad losers.
Agreed a hyper reaction for the removal of the word may sound absurd, although it might not be the best choice of a word for a moot win, however your sarcasm just makes you sound rather sour.Those steps were taken by the student community to ensure they got what they really deserved.It isn't often that you find students being able to replace a system. I'm not dwelling into this too much, but your comment is unwarranted here.
After reading all the comments above i still believe that the title is indeed a derogatory one.
Let us not go into the dictionary meaning of the word. In common parlance we indeed use this word to express one's gain, victory as a great shock to us because we never thought that such a thing could ever happen.
What I M TRYING TO POINT AT IS THIS:
Kian never expected HNLU to win this kind of tier II moot not even in his dreams. One day HNLU wins. Kian was shocked to hear that and the first word which came out of his mouth was 'JACKPOT'. Its not his fault but the fault of his sub-conscious mind which has very safely stored in it that HNLU is not tht great a law school and can never do good in even tier IV moots.
So guys my problem was not with the word jackpot but with the intention behind it. AND the justifications given by Kian have justified my doubt.
[I was debating on whether to publish this or not because it sounds like you are a troll trying to fan the flames of this discussion again by denigrating HNLU. HNLU was performing very well this season but was not in the top 5; now it is. But coming runner-up in a tier 2 moot would be a jackpot for anyone. -Kian]
But I appreciate the fact that u published my previous comment which clearly upheld ur belief in Article 19 rights and shows ur commitment towards the profession of journalism.
And dont tell me that u not didnt even once thought that HNLU can ever win this type of moot. I have already clarified that this is not ur fault. Its the fault of our sub-conscious mind. And not the sub-conscious mind has got a message - Hey! stop thinking in tht direction.
[Thanks for your response, even though I still think that you are trolling by trying to second-guess my subconscious mind and putting down another college. For the record, I think HNLU can win any moot in India and abroad, as any other college can do too. While some colleges may have a stronger mooting culture than others, there are brilliant students everwhere. So I am not ever that surprised if a college wins a moot, as you should not be either. -Kian]
But Now i reveal my intention of doing all this.
My only purpose of doing this was to make you aware tht u do sometimes tend to report in a biased manner. And after this debate I am very much confident that this type of biased reporting would be stopped even if it was subconsciously.
I once again extend my apology. Hope u will take it in the right spirit. :-)
Congratulations HNLU!!! We all knw that it takes more than just luck to achieve this. So enjoy :-)
All the best!
Thanks.
In any case, I think LI would benefit from a policy against anonymous comments. You could ask the commenters to log in via gmail, twitter or facebook. It's been found to improve the quality of comments vastly on other websites.
http://www.slate.com/id/2287739/
What is the utility of such a hot debate?
A few questions has been raised in this discussion which o would like to answer.
Some again "debated' Nalsarite has raised the issue sayong that Kian has it in the back of his mind that HNLU can never win even a National level Fourth tier moot. Hello! they have already won NLIU Juris Corp and Henry Dunant National rounds..what is wrong with you? This proves your intellect.
Secondly, when it comes to taking it as a derogatory comment, I would like to say that there is absolutely nothing derogatory in it. Even if it is, it was certainly not intentional.
Thirdly, What is the purpose of such debates?
HNLU, GNLU are in the top 10 ranks, right? But in the official ranking Symbi and Amity will seal the top 10 positions. So putting it as an inference, it is all a money game. No matter how hard you work there will be someone or the other in business sealing their fate easily. I bet anyone challenge on this.
And when it comes to holding HNLU in a position of esteem? It is clear that it is one of the best in business, after what all it went through and facing and challenging the back draws of Raipur it has a spirit like no one else. Peace.
Symbiosis finally showed up...so they have started mooting...
before its too late.
I just reviewed HNLUs performance this season. Has anyone noticed as to how most of their points have come from wins/runners positions. this tells me two things.
1. HNLU participates in very few moots, and
2. HNLU does well at the moots it participates in.
Which to me speaks volumes. Period.
What about results of WTO moots. It s been over a week now. Plz update it. Nobody wants to read stale news. This should not be the attitude of team MPL. You have written that you are trying to confirm the results, but still it has not been confirmed. plz do that and update ASAP.
BTW melbourne won defeating Otago in the finals. So no Indian finalists. Plzz update it or atleast give us an idea as to when will you update it?
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Thus my Heartiest Congratulations to the HNLU team for the achievement :-) Way to go guys!!!