NLU Delhi demolished the opposition in the Jessup North India qualifying rounds and the KK Luthra Memorial Moot, while NUJS Kolkata posted its first MPL 3 win in the anti-trust moot conducted by Christ University. NLSIU Bangalore continued with its winning ways, registering yet another moot win in the Rizvi International Moot.
Jessup North Rounds
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[[NLU Delhi]] got past [[HNLU Raipur]] in the finals of the [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot North India Rounds|Jessup North India Qualifying Rounds]].
[[GNLU Gandhinagar]] and [[RGNUL Patiala]] finished as semifinalists, and GNLU also won the best memorandum award. Aritra Roy from [[NLU Jodhpur]] won the best speaker award.
The NLU Delhi team consisted of speakers Akshay BD, Shreya Rastogi and Naman Joshi along with researchers Aayush Srivastava and Sarvatrajit Singh. Speakers Rastogi and Akshay had also taken NLU Delhi to the International rounds last year and had won the 9th and 17th best oralist awards respectively.
Akshay was elated after his second Jessup North win. “It was fantastic,” he told Legally India. “The way the events unfolded over the past two days was just simply fantastic.”
Akshay was candid about him and Rastogi wanting another bite at the Jessup cherry. “Last time, we lost out in the international rounds due to bad time management. Immediately after the rounds, we had decided that we wanted to come back. The international rounds are also fantastic.”
When asked if NLU Delhi would have an edge over the other teams due to their speakers having participated in the moot last year, Akshay said: “We’ve seen what the standards are and we know what is expected of us. We need to know our research thoroughly without referring to anything. Another thing that we will have to work on is speaking slowly. Most Indian teams end up speaking very fast.”
Akshay said that the moot problem this year was a lot more challenging.
18 teams participated in the moot.
K K Luthra Memorial Moot
NLU Delhi also won the [[KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, CLC New Delhi|K K Luthra Memorial Moot]], after getting past [[ILS Pune]] in the final rounds. [[Jindal Global Law School]] and Pakistan Law College, Lahore finished semifinalists.
[[RMLNLU Lucknow]] won the best memorandum award and Elizabeth from George Washington University bagged the best speaker award. As many as 62 teams from India and abroad participated in the moot.
The NLU Delhi team consisted of Aarti Bhavana, Raghav Sachdeva and Abhimanyu Yadav. Bhavana said that the team had a great learning experience. “The moot experience was wonderful. The judges were amazing in all the rounds and gave us excellent feedback. We also met many other teams and had a great time. ILS Pune was brilliant in the final rounds and it was very close.”
The moot had two preliminary rounds, after which the top 8 teams, selected on the basis of maximum number of wins and memo scores, qualified to the quarters. Bhavana said that having an octafinal round would have made things much easier. “There were around 20 teams who won 2 moots each and the top 8 out of the 20 had to be chosen based on the memo scores. If there was a Round of 16 before the quarters, then it wouldn’t have been that difficult.” The moot problem was based on murder and corporate manslaughter.
The moot was held at Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. Rajnoop Gill, a student organiser said that the moot was successfully organised with the help of Mr. Siddharth Luthra, senior counsel, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court. “There were 62 teams who had come, some of them from abroad. All the teams were put up in Delhi University itself.”
SLCU - LKS - CCI Anti-Trust Moot
Last season’s MPL runners up [[NUJS Kolkata]] registered its first win of the season after getting past [[NUALS Kochi]] in the Anti-trust moot organised by [[Christ Law College Bangalore|School of Law, Christ University]] in collaboration with Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan (LKS) and the Competition Commission of India (CCI). NUJS also won the best memorandum award. [[NLU Delhi]] and [[RGNUL Patiala]] finished semifinalists and NLU Delhi also bagged the best researcher award. Prakruti Joshi from [[GLC Mumbai]] won the best speaker award.
Speakers Vinayak Mehrotra & Indrajeet Sarcar along with researcher Durga Priya composed the NUJS team. Priya said that the moot competition law was an interesting area to work on. “It was a great experience and we enjoyed it throughout. Our speakers were excellent and did a great job.”
“The judges asked pertinent questions which we didn’t quite expect and were really good,” said Priya. “Unfortunately, we didn’t see NLS or Nalsar coming over for the moot, but the other teams were quite good. NUALS Kochi, our opponents in the final round, argued really well.”
On NUJS registering its first win so late this season, Priya said: “We have quite a good moot pool this year. The International moots are still yet to happen and I’m sure the teams for all the international moots will perform well.” Further, Priya acknowledged the efforts of the organising team led by Prashanth Shivadass for the brilliant hospitality.
Rizvi International Moot
[[NLSIU Bangalore]] got the better of [[NLIU Bhopal]] at the [[Rizvi Moot Court Competition|Rizvi International Moot]]. Team MPL has not yet received confirmation of the other results from the organisers of the moot.
A full story and the [[MPL 3 season standings]] will be updated once we receive confirmations from the organisers.
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Comments
Octos and quarters with no memo citations and admittedly good speaker ranks are now some of the "best results ever", is it?
Take a hike.
26th best memo. Haha.
"Overall Best Applicant" is some random new award introduced last year that means nothing.
Octos and ranks 9 and 17 were a good job, well done. But to call that "one of the best ever..." is rubbish, considering that an Indian team has won it once, made semis four times, made quarters and second on the Baxter Memo awards two years ago, and multiple Indian teams make at least the octos every single year.
So, again - take a hike. Take many. Hate to break it to you, but you ain't special.
The team won like 12 years ago so stop harping on that. Last year the north ones were better and at the end of march we'll again know which are the better colleges.
Thanks
Kian
Could you please let us know as to what is the basic criteria of a moot being included in the MPL? Have tried to contact you guys regarding the same but have got no replies so far. I am sure there isn't any rule against retrospective addition of the moots as last season some moots were included retrospectively. Also, when moots like Sathe (a one and a half page problem) are there in the MPL, an assessment of moots with better problems and participation should be done as to include them. I am sure that would make the league much more fairer.
NLU-D Mantra: Recycle & Reuse.
NLU-D Mantra: Recycle & Reuse.[/quote]
Another mantra - the internal rounds don't matter. The team is pre-decided. No fair procedure. What a scam.
RESPECT
There is Stetson where NLUJ is going... And then Vienna where everyone is going.. So... Lets not jump to conclusions so fast...
good show by Gnlu and hnlu this time!
Come on, everyone knows "someone" asked everyone not to participate in this moot :)Agreed, Bangalore-Hyderabad are not a cartel, but point being there were a lot of attempts to stiffle this moot!
There are several other moots that should be considered for MPL instead:
1. Symbiosis' B.R. Krishna IP Moot
2. Dr. Ambedkar Law College at Pondicherry (Around 25 teams participate and the moot's been happening for 20 yrs now)
3. GLC Thiruvantapuram's national moot
4. V.M. Salgaonkar's national moot
These moots have been there quite a while. Although they may not have participation from all national law schools, they are good nonetheless.
Unfortunately, it's one of the few good Consti moots left in the country, most other have converted to "IL"
Why don't you guys all just quit whining?
Regarding MC Chagla,
I participated this year,
And by god was it tough.
The judging standards were good. Could get better though.
Iqbal Chagla is the studdest lawyer I have ever seen in person.
[Key here being 'in person']
Regarding Rizvi moot,
I'm from Mumbai and if one starts taking Rizvi seriously......
I mean come on, like come on.
Unless ofcourse, I may be wrong and they may put up a really sensational moot, but thats unlikely.
Ever heard of a healthy man? Or at least an attempt at being so?
Brilliant job done, despite all the controversies surrounding it from the very beginning! With various colleges backing out at the last moment, Prashanth Shivadass still put up a brave fight and made the show a huge success! We saw a tough panel of judges, ranging from senior partners and managing partners of law firms to High Court and Supreme Court Judges.
Apart from this, the biggest jolt came when Executive Partner of LKS, Mr. G Shivadass announced a hike in prize money from Rs. 20000 to Rs. 40000 for the winners and from Rs. 15000 to Rs. 30000 for the runners-up! For the winners of a National Moot, this has definitely got to be a GOLD MINE, for we have never seen such a highly paying Moot!
Then, lets talk about the Hospitality. Prashanth's team members showcased a high standard of hospitality, with brilliant accomodation, food and travel!
Go Christ!
Why the words "icluding NLS B,Nalsar, NUJS..." . Don't look down upon yourselves that much =D
I bet it had better judging standard as compared to majority of moots in India, in fact better than KK Luthra, GLC, GIMC and NLSIAM.....I am saying this because I have seen the judging in all these competitions,.....
So, stop bull shitting without having witnessed anything....
I'd like to begin by stating the break down of the prize money of the Anti Trust Moot Court Competition, just for your reference ofcourse.
1. Winners receive a sum of Rs. 40000
2. Runners-up receive a sum of Rs. 30000
3. Best speaker - Rs. 5000
4. Best Memorial - Rs. 5000
5. Best Researcher - Rs. 5000
Now, if my basic arithmetic is not too off, I would say that the "stakes" of the moot is Rs. 85000. Which is not much higher than your Juris Corps moot, nevertheless the credit cannot be taken away.
Next, as per your issue with the deplorable judges, as mentioned by one of my fellow-commentators, if you have not been for the moot, how would you know the quality of the judges? Lack of judging standards? I think not. If I were to say that, I would reconsider my statement, considering Judges of the High Court and Supreme Court and Senior Partners of leading firms would definitely not account for it.
But yes, we don't understand much about mooting like you do, so leave it.
@adad902jeduds: Unfortunately, that world will never exist. I lament the country in its present state.
so kido, start working on your home-work n prepare a list...see u tomorrow..