MPL 5 Rulebook re-draft: Amity & NLS Tax in, Surana Trials out; Feedback invited

Monday, 9 December 2013 By Legally India Mooting

Legally India introduces the current season’s formally updated rulebook for the Herbert Smith Freehills sponsored Mooting Premier League season 5.

After carefully considering feedback and suggestions from a host of Indian mooting law schools, and based on our own research on a number of new moots, we have decided on this new version of the rulebook. It includes new moots and excludes certain old ones from its scoring system.

Inclusions

We’ve included the Amity International moot conducted by Amity Noida and the NLS-TIOL Tax moot organised by NLSIU Bangalore in Tier 5 under the domestic moots category.

The Amity moot has completed three editions while the NLS-TIOL moot had its inaugural edition in January, live-blogged on Legally India.

The 20^th MC Chagla moot organised by GLC Mumbai could not make it to MPL, despite requests for its inclusion, because of the system of “first-come-first-serve” registration of currently a maximum of 16 teams to participate in it. This cap is below the team caps in Tier 5 moots on an average, and also disadvantages law schools whose internal selection process keeps them from registering many days before the deadline.

GLC’s moot court society explained that it allows “provisional registration” to allow for the time needed for internal selections at law schools but since many teams back out after provisional registration, they acknowledge final registration only after receipt of the registration form to “ensure that no slot is wasted”.

Legally India is currently reserving MC Chagla’s inclusion in the MPL.

Exclusions

The Surana & Surana trial advocacy moot is no longer a part of MPL.

View full MPL 5 Rulebook here

Legally India is currently open to feedback and suggestions regarding MPL moots and scoring system. Please email your inputs if any at or leave them in the comments.

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Comments

NLS Tax 9 Dec 2013, 14:22

+0 -0

NLS Tax is not being conducted this year? why?

John McLane 9 Dec 2013, 17:30

+8 -0

Clap! Clap! Again MPL has overlooked certain reputed moots. where is B.Krishna IPR in the list? Where is NALSAR Criminal? Why P.N. Bhawati is not included? Why IIT-KGP IPR Moot overlooked? Why Paras Diwan has not given a position? I guess MPL has decided to overlook the legitimate requests of the people. They will ask for suggestions but will not act on it.
Lagta hai yaha bhi "Jharru" Lana parega

Ila Vyas 11 Dec 2013, 18:23

Definately. atleast don't include moots which are not even going to be organized. Surana trials is areputed moot.

Bazinga 9 Dec 2013, 18:04

+1 -0

This still doesn't solve the problem that a 2nd Best Speaker or a Third Best Memo at Jessup is treated at par with the 50th Best.

Also, consider including Vis Pre-moot in Tier 4 atleast.

Ex IICLAM Jodhpur Participant 9 Dec 2013, 20:05

+3 -0

IICLAM deserves no spot in MPL. They have failed to conduct IICLM 5th Edition after submission of the memorials. MPL Wake UP and take it out of MPL!!!!!!!!!!!

Ila Vyas 9 Dec 2013, 20:32

When is the next edition of nls-tax law moot gonna be organized ? I wanna participate.

John McLane 10 Dec 2013, 10:09

They are not conducting it this year. A huge round of applause for MPL for selecting moots like NLS-Tax and IICLAM in the list which are not getting organised and overlooking moots like IIT-KGP Verdict and NALSAR Criminal which are getting organised regularly.
[b]Suggestion: Please include Thanka Moot of NLIU, NALSAR Corp moot and Singhvi Moot of NLUJ. These DEAD moots will surely help you in increasing your repo![/b]

A_N 10 Dec 2013, 11:32

[quote name="John McLane"]They are not conducting it this year. A huge round of applause for MPL for selecting moots like NLS-Tax and IICLAM in the list which are not getting organised and overlooking moots like IIT-KGP Verdict and NALSAR Criminal which are getting organised regularly.
[b]Suggestion: Please include Thanka Moot of NLIU, NALSAR Corp moot and Singhvi Moot of NLUJ. These DEAD moots will surely help you in increasing your repo![/b][/quote]

Just to clarify, the Moot Court Committee of NALSAR will organize the NFCG Moot this year.

Ila Vyas 11 Dec 2013, 18:25

Do you have any idea about when Nalsar NFCG will be organized ? I wish to participate

John McLane 11 Dec 2013, 18:48

Its good to know. NFCG was one of the best corporate moot in India. It will be great to see it back in action.

Guest 14 Dec 2013, 09:19

NLS-TIOL moot has been indefinitely postponed.

Rajat 16 Dec 2013, 07:45

Is there still time that we can send still send suggestons?

avidmooter 7 Feb 2014, 19:54

i Dont think Surana trials should be excluded, even arbitration moots are included, therefore the rationale to say it is not a moot in a purest form doesnt hold much water. i request that it should not be excluded from the MPL list. it a reputed moot, backed by surana and sees good particpation

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