NLIU Bhopal starts MPL 6 with a bang, to lead after Henry Dunant, Raj Anand, Juris Corp

MPL's back, and it's going to be a blast!
MPL's back, and it's going to be a blast!
The sixth Mooting Premier League, sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, has kicked off again, with NLIU Bhopal in an early lead after sweeping clean the Tier 4 Raj Anand moot.

Bhopal is followed in the early MPL rankings by ILS Pune and NLU Jodhpur which, respectively, won the NLIU Juris Corp moot and the prestigious elite class Henry Dunant moot.

Jodhpur and Henry Dunant runners-up RMLNLU Lucknow will now compete with other international law schools in the world class Red Cross moot, to which Henry Dunant is the Indian qualification round, hosted by the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL).

Raj Anand

NLIU Bhopal’s Smriti Tripathi, Karanvir Singh and Shivani Vij swept the best team, best speaker and best memorial prizes at Raj Anand

RMLNLU, which also broke into Raj Anand’s semi finals, tied its MPL 6 score with the other Raj Anand semi-finalist Symbiosis Pune. Symbiosis also won the best researcher citation at the Juris Corp, as set out below.

NLSIU Bangalore was runner-up: the MPL 3, 4 and 5 winner sits right at the bottom of the MPL 6 inaugural tabulations, tied with HNLU Raipur and NUSRL Ranchi.

Henry Dunant

NLU Jodhpur’s Padmaja Menon, Akarshi Jain and Pranita Mehta clinched victory for the law school.

NLUO Cuttack, which was a start-of-season heavy hitter during MPL 5 too, is sitting at rank 4, having broken into Dunant’s semi finals and clinched the best researcher citation.

The Kerala Law Academy (KLA) was the other Dunant Semi finalist and is tied with NLUO.

Juris Corp

ILS Pune’s Yash Bansal, Vivek Hegde and Mohith Gauri took away Juris Corp.

The winners also picked up the best speaker citation at the moot. HNLU Raipur, NUSRL Ranchi and Symbiosis Pune were the other citation holders.

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Law SchoolAwards
NLIU BhopalRaj Anand (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (organiser) = 15 + 8 + 8 + 2 = 33
ILS PuneNLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23
NLU JodhpurHenry Dunant (Best team) = 20
NLUO CuttackHenry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15
KLAHenry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15
RMLNLU LucknowHenry Dunant (runners up) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 8 + 4 = 12
Symbiosis PuneRaj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12
HNLU RaipurNLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8
NLSIU BangaloreRaj Anand (runners up) = 8
NUSRL RanchiNLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8

Comments

pi 17 Sept 2014, 10:26
+2 -1
the new logo looks like the horlicks logo from early 90s :P
Kanji 17 Sept 2014, 10:53
+2 -2
Any points for Juriscorp semis?
Alum 17 Sept 2014, 11:38
+3 -2
Another poor year for NALSAR? COME ON JUNIORS. The world is watching.
Mohit Khubchandani 17 Sept 2014, 13:03
+2 -5
Will the Surana Trial Advocacy moot court competition not be included ?
Hmm 18 Sept 2014, 17:05
+2 -1
It should be added.
Guest 19 Sept 2014, 10:18
+4 -1
The Surana Trial Advocacy is no longer a part of the MPL
Rajat Dutta 17 Sept 2014, 14:16
+4 -0
Aren't points included for best memorial at Henry Dunant?
Mohit Khubchandani 19 Sept 2014, 13:31
+1 -3
It is categorised as a 'Moot Court Competition' and the term 'Moot Court' itself means 'Mock Court'. It is just a Trial Court. All forums be it ICJ/SC/HC/Arbitration Panels are categorised as Moot Court. As a matter of fact, the ICC Hague Trial is also a part of the MPL. I see no reason for such a reputed Moot like Surana Trial Advocacy to not be included. I would like to speak to the administration regarding the same.

Thank You.
Teja Naam Hai 19 Sept 2014, 17:02
+2 -1
Bhai, Surana hasn't been excluded because of its status as a Trial Moot Court. Flawed analogies with ICC Trial aside, Surana is just a low repute moot which doesn't meet MPL's standards. So, chill.
Reality 20 Sept 2014, 19:18
+1 -2
Just because you won it, stop trolling yourself :P
Mohit Khubchandani 19 Sept 2014, 17:30
+1 -2
Mr. Teja or whoever you are ! By just calling analogies as flawed won't prove them to be flawed. I am all chill; i just need clarify a few things with the administration. I'd be glad if intermediaries don't intrude.
Teja Naam Hai 20 Sept 2014, 17:10
+2 -1
Ha! ICC Trial is structurally different than Surana Trial. Despite sharing the 'Trial' in the name, you DO NOT examine witnesses in ICC Trial. And that isn't the point. The answer is that Surana is a terrible moot.
Noa 23 Sept 2014, 19:27
+0 -0
RMLNLU must be at 2nd rank.
Henry Dunant: Runners up- 10 points
Henry Dunant: Best Memo- 10 points
Raj Anand: Semi Finalst- 4 points

Total= 24 Points.
Please Correct it.