The second edition of the Justice R K Tankha Memorial International Moot Court Competition 2017 (after the moot went international in 2015) saw Symbiosis Pune and Amity Law School Delhi battle it out in the finals.
Symbi reinforced its continuing MPL dominance there as it not only won the moot, but also dethroned NUJS Kolkata from second position.
Nalsar Hyderabad and NLU Orissa were both semi-finalists in the moot, with Orissa also picking up five points for a best memo citation.
Amity also won the best speaker citation for 5 points.
The moot was hosted by NLIU Bhopal from 17 to 19 February and has ended with SLS Pune consolidating its total Mooting Premier League (MPL) points at 60, five points ahead of NUJS, and only a win-and-a-hop behind Nalsar Hyderabad, which expanded its lead slightly to 84 points.
Updates from Previous Moots
1. CLEA Indian National Rounds:
GNLU Gandhinagar had won the Indian National Rounds of the Commonwealth Moot hosted by VELS Chennai and has been awarded 10 points (Tier V), while UPES Dehradun was the runner-up (5), having defeated semi-finalists ULC Bangalore (3) on its way to the finals.
Modi University, Rajasthan bagged the best speaker citation (5).
We request other citation holders to please get back to us with the results as the organisers have not gotten back to us in spite of repeated requested to share the results.
2. MC Chagla Moot:
SLCU Bengaluru was a semi-finalist and Adheesh Agarwal from SLCU also won the best researcher at the MC Chagla Memorial Moot Court Competition 2016, leading to an addition of 8 MPL points to the University’s MPL kitty.
Post this, SLCU is tied in 4th position with NLU Jodhpur, as NLIU Bhopal is a point away in 6th position.
We still await results for the other semi-finalist at the moot and request the citation holding team to inform us about the same asap.
The MPL table has been updated accordingly with these additions.
Addition of 3 new MPL moots in tier 5
In light of not having received any substantial criticism against their inclusion, we have included the following moots in Tier 5 of the MPL 7:
- NLU Odisha’s flagship Maritime Law Moot,
- RMLNLU’s International Media Law Moot, and
- JGLS’ Technology and Policy Law Moot.
The NUSRL’s Trial Advocacy Moot, has not been included as of now, as we await an official release of the moot brochure and in light of a current lack of information regarding its organisation.
MPL Season 7 standings
| Rank | College | Total MPL points | Itemisation of MPL points | CLEA (T5) | Pts | R K Tankha (T5) | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 84 | R K Tankha (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Winner (15); Best Researcher (8) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | FDI Moot (Int’l Rounds) (T5): 3rd Best Team (3); Best Speaker (5); Hon’ble Speaker Mention (3) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Winner (10) | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Winner (10); Best Memorial (5) | Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Best Memorial (10) | BR Sawhney (T4): Organizer (2) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best researcher (5) | | Semi-Finalist (3) | 3 | ||
| 2 | Symbiosis Law School Pune | 60 | R K Tankha (T5): Winner (10) | DMH 2017 (T2): Best Memorial (20) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Semi-Finalist (4); Best Memorial (8) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | BR Sawhney (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | Winner (10) | 10 | ||
| 3 | NUJS Kolkata | 55 | DMH 2017 (T2): Best Researcher (20) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Best Speaker (10) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Best Speaker (10) | Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Best Speaker (10) | MC Chagla (T5): Best speaker (5) | | ||||
| 4 | NLU Jodhpur | 48 | DMH 2017 (T2): Runners-Up (25) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Semi-Finalists (3) | | ||||
| 5 | School of Law, Christ University | 48 | DMH 2017 (T2): Winner (30) | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Runners-Up (5) | MC Chagla (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Researcher (5) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Runner-up (5) | | ||||
| 6 | NLIU Bhopal | 47 | R K Tankha (T5): Organiser (1) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5); Best Memorial (10) | FDI Moot (Int’l Rounds) (T5): 3rd Best Claimant Memorial (3) | Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Runners-Up (10) | BR Sawhney (T4): Runners-up (8) | Amity International Moot Court Competition (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Memorial (5) | | Organiser (1) | 1 | ||
| 7 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 45 | CLEA (T5): Winner (10) | DMH 2017 (T2): Semi-Finalist (15) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Organiser (2) | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Best Speaker (5) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | BR Sawhney (T4): Best Speaker (8) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | | Winner (10) | 10 | ||
| 8 | GLC Mumbai | 44 | DMH 2017 (T2): Organiser (2) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best speaker (5) | MC Chagla (T5): Win (10); Best Memo (5) | Henry Dunant (T3): Best Speaker (10) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||||
| 9 | NLSIU Bangalore | 38 | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Best Memorial (8) | Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Winner (20) | Henry Dunant (T3): Runner-up (10) | | ||||
| 10 | RGNUL Patiala | 36 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Best Researcher (5) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Runners-Up (8) | BR Sawhney (T4): Winner (15); Best Memorial (8) | | ||||
| 11 | George Washington University Law School | 31 | GIMC 2017 (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Winner (15) | | ||||
| 12 | NLU Orissa | 28 | R K Tankha (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | | Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | 8 | ||
| 13 | UILS Chandigarh | 25 | Henry Dunant (T3): Win (20); Joint Best Memorial (5) | | ||||
| 14 | CNLU Patna | 25 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Best Memo (10) | Amity International Moot Court Competition (T5): Winner (10); Best Researcher (5) | | ||||
| 15 | Symbiosis Noida | 15 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | MC Chagla (T5): Runner-up (5) | | ||||
| 16 | UPES Dehradun | 15 | CLEA (T5): Runners-Up (5) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Win (10), | | Runners-Up (5) | 5 | ||
| 17 | Amity Law School Delhi | 12 | R K Tankha (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Speaker (5) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Organiser (2) | | Runners-Up (5); Best Speaker (5) | 10 | ||
| 18 | MNLU Mumbai | 10 | Henry Dunant (T3): Best Memorial (10) | | ||||
| 19 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 9 | BR Sawhney (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Henry Dunant (T3): Joint Best Memorial (5) | | ||||
| 20 | Karnataka State University Law School | 8 | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Semi-Finalist (3); Best Researcher (5) | | ||||
| 21 | RMLNLU Lukcnow | 8 | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best written submission (5); Semi-Finalists (3) | | ||||
| 22 | NUSRL Ranchi | 8 | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | ||||
| 23 | HNLU Raipur | 6 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||||
| 24 | SVKM’s NMIMS Mumbai | 5 | Amity International Moot Court Competition (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||||
| 25 | ILS Pune | 5 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | | ||||
| 26 | Jamia Milia Islamia Law School | 5 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | | ||||
| 27 | Modi University, Rajasthan | 5 | CLEA (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | Best Speaker (5) | 5 | ||
| 28 | DES’s Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College | 4 | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||||
| 29 | ULC Bangalore | 3 | CLEA (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | Semi-Finalist (3) | 3 | ||
| 30 | NLU Delhi | 2 | Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||||
| 31 | Sastra School of Law Thanjavur | 2 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||||
| 32 | Amity Law School Noida | 1 | Amity International Moot Court Competition (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 33 | Rizvi Law College, Mumbai | 1 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 34 | SOEL Chennai | 1 | Pro Bono Enviro Moot Court: Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 35 | VELS Chennai | 1 | CLEA (T5): Organiser (1) | | Organiser (1) | 1 |
Comments
There is no rationale in making it a tiered moot.
These days, most moots are judged by associates of law firms in the prelim rounds and judges in advanced rounds. One can't make them JlT.
KIIT moot sees better participation, quality wise and is judged by a panel of sitting supreme court justices. Makes more sense to include that moot rather than Jgls tech or nluo maritime.
I am not aware of the RML scc media moot. However, please reconsider the decision of including so many moots into the tiered category as it would make MpL a joke.
Update them too please.
This is to bring to your notice that GWU's speaker Kyle [b]won the best speaker (prelims)[/b] and [b]not[/b] the [b]best speaker (finals)[/b]in GIMC. The former is not considered in the MPL. However, the latter award was won by [b]NALSAR's first speaker in the Moot[/b].
I would [b]strongly[/b] recommend you to look into this and make your [b]corrections[/b].
Best regards,
GIMC Participant
"The 15th Surana and Surana National Corporate Law Moot 2017 and the Asia Pacific Rounds of the 15th ELSA WTO International Trade Law Moot 2017 are on our coverage radar next weekend."
For that matter, even the Surana Corp results haven't been updated. Kindly do the needful, admin.