NLU Delhi wins Man Lachs space moot for India for 2nd time

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 By Legally India Mooting

Scoop: This will be the fifth time in 11 years that an Indian team has won the Lachs

NLU Delhi mooters Arora, Dhawan, Jain win the ManLachs 2020
NLU Delhi mooters Arora, Dhawan, Jain win the ManLachs 2020

NLU Delhi has won the prestigious international Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, held by the International Institute of Space Law virtually on 23 October 2020, according to an email from the moot organisers we have seen.

The team consisted of fifth-year Anmol Dhawan (who is also NLU Delhi moot court committee convenor), fourth-year Abhishek Jain and third-year Shubh Arora.

Jain and Arora conducted the oral pleadings in the final.

The final against a team from University of Vienna, Austria, was presided over by a bench of judges Peter Tomka, judge Joan Donoghue and judge Kirill Gevorgian of the International Court of Justice.

Vienna picked up the awards for best memorials and best oralist (Hristina Talkova).

The NLU Delhi team had defeated Georgetown University, USA in the semi-final.

NLU Delhi had last won the Lachs in 2014, while NLSIU Bangalore had brought the trophy back to India in 2017, for the third time (after 2012 and 2009).

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Comments

Guest 27 Oct 2020, 05:57
Troll Contested
+9 -79
All boys no girls, sad. Moot court committee needs gender sensitisation classes [...].
Lol 27 Oct 2020, 07:04
+42 -2
And the diversity bridge brigade strikes again.

Just be happy for the winners and take your whining elsewhere.
Randomisers 27 Oct 2020, 07:56
+25 -2
Boss, assuming you are not a troll. Please look at something like the allocation of moots (preferably over multiple seasons) at NLUD to see whether there is an absence of girls who are mooting. literally looking at 3 people is incredibly stupid. However, if you are making a general argument that mooting as an activity should include more women, then that at least makes sense.
WINWINWIN 27 Oct 2020, 06:10
Troll
+22 -51
With this, NLUD has proved it is the best law university in the country. Stellar alumni, publications and job offers.
Sals 27 Oct 2020, 07:06
+30 -15
Hahahahahahahahahaha

NLUD definitely wins the contest when it comes to misplaced sense of self-worth & propaganda

Good to see a team from India win this moot yet again. Well done boys!
Randomisers 27 Oct 2020, 07:58
+27 -1
While I am incredibly proud and happy about what these boys did, let us not summa keep saying stupid things. NLUD is a fantastic university, but the fact that we won ManLachs does not radically shift things. Its like saying a mess having good chole bhature makes it the best mess in the country. Having good bhatture is lovely, but makes no huge difference.
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 09:39
+15 -9
Happy for NLU Delhi. The University has a lot going for it and has done tremendously well in its short existence.
Barabanki 27 Oct 2020, 10:23
Troll
+18 -22
hnn! NUSRL Ranchi is way better than NLUD
Yuval Noah Harari 27 Oct 2020, 10:54
+10 -9
[img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/26u4fSL8P7su9JzDq/200.gif[/img]
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:42
+2 -0
Not way better but will be after some years.
NLSIU 2025 27 Oct 2020, 10:45
+8 -6
Many, many congratulations to our friends at NLU-D! You guys have done your NLU, our wider NLU family and our country proud.
Well done, peeps.
MythBusters 27 Oct 2020, 12:39
+6 -4
Fact correction: NALSAR/NUJS have never won Lachs
Factsss 27 Oct 2020, 15:27
+12 -1
NUJS is the only Indian college to have won Vis 3 times
And to actually have won both the Vises
yippee 28 Oct 2020, 07:54
+3 -0
yippee
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 07:19
+0 -0
What fact are you correcting?
MythBusters 28 Oct 2020, 18:21
+1 -1
The fact mentioned in comment 6
NLSIU 2024 27 Oct 2020, 15:21
+1 -1
That's the spirit. Proud of you even though you haven't joined yet, kid.
NLSIU 2025 28 Oct 2020, 02:45
+1 -0
We technically have. We're almost done with our orientation sessions and classes kick off on 2nd November.
LOLOL 27 Oct 2020, 10:45
+17 -13
Till now, it was "We don't care so much about moot, we aim for UPSC" when NALSAR or NUJS won a moot like Vis/ManLachs etc. Now that NLUD UPSC hype has been burst, they are hawking moot wins. NLUD PR is so transparent.
Lol 27 Oct 2020, 10:57
+8 -9
Who said NLUD UPSC "hype" has been busted? Name a year in the last 3-4 years when NLUD hasn't given at least one IAS?
LOLOL 27 Oct 2020, 17:26
+7 -5
Just calling out hypocrisy dear friend. Both NALSAR and NLSIU have had better performances.
18th century 27 Oct 2020, 12:16
+15 -3
Brother, you seriously need not be this despondent. Look outside, it's a beautiful world! Congratulate people on their achievements, try to be inspired, do the best you can and life will not seem this miserable.
Noojie mooter 27 Oct 2020, 11:20
+6 -0
Amazing job done, guys! That too in the time of a pandemic that must have made everything much more difficult. You all have made us proud indeed, notwithstanding whatever trolls might say.
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 11:28
+7 -15
NLUD past: Big 3 status by 2015
NLUD present: Big 2 status by 2020 as also confirmed by NIRF
NLUD future: Big 1 by 2030.
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 12:48
+9 -1
After that, aim for the negatives. Unless you have already got enough negatives in your campus.
Interstellar 29 Oct 2020, 05:57
+5 -1
NLUD sends first manned mission (of its alumni) to Alpha Centauri: By 2045
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 11:30
+6 -10
Kian will not report that many have left NLSIU and NALSAR for NLUD this year, under pressure from NLSIU and NALSAR mafia.
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 12:07
+8 -1
For that you need to provide him data on his emails. I am sure this is not the only thing that is going on in his life.
Randomiser 27 Oct 2020, 12:46
+6 -0
Boss I am from NLUD. Assuming you are from NLUD, let's not take this too seriously. Chill maro, jab college khulega tab jota bhi phookh lo.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 15:28
+3 -1
Exactly 4 students in the AILET first list got a rank above 150 in CLAT in this year. So please stop spreading this baseless propaganda about 'many students leaving NLSIU and NALSAR for NLUD'.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:08
+5 -1
Yeah that's why 31 people from gen category (exact figure) left NLUD to get into NLS/NALSAR/NUJS. Bruh just chill and let the freshers enjoy.
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 14:51
+6 -2
Congrats! +10 for NIRF perception score!
Guest 27 Oct 2020, 16:19
+5 -2
+20 if you can pull off a flash mob to celebrate it.
Moot toh online tha 27 Oct 2020, 17:03
+3 -11
Online moot wins don't count. Neither does NUJS Vienna nor does NLUD Lachs. Moot IRL is completely different.
Azor Ahai 27 Oct 2020, 18:35
+16 -3
Ok!! So by that logic if you are pursuing law currently then your degree won't count because the semester is in online mode.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:00
+4 -0
Who said his college is even having online classes ??
Pikachu 27 Oct 2020, 18:40
+9 -3
It matters more tbh. Mooting in such tough times without the incentive of a paid foreign trip shows real character. God bless you!
Maaaaann Laaaaaaachs 27 Oct 2020, 20:47
+4 -1
Man Lachs moot is so long about 1 year) - these guys must have not even heard of the term Coronavirus when they first took up this moot
Yes 28 Oct 2020, 02:54
+1 -2
Can't agree more. Giving so much behind mooting without the incentive of a foreign trip does show character and grit! Well done peeps.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 06:58
+1 -1
I am happy that the students have done so well. Character and all are somewhat hyperbolic though, people moot to enhance their personal profile and CVs first and foremost. All other concerns come later. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it's expected from the students of a professional course.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 07:32
+3 -2
Friends, I have done an analysis of the CLAT general merit list. It seems a total of 9 students out of 87 in general merit category (10.3%) have declined NLSIU for other NLUs:

- Rank 4 (chose MNLU)
- Rank 6 (chose NUJS)
- Rank 40 (chose NALSAR)
- Rank 43 (chose NUJS)
- Rank 61 (chose NALSAR)
- Rank 69 (either chose NLUD or another stream)
- Rank 82 (chose NALSAR)
- Rank 84 (chose NALSAR)
- Rank 93 (chose NALSAR)

Thus, 5 chose NALSAR, 2 chose NUJS, 1 chose MNLU, 1 chose NLUD (TBC)

Meanwhile, coaching centre courses saying very few AILET rankers made it to top NLUs. Same for JGLS LSAT. Sources also saying no one is ditching NLUs for JGLS, except maybe for the bottom 5 ones.
Observer 28 Oct 2020, 08:19
+2 -2
rank 42 and 29 left nls for nlud .now 98 rank holder is in and in addition rank 29 decided to join nlud.total 12 so far ,not very alarming.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 08:50
+0 -1
Hasn't NLUD issued its own merit list? Why would one have to rely on coaching centre rumours to confirm whether anybody in that list has also made it to any other NLU? Anybody interested can just compare the AILET list with the CLAT list and find out for themselves.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:34
+2 -0
Cause AILET didn't publish the names.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 15:26
+1 -2
That's very shady and one of the main reasons why there have been doubts raised over the years about the sanctity of the admission process at NLUD from different quarters including insiders.
Randomisers 29 Oct 2020, 15:48
+0 -0
Hi, while it is wrong that AILET didn't publish names this year, NLUD usually publishes names every year.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 17:30
+0 -0
Why didn't it do so in this year? It seems strange and without any apparent reason.
Randomisers 30 Oct 2020, 06:23
+0 -0
Yeah, I agree. It does seem super shady.
Randomisers 28 Oct 2020, 12:44
+16 -1
Hi, these metrics really don't tell you much. At best it tells you that people are also using other considerations apart from the college itself, or that the 'difference' between the perception of colleges has narrowed down. If I live in Kerala, it probably makes more sense to take NLS over NLUD or if I live in WB, I might just pick NUJS over NLS. It is not a reflection on the overall profile of the NLU in question. As colleges grow and as we grow, let us stop taking minute information on whether rank 28 chose NALSAR or whether rank 33 chose NLUD. It does not really make a difference. While I am super grateful to what NLUD has given me, I don't think the experience would have been very different at most of the other top NLUs. Sure, maybe someone who was at NLS might have worked with Rahul Singh and developed an interest in Competition Law while someone at NLUD might have worked with Arul Scaria and developed an interest in IPR. Each college usually has their share of good faculty and there is no point obsessing over whether the median salary or some fuckall metric of one college is 10% better than the other. Peace.
Darkseid 28 Oct 2020, 14:21
+5 -1
Do you know how rare your opinion is these days in this comment section? Refreshing too. Not sure whether we know each other in the real life from during my few visits to NLUD, but sure hope so!
Randomisers 28 Oct 2020, 16:03
+1 -1
Haha, thanks boss. If you are a devotee of his Highness Baoji, we know each other. If you aren't you should really become a Baoist.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 12:59
+0 -3
Rank 52 is shown as vacant, so 13 people out of 87 in the general merit list have left NLSIU. This is the highest ever figure. NALSAR has got most, then NLUD, then NUJS, then MNLU. The numbers will go up in future, especially for MNLU.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:25
+1 -0
So will the vacancies in MNLU when they give CLAT and AILET next year to get into Tier 1 NLUS.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 13:31
+0 -6
Students making NLU preferences must strictly be guided by NIRF ranking and not CLAT coaches or random people. NLSIU and NLUD should be given top preference.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 14:23
+1 -0
Or else? The way you had started that threat, it sort of falls flat unless there is an or else part. Please add it. The nation wants to know.
Lol 28 Oct 2020, 14:24
+2 -0
Aur kar le propaganda
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:32
+1 -0
Believing in NIRF rankings blindly is effectively believing in the Govt blindly. And we all know what happens when we believe the Govt blindly...we become blind ourselves after some time. NIRF rankings are just showing you the range of the level of the law schools, nothing more nothing less.
Guest 28 Oct 2020, 17:57
+4 -2
URGENT PSA: A Twitter user and right-wing hatemonger called "RumiiDaBong" is discouraging people from enrolling at NUJS by claiming that Kolkata has many Muslims and is unsafe for women. A girl chose NUJS over NALSAR as she wanted to be situated close to the city, but he is discouraging her. I personally do not think RumiiDaBong is from Kolkata or a bong. He tweets in Hindi all the time and has not heard of NUJS.

See this thread:
https://twitter.com/iHRumii_B/status/1321432020619177984
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 04:31
+4 -1
Why does it matter? Let people talk.
NUJS' reputation is quite resilient for some random troll on Twitter.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:20
+3 -2
It's for the CLAT aspirants bruh. They get this wacky absurd image of NUJS and chose NLUD, NLUJ or NLIU over it (5 or 6 but still a lot). NLUD is still acceptable and even preferable if going for Judiciary or UPSC, but not the other two. I am not hating NLUJ as I would have killed to get in there, but NUJS is classes apart. I have seen every year that students, who cleared NUJS cutoff, crying after settling in NLUJ or NLIU. As a senior it feels very bad and I hope that the next year candidates understands that NIRF is not an representation of the actual rankings in the legal frat.
Tyagi ji 29 Oct 2020, 06:19
+1 -0
The original poster and their response to the troll is only further proof of the fact that you can be dumb as hell and still clear CLAT smh
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 15:24
+0 -0
Arre she is just a child...she also chose differently from the wave. So there must be reservations on her head. She will listen to anything and everything rn. I also did. I guess you never did cause you never had the opportunity to choose among top tier colleges.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 14:58
+3 -1
She may have some relation to Kolkata but is definitely not a Bong. Actual bengalis consider Bangladeshis as their own brethren, only sanghis from our esteemed Hindi belt who lives there don't. A political border doesnt divide people speaking the same language, but medieval attitudes does. Joi Bangla.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 01:12
+1 -0
Kian, can you share how many JGLS entrants have rejected NLUs and which NLUs? I am sure you will have this info as you have high-level contacts at JGLS? This info is needed in the interests of transparency, as the JGLS admin often claims that their students have rejected NLUs, but we don't know how many and which NLUs.
Guest 29 Oct 2020, 05:33
+2 -0
Nobody with a CLAT rank above 400 has chosen JGLS in this year. Which means nobody in a position to opt for NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS, NLIU, NLUJ, GNLU opted for JGLS instead.
Curious2627 30 Oct 2020, 06:45
+0 -0
Proof?
Guest 30 Oct 2020, 07:04
+0 -0
Because preferences and admission of those people have been tracked.
Curious2627 30 Oct 2020, 12:12
+0 -0
How?
Guest 30 Oct 2020, 12:31
+0 -0
By checking whether they have taken admission at the different NLUs. All NLUs release lists of their own, other than NLUD in this year.
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