NLU Jodhpur has extended its lead in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills after winning 30 points at the Vis Vienna moot that saw strong Indian performances.

Palhkivala tax moot

The team from RGNUL comprising of Ashutosh Mishra, Srishti Bose and Vrinda Pareek emerged as the winners at the 11^th Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot Court Competition, 2015 organized by School of Law, Sashtra University defeating ILS Pune. ILS was represented by Jyothi R, Kumar Sambhav and Karan Singh.

The moot was inaugurated by Gopal Subramanium, senior advocate (former Solicitor General of India).

A total of 24 teams across India had participated in the moot.

The finals of the moot competition was judged by Lakshmikumaran, Justice Goda Raghuram (president CESTAT), Justice Durga Rao (judicial member ITAT, Chennai) and N.Venkatraman, senior advocate.

Ashutosh Mishra, who was part of the winning team from RGNUL commented, “From the time I started mooting which was just last semester I came to know that Nani Palkhivala is one of the toughest moots in the country and it was a tax moot which made it more difficult to crack. This time the host was SASTRA University and never did they made me feel that this was not the best moot court competitions in the country.”

“The judges were experts in taxation and from the preliminary rounds till the finals did we feel that it was just a moot. It felt like arguing before real court rooms before tax professionals and they made us feel the same. No complaints regarding the judging standards at all. Even if we would have lost, there is no way we could have blamed the judges.”

“We came across all the odds and it feels really nice to see the hard work pay off. From being novice to something in tax, it had been a roller coaster journey. We had fights, disagreements but we came all through that to become a good team and good friends. Also, I think this is one of the best achievements of our university in the mooting arena and it makes us feel really special to make the university proud. We definitely owe the university one especially our Vice chancellor, Registrar amd the moot court committee for providing us with this opportunity.”

Siddartha Iyer of HNLU, Raipur got the best speaker award while the best memorial award went to the winners of the competition. The best researcher award went to Monica Kasturi of SLS Pune at the tier 4 competition.

The two semi- finalists were Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Campus Law Center, Delhi.

At A Glance: Law School Wise

Law School	Award	Score
RGNUL Patiala	Palhkivala Tax (Winners + Best memo) T4	15+8=23
ILS Pune	Palhkivala Tax (Runners up) T4	8
HNLU	Palhkivala Tax (Best Speaker) T4	8
SLS Pune	Palhkivala Tax (Semi Finalist + Best Researcher) T4	4+8=12
CLC, Delhi	Palhkivala Tax (Semi Finalist) T4	4
School of Law, Sashtra Univ.	Palhkivala Tax(Organizer) T4	2

At A Glance: Moot Wise

Moot	Law School
Winners	RGNUL Patiala
Runners Up	ILS Pune
Best Memorial	RGNUL Patiala
Best Speaker	Siddartha Iyer, HNLU Raipur
Best Researcher	Monica Kasturi, SLS Pune
Semi Finalists	SLS, Pune & CLC, Delhi

Vis Vienna

The team from NLSIU Bangalore went into the semi finals and received an honourable mention for best speaker. ILS Pune was the only other team to break into the advanced rounds and was a quarterfinalist at the Tier 1 competition.

NLU Jodhpur received the Werner Melis Award for Best Respondent Memo and is the only Indian team to have received it till date.

NUJS Kolkata received an honourable mention for Best Claimant Memorandum.

Correction: Ira Chadha Sridhar of NUJS won the prize for the best orator at ELSA WTO Moot Asian Rounds giving another 5 points to NUJS.

At A Glance: Law School Wise

Law School	Award	Score
NLSIU	Vis Vienna (Semi-finalist) T1	25
ILS Pune	Vis Vienna (Quarter-finalist) T1	20
NLU Jodhpur	Vis Vienna (Best Respondent Memo) T1	30
NUJS Kolkata	Vis Vienna (HM Best Complainant Memo) T1	10
NUJS Kolkata	ELSA WTO (Best Orator) T5	5

MPL season 6 standing

Rank	Law School	Points	Awards
1	NLU Jodhpur	179	Henry Dunant (Best team) = 20; Surana IT (Semi Finalist) T4= 4; Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 =10+5 : Price Media(Winner + Best Memorial) T3 =20+10; Jessup (Semi finalist + Best Memo) T3=10+5; GIMC (Semi Finalist)=4; ELSA Asia Qualifiers (Winner) T5=10; Anti Trust (Org) T5; Vis East ( 2 HM Best Oralist + HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=30; Price Media (Semi-finalists + HM Best Memorial) T2=20; Vis Vienna (Best Respondent Memo) T1=30
2	NLSIU Bangalore	159	Raj Anand (runners up) T4 = 8; BR Sawhney (Runners Up + Best Speaker) T4 + CLEA (Runners Up) T5 = 8 +8 + 5= 21 : Price Media (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T3 = 10+ 5: SLCU (Winners) T5=10; KK Luhtra (Best Speaker) T4=8; Jessup (Semi finalist) T3=5; GIMC (Best Memorial)T4=8: Amity (Winner + Best Memorial) T4=15+8; HSF (Runner’s up + Best Memorial ) T4=16; Oxford IP (Winners) T5=10; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10; Vis Vienna (Semi-finalist) T1=25
3	NLU Delhi	128	Manfred Lachs World (Winner + Best Speaker)+ CLEA (Best Memorial) T5 = 40 + 30 + 5 : Price Media (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4; GIMC (Winners)=15; KLA (Winners + Best Speaker)=23; Oxford IP (Semi finalist) T5=3; Franfurt Arbitration (Semi Finalist) T5=3
4	NUJS Kolkata	125	CLEA (Semi finalists) T5; BCI (Semi Finalists) T3; Stetson (Winner) T3 = 3 + 5 + 20; KK Luthra (Winners) T4=15; DMH (Runners up)=25; HSF (Organiser) T4=2; Anti Trust (Best Memorial) T5=5; Vis East (Semi-finalists + HM Best Oralist) T1=35; ELSA WTO (Best Orator) T5=5; Vis Vienna (HM Best Complainant Memo) T1=10
5	NLIU Bhopal	100	Raj Anand (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (organiser) + Amity (Best Memorial) T5 + CLEA (Winners + Best Speaker) T5 + BCI (Semi Finalists) T3= 15 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 5 +15 + 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4: Amity (Runners Up) T4=8; ULC (Best researcher) T5=5; HSF (Best Team) T4=15; Anti Trust (Winner) T5=10
6	NLUO Cuttack	98	Henry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; Amity (Runners Up) T5= 5; Surana IT (Runners Up+ Best Memorial) T4 = 8+ 8; KK Luhtra (Best Memorial) T4= 8; KLA (Best Memorial)=8: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; ULC (Runner up + Best speaker ) T5=10; HSF (Semi-finalist + Best Speaker) T4=12; Anti Trust (Best Researcher) T5=5; G H Raisoni (Best Speaker) T5=5; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10
7	ILS Pune	88	NLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23; BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4; Surana Corp (Winner)=15: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; HSF (Semi-finalist) T4=4; ILS Pune=10; Vis Vienna (Quarter-finalist) T1=20; Palkhiwala Tax (Runners up) T4=8
8	RMLNLU Lucknow	77	Henry Dunant (runners up + Best Memorial) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 10 + 10 + 4 = 24; Surana IT (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T4= 4+8; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best researcher) T5=3+5; GIMC (best researcher) T4 = 8; Anti Trust (Runner Up) T5=5; Red Cross Best Memorial=20
9	NALSAR Hyderabad	70	BR Sawhney (Org)T4 = 2; Amity (Winners) T5= 10; BCI (Runners Up) T3 =10: Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5 : Price Media (Runners Up) T3 = 10; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best speaker) T5=3+5; Jessup (Runner up + Best Speaker) T3=10+10; HNMCC (Best Memorial)=5
10	Symbiosis Pune	56	Raj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12; Surana IT (Organizer) T4= 2; G H Raisoni (Best Researcher) T5=5; Vis East (Semi-finalists) T1=25; Palkhiwala Tax (Semi Finalist + Best Researcher) T4=12
11	HNLU Raipur	44	NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (org)=1; Surana Corp (Best Speaker + Best Memorial)=4+8; Palkhiwala Tax (Best Speaker) T4=8
12	RGNUL Patiala	41	BR Sawhney (Best Memorial) T4; Stetson (Runners Up) T3 = 8 + 10; Palkhiwala Tax (Winners + Best memo) T4=23
13	ILNU Ahmedabad	38	BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 ; BCI (Winner + Best Speaker) T3 =20+10= 30; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4
14	JGLS	38	Jessup (Winner) T3; Anti Trust (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T5=8; Franfurt Arbitration (Winners) T5=10
15	GNLU Gandhinagar	32	Stetson (Best Memorial) T3; GIMC (org)=2; G H Raisoni (Runner Up + Best Memorial) T5=10; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10
16	NUSRL Ranchi	29	NLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8 SLCU (Semi Finalist + Best Memorial + Best Speaker) T5=3+5+5; KLA (Runners Up) =8
17	School of Law, Sashtra University	27	Surana IT (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (Winners)=10; Palkhiwala Tax (Org) T4=2
18	CNLU Patna	26	Amity (Best Researcher) T5 + CLEA (Organizer) = 5+1: DMH (Best Memorial)=20
19	Symbiosis Law School, Noida	24	HNMCC (Runner up)=5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4: Amity (Best Researcher) T4=8; ULC (Semi finalist) T5
20	CLC Delhi Univ	20	KK Luthra (Runners up): Amity (Best Speaker) T4=8; Palkhiwala Tax (Semi Finalist) T4=4
21	NUALS Kochi	18	Amity (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T5 = 3+5 = 8; Rizwi (winners) T5=10
22	GLC Mumbai	18	Amity (Semi Finalist) T5 = 3; DMH (Semi Finalists )=15
23	KLA	17	Henry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; KLA (organizer)=2
24	CMR Law School	15	SLCU (Runners Up) T5=5; ULC (Winner) T5=10
25	M S Ramaiah College, Bangalore	12	Surana Corp (Runner up + Best Speaker)=8+4
26	UPES Dehradun	8	HNMCC (Best Speaker + Semi Finalist)
27	Amity Delhi	8	Amity (Org) T4; Anti Trust (Semi finalist) T5=3; G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5=3
28	School of Law, Galgotia University	5	Rizwi (runners Up) T5
29	Christ Univ, Bangalore	5	SLCU (Organizer) T5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4
30	JSS law College, Mysore	5	Surana Corp (Organizer); ULC (Semi finalist) T5=3
31	Faculty of Law, Allahabad Univ	5	ULC (Best memorial ) T5
32	ULC Bangalore	4	HNMCC (Semi Finalist); ULC (Org) T5=1
33	BILS Bangalore	3	CLEA (Semi finalists) T5
34	AIL Mohali	3	SLCU (Semi Finalist) T5=3
35	Pravin Gandhi, Mumbai	3	G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5
36	Lloyd Law College	2	BCI (Organizer) T3 = 2
37	Amity Noida	1	Amity (Org) T5 = 1
38	Rizwi Law College	1	Rizwi (Org) T5
39	G H Raisoni	1	G H Raisoni (Organizer) T5