Symbiosis Pune won the 7th Pro Bono Enviro National Moot, NLU Delhi picked up a citation at Germany in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) moot and NLU Jodhpur lodged a rank in the 32nd John Marshall Moot at Chicago this weekend.
But NLIU Bhopal gathered the same number of points as Symbiosis from its two citations at the Pro Bono moot and maintained its Herbert Smith Freehills sponsored Mooting Premiere League (MPL) Season 5 lead.
Symbiosis’ Samarth Khanna, Risha Sharma and Abhilasha Sharma clinched the tier 5 Pro Bono victory at SOEL Chennai. Khanna said: “It was a brilliant problem. It involved constitution, all environment legislations such as Environment Protection Act 1986, CRZ notifications, Indian forest act, forest conservation, passing directions of National Green Tribunal, and international conventions as well. It was an exhaustive problem.”
Pro Bono runners up NLIU also picked up the best memorial citation, docketing an equal number of points as Symbiosis at the moot. NLIU is now leading the MPL 5 league table with 65 points. Symbiosis sits in 19th place.
FDI: NLU D
NLU Delhi’s team of Aditya Singha, Dhruv Gautam and Ryan Azmi submitted the best memorial for the claimants at the tier 5 international FDI moot in Frankfurt, Germany, where NLU Jodhpur broke into the quarter final rounds.
John Marshall: NLU J
NLU Jodhpur’s Akshita Alok, Divya Mehra and Rathin Somnath won the Ambassador Rounds at the John Marshall moot in Information Technology and Privacy Law.
Delhi has stuck to second place in the league table while Jodhpur is at number nine.
Upcoming moots: Stetson India south rounds – November 8-10
The weekend at a glance: By moot
| Moot | Law School |
|---|---|
| Pro Bono – Best team | Symbiosis Pune |
| Pro Bono Runners up | NLIU Bhopal |
| Pro Bono Best Memorial | NLIU Bhopal |
| Pro Bono Best Speaker | CUSAT Cochin – Amruta Raj |
| Pro Bono Best Researcher | Amity Delhi – Ashwat Malhotra |
| Pro Bono Semi Finalists | HNLU Raipur, Amity Noida |
| FDI International Moot Best memorial | NLU Delhi |
| John Marshall Moot Best team – Ambassador rounds | NLU Jodhpur |
At a glance, by scores
| Law school | Award | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Symbiosis Law School, Pune | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) T5 | 10 |
| NLIU Bhopal | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Runner’s up) T5 + SOEL Pro Bono (Best Memorial) T5 | 5 + 5 = 10 |
| National Law University Delhi | FDI International moot (Best Memorial - Claimants) T5 | 5 |
| CUSAT Cochin; Amruta Raj | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker) T5 | 5 |
| Amity Law School Delhi; Ashwat Malhotra | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Researcher) T5 | 5 |
| HNLU Raipur | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) T5 | 3 |
| Amity Law School Noida | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) T5 | 3 |
| National Law University Jodhpur | John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) T5 | 3 |
| SOEL Chennai | SOEL Pro bono Enviro Moot Court Competition, 2013 (Organisers) | 1 |
MPL 5 rankings
| Law school | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | Org | W | R/u | S/F | B S | B M/R | HM | Pts | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLIU Bhopal | 20 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 65 | Raj Anand (Best team) + BCI moot (Runners up, Best mooter – female) + Rizvi Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Runner’s up, Best Memorial) | |||||
| 2 | NLU Delhi | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50 | Henry Dunant (Best memorial, Semi finalist) + Manfred Lachs World (Semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + FDI International moot (Best Memorial - Claimants) | |||||||
| 3 | HNLU Raipur | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | SLCU National moot (Semi finalists) + Amity Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial) + HNLU Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | |||||
| 4 | KIIT Bhubaneshwar | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial) | |||||||||
| 5 | JGLS Sonepat | 10 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | Henry Dunant (Runners up) + Nani Palkhivala (Best Team) + BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) + NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) | ||||||
| 6 | NLU Orissa | 31 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial ) | |||||||
| 7 | NLSIU Bangalore | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 34 | Henry Dunant (Best advocate, semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + HNLU Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) | ||||||
| 8 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners) | ||||||||
| 9 | NLU Jodhpur | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) | |||||
| 10 | GLC Mumbai | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher) | |||||
| 11 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi – Finalist) + BR Sawhney (Organisers) + HNLU Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial ) | |||||
| 12 | NUJS Kolkata | 4 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | Surana IT (Semi finalist) + SLCU National moot (Best speaker, Best memorial, Semi finalists) + BR Sawhney (Runners up) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) | ||||||
| 19 | Symbiosis Pune | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) | |||||||
| 13 | RGNUL Patiala | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 19 | Surana IT (Runners up) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Rizvi Moot (Runners up) | ||||||||
| 14 | Nuals Kochi | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist) | ||||||||
| 16 | ILS Pune | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) | ||||||||
| 17 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 | BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) | |||||||||
| 18 | Sastra school of Law Thanjavur | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher) | |||||||||
| 15 | Christ University | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners) | ||||||||
| 20 | Seedling School of Law & Governance | 10 | 1 | 10 | BCI moot (Best memorial | ||||||||||
| 24 | Amity Delhi | 10 | 2 | 10 | Rizvi Moot (Best Researcher) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Researcher) | ||||||||||
| 21 | Delhi University LC I | 8 | 1 | 8 | Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial) | ||||||||||
| 22 | Symbiosis Noida | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals + Best Speaker) | |||||||||
| 23 | SOEL Chennai | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | SLCU National moot (Runners up), Pro bono enviro (Org) | |||||||||
| 27 | CUSAT Cochin | 5 | 1 | 5 | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker) | ||||||||||
| 25 | Amity Noida | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | ||||||||
| 26 | Rizvi College Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rizvi Moot (Organisers) |
Comments
Your comment itself shows the standard of mooting that you have been exposed to. FYI, an honorary mention is given to the top 9 oralists only. It might be difficult to understand for a domestic, local mooter like yourself, but out there, you compete with teams from Harvard and oxford with the best of arbitrators judging you. Precisely the reason why honorary mentions are quite difficult to get.
Funny to see that 'honorary mentions' are mere consolation prizes for you. Any person, who has even done one decent international moot and faced the competition out there, will never make such a statement. No one is asking you to equate it with a win, or reaching the semi's, you're immature if you interpret it that way. Honorary mentions have been rewarded in the past in MPL. and so should they be, this time also. That's it.
It's not as easy as the '2nd or 3rd best speaker' award in a national moot. Its difficult and someone like you won't understand it. So leave it. All the best LI with your closed mindset. Still keeping the best upcoming moots in the world like Frankfurt Arbitartion, FDI, etc in Tier 5, when they are already treated as Tier 2 in universities worldwide. Get out of the 5 year old book. Look around ! Things have changed.
We ORGANISED Surana Tech. Moot (We did not participate). Since, it is a Tier 4 moot, kindly give us the marks for the same.
Secondly, Arvind Manoharan (Best Speaker, Rizvi) is from SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL, PUNE and not Noida. Please rectify these mistakes ASAP.
Would love to see them perform in Tier 1 moots too.
Keep it up!
Verify from here: http://fdimoot.org/2013.php
Pro Bono for example, compromis has been superb since its very inception..so has been the judging! I think with Chennai hosting the Madras University and the High Court and with people like Prof. Ambrose round, judging at Pro Bono is bound to be good. Also, the moot is now 7 years old...and I guess the prizes is also high.
http://thelegalbug.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/converse-with-winners-7th-pro-bono-enviro-national-moot-court-competition-2013/