Event Timings

Date : 28-Feb-2020

Time : 11:00:00

A. TEAM COMPOSITION AND ELIGIBILITY

(i)   Students pursuing the three or five-year courses of the LL.B. degree or its Students equivalent in the academic year
       2019 - 2020 from any recognized law school/college/university in India/abroad are eligible to participate.

(ii)  Any recognized law school/college/university shall be entitled to send one or more team to the competition.

(iii) Participation from teams as well as individuals are accepted. The participating team shall comprise a maximum of
        two members. In a team of two members, both the members shall be designated as speakers.  

(iv) No additional member or team coach is allowed to accompany the team.

   B. LANGUAGE

       The official language of the competition shall be English.

   C. DRESS CODE

       The dress code for all the functions at the competition shall be Western Formals for Male and Western or Indian Formals
       for Female.

   D. EVALUATION CRITERIA

 a) Knowledge of Law & Use of Authorities: 10 Marks

 b) Application of Law to Facts: 10 Marks

 c) Ingenuity and Ability to Answer Questions: 10 Marks

 d) Time Management and Organisation: 10 Marks

 e) Style, Poise, Courtesy, Demeanour: 5 Marks

 f) Effective Rebuttals: 5 Marks

   E. GENERAL RULES

  (i) The time split between the speakers must be communicated to the Court Masters prior to the commencement of each Round.

 (ii) The use of any electronic gadgets is not permitted during the course of oral proceedings.

(iii) Teams shall not disclose, in any manner whatsoever, for the entire duration of the Rounds, either their own individual 

        identities or the identity of the institution that they represent, even if asked by the judges.

(iv) Team scores shall not be disclosed after every round. Teams must not make any attempt to gather any such information,
       until notified by the Organizing Committee.

 (i) The speaker with the maximum score in the Preliminary Rounds (total Preliminary Score) will be declared the ‘Best Speaker’.

(ii) The prize money to be awarded to the winners are as follows:

        a) Winning Team: Rs.8,000/-

        b) Runner Up: Rs. 4,000/-

        c) Best Speaker: Rs. 1500/-

The competition comprises three different rounds. Preliminary and semi-finals shall have a similar moot proposition
and different moot proposition would be provided for the final rounds.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS:

  (i) Each team will have the opportunity to argue on both sides.

 (ii) The time limit for the oral submissions shall be twelve (12) minutes for each team. This shall include the submissions of
      both the speakers from the team and the time reserved for rebuttal/ sur-rebuttal.

(iii) No team shall be allowed more than 2 minutes for rebuttal or sur-rebuttal.

SEMI-FINAL ROUNDS:

(iv) The four (4) teams that proceed to the Semi-Final Rounds shall each argue only ONCE for the side allotted by a draw of lots.

(v) The time limit for the oral submissions shall be fifteen (15) minutes for each team. This shall include the submissions of
      both the speakers from the team and the time reserved for rebuttal/sur-rebuttal.

(vi) No team shall be allowed more than 02 minutes for rebuttal/sur-rebuttal.

FINAL ROUNDS:

 (i) The two (2) teams that proceed to the Final Rounds shall each argue for both sides.

(ii) The time limit for the oral submissions shall be twelve (12) minutes for each team. This shall include the submissions of both the               speakers from the team and the time reserved for rebuttal/ sur-rebuttal.

(iii) No team shall be allowed more than 2 minutes for rebuttal or sur-rebuttal.

(iv) The team which wins the Final Round shall be declared as the ‘Winning Team’. The other team shall be declared as
       the ‘Runners-Up Team’.

Ms. Shraddha Agrawal- +91 9575123283

Ms. Harshita Chaudhary- +91 9027852479

Ms. Aishwarya Gairola- +91 8126716879

(i) The Institutions should provisionally register themselves by 

(ii) The Registration fee of Rs. 800 (for 2 Members) Rs. 600 (for Single Member).