mcs annual report 2020-21

MOOT COURT SOCIETY

CAMPUS LAW CENTRE

FACULTY OF LAW

UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21

Moot Court Society | Annual Report 2020-21

ABOUT THE MOOT COURT SOCIETY

The exercise of mooting is one of the highlights of every law curriculum. The Moot Court Society (MCS) of Campus Law Centre was found to develop the interests of students in the activity of mooting. The society deals with all specific and ancillary aspects of organization of moot court competitions. This includes the circulation of invitations of national and international moot court competitions, trial advocacy competitions and ADR competitions, conducting internal competitions for selection of teams to represent Campus Law Centre in such competitions and providing assistance to students in completing registration processes for these competitions.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Executive Teacher Members:

Teacher Convener:

Dr. Harleen Kaur

Teacher Members:

Dr. Anita Yadav Ms. Rubina Grewal Ms. Apanjot Kaur Mr. Vijoy V. Panickar Mr. Haris Jamil Ms. Mehpara

Executive Committee:

In order to discharge the daily functions of the society and to ensure smooth running of its internal functions, an executive committee comprising second and third year students of CLC was formed, following a rigorous selection process. Having received over 40 applications, the society shortlisted 23 candidates for interviews with the teacher members. 14 members were selected to form the executive committee, the composition of which is as follows:

S. No. Name Position

1 Suruchi Jaiswal Student Convenor

2 Savyasachi Narayanan Executive Member

3 Srikanth Varma M. Executive Member

4 Surbhi Arora Executive Member

5 Nikita Ahalyan Executive Member

6 Prerna Luthra Executive Member

7 Madhav Goel Executive Member

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8 Shaurya Gupta Executive Member

9 Rushika Rabha Executive Member

10 Tanisha Kohli Executive Member

11 Mahika Pant Executive Member

12 Krishika Gazmer Executive Member

13 Nitesh Saroha Executive Member

14 Somya Suri Executive Member

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P A R T I C I P A T I O N I N M O O T C O U R T COMPETITIONS AND ADR COMPETITIONS

• 8th Jamia Millia Islamia National Moot Court Competition • 7th VIPS International Law Virtual Moot Court Competition 2020 • 1st Online Moot Court Competition, School of Law and Justice, Adamas

University • 1st National Online Negotiation Competition 2020, Society for Young

Advocates and Researchers (SYAR INDIA) in association with Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation

• National Virtual Mediation Competition 2020, LawInternships in association with AILSF NGO

• 1st National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2020, NMIMS School of Law Bangalore

• First Online Negotiation Competition 2020, Law Central in association with Mediate Guru

• International Law School Commercial Negotiation Tournament 2020, National Law Institute University, Bhopal

• Indian Constitution Moot Court Competition 2020, National Law University, Delhi

• International Mediation Competition 2020, Singapore International Mediation Institute.

• 3rd NLIU-Link Legal National Client Counselling Competition 2020, National Law Institute University, Bhopal

• 10th Amity International Moot Court Competition 2020 • 6th Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition 2020-21 • 17th K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court 2021 • Nyayshastram's 1st Ratan K Singh National Negotiation Competition 2020 • NLIU - Justice R.K. Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot,

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National Law Institute University, Bhopal • 1st National Online Med-Arb Competition 2020, School of Law, Christ

University • 6th VMSCL-AIDR International Dispute Resolution Competition 2021, Lex

Infinitum • 1st National Moot Court Competition 2020, Department of Law, Maharaja

Agrasen Institute of Management Studies (MAIMS) • 9th NLIU National Corporate Law Moot • Mediation Bombay 2.0 organised by Maharashtra National Law University,

Mumbai • IIIrd Surana and Surana and UPES School of Law National Insolvency Law

Moot Court Competition 2020-21 • 3rd Bennett National Moot Court Competition • 9th RMLNLU-SCC Online International Media Law Moot Court

Competition, 2021 • S.K. Misra International Mediation and Negotiation Competition 2.0 • 1st PGCL SAARC International Moot Court Competition, 2020 • 30th National Moot Court Competition organised by Kerala Law Academy • 13th NUJS-HSF National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition 2020-21 • H V Perera QC Memorial Arbitration Moot Competition 2021 • Nyayshastram - Pratap & Co. National Matrimonial Moot Court Competition

2021 • 1st National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2021 organised by Argue Action • 9th R.C. Chopra Memorial Moot Court Competition being hosted by St.

Soldier Law College, Jalandhar • 3rd RGNUL Sports and Entertainment Law National Mediation Tournament,

2021 • KLE College of Law, Kalamboli's 1st Online National Mediation Competition • 6th GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law 2020 • National Moot Court Competition, Xavier Law School Xavier University,

Bhubaneshwar

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• 9th NLIU INADR Mediation Tournament 2021 • 22nd D. M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Online

Moot Court Competition • IV Surana & Surana and SHAASTRA, IITM Intellectual Property Law Moot

Court Competition, 2021 • 4th Amity National ADR Tournament 2021 organized by Amity Law School,

Noida, Amity University • Acuity Cyber Moot Court Competition, 2021 • MAIMS 1st Justice J.S. Verma Memorial ADR & Client Counselling

Competition 2021 • 2nd edition of the NALSAR UNHCR Public International Law Moot Court

Competition, 2021 • 3rd National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2021 organised by DSLA,

North • Sixth Symbiosis Law School, Pune International Criminal Trial Advocacy

Competition (SICTA), 2021 • 4th DME National Moot Court Competition 2021 • VI SRMIST National Moot Court Competition, 2021 • 10th edition of the Institute of Law, Nirma University National Moot Court

Competition, 2021 in association with the Competition Commission of India • National Moot Court Competition 2021, Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur • VII National Law School – Negotiation, Mediation and Client Counselling

Competition • Vidhitaksh 2021, Hindi Vidya Prachar Samiti's College of Law • 1st International Mediation Tournament, 2021, Jagran Lakecity University • 3rd CCI NUJS National Moot Court Competition 2021 • Late Barrister H.G. Advani Memorial Moot Court Competition, GJ Advani

Law College • 1st Justice G P Singh Memorial National Moot Court Competition,

2021, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur • Lex Macula’s 1st National Mediation Competition

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• 1st International Online Moot Court Competition 2021, Ruggle Partners, Switzerland

• 17th Nani Palkhivala Memorial National Virtual Tax Moot Court 2021 • 1st Virtual International Moot Court Competition 2021 organised by Indian

National Bar Association in association with Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai

• 2nd Dr. B.S. Goel Memorial National Virtual Moot Court Competition • 10th FYLC RANKA National Moot Court Competition, 2021 • 2nd National Moot Court Competition (Virtual), 2021 organised by

Nyayshastram • SVKM Jitendra Chauhan School of Law Late Advocate Iqbal Mohammed

Yusuf National Virtual Moot Court Competition • Shri NJ Yasaswy 6th Memorial Virtual International Moot Court Competition

2021 organised by ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad • 6th B.M Sreenivasaiah Memorial National Virtual Moot Court Competition

organised by B.M.S. College of Law

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LAURELS EARNED

June 2020:

• Octa-Finalist, 8th Jamia Millia Islamia National Moot Court Competition, 2020 (Team: Akash Gupta (Batch of 2022), Vinayak Goyal (Batch of 2022), Gaurav Bansal (Batch of 2022))

July 2020:

• Winner, Best Respondent Memorial, Victor’s International Moot, Sri Lanka College of Law. (Team: Srikanth Varma M. (Batch of 2021), Dhriti Mehta (Batch of 2021), Gurleen Kaur (Batch of 2020), Kunal Saini (Batch of 2020))

August 2020:

• Semi-Finalist, 1st Online Moot Court Competition, Adamas University (Team: Somya Suri (Batch of 2022), Yachika Mendiratta (Batch of 2022) and Vandana Yadav (Batch of 2022))

September 2020:

• Quarter-Finalist, 1st Online Negotiation Competition by Law Central & Mediate Guru (Team: Madhav Goel (Batch of 2022) and Rohan Pathania (Batch of 2022))

• Quarter-Finalist, 8th Annual Advocate BP Apte Memorial National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2020 (Team: Nida Khanam (Batch of 2022) and Yoihenba Dhruva Aribam (Batch of 2022))

October 2020:

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• Winner, Second Best Researcher, SK Puri Memorial Moot Court Competition, Law Centre - II, University of Delhi (Team: Rushika Rabha (Batch of 2022), Astha Shukla (Batch of 2022) and Shikha Verma (Batch of 2022))

• Winner, Best Researcher, 8th R.C. Chopra Memorial National Moot Court Competition 2020 (Team: Rupali Parashar (Batch of 2022), Dhruva Aribam (Batch of 2022) and Shahbaz Shah Khan (Batch of 2022))

November 2020:

• Silver Medal - Mediation Advocacy, International Mediation Singapore 2021 (Team: Suruchi Jaiswal, Savyasachi Narayanan and Srikanth Varma (Batch of 2021))

• Quarter-Finalist, Mediator, 1st National Online Med-Arb Competition 2020, School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) (Tanveen Kaur (Batch of 2022)

January 2021:

• Semi-Finalists, 17th KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2021 (Team: Shambhavi Srivastava, Lavam Tyagi and Sahib Kochhar (Batch of 2021))

March 2021:

• Best Client, S.K. Misra International Mediation and Negotiation Competition 2.0 (Pragati Dhawan (Batch of 2022))

• Octa-Finalist, S.K. Misra International Mediation and Negotiation Competition 2.0 (Team: Rupali Parashar (Batch of 2022), Nida Khanam (Batch of 2022), Pragati Dhawan (Batch of 2022))

• Top 5 Mediator Teams, 9th NLIU INADR International Mediation

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Tournament 2021, NLIU Bhopal (Team: Suruchi Jaiswal (Batch of 2021), Savyasachi Narayanan (Batch of 2021), Madhav Goel (Batch of 2022), Srikanth Varma (Batch of 2021) (Coach))

• Quarter-Finalist, 3rd National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2021, Law Society CLS, GIBS in collaboration with DLSA North (Team: Dishani Guha (Batch of 2023), Tasneem Kabir Dar (Batch of 2023) and Shwet Singh (Batch of 2023))

• Best Memorial (Respondent) - Honorary Mention, 6th NLIU-Justice R.K. Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot, 2021 (Team: Surbhi Arora (Batch of 2021), Tanisha Kohli (Batch of 2022), Krishika Gajmer (Batch of 2022)

• Octa-Finalist, 3rd RGNUL Sports and Entertainment Law Mediation Competition 2021 (Team: Ankita Tripathi (Batch of 2022), Satyam (Batch of 2022), Shweta Garg (Batch of 2022))

April 2021:

• Winners, Late Barrister H.G. Advani Memorial Moot Court Competition hosted by GJ Advani Law College (Team: Akash Kumar, Madhurita Tiwari and Preeti Sharma (Batch of 2022))

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EVENTS ORGANISED

May 2020:

National webinar on ‘Trial by Media: Free Speech and Fair Trial under the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973’ The webinar was held on May 25th, 2020. Senior Advocate Ms. Rebecca John, an alumnus of Campus Law Centre and a distinguished personality in the legal world, delivered the talk. The discussion revolved around how the media influences a criminal trial and its consequent effect on the rights of the parties involved in the trial.

September 2020:

Workshop on Legal Research and Methodology and Techniques to Use Manupatra The workshop was held on September 8th, 2020. The MCS invited officials from Manupatra for this workshop. The objective was to train the students in research methods, specifically those relating to Manupatra. It was also designed to better prepare students for the upcoming Common Induction Moot (CIM).

Common Induction Moot (CIM) 2020 The society organised the Annual Common Induction Moot on September 19th, 2020 to induct new members into the society. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIM was conducted online. Students from the Batch of 2021 and the Batch of 2022 participated, given the pending admission of first year students.

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October 2020:

Workshop on ‘Understanding of Alternative Dispute Resolution’ The online workshop took place on October 26th, 2020. The workshop was conducted by Ms. Iram Majid, Director, Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation. The workshop was structured as an interactive session and

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witnessed participation by over 40 students. The focus was on acquainting students with different concepts in Alternative Dispute Resolution, particularly negotiation and mediation.

January 2021:

17th K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court, 2021 The Moot Court Society hosted its flagship competition, the K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition in collaboration with the office of Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, from January 11th, 2021 to January 17th

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2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition was conducted virtually in an audio visual mode.

Despite the challenges of conducting the moot virtually, the college successfully managed to host 68 teams from various legal institutions including several NLU’s, Faculties of Law across the globe. The competition also witnessed the participation of 19 international teams from esteemed universities including Kingston University, London, Strathmore University Kenya, University of Ibadan Nigeria, Faculty of Law National University Singapore amongst multiple other institutions from Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan etc.

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The final round was conducted on 17.01.2021 and witnessed the participation of both the finalists in full spirit and zeal. The round was adjudicated by a bench comprising of Hon’ble Justices of the Delhi High Court. The team from Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli [Manikandan Prabhu J, S. Sivakumar, Nilavan S.] were adjudged as winners of the competition, while the team from SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur [Haripriya V., Saradha Dharsini, Nandhini S.R] were adjudged the runners up.

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The valedictory ceremony was held in the presence of esteemed guests including the Chief Guest - Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant, Judge, Supreme Court of India. The Guests of Honour included - Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Chawla, Judge, High Court of Delhi, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani, Judge, High Court of Delhi, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Talwant Singh, Judge, High Court of Delhi. Other dignitaries included Prof. (Dr.) Raman Mittal, Professor-in charge, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Ms. Maneka Gandhi (Former Union Minister), Senior Adv. Ms. Geeta Luthra, Dr. Meera Luthra, Ms. Ketaki Goswami, Asst. Prof. (Dr.) Harleen Kaur, Convenor, Moot Court Society, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and other faculty members of Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi.

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February 2021: Orientation Programme of the Moot Court Society The society organised the Orientation Programme for first year students of CLC on February 6, 2021. The welcome address was given by Mr. Vijoy V. Panicker which was followed by the Moot Court Demonstration. Thereafter, the society conducted an interactive session to help address queries about mooting, upcoming events, etc. The vote of thanks was delivered by Ms. Rubina Grewal Nagra.

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Workshop on How to Read & Approach a Moot Problem + Basics of Research The workshop was held on February 14, 2021 by Executive Members of the Moot Court Society. The objective of the workshop was to introduce newly inducted first year students with the basics of legal research as well as tips to use various legal research databases. They were also given an in-depth understanding of how to approach a moot problem.

Workshop on How to Draft a Memorial The workshop was held on February 21, 2021 by Executive Members of the Moot Court Society. The objective of the workshop was to introduce first year students to the concept of drafting a memorial. The detailed workshop took them through various aspects of drafting a memorial, footnoting, arguments, etc. and also taught the students the dos and don’ts of drafting. Workshop on Oral Advocacy & Court Mannerisms The workshop was held on February 25, 2021 by Executive Members of the Moot Court Society. The objective of the workshop was to help the first years understand the various mannerisms and formalities to be observed while arguing in a Court, with special emphasis on how to effectively communicate with the Court as an advocate.

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Freshers’ Induction Moot (FIM) 2021 The society organized the Annual Freshers’ Induction Moot on February 28th, 2021 to induct new members into the society. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIM was conducted online. First year students (Batch of 2023) participated enthusiastically, with 65 students being inducted into the society.

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March 2021:

Mediation Demonstration & ADR Workshop The workshop was held on March 20th, 2021 by Executive Members of the Moot Court Society. The objective of the workshop was to introduce first year students to the concept of Mediation and Negotiation. The detailed workshop took them through various aspects of the Mediation process, how a mediation (and other ADR) competitions are structured, the necessary formalities of the same, the dos and don'ts etc. The same was followed by a Mediation Demo conducted by Executive Members of the Society as well as a general queries session.

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