UILS Intra Department Moot

Court Competition, 2019

(1st to 3rd NOVEMBER, 2019)

Rules and Regulations

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CONTENTS
1. DATE .............................................................................................................................. 2

2. LANGUAGE ..................................................................................................................... 2

3. PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY ..................................................................................... 2

4. TEAM COMPOSITION ....................................................................................................... 2

5. MOOT PROPOSITIONS ...................................................................................................... 3

6. CLARIFICATIONS TO THE MOOT PROPOSITIONS ................................................................ 3

7. TEAM REGISTRATION ...................................................................................................... 3

8. ORAL SUBMISSIONS ........................................................................................................ 4

9. WRITTEN MEMORIAL SUBMISSION .................................................................................. 7

10. RESEARCHERS’ TEST ....................................................................................................... 9

11. AWARDS ....................................................................................................................... 10

12. MISCELLANEOUS........................................................................................................... 10

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1. DATE

The exchange of memorials for preliminary rounds and researchers’ test shall be held on 1st

November. The Oral Rounds of the Intra-Department Moot Court Competition shall be held

from 1-3 November at the University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

2. LANGUAGE

The official language of the Competition shall be English.

3. PARTICIPATION AND ELIGIBILITY

3.1. The Competition is open for students pursuing Five Year Integrated B. A. LL.B. / B. Com.

LL.B. Course from UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh and no other.

3.2. For the purpose of the Competition, the students are divided into two groups. Group I

consists of the students from the 1st and the 2nd year. Group II consists of the students of

3rd, 4th and 5th year.

4. TEAM COMPOSITION

4.1. Each team shall consist of a minimum of two members and a maximum of three members.

This team composition cannot be altered under any circumstance.

4.2. In a team comprising of two members, both the members shall be designated as Speakers.

In a team comprising three members, two members shall be designated as Speakers and

the third member of the team shall be designated as a Researcher.

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4.3. Students taking part in the Group I can form a team with students of either the 1st year or

the 2nd year. Students taking part in Group II can form a team with 3rd, 4th or 5thyear

students.

5. MOOT PROPOSITIONS

5.1. There shall be 2 moot propositions, one each for Group I and Group II.

5.2. A copy of each proposition has been made available in the Department Library and also at

the Facebook page of Moot Court Society, UILS.

6. CLARIFICATIONS TO THE MOOT PROPOSITIONS

6.1. Participating teams may request for clarifications to the official moot problems by sending

an email addressed to mootingsocietyuils@gmail.com with the Subject as “Intra-Moot

Clarification Group I/II” latest by October 18, 2019.

6.2. A full list of clarifications shall be released by October 19, 2019.

7. TEAM REGISTRATION

7.1. The teams will have to register themselves by completing and submitting the Registration

Form available on the facebook page, @UILSMCS by 11:59 p.m. IST by October 13,

2019.

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7.2. Upon successful completion of registration, the teams will receive an email or will receive

the entire list of participants that shall be circulated by via Whatsapp or on the Facebook

page of MCS within a week informing them of their successful Registration.

7.3. The teams successfully registering online as aforesaid will be provided a Team Code (TC)

as uploaded on the page and the notice board. Once the teams have been provided the TC,

the said Code will have to be mentioned by the teams in all future communication(s) with

the Organizers.

7.4. Teams must not reveal their identity or any other personal details in the written Memorials,

or at any time during the Competition, or at the request of the judges. Non-compliance of

this rule shall ensue such consequences as the Organizers may deem fit.

8. ORAL SUBMISSIONS

8.1. GENERAL RULES

8.1.1. The Competition shall consist of four set of rounds: the Preliminary Rounds, the

Quarter Final Rounds, the Semi Final Rounds and the Final Round.

8.1.2. The oral arguments shall be confined to the issues presented in the memorial unless

otherwise stated.

8.1.3. The Researcher must sit with the Speakers throughout the oral arguments.

8.1.4. The time split between the speakers must be communicated to the Court Secretary

prior to the commencement of each Round. Once so informed, these timings shall

not be changed.

8.1.5. Use of any electronic gadgets is not permitted during the course of oral proceedings.

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8.1.6. Teams may pass on compendium (highly recommended) of the sources they cite in

their Memorials if so requested by the judges.

8.1.7. Following the concept of an open court, the total scores of the teams (not individual

speakers) will be declared at the end of round by the judges, once the calculation

has been verified by a member of the Organizing committee. This will only be

applicable to the preliminary rounds. However the qualifying criteria shall be

announced at a later stage.

8.2. SCORING

Maximum scores for the oral rounds shall be 100 marks per speaker. Evaluation shall be done

on the basis of the following criteria:

 Knowledge of Law: 20 Marks

 Application of Law to Facts: 20 Marks

 Ingenuity and Ability to Answer to Questions: 20 Marks

 Style, Poise, Courtesy and Demeanour: 20 Marks

 Time Management: 10 Marks

 Organization:10 Marks

8.3. PRELIMINARY ROUNDS

8.3.1. There shall be an exchange of memorials as per the fixtures released by Moot court

society.

8.3.2. There will be 2 Preliminary Rounds. Each team will have the opportunity to argue

from both the sides.

8.3.3. The time limit for the oral submissions shall be twenty-five (25) minutes for each

team. This shall include the submissions of both the speakers from the team and

the time reserved for rebuttal/ sur-rebuttal. This time may be divided between the

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two speakers as per discretion, but, each speaker shall speak for a minimum of at

least ten minutes.

8.3.4. No two teams shall face each other more than once in the Preliminary Rounds.

8.3.5. Eight Teams from both groups will proceed to the respective Quarter-Finals.

8.4. QUARTER FINALS

8.4.1. The time limit for the oral submissions shall be twenty five minutes for each team.

This shall include the submissions of both the speakers from the team and the time

reserved for rebuttal/ sur-rebuttal. This time may be divided between the two

speakers as per discretion, but, each speaker shall speak for a minimum of at least

ten minutes.

8.4.2. The Quarter-Final Rounds shall be Knock-Out Rounds.

8.4.3. Winners of the Quarter-Final Rounds in each Court Room shall proceed to the Semi

Final Round.

8.5. SEMI-FINALS AND FINAL ROUNDS

8.5.1. In the Semi-Final and Final Rounds, the time limit for the oral submissions shall

be forty minutes for each team. This shall include the submissions of both the

speakers from the team and the time reserved for rebuttal/ sur-rebuttal. This time

may be divided between the two speakers as per discretion, but, each speaker shall

speak for a minimum of at least fifteen minutes.

8.5.2. The Semi-Final Rounds shall be Knock-Out Rounds.

8.5.3. Winners of Semi-Final Rounds in each Court Room shall proceed to the Final

Round.

8.5.4. Winner of the Final Round shall be declared as the winner of the Competition.

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9. WRITTEN MEMORIAL SUBMISSION

9.1. GENERAL RULES

9.1.1. Teams have to prepare Memorials for both the sides.

9.1.2. The teams must submit in advance one soft copy by October 26, 2019 by 11:59

p.m. and three hard copies of the Memorials on October 29, 2019. The hard copies

have to be submitted in MCS office (Second Floor) while the soft copy must be

emailed to mootingsocietyuils@gmail.com with the subject as “Intra-Moot

Memorials for Group 1/ Group 2 for Team Code---”. Requests for extension will

not be granted under any circumstances. The teams qualifying for the semi-finals

will be asked to furnish another copy of their memorials.

9.1.3. All soft copies must be emailed in both word and pdf format.

9.1.4. Each Memorial shall be a single file/document. The two files shall be named

“Memorial for the Petitioners/Prosecution” and “Memorial for the

Respondent/Defense” or the legally applicable name respectively.

9.1.5. The content of the hard copies must be the same as that of the soft copy.

9.2. CONTENTS OF THE MEMORIALS

9.2.1. The Memorials have to be submitted on A4 size paper printed on both sides.

9.2.2. The Memorials shall contain the following:

a. Cover page, including:

 The Team Code on the upper right hand corner

 Title of the Competition

 The name and place of the forum

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 The relevant legal provision under which it is filed

 Name of parties and their status

 Memorial Filed on Behalf of __

b. Table of contents

c. List of Abbreviations

d. Index of Authorities

e. Statement of Facts (not exceeding one page)

f. Statement of Jurisdiction

g. Issues/Charges

h. Summary of Arguments (not exceeding two pages)

i. Arguments Advanced (not exceeding fifteen pages)

j. Prayer (not exceeding one page)

9.3. FORMAT OF THE MEMORIAL

9.3.1. The Memorial shall be typed on A4 size paper printed on both sides, with the

following mandatory formatting specifications (except for the Cover Page, Table

of Contents and Index of Authorities):

a) Font Type: Times New Roman

b) Font Size: 12

c) 1.5 line Spacing

d) Margins: 1 inch on each side.

For footnotes, the formatting specifications are:

e) Font type: Times New Roman

f) Font Size: 10

g) Single Line Spacing

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9.3.2. All citations of authorities must be given only as footnotes and not in the text of the

arguments.

9.3.3. In the memorial, teams shall observe a uniform mode of citation. Teams may refer

to Basic Legal Citation available at .law.cornell.edu/citation/, or OSCOLA (Oxford

Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities) available at

denning.law.ox.ac.uk/published/oscola_2006.pdf. or any other standard legal

citation.

9.3.4. All pages in the memorial should be numbered. Reference to corresponding page

numbers should be given in the Table of Contents and Index of Authorities.

9.3.5. The Memorials shall be tape bound and not spiral-bound.

9.3.6. The following colour scheme shall be followed for the Cover Page of the Memorial:

 Plaintiff/Petitioner/Prosecution/Complainant: Blue

 Defendant/Respondent/Defence/Opposite Party: Red

10. RESEARCHERS’ TEST

The researcher of each team shall be competing for the best Researcher in their respective

groups on November 1, 2019. For evaluation, a 50 marks MCQ will be provided to be

attempted in 30 minutes times. The questions will comprise of generally the laws covered in

Fact sheet along with basic legal knowledge. For each correct answer, 1 mark will be awarded

and a penalty of 0.5 for a wrong answer. This shall be compulsory for the teams having a

researcher. If the participant does not show up on time, the entire team shall be disqualified.

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11. AWARDS

11.1. The participating teams from both the groups separately compete for the following

awards and prizes :

a. Winning Team - Rs 3000/-

b. Runner-Up Team - Rs 1500/

c. Best Student Advocate - Rs 1500/-

d. 2nd Best Student Advocate - Rs 1000/-

e. Best Researcher- Rs 1000/-

11.2. Each member of the participating team shall be awarded a Certificate of Participation.

11.3. All the winners shall be given trophies. The teams competing in the Final Rounds from

both the Groups will also have the opportunity to represent UILS in a 3rd tier National

Moot Court Competition of their choice in the academic year 2020-2021 provided that

they shall not choose the competition which was reserved by the last immediate year.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1. The MCS’s decision shall be final as to conduct of proceedings in the Oral Rounds.

12.2. Any grievance in the conduct of the Competition may be addressed to the Organizing

Committee of the Competition, whose decision shall be final.

12.3. If any one of the members of a team is notified or informed of any detail or information

concerning the Competition, it shall be deemed as if the said team as a whole has been

duly been notified or informed.

12.4. Dress Code:

 Boys: Western formals, i.e., White Shirt, black trousers, Black coat and tie.

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 Girls: Indian formals, i.e., White Sari or Salwar-Kurta, or Western formals, i.e., white

shirt, black trousers/skirt and a black coat.

Teams shall not wear neck bands and gowns.

12.5. The Moot Propositions are neither intended to nor do they attempt to resemble any

incident or any person, living or dead. They are fictitious factual accounts prepared for

the purposes of the present Competition only and do not attempt to influence or predict

the outcome of any matter whatsoever.

12.6. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to amend, alter, vary or change, in any

manner whatsoever, the Rules governing the Competition.

12.7. The Organizing Committee, as mentioned in these Rules, refers to the Moot Court

Society of UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

12.8. Attendance will be given to all the participants, volunteers and moot court society

members as suggested by the faculty incharge of Moot Court Society and approved by

the Academic Committee of UILS, Panjab University.

For any further assistance, please contact us at mootingsocietyuils@gmail.com or the Faculty

In-charge, Ms Jai Mala or the following Office Bearers of the Moot Court Society:

Shivam Sharma Shruti Singla Jaideep Singh Lalli

President MCS Convener MCS Co-Convener MCS

(9501118777) (9255133052) (9915919977)

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