Late Lala Dip Chand: Memorial National Moot Court Competition

DR. B. R.
AMBEDKAR
NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
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LATE LALA
DIP CHAND
MEMORIAL
NATIONAL
MOOT COURT
COMPETITION
FEBRUARY
4TH - 7TH, 2021
www.dbranlu.ac.in
DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY
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LATE LALA DIP HAND MEMORIAL C

NATIONAL MOOT OURT OMPETITION C C
(FEBRUARY 4TH - 7TH, 2021)
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University is situated in the Rajiv
Gandhi Educational City, Rai, Sonepat, where more than thirteen
renowned educational institutions and universities have been
established and are functional. It has been established with the
objective to serve the society by providing professionally competent
and pragmatic law abiding citizens with scientific and objective
temperament bearing well rounded personality, who knows much
more than law. In this era of technology and globalization, we
envisage a process of legal education by imparting value based,
intellectually stimulating academic environment whereby our students
are not only the leaders in various streams of legal profession but also
develop proper aptitude to serve. Our primary vision is to shape the
legal education as an instrument to provide justice – Social, Economic
and Political. The location provides a positive and congenial
environment for legal education and professional training besides
overall development of students. The University has firmly resolved to
impart advanced legal education, to hone practical legal skills and
inter disciplinary understanding keeping in view the requirements of
a just and equitable society.

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MESSAGE FROM THE HON BLE VI E- HAN ELLOR ’ C C C
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University, Rai,
Sonepat is constantly taking measures to provide
holistic and meaningful legal education to the
bright young talents across the country. In course
of such endeavors, we have observed that strong
advocacy skills, ability to think logically and
rationally, combined with acumen for drafting, are
some key characteristics that are very necessary
for a lawyer in the present scenario.
Keeping in mind these requirements, we are organizing a virtual moot
court competition whereby the student advocates will have to think
like a lawyer and out of the box, apply principles of law to the facts of
the moot problem within the sphere of law. Participating in this
virtual moot court competition will help students to showcase their
skills to the world at large.
With immense pleasure, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law
University, Rai, Sonepat is organizing the "Late Lala Dip Chand
Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2021" to be held from
February 4th to 7th 2021. We take this occasion to invite your
esteemed institution to participate in the competition and extend to us
the privilege of hosting the participating team.
It will be our collective venture to create an ambience of invigorating
intellectual challenges and the opportunity to learn court craft
through simulated experiences in the competition. We look forward to
your enthusiastic participation.
Wishing you the best!
PROF. (DR.) VINEY KAPOOR MEHRA
Vice Chancellor
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University, Rai, Sonepat

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LATE LALA DIP HAND MEMORIAL

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NATIONAL MOOT OURT OMPETITION
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DIS LAIMER
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THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL PROPOSITION AND NEITHER
INTENDS NOR ATTEMPTS TO RESEMBLE ANY INCIDENT OR
ANY PERSON, INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY, EITHER LIVING OR
DEAD. THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT SHALL NOT BE
INTERPRETED TO DISSEMINATE ANY INFORMATION FOR
PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE COMPETITION, IN A MANNER
THAT CASTS DISREPUTE OR DEFAMATION TO ANY
COUNTRY, AUTHORITY, PERSON, BODY OR INDIVIDUAL. ALL
REFERENCES IN THE PROBLEM ARE FICTITIOUS AND DO
NOT INTEND TO OR ATTEMPT TO HURT THE IDENTITY,
FEELINGS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, ENTITY, STATE,
COMMUNITY OR RELIGION. ANY RESEMBLANCE TO ANY
INCIDENT OR PERSON IS NOT INTENDED BUT MERELY A
COINCIDENCE.
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MOOT PROPOSITION
1. Thirty year old Veer Singhania fell in love with a beautiful 24 year old Rohini
Singh. Though they met through tinder and had an age difference of 6 years, yet
after two weeks of knowing Veer, Rohini wanted to be with him forever. Rohini
had dug her heels in and despite the family opposition, Rohini decided to get
married with Veer within one month.
2. On 31st December 2018,Veer and Rohini got married without the blessings of
family. They left for their honeymoon on the 5th of January 2019. Since it was
their honeymoon, the airline offered a package to them. Veer has a charming
personality, so during the travel he started conversation with wealthy oil baron,
Sheikh Abdul Tayyar whose business office is in Venice (Italy), and who was on his
way to home, Dubai. Veer was a serial entrepreneur who was always searching for
a venture capital market, and as it turned out Sheik Abdul Tayyar was looking to
diversify his holdings. After a brief conversation, Tayyar invited them to come and
visit him at his villa. He also expressed how his wives would be happy to meet
Rohini, while they could talk business.
3. After spending 3 days sightseeing in and around Dubai, Rohini and Veer paid a
visit to Abdul Tayyar’s residence. Tayyar told Veer that since his family had a
traditional mindset Rohini would not be able to join them as they talked business,
and that he should let his wives show her around. Looking forward to experiencing
Dubai with locals, Rohini left with his three wives. Veer and Tayyar began
business negotiations out the finer details of his proposed investment into a mobile
payments gateway that Veer was building. To start the project a sum of 7,000
Bitcoins was immediately transferred to Veer’s account.

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MOOT PROPOSITION
4. When Veer decided to leave and requested that his wife be called, Abdul Tayyar
informed him that he had become delusional and that he didn’t have a wife. When
Veer persisted, Tayyar called his three wives out who informed Veer that he had
come alone, and that they had no idea of what he was talking about. Veer
immediately ran outside to the cab driver who had brought him to the villa for
validation of his story, but he also informed Veer that he had driven him to
Tayyar’s residence alone.
5. Infuriated yet scared, Veer left Tayyar's home and directly went to the hotel he
and his wife were staying at in order to collect their passports from the reception.
On reaching the hotel, he was informed that he was indeed a guest at the hotel.
However he also told that he had not been staying at the honeymoon suite as he
was claiming, instead in a regular business suite and the hotel had no record of his
wife or any other woman having checked in with him. On entering the business
suite he found that his clothes and other belongings had been moved to the room,
but his camera or wife’s clothes were nowhere to be found. Sitting in the room,
dejected and scared, he realized that he had no way of proving that his wife had
come to Dubai with him. The sole piece of evidence he had were a few pictures on
his smart phone.
6. In the meantime Rohini’s Chandigarh based family had been trying to reach her
on the telephone, but to no avail. Fearing for the safety of their daughter who had
eloped with a man she had met just two weeks ago, Rohini’s father Bhisham Singh,
Commissioner of Central Excise, Chandigarh flew to Dubai to try and trace her
whereabouts. He met Veer in Dubai at the hotel in which the couple had been
staying, and Veer tried to explain what had happened. Mr. Singh did not believe a
word of what Veer told him and was convinced that Veer was indulging in human
trafficking and had sold his dear daughter off.

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MOOT PROPOSITION
7. He immediately went to the local police station in Dubai, and lodged a case
against Veer. The Dubai police swung into action, and started an investigation into
the alleged disappearance. They then contacted the Chandigarh police in India to
enquire into Veer’s antecedents and meanwhile also followed up with the
Immigration and Customs Bureau to verify whether Rohini had indeed come into
the United Arab Emirates.
8. A lengthy investigation was carried out and Veer was charged under Article 344
of the Penal Code and also Article 2 of the Federal Law on Combating Human
Trafficking. The prosecution claimed that Veer had performed a sham marriage
with Rohini in order to coax her into coming to Dubai with him, where he
proceeded to sell her to Sheik Abdul Tayyar for a sum of 7000 Bitcoins. Based on
reports sent by the Chandigarh police, they also claimed that this was a pattern for
Veer as he had sought dissolution of his marriage in 2017 on the ground that his
wife had disappeared during his honeymoon 6 years ago. A case had been
registered, but the investigations at that time had yielded no results.
9. The defence vehemently argued that an innocent man was being victimized by
the system and that he was deeply in love with Rohini, and would never dream of
doing such a heinous crime. In support of their contention, witnesses from the
hotel staff that had seen the couple together were examined and they testified that
Rohini and Veer looked like a couple very much in love. Photographs of Rohini
and Veer having a good time around Dubai were also produced from Veer’s
Smartphone. The immigration bureau filed an affidavit stating that they had a
record of Veer and Rohini entering Dubai together as husband and wife on the 5th
of January 2019.
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MOOT PROPOSITION
10. After hearing detailed arguments, the court finally acquitted Veer, and
directed the police to conduct an investigation into Sheik Abdul’s activities as his
role in the entire episode seemed dubious and that he was a person who had
enough clout to bribe witnesses and hotel staff to further his ends. This decision
was despite Mr. Bhisham Singh’s testimony in court stating that Veer had only
known Rohini for 2 weeks before marriage and that he was certain that Veer’s
intentions were far from noble.
11. Happy at his stand being vindicated, yet sad because of Rohini’s loss, dejected
Veer decided to fly back to India on the 21st of December 2019. He was arrested by
a special detail of the Chandigarh police the moment he landed at the Indira
Gandhi International Airport and was taken to Chandigarh for questioning. The
Chandigarh police had been acting on the basis of FIR No. 920 of 2019 under
Sections 363, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 of the Indian Penal Code and also under
Section 5, 8 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 that had been registered
at the behest of the girl’s mother, Swapna Singh on December 16, 2019, the day
after the Dubai court had acquitted Veer.
12. Veer applied for, and was granted bail conditioned on a bond of Rs. 20, 00,000
on 29th December 2019. In order to pay for legal defence and other needs, Veer
decided to withdraw money from his business account. For this purpose he
approached Rahamat Saeed, a currency broker who also dealt in Bitcoins. He
transferred 5000 bitcoins to Rahamat, for which he received Rs. 46,00,000 in cash.
As soon as the exchange was made, the Chandigarh police along with the special
team in-charge of economic offences once again arrested Veer and Rahamat for
dealing in Bitcoins. According to the police, such an activity was in contravention
of the foreign trade and exchange laws and various RBI regulations and that it also
amounted to an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, among
other laws that are in force in India.

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MOOT PROPOSITION
13. During the investigation Rahamat Saeed’s shop was also sealed and the special
team ceased all electronic machinery including computers, external hard drives,
USB sticks, and other documents. Post the raid and arrests, FIR No. 923 of 2019;
dated January 1, 2019 were filed under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002 and Sections 3, 4, 7 and 13 of the Foreign Exchange
Management Act, 1999.
Issues/Point for determination -
1. Whether competent Court in India has jurisdiction to try the present case?
2. Whether trial of Veer by the Court in India, for the same charges that he
had already faced in Dubai, as that would amount to Double Jeopardy?
3. Whether Veer has committed the alleged offence punishable under Sections
363, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371 of the Indian Penal Code and also under
Section 5, 8 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956?
4. Whether alleged transaction through bitcoins and its exchange into Indian
currency is contrary to law in India?
5. Whether Veer has committed the alleged offence punishable under Section 4
of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and Section 13 of the
Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999?
Note: The teams are free to frame their own additional issues while staying within
the ambit of the Moot Proposition.

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RULES AND REGULATIONS
These are the rules for the Late Lala Dip Chand Memorial National
Moot Court Competition, 2021.
The Organizing Committee will have exclusive authority to interpret
the rules in the interest of fairness and equality. The interpretation
placed upon these rules by the Organizing Committee shall be
conclusive and the decision of the Organizing Committee regarding
the application of these Rules shall be final.
DEFINITIONS:
“IST” means Indian Standard Time.
“INR” shall refer to Indian National Rupee.
“Memorial” means the written arguments submitted by each team,
submitted according to these Rules.
“Speaker” refers to a participant who presents oral arguments in
any given round.
“Official Website” means the website of the competition
(www.dbranlu.ac.in).
“Oral Round” means a team’s pleadings, comprising two speakers,
submitted orally in front of arbitrators, acting as adjudicators, on
behalf of one of the parties against another team representing the
opposing party.
“Participant” refers to any member of an institution participating
in the competition.
“Penalty” refers to the deductions imposed on the memorandum
scores of a participating institution.

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LATE LALA DIP CHAND MEMORIAL

NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
“Plagiarism”– If, in the memorandum checker’s opinion, there is
found to be an instance of plagiarism prevalent in a certain
memorandum, the participating team alleged to have committed
plagiarism will be asked to show cause by the Organizing
Committee. If found guilty of plagiarism, the Organizing
Committee may impose any sanction that it may deem fit,
including disqualification from the Moot. In instances where the
participating team is alleged to have plagiarized from the
memorandum of another participating team memorandum, the
latter will also be asked to show cause by the Organising
Committee. If, in the opinion of the Organizing Committee, the
latter has willingly allowed the former to plagiarize from their
work, such a participating team shall also be held guilty of
plagiarism and sanctioned by the Organizing Committee as they
deem fit. The Organizing Committee define plagiarism as
including the following:
1. Direct duplication of the work of somebody else’s work
represented inter alia in books, articles, internet sources
without acknowledgement.
2. Substantial duplication of somebody else’s work represented
inter alia in books, articles, and internet sources without
acknowledgement. This would include work where sentences
have been substantially copied, that is, where at the least seven
continuous words from the original work are present in the
impugned memorandum and/or where a segment of the
impugned.
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3. Direct or substantial duplication of another moot
memorandum, irrespective of whether that memorandum is a
competing memorandum or not, and irrespective of whether
there is acknowledgement or not. Substantial duplication
denotes situations wherein sentences have been substantially
copied, that is, where at the least seven continuous words from
the original work are present in the impugned memorandum
and/or where a segment of the impugned memorandum has
been paraphrased from the other memorandum with minor
changes, keeping intact the import of the latter.
“Court Room” shall refer to the online platform where the orals
will take place.
“Organizing Committee” (hereinafter to be referred as O.C.) shall
refer to the committee appointed for the administration and
conduct of the competition including any other authorized
persons, and of all events leading up to the competition.
“Official Email” shall refer to the official email Id of the Moot
Court Society (MCS), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law
University, i.e., mootcourtsociety@dbranlu.ac.in.
“Rebuttals” refer to the arguments presented by the Claimant in
response to the Respondent’s submissions at the end of the main
pleadings of all the speakers.
“Respondent” means the side that argues on behalf of the
Respondent at any given point in the competition.
“Scouting” means a person observing the Oral Rounds of a team
other than the team such person is associated with.
“Sur-rebuttal” refers to the defense presented by the Respondent
to the rebuttals.
“Team Code” refers to the code allocated to a participating
institution by the administrator after completion of the
Registration.
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KEY DATES
Declaration of Moot Proposition December 19th, 2020
Last date of Registration January 3rd, 2021
Last date to submit clarifications January 8th, 2021
Last date to submit Memorials January 28th, 2021
Inaugural Ceremony and Orientation February 4th, 2021
Preliminary Rounds February 5th, 2021
Quarter final and Semi-Final Rounds February 6th, 2021
Final Rounds and Valedictory Ceremony February 7th, 2021
Unless specified otherwise, the dates mentioned shall refer to 11:59:59
PM (Indian Standard Time/IST) on that date. For e.g., the last date
for registering is January 3rd, 2021, which shall be interpreted as
January 3rd, 2021, 11:59:59 PM (IST).
The Organizing Committee retain the authority to change the
deadlines for any individual team, save for the deadline for
submission of memoranda. The memorandum submission deadline
shall NOT be extended for any individual team.

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1. STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION
The Competition will be structured as per the following format:
a. Memorial Selection Round (Conditioned)
b. Preliminary Rounds
c. Quarter Final Rounds
d. Semi Final Rounds
e. Final Round
2. LANGUAGE
The official language of the competition shall be English only.
3. ELIGIBLITY
• Students pursuing 3 years/5 years undergraduate LL.B. degree course
from bonafide college/institution/university across the country are eligible
to participate in this competition.
• There is no bar to the maximum no. of teams that can participate from
each college/institution/university.
4. TEAM COMPOSITION
• The team composition, for the competition, shall comprise of either
two members (being designated as Speakers) OR three members (two
of them shall be designated as Speakers and one Researcher).
• The teams shall identify the speakers and researcher in the
registration form itself. Teams shall not disclose their identity
whatsoever, except in the registration form. Such disclosure shall
result in disqualification subject to the discretion of the Organizers.
• There will be no substitution of team member after a team has
submitted its Registration form, except with the permission of the
organizers.
NOTE: No team shall contradict the composition mentioned above. No
faculty member, coach, or a designated observer will be allowed to join the
video- conferencing or chat room during the session.

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5. DRESS CODE
The participants shall adhere to following dress code when present in
any court room during the Competition.
a. Girls: White Salwar and Kurta or white shirt and black trousers
along with black coat and black shoes.
b. Boys: White shirt, black trousers and black tie along with black coat
and black shoes.
Note: The participating teams shall also adhere to the above mentioned
dress code while attending the inaugural and valedictory ceremonies of the
Competition.
6. PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
a. Online registrations are open from 19th December, 2020. The teams
must register online by 3rd January, 2021.
b. The registration shall be done by filling up the registration form,
available at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSevQnst_9FR_z3HVkRCpJ
U8xIWAgJ5P89rY1ffD5t_RRD-6cg/viewform. The Registration shall be
deemed complete only when the Registration fee has been submitted
successfully and the registration form is duly filled with all the
particulars.
c. Participants will receive an automated system generated
acknowledgement on successful submission of registration. Participants
will receive an approval as acceptance of their request for participation
latest by 4th January, 2021 or earlier, which shall consist of their Team
Code. The teams shall quote this Team Code in all further
communications with the OC. Fee once paid is non-refundable.
d. A scanned copy of the letter from the participating
College/Institution/University duly signed by any one of the following:
Faculty-in-charge of MCS/MCA, Registrar, Principal, Dean, Director,
Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor confirming the names of the
participants, year/ semester/year of study, representing the College/

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Institution/ University for the moot competition will have to be attached
during the online registration process (The approval letter shall be
formatted on the letterhead of the participating
Institution/College/University).
e. Registrations without the scanned copy attached to the registration
link mentioned above of the approval letter from the College/Institution/
University or duly attested registration form will not be valid.
f. Payment Details – The Registration Fee for the competition is 500.00
INR.
Preferred Mode of payment – Online (NEFT/IMPS/RTGS/UPI)
Bank Details -
Beneficiary Name - DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR NATIONAL
LAW UNIVERSITY
Name of Bank - HDFC BANK
Bank Account No. - 50100156483887
IFS Code - HDFC0003902
MICR Code - 003902
Note – The Approval Letter, Receipt of the payment of registration fees
and all the particulars should be attached and duly filled, respectively,
for the successful registration, in the google form (link mentioned
above).
7. PROBLEM CORRECTION AND CLARIFICATION
Teams may request for moot problem correction and clarification as per date
given in Key Dates, i.e., January 8th, 2021. Such correction and clarification shall
be sent at mootcourtsociety@dbranlu.ac.in only. No other mode of communication
will be taken into consideration in this regard.

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MEMORIALS
• If the number of registering participants exceeds 32 in number, then a
memorial selection round will take place. Top 32 participating teams with
highest memorial marks will proceed to the Preliminary Round of the
Competition.
• All memorials submitted for all purposes of the Competition shall strictly
adhere to the rules of the competition. Each Team participating in the
Competition must prepare one Written submission on behalf of
Petitioner/Applicant(s) and one on behalf of the Respondent(s).
• Applicant memorials are required to have a Blue cover and Respondent
memorials are required to have a Red cover. The memorials shall not
contain any form of identification apart from the team code. If any such
identification or mark, symbol, etc. which has the effect of identifying the
team is found on the memorial, then it shall result in instant
disqualification.
• Only soft copies of memorials shall be submitted in both .pdf and
.doc/.docx format latest by 11.59.59 pm on 28th January 2021. Late entries
shall be penalized and no memorials shall be accepted after two days from
the prescribed date.
• The memorials shall be mailed to mootcourtsociety@dbranlu.ac.in with
the subject of the mail being “Memorial Submission – ‘Team Code’”.
Example – Subject of mail for memorial submission of Team Code - 01 shall
be “Memorial Submission – 01”. In case the subject is not as prescribed,
memorials are counted not received; the organizing committee will not be
responsible for delay and default. The memorial from both the sides should
also be uploaded in the link provided
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL7TZg0rVKVePGnY7DE8KZ
KviJ7cIlcdYjCsQGWeykGRFeCQ/viewform
Note - The contents of the memorial should not be plagiarized (20% limit)
or else it will amount total deduction of memorial marks or disqualification.
The decision of the organizers shall be final. The score sheet photos will be
emailed to all the teams after the cessation of the competition.
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MEMORIALS
GUIDELINES FOR FORMATTING
1. Memorial Structure: The memorial must have following pages only:
i. Cover Page – The cover page shall contain the Case Title, Side of the
Memorial, Year of Competition, Name of the Court and Team Code on
top right corner (which shall be intimated to the respective teams).
ii. Table of Contents
iii. List of Abbreviations
iv. Index of Authorities
v. Statement of Jurisdiction
vi. Statement of Facts
vii. Issues Raised
viii. Summary of Arguments
ix. Pleadings /Arguments Advanced
x. Prayer
2. Team Code: The team code must be ascribed on the top right corner of
the cover page (which shall be intimated to the respective teams).
3. Content Specifications: The following content specifications must be
strictly adhered to:
i. Font and Size (General) - Times New Roman, 12 pts
ii. Line Spacing (General) - 1.5 lines
iii. Font and Size (Footnotes) - Times New Roman, 10 pts
iv. Line Spacing (Footnotes) - Single line
v. Page Margins - 1 inch on all sides
vii. The citation should be in compliance with the 20th edition of
Bluebook.
viii. The memorials shall be typed on A4 size page and all the pages of
the memorials should have page numbers at the bottom.

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MEMORIALS
MARKING CRITERIA FOR MEMORIAL
The memorials shall be marked on a scale of 1-100 points each. Award of
the points shall be based on the following parameters:
Ø Neatness, legibility, no typographical errors or format errors
Ø Logical progression of ideas
Ø Effective use of headings to outline arguments
Ø Understanding essential legal issues presented
Ø Focus on essential (not collateral) issues
Ø Clear, concise and unambiguous writing style
Ø Forceful and persuasive presentation
Ø Integration of facts into legal argument
Ø Understanding of strengths and weaknesses of case
Ø Discussion of viable alternative arguments
Ø Understanding and analysis of authority
Ø Proper use of citations and citation form
Ø Effective use of authority to support arguments
Ø Ability to distinguish adverse cases
The following shall be the judging criteria:
Knowledge of law and facts 20 marks
Proper and articulate analysis 15 marks
Depth and use of research 15 marks
Organization and presentation 15 marks
Grammar and language 10 marks
Novelty of arguments 15 marks
Clarity of thought and originality 10 marks

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ORAL ROUNDS
· Mode of Oral Rounds:
The DBRANLU’s 1st National Moot Court Competition 2021 will be
conducted via GOOGLE MEET App. All teams are requested to download
the app beforehand on their devices. The background of the participants
during their oral pleadings shall be plain and not contain any symbols,
representations or any other material that might be against any of the rules
mentioned herewith.
· In case, the team comprising of 3 members, where 2 of the members are
speakers, and one is the researcher, the researcher shall sit with the
speakers during the orals and at no point of time the researcher shall be
allowed to speak or address the bench until and unless asked by the judge.
· Pleading time can be extended only on the discretion of the judges. The
participants shall ensure good internet connection. In case of poor
connection, the waiting time shall be only 10 minutes, exceeding this time
will lead to disqualification. The organizing committee shall not be
responsible for any technical issues that arise from the side of the
participants. The same is also to be followed in case the participant does not
report on stipulated time with any reason whatsoever.
MARKING CRITERIA
Identification of legal principles 15 marks
Use of authorities 15 marks
Appreciation and application of facts 15 marks
Clarity, logic and structure of presentation 20 marks
Response to question 15 marks
Ability to communicate with judges 10 marks
Overall presentation, Poise and Demeanor 10 marks

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ORAL ROUNDS
a. Draw of Lots
The match up of teams in Preliminary Rounds shall be determined on the
basis of draw of lots. Draw of lots and Memorial Exchange shall take place
on 4th February, 2021 after the Inaugural Ceremony.
b. Preliminary Rounds
• The preliminary rounds will be held on 5th February, 2021 via online
platform. The Preliminary rounds shall comprise of two Rounds of oral
arguments subject to the memorial selection round (if happens). In the
preliminary rounds, each team shall have to argue twice, once as a
petitioner and the other as a respondent.
• Each team will get a total of 30 minutes to present their case. This time
will include rebuttal and sur-rebuttal time (if permitted by the judge(s)).
The division of time per speaker is left to the discretion of the team subject
with a minimum of 10 minutes per speaker and not more than 15 minutes
per speaker. Rebuttals can be assigned a time period of not more than 5
minutes.
• The oral arguments should be confined to the issues presented in the
memorial. Maximum scores for the oral rounds shall be 100 points per
speaker per judge. The speakers can provide the copies of the compendium,
only if the same is permitted by the panel of judges in their respective court
rooms. No two Teams will argue against each other more than once in the
Preliminary Rounds.
c. Quarter Final Rounds
• Top (8) eight teams will qualify for quarter-final. The Teams qualifying to
the Quarter Finals shall be on the basis of Two Rounds of Oral arguments
of the Preliminary Rounds. Quarter-final round would be conducted on 6th
February, 2021 via online platform.

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ORAL ROUNDS
• Each team will get a total of 30 minutes to present their case which will
include rebuttal and sur-rebuttal time (if permitted by the judge(s)). In case
of further tie, highest memorial marks will be taken into consideration to
decide the winner.
• The match up of teams in Quarter Final Rounds shall be determined on
the basis of draw of lots. Extension of time is permissible at the discretion of
the judges.
• The researcher shall not present any oral argument until asked by the
judges. However, the presence of the researcher is mandatory during the
oral rounds. Strict adherence to court manners shall be observed by all the
participants.
d. Semi Final Rounds
• The Semi Final rounds shall also take place on 6th February, 2021. The
Top (4) teams of the Quarter Final rounds shall be declared qualified for
the Semi Final Rounds.
• The match up of teams in Semi Final Rounds shall be determined on the
basis of draw of lots. Each team will get a total of 45 minutes to present
their case which will include rebuttal and sur-rebuttal time (if permitted by
the judge(s)).
• Extension of time is permissible at the discretion of the judges. The
researcher shall not present any oral argument until asked by the judges.
However, the presence of the researcher is mandatory during the oral
rounds. Strict adherence to court manners shall be observed by all the
participants.
e. Final Rounds:
• The Final Rounds shall take place on 7th February, 2021. The two teams
who stand declared as winners of the Semi Final Rounds shall qualify for
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ORAL ROUNDS
the Final Rounds. Each team will get a total of 60 minutes to present their
case which will include rebuttal and sur-rebuttal time (if permitted by the
judge(s)). The Winner of the Final Round shall be declared Winner of the
Competition.
• Extension of time is permissible at the discretion of the judges. The
researcher shall not present any oral argument until asked by the judges.
However, the presence of the researcher is mandatory during the oral
rounds. Strict adherence to court manners shall be observed by all the
participants
f. General Rules
• In case of evaluation of all the Rounds, the Memorial Marks shall not be
included to decide the merit. But in case a tie takes place in the Preliminary
Oral, Quarter Final, Semi Final or Final Rounds, in that case, the marks of
the memorandum shall be the basis for deciding the winner.
• The decision of the judges with regard to the outcome of the rounds shall
be final.
g. Scouting
Teams shall not be allowed to observe the orals of another team, unless they
have been officially knocked-out of the competition. Scouting is strictly
prohibited. Scouting by any team shall entail instant disqualification.

P R E S E N T S

SCHEME OF DEDUCTION
P R E S E N T S


MISCELLEANOUS RULES
1. The O.C. reserves the right to amend, modify, change or repeal any of the
competition rules at any stage. The O.C. shall communicate any changes
made inthe competition rules to the Participating Teams.
2. If a team believes that if violation of the rules of the competition has
taken place at any stage of the competition, the team (s) shall inform within
half an hour after the completion of the round to the OC.
3. Team(s) under no circumstances shall approach the Judges with any
complaints.
4. The Organizers shall not be responsible for any loss or slow Internet
Connection during the Competition. We request all the participants to
arrange a sound Internet Connection.
5. All communications shall be made by the official mailing address of the
Moot Court Society of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University,
Sonipat, i.e., mootcourtsociety@dbranlu.ac.in

P R E S E N T S


AWARDS
Winner Team: Certificate of Merit + Rs. 51,000.00
Runner up: Certificate of Merit + Rs. 31,000.00
Best Speaker: Certificate of Merit + Rs 11,000.00
Best Memorial: Certificate of Merit + Rs 11,000.00
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION: E-certificate of
participation shall be provided to all the participants

P R E S E N T S

CONTACT DETAILS
FACULTY COORDINATORS
DR. PRADEEP KUMAR DR. RITA GHIAL
Covenor Co - Covenor
Moot Court Society, DBRANLU Moot Court Society, DBRANLU
E-mail - ritaghial@gmail.com
STUDENT COORDINATORS
MR. AMAN GUPTA MS. DIVYANSHU BISHNOI
Coordinator Co - Coordinator
E-mail - dbranlu.aman04@gmail.com E-mail -
M. No. - +91 83182 11802 bishnoi.divyanshu029@gmail.com
M. No. - +91 97283 00010
MS. ANUSHIKA MISHRA MR. UTKARSH SHARMA
Co - Coordinator Co - Coordinator
E-mail - E-mail - utkarshkoily@gmail.com
anushikamishrakota@gmail.com M. No. - +91 62034 95375
M. No. - +91 88755 55091
If you have any query, you can also mail us at mootcourtsociety@dbranlu.ac.in

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DR. B. R.

LATE LALA DIP HAND MEMORIAL C

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University is situated in the Rajiv

Gandhi Educational City, Rai, Sonepat, where more than thirteen

renowned educational institutions and universities have been

established and are functional. It has been established with the

objective to serve the society by providing professionally competent

and pragmatic law abiding citizens with scientific and objective

temperament bearing well rounded personality, who knows much

more than law. In this era of technology and globalization, we

envisage a process of legal education by imparting value based,

intellectually stimulating academic environment whereby our students

develop proper aptitude to serve. Our primary vision is to shape the

legal education as an instrument to provide justice – Social, Economic

and Political. The location provides a positive and congenial

environment for legal education and professional training besides

overall development of students. The University has firmly resolved to

impart advanced legal education, to hone practical legal skills and

inter disciplinary understanding keeping in view the requirements of

a just and equitable society.

LATE LALA DIP HAND MEMORIAL C

MESSAGE FROM THE HON BLE VI E- HAN ELLOR ’ C C C

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University, Rai,

Sonepat is constantly taking measures to provide

holistic and meaningful legal education to the

bright young talents across the country. In course

of such endeavors, we have observed that strong

advocacy skills, ability to think logically and

rationally, combined with acumen for drafting, are

some key characteristics that are very necessary

for a lawyer in the present scenario.

Keeping in mind these requirements, we are organizing a virtual moot

court competition whereby the student advocates will have to think

the moot problem within the sphere of law. Participating in this

virtual moot court competition will help students to showcase their

skills to the world at large.

With immense pleasure, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law

University, Rai, Sonepat is organizing the "Late Lala Dip Chand

Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2021" to be held from

February 4th to 7th 2021. We take this occasion to invite your

esteemed institution to participate in the competition and extend to us

the privilege of hosting the participating team.

It will be our collective venture to create an ambience of invigorating

intellectual challenges and the opportunity to learn court craft

through simulated experiences in the competition. We look forward to

your enthusiastic participation.

Wishing you the best!

PROF. (DR.) VINEY KAPOOR MEHRA

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Law University, Rai, Sonepat

LATE LALA DIP HAND MEMORIAL

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