NMI MS SCHOOL OF LAW,

BENGALURU

2ND NATIONAL
VIRTUAL MOOT
COURT
COMPETITION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH

S.S.RANA & CO.

01 - 03 OCTOBER, 2021
 Table of contents

Sr.
PARTICULARS Page No.
No.

1. About NMIMS University 03

2. About School of Law, Bengaluru 04

3. Chief Guest 05

4. About 1st National Virtual Moot Court Competition 06

5. About 2nd National Virtual Moot Court Competition 07

6. About the Firm: S.S.Rana & Co. 08

7. Rules And Regulations 12

8. Structure of the Competition 14

9. Registration 19

10. Important Dates 20

11. Payment Details 20

12. Awards 21

13. Organising Committee 21

14. Penalties 22

15. Contact Details 22

16. Sponsors 23
About NMIMS UNIVERSITY

Built on this inspiring legacy, today, NMIMS stands proud as a

Deemed to be University offering multiple disciplines across
multiple campuses. What started as an institute in a small
building has caught the attention of the world, thanks to their
17 specialized schools. More than 17000 students and about 750
full-time faculty members, 10 faculty members with Fulbright
Scholarship and Humboldt International Scholarship for post-
doctoral researchers are part of India's most sought-after
academic community. It believes in equipping students with
the knowledge and skills in their chosen streams, inculcate
values, identify hidden talents, and provide opportunities for
students to realize their full potential.
 About School Of Law
Bengaluru

NMIMS School of Law offers an outstanding legal education

so as to inculcate a wide range of legal skills useful for the
legal profession including the corporate level. Established in
2018 by NMIMS University , one of the premiers Deemed to be
Universities in India , the programs offering in our law school
has all qualities and niceties of the programs offering by the
world class Universities over the world . The school ’s faculty
members are well qualified and experienced with wide range
of quality legal publications and also associated with social
justice legal education. A Law School with global focus and
international outreach dedicated to advance human dignity ,
social and economic welfare, and justice through knowledge
of law.
 chief guest

HON'BLE (RETD.)
JUSTICE C.K. THAKKER
Former Judge, Supreme Court of India

Justice Chunilal Karsandas Thakker is a retired

judge of the Supreme Court of India. After taking
primary education at Mander and Madhavpur,
Justice Thakker graduated from a college in
Junagadh and obtained an LLB (law) degree from a
law college in Jamnagar. He also obtained an LLM
degree from Gujarat University, and began
practicing from 1968 in the High Court of Gujarat.

Justice Thakker was appointed as part-time Lecturer in Law in Sir L.A. Shah Law
College, Ahmedabad, in 1970 and continued as such until he was elevated to
Judge of the High Court of Gujarat on 21 June 1990. He was further promoted to
Chief Justice of High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla on 5 May 2000 and
transferred as the Chief Justice of High Court of Judicature at Mumbai on 31
December 2001.

He was also Acting Governor of the State of Maharashtra from July to October
2002. Thakker was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 7 June
2004.

justice Thakkar has written several law books such as Lectures on

Administrative Law (Students' Edition) and Code of Civil Procedure. His book on
the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 published under the pen name of C.K. Takwani has
remained a standard textbook for law students in India for the past 25 years.

We the whole team of NMIMS SoL Bengaluru is glad to have his Lordship as Chief
Guest for the event.
 About 1st National
Virtual Moot Court

Nations across the world are bracing up their preparation to face the
challenges thrown by the coronavirus. India is also following the
impeccable measure of social distancing. But at the same time, we are
not standing apart; rather technology has enabled us to maintain our
life in both social as well as professional spaces. With the help of this
technological advancement The Moot Court Society of NMIMS
School of Law Bangalore felt honored and proud to organize National
Virtual Moot Court Competition 2020 in collaboration with M Mulla
Associates from 11 th – 13 th September 2020. The purpose of this
competition was to provide an opportunity to the young law students
to hone their skills in research, writing and pleading. Mooting is an
integral and important part of any Law School education. Along with
helping students learn subject matter of legislation, it also helps
students to understand the practical nuances of representing cases in
courts. The total number of teams that participated in this
competition was 254. Our Chief Guest for the inaugural ceremony
was Hon'ble (Retd.) Justice Kurian Joseph (Former Judge, Supreme
Court of India). And for the purpose of this competition, we had
collaborated with JJ& J Attorneys as our Law Firm Partner,
iValue as our Technology Partner, Anuj Tyagi as Patron, EBC and SCC
Online as Knowledge Partner, Virtual Law School as Academic
Coordinator, S & M Partners as Out Reach Partners, R&R Chambers as
Chamber Partner and LiveLaw as the Media Partner.
 About 2nd National
Virtual Moot Court

The quest for knowledge, wisdom and insight is part and parcel
of life. While the pandemic still roars on the edges, and everyone
is stuck at their homes, The Moot Court Society of NMIMS School
of Law, Bengaluru takes immense pleasure while announcing our
2nd National Virtual Moot Court Competition 2021 in association
with S.S.Rana & co.

With a goal of improving clinical legal education in India, the

School of Law, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
organizes moot court competitions every year and invites law
students from various law schools and universities across the
country to master the art and abilities of advocacy. A moot court
not only improves legal knowledge, but also communication,
drafting, legal research, and presentation skills.

The competition is scheduled to be held from 1st - 3rd October,

on a virtual platform. To judge the moot, we have on board with
us legal luminaries with excellent expertise in the legal field.
 About the firm : S. S. Rana
& co.

S.S. RANA & Co. comes with an outstanding experience of more

than 3 decades in providing practical and legal research based
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Our 1500 plus global clientele include several Fortune 500

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The Firm has represented several clients in various courts
including the High Courts and Supreme Court, Appellate bodies,
tribunals, state and national commissions as well as several
judicial bodies for matters relating to corporate, commercial, IP
disputes in India and the SAARC region.
The Founding Partners of the Firm have specialization and
expertise in litigation for almost 50 years each and have
represented some of the well-known brands and corporates in
litigation, arbitration and other contentious matters, not only in
India, but also in countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
etc. It is also one of the few Firms in India which is a single point
of contact for its international Fortune 500 clients with respect of
their IPR and commercial matters in the SAARC region, namely,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives,
Myanmar and Afghanistan.

The firm has been one of the leading torchbearers of the use of
technology in the legal profession. Being one of the first few law
firms in India to be ISO certified, the firm has invested heavily in
the use of technology to streamline and automate workflow
processes and has developed its own Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) software internally referred to as the IMS.

The Firm also strongly believes in bringing about a radical

change in legal education and in pursuance of the same, the Firm
has collaborated with some of the prestigious institutions of
India. The Firm in association with such Institutions regularly
organizes seminars, webinars and virtual lectures wherein
Partners and Associates of the Firm elucidate and educate law
students on myriad legal subjects spanning across IPR,
commercial and litigation practise.
 About SCC ONLINE

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It was in the 1940's when two brothers, the Late Shri C.L. Malik
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The Web Edition versions of SCC Online products have also been
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 rules and regulations

1. General instructions
2. Definitions
3. Eligibility
4. Team composition
5. Rules for oral submission
6. Rules for memorial submission

1. General instructions

1. Date- The date of the competition will be 1st – 3rd October, 2021.
2. Venue – ZOOM Cloud Meetings Application (The links and the schedule of the
meeting rooms shall be provided via mail after the submission of memorials)
3. Dress Code – Ladies: White shirt and black pant / black skirt along with black
coat. Gentlemen: White shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat.
4. Language – The language of the competition will be ENGLISH only

2. Definition

The following terms shall have the corresponding meanings unless otherwise
specified:
a) “Administrator” shall mean School of Law NMIMS, Bengaluru.
b) “Competition” shall refer to NMIMS’s 2nd National Virtual Moot Court
Competition, 2021
c) “Competition problem” shall refer to the facts and issues released by the
Organizing Committee (OC) of the competition with its clarifications and
corrections.
d) “Competition rules” shall refer to the official rules of the competition as
amended from time to time.
e) “IST” shall refer to Indian standard time.
f) “INR” shall refer to Indian National Rupee.
g) “Knock out round” shall refer to Quarter Finals, Semi-finals and Final rounds of
the competition.
h) “Memorial’ shall refer to the memorandum of written submissions submitted by
any participating team as per the Competition Rules.
i) “Court Room” shall refer to the online platform where the oral round shall take
place.
j) “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.
k) “Official Email” shall refer to the official email id of the Moot Court Society
(MCS) NMIMS 2nd National Virtual Moot Court Competition, 2021, i.e.
mcs.sol@nmims.edu.in
l) “Participating Team” shall refer to the team that has registered itself for the
competition as per the rules given below.

3. Eligibility
All students enrolled bona fide in an undergraduate i.e., 3 years/ 5 years or post
graduate law program conducted by any college or university shall be eligible for
participation in the competition.

4. team composition
a) Each participating team shall comprise of minimum of two (2) members and
maximum of three (3) wherein two (2) members, shall be designated as Speakers and
one (1) member as Researcher (optional).
b) Each team will be given a unique team code number which will thereafter be the
identity of the team and its members.
c) In case of a three-member team, there shall be 2 speakers and 1 researcher in the
team.
d) In case of a two-member team, there shall be two speakers. No one would be the
researcher.
e) The teams shall identify the speakers and researcher in the registration form itself.
f) The team shall designate one of its members as the contact person in the
registration form and fill the required contact details of the same in the form.
g) The OC shall only contact the “Contact person” from the team for confirmation,
further notification and updates related to the competition.
h) 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.
i) There will be no substitution of team member after a team has submitted its
registration form, except in the case a registered member has an issue related to
covid-19, it would be left to the discretion of the organizing committee.
j) Only one team will be allowed to register per college in this competition.
k) Cross institutional teams are not eligible to participate in this competition.

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.

5. structure of the competition

The Competition shall consist of two rounds:

a) Memorial Selection Round
b) The Oral Round
· Preliminary Round
· Quarter-final rounds
· Semi-final rounds
· Final round

6. memorial submission

a) If the number of registering participants exceeds 24 then a memorial selection

round will take place. Top 24 participants with highest memorial marks will
proceed to the Preliminary Round of the competition.

b) Each team is required to prepare Memorials (written submissions) for both the
sides i.e. the Applicant and the Respondent.
the memorial must contain the folowing:
Cover page
Table of Content
List of Abbreviations
Index of Authorities/Table of Cases
Statement of Jurisdiction
Summary of facts
Statement of Issues
Summary of Arguments
Arguments Advanced
Prayer

The cover page shall include:

The Name of the Court
The Year of the Competition
The Name of the Case
The Name of the parties
Team Code to be indicated at the bottom right corner in bold. (For example -
NVMC 01) which shall be intimated to the respective teams.
The title of the Document (i.e. “Memorial for Petitioner” or “Memorial for
Respondent”)
c) The arguments advanced shall not exceed 15 pages. However, the total number
of pages for the memorial shall be limited to 20 pages including cover page.
Exceeding the limit, the candidate will lose 10 Marks.
d) The Memorial shall be typed on A4 size page in Font type Times New Roman,
Font size: 12, 1.5-linespacing&1-inchmarginoneachside. All the pages of the
memorials should have page numbers at the bottom.
e) 20th Blue Book edition for footnotes shall be followed.
f) The Cover Page of the Memorial must follow the following colour scheme, Blue
for the Appellant Cover Page and Red for the Respondent Cover Page.
g) Only soft copies of memorials shall be submitted in both pdf and doc format
latest by 11.59 pm on 19th September 2021. Late entries shall be penalized and no
memorials shall be accepted after two days from the prescribed date for
submission.
h) Participants will be provided with a link of google forms for the submission of
memorials.
i) The name of the memorial file must be “Memorial Submission- (Team Code) -
2021” and the format of file must be .docx. and pdf.
j) In case the name of the file is not as prescribed, memorials will not be accepted
and the organizing committee will not be responsible for delay of such
submissions.
k) Identification mark of any type is strictly prohibited. Breach of this rule shall
lead to penalty or disqualification.
l) Memorial from each side shall carry total of Hundred (100) marks. `The criteria
for evaluating the memorial are as followed:

Sr. MARKS
No.
PARAMETERS ALLOTED

20
1. Knowledge of law and facts

20
2. Interpretation and application of law

20
3. Extent and use of research

20
4. Clarity and organisation

Adherence to norms regarding styles, grammar 20

5. and citation source

100
Total

m) 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.
7. rules for oral submission
a) It is mandatory for the researcher to be present in the courtroom (virtual) with
the speakers during the oral rounds and at no point of time the researcher shall be
allowed to speak or address the bench until asked by the judge.
b) 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.
c) The fixtures will be decided following the procedure of matchups by the
organizing committee.
d) Each team will be allotted sides (petitioner or respondent) via draw of lots.
e) In case of a tie, memorial marks shall be considered for a tie-breaker. In case of
further tie, marks of the Speaker 1 shall be taken into consideration.
f) Each side shall plead for time limit mentioned in the rules. Extension of 5 minutes
will be given to each speaker at the discretion of the Judge, after which a penalty of
0.25 marks will be levied per minute.
g) For rebuttal and sur-rebuttal, only one speaker shall be allowed to present. The
time reserved for rebuttal and sur rebuttal cannot be divided between the speakers.
Rebuttal time shall not be reserved beyond 5 minutes.
h) The participants shall ensure good internet connection. In case of poor
connection, the waiting time shall be only 5 minutes. If a member doesn’t join within
the given time limit, the other speaker or the researcher will be allowed to continue
with the remaining arguments. The waiting time will not be added to the speaker’s
time.
i) 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.
j) Scouting is strictly prohibited. Any team indulging in the same shall be
disqualified from the competition, effective immediately.
k) Strict adherence to court manners shall be observed by all the participants
l) The criterion for scoring of the speakers has been given herein below:

Sr. MARKS
No.
PARAMETERS ALLOTED

20
1. Knowledge of law
 2. Application of law
20

20
3. Ingenuity and ability to answer questions

15
4. Style, poise, courtesy, demeanor

10
5. Time management

10
6. Co-ordination and team work

05
5. Adequacy of the prayer

100
Total

a. preliminary round

a) The preliminary round would be conducted on 1st October 2021.

b) Each team will have to plead from both the sides in the preliminary rounds.
c) The Preliminary Round will be organized in 2 slots in which 12 teams will
plead in 1st slot and the other 12 teams in the 2nd slot.
d) There will be 2 rounds in the Preliminary round and each round will consist of
2 slots. A total 4 slots will be there in the Preliminary round.
e)Each team shall be given 20 minutes to argue and 5 mins for rebuttal and sur-
rebuttal.
f) Each speaker should mandatorily argue for a minimum of 5 minutes. No
speaker will be allowed to argue for more than 10 minutes.
g) Out of 24 teams, Top 8 teams shall qualify for the quarter-final round.
h) Top 8 teams shall be selected on the basis of the total score of preliminary
round (Prelim 1+ Prelim 2)

NOTE: No teams shall face the same team more than once.
b. quater final round
a) Quarter-final round shall be conducted on 2nd October 2021.
b) Each team shall be given 25 minutes to argue and 5 mins for rebuttal and sur-
rebuttal.
c) Each speaker should mandatorily argue for a minimum of 7 minutes. No speaker
will be allowed to argue for more than 12 minutes.
d) This round will be knock -out round and winner from each courtrooms shall qualify
for the semifinal round.

c. semi final round

a) Top 4 teams will be qualified for the Semi-final round. This round shall be
conducted on 2nd October 2021. Winner from each court room will proceed further to
the Final round.
b) Each team shall be allotted 25 minutes for arguing and 5 minutes for rebuttal and
sur rebuttal.
c) Each speaker will have to argue for a minimum of 7 minutes. No speaker will be
allowed to argue for more than 12 minutes.

d. final round
a) Final round shall be conducted on 3rd October 2021.
b) Each team will be allotted 30 minutes for speaking and 5 minutes for rebuttal and
sur rebuttal
c) Each speaker will have to argue for a minimum of 11 minutes. No speaker will be
allowed to argue for more than 15 minutes.

9. registration
a) Teams are supposed to complete their Registration before 20th August 2021.
b) The Registration shall be done by filling up the Application form available at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU-vVtk_8M-
Xaz1nmL8ulDHigvyNzwqy6CsoFhdvSYLYo5AA/viewform?usp=sf_link
c) The number of participating teams is limited to 100; the registrations will be done
on first come first serve basis. Registration will be closed once 100 teams register.
d) The Registration fee is Rs. 2000/- per team.
e) The Registration shall be deemed complete only when the Registration fee has been
remitted successfully and the Application form is duly filled.
 f) Once the registration is complete, each team will be provided with a team
code along with the confirmation mail.
g) The teams shall quote this Team Code in all further communications with
the OC.
h) Fee once paid is non-refundable at any cost.

For Moot Proposition of the Competition, Click on the Link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PU-
IdMsyjigvcvMFppxhkeNWl4zKsic2/view?usp=sharing

10. Important Dates

11. Payment Details

Account no- 191010100023603

IFSC- UTIB0000191
Account holder- Pritam Kumar Ghosh
Account type- Savings
GPAY NUMBER: +91 6363759532
12. awards

Winning team: Certificate of merit + Cash prize of Rs. 81,000 + Internship

Opportunity at S.S.Rana & Co. + Knock out plan from SkillxPro + one year
complimentary subscription to SCC Online Web Edition to each member of
the team.

Runners up: Certificate of merit + Cash prize of Rs. 41,000 + Knock out plan
from SkillxPro.

Best Speaker: Certificate of Merit + Cash prize of Rs. 11,000.

Best Memorial: Certificate of Merit + Cash prize of Rs. 11,000.

All participants shall be provided with Certificate of Participation and One

hour online training session on SCC Online along with One month access to
the SCC Online Web Edition.

13. ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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 in the competition rules to the Participating Teams.
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.
Team(s) under no circumstances shall approach the Judges with any
complaints.
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
All communications shall be made by the official mailing address of the Moot
Court Society of NMIMS SOL BENGALURU i.e. mcs.sol@nmims.edu.in
14. PENALTIES

15. CONTACT DETAILS

MR. PRITAM GHOSH

fACULTY COORDINATOR, SCHOOL OF LAW, NMIMS
BENGALURU
pritam.ghosh@nmims.edu
6363759532

Ms. Isha tripathi

convenor, moot court society, school of law,
nmims bengaluru
isha.tripathi28@nmims.edu.in / mcs.sol@nmims.edu.in
9911878111/8882175520

ms. dhriti bole

co-convenor, moot court society, school of law,
nmims bengaluru
dhriti.bole06@nmims.edu.in / mcs.sol@nmims.edu.in
7992231780
14. SPONSORS

S.S.RANA & CO.

TITLE SPONSOR

SKILLxPRO
EDUCATION PARTNER

SCC ONLINE
KNOWLEDGE PARTNER