Moot Court

Smt. Shakuntala Devi National Moot Court Competition, 2024 at School of Law, Galgotias University. (26- 28TH APRIL 2024)

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What Is Galgotias University, School of Law (SOL,GU)?

Galgotias University, School of Law (SOL,GU) is a prime example of how strong traditions, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and an excellent curriculum can pave the way for a top-notch educational institution. Established just a decade ago, SOL, GU has made significant strides in the legal education landscape of India by providing skill-oriented and industry-relevant programs. The School of Law’s focus on producing litigation specialists, corporate lawyers, mediation & arbitration experts, professionals to draft legal instruments, policymakers, researchers, academicians, diplomats, comparative law experts for the burgeoning LPO industry, and others have helped SOL, GU gain prominence as one of the best law.

Galgotias University, School of Law provides for a quality pattern of mooting culture which helps students learn the fundamentals and the advanced aspects of mooting. Our Law School has a well-defined mooting structure with a Moot Court Committee which consists of representation from both the faculty and the student side. The faculty experts who handle the Moot Court committee are experts and have history of mooting experiences. It is not only the participating teams who put in their effort for the competition, the Moot Court Society comprising of faculties and students also work hard to make mooting activity a huge success.

We have a rich infrastructure consisting of a spacious Moot court hall emulating the experience of a court room for our students for practice sessions as well as multiple competitions.

What Are The Details Of The Competition?

  • TIMELINE OF EVENTS: EVENTS IMPORTANT DATES
  • LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 31ST MARCH 2024
  • LAST DATE OF CLARIFICATION: 6TH APRIL 2024
  • LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF SOFT COPY( MEMORIAL): 16TH APRIL 2024
  • LAST DATE OF SUBMISSION OF HARD COPY( MEMORIAL): 20TH APRIL 2024
  • DATES OF COMPETITION 26- 28TH APRIL 2024
  • RULES OF THE COMPETITION
  • THE COMPETITION
  • The Oral Rounds of the Smt. Shakuntala Devi National Moot Court Competition, 2024 [“the Competition”] will be held from the 26th to the 28th of April, 2024 at the School of Law, Galgotias University, Greater Noida.
  • The Competition shall consist of
  • Preliminary Rounds,
  • Quarter Finals,
  • Semi Finals
  • Final
  • ELIGIBILITY  AND TEAM COMPOSITION 
  • Eligibility
  • The competition is open for students who are studying LL.B three year or five years integrated course during the current academic year.
  • Each college/university/institution shall be entitled to send only ONE team to the Competition.
  • In the event two registrations are received from the same College or Law School, the Team which submits a letter first by the Head / Dean of the Institution / Moot Court Committee, authorizing them to participate on behalf of the College or Law School shall be entitled to participate and will be registered.
  • In case there is an odd number of participating teams in the Preliminary Rounds, School of Law, Galgotias University, shall nominate a non-competing dummy team that will not proceed beyond the prelims.
  • Team Composition:
  • Each team shall consist of two speakers and one researcher. The Organizers will assign a code to each team and its members.
  • REGISTRATION:
  • The teams will have to register themselves at https://forms.gle/owSqwASZ3o521FSp8 no later than 10.00pm IST on  31st March, 2024. Registration Forms will have to be completed and submitted with all material particulars by the teams. Please note that incomplete Registration Forms shall not be accepted. The composition of the team cannot be changed once a team has registered. (Kindly fill this form after payment in the QR/ Bank Details given below).
  • Registration Fees- ₹3500 (Including GST) without Accommodation.
  • Registration Fees- ₹5000 (Including GST) (Per Team) With Accommodation
  • Bank Details:
  • Name of The Account SCHOOL OF LAW GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY
  • Account Number 09701100000025
  • Account Type
  • Current Account
  • Payee Bank PUNJAB AND SIND BANK
  • Address of Branch KASONS TOWER,ALPHA-1, FIRST FLOOR GREATER NOIDA
  • IFSC Code: PSIB0020970
  • Upon successful completion and submission of the Registration Form, the team will receive an email from the Organizers informing them of their successful Registration.
  • If such an email is not received by a team, a team may contemporaneously send an email with its registration details to info.mcs@galgotiasuniersity.edu.in and a response will be sent by email by the Organizers within 1 working day informing the team of its successful Registration.
  • The teams successfully registering online as aforesaid will be provided a Team Code [‘TC’] which will be mentioned in the email informing the team of their registration. The email will be sent on the email address provided by the teams in the contact details forming part of the Registration Form.
  • Once each team has been provided the TC, this code will have to be mentioned by the team in all future communication(s) with the Organizers.
  • Apart from the TC, teams are requested not to display or add the names or logos of their Colleges, Universities or Law Schools anywhere in any communication(s) addressed to the Organizers or in memorials/material submitted for the Competition. PLEASE NOTE THAT APART FROM THE TC, THE NAMES OR LOGOS OF THE COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES OR LAW SCHOOLS SHALL NOT BE MENTIONED ANYWHERE IN THE MEMORIALS SUBMITTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS OR MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE HANDED OVER AT THE TIME OF ORAL ARGUMENTS.
  • MEMORIALS: 
  • SOFT COPY
  • Each team must submit the Memorial for the Petitioner and the Respondent in PDF Format, no later than 10:00pm [IST] on , 16th April 2024.
  • The teams shall mention their TC in the subject of the mail while submitting the memorial.
  • The memorials are to be submitted only to the following: mail id: info.mcs@galgotiasuniversity.edu.in
  • The Organizers will NOT be responsible for the non-receipt of the soft copies of the memorials. Teams are requested to ensure that soft copies vide email are sent well in time and that the attachments can be viewed.
  • Memorials submitted after 10:00pm [IST] on 16th April, 2024 will incur a deduction of 1 mark for each day of delay, with the first deduction being made at 10:01pm [IST] on 16th April, 2023. It is made clear that such deduction would be made from the cumulative memorial score only once.
  • Memorials submitted after 10:00pm [Indian Standard Time] on 18th April, 2024 shall not be accepted and the team shall stand disqualified.
  • The scoring criteria for memorials shall be as follows:
  • Application of Facts 25%
  • Reasoning 25%
  • Use of Authorities and Precedent 25%
  • Understanding Law and Procedure 15%
  • Presentation 10%
  • HARD COPY
  • All teams shall submit 4 hard copies each of the memorial for the Petitioner and the Respondent before 20th April 2024, (via Post or according to Team’s convenience).
  • It is the responsibility of the teams to ensure that the correct number of copies of the memorials are submitted to the Organizers and acknowledgement obtained.
  • All memorials submitted must conform to the following requirements and a team will attract negative marking for failure to keep within the limitations as described below:
  • Memorials must be printed on A-4 paper with black ink and must be neatly bound. No plastic dividers should be used in the memorials.
  • Memorials submitted after 20th April, 2024 will incur a deduction of 1 mark for each day of delay, with the first deduction being made on 20th April, 2024. It is made clear that such deduction would be made from the cumulative memorial score only once.
  • Memorials submitted after 24th April, 2024 shall not be accepted and the team shall stand disqualified.
  • MEMORIAL FORMAT
  • The font of the body of the Memorial must be Times New Roman, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing and the font-size of footnotes/endnotes, if any, must not be less than size
  • A uniform method of citation of authorities must be followed.
  • Each page must have a margin of at least an inch on all sides.
  • The Memorial should not exceed 30 typed pages (not including the Cover Page) and shall at least consist of the following parts:
  • The memorials have to be submitted on A-4 size paper layout and must contain: 
  • Cover Page [coloured Blue for Petitioner, and Red for Respondent]
  • Table of contents
  • Index of authorities
  • Statement of jurisdiction
  • Statement of facts
  • Statement of issues
  • Summary of arguments (not more than 2 pages)
  • Arguments advanced
  • Prayer
  • The Cover Page MUST contain:
  • TC in the upper right-hand corner
  • The year of the Competition
  • The name of the Case
  • The party for which the Written Submission has been prepared.  Name of the forum resolving the dispute.
  • There will be a deduction of 1.0 mark for each page exceeding the 30 page limit, and a deduction of 0.25 marks for each ‘objective’ error, i.e., non-adherence to the rules set out hereinabove. This negative marking (along with the negative marking for delayed submission) shall be deducted once from the total memorial score obtained by a team.
  • Detailed deduction scheme is provided below
  • Citation: Harvard Bluebook- A Uniform System of Citation (20 Edition) should be followed in the memorial throughout. Plagiarism shall not exceed 20% excluding citations.
  • ANY CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMPETITION CAN BE SOUGHT FROM: Kindly Contact Us On: info.mcs@galgotiasuniversity.edu.in

For More Information:

  • Student Coordinators:
  • Pragati Shreya – (+91- 7250988256)
  • Shashi Suman – (+91- 7561954366)
  • Akshara – (+91- 9891142946)
  • Mohd Yasin – (+91- 8929790744)
  • Vinayak Shukla – (+91- 7905162024)
  • Rishabh Kumar Jha – (+91- 6203611741)

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