Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din Noorani (R.A) first Inter-Semester virtual moot court competition announces winners

Law Society, Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) organized the maiden “Sheikh Noor-Ud-Din Noorani (R.A) 1st Inter-Semester virtual moot court competition” from June 26 to 27.

According to a press release issued by CUK, Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof Mehrajuddin Mir congratulated the department for making the Law Society a vibrant platform for the benefit of the students.

He said the law was living and dynamic, but it was a dynamic lawyer who keeps it living and beneficial.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, Pulwama, Abdul Rashid Malik, who was the guest of honor, said the idea of organizing the moot court competition was to help the students learn the art of articulating the legal skills which were essential for law practice and would eventually expose and acquaint them to the challenges of adjudication.

Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ganderbal, Shazia Tabassum, congratulated the Law Society and highlighted the importance of moot courts in shaping the vibrant legal professionals to lessen the backlog of cases in the courts of the country.

Dean School of Legal Studies, Prof Farooq Ahmad Mir appreciated the support of senior functionaries of the varsity and stressed the need for filling the gap between what is being taught in the classroom and practiced in the courts.

Registrar, Prof Muhammad Afzal Zargar pointed out the significant contribution made by the School of Legal Studies and extended all support for its future events.

Coordinator, Department of Law, Bilal Ahmad Ganaie, introduced the event and highlighted the importance and need for holding these competitions.

Earlier, In-charge Law Society and event convener, Dr. Mudasir Bhat, welcomed all the participants. In the preliminary rounds, eight teams participated. Judicial officers and officials from different districts presided over the competition rounds.

Team-B comprising students from BA LLB 7th Semester Raqeeb-Ul-Hassan, Afreen Manzoor, and Rahil Amin were declared winners of the competition, while team-F comprising students from BA LLB 5th Semester - Muhammad Sameem, Irtiqa Bhat, and Novid-ul-Hassan were declared runners up.

The best researcher award was bagged by Ubaid Mir, and the best speaker award was bagged by Raqeeb-Ul-Hassan. Assistant Professor GulAfroz Jan presented the vote of thanks.

While speaking with the winning team on this account, they said, “It was our collective team effort that we emerged as winners in the Competition. It was such a motivating and learning experience for all of us”, they added.

The Winning team thanked and appreciated their research assistants Masrat Riyaz, Muskan Shafi, and Ubaisa Amin from the 2nd Semester who helped the team conduct research.

The Team also expressed their gratitude to their Worthy Dean, Professor Farooq Ahmad Mir, Faculty Members and Law Society of CUK for organizing such an event and providing a learning platform to students.

(This note was shared by Raqeeb-Ul-Hassan)