Moot Court: V.E.S College of Law, Shri Hashuji Advani Memorial National Moot Court Competition

V.E.S College of Law is a creation of Vivekanand Education Society, Chembur, Mumbai.

Vivekanand Education Society was founded in the year 1962 under the guided and visionary leadership of Late Shree Hashuji Advani. V.E.S College of Law was started in the year 2020 and since then it has acquired competency in providing legal education, proficiency in implementing practical skills, involving students in decision making process, hosting several State and National Level Competitions.

The Shree Hashuji Advani Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2021 will be held on the 12 and 13 March, 2021 on virtual mode.

ELIGIBILITY

All recognized law schools, universities and institutions in India or abroad with a minimum three year of LL.B. Courses shall be eligible to participate.

GENERAL RULES

Teams may request for clarifications via email to mootcourtveslaw@gmail.com latest by 20 February, 2022.

A general clarification shall be released by 26 February, 2022.

The participants, during the course of oral submissions will not be permitted to make any audio/visual representation.

Court Room Communication during the Oral Rounds shall be limited to electronic written communication among team members via “Chat-Box” or “Conversation” features on the Google Meet. No other verbal/non-verbal communication may take place.

The format of the written submissions shall be as follows:

Cover Page – Blue for the Petitioner & Red for the Respondent

Font–Times New Roman, 12 (10 for footnotes)

Line Spacing – 1.5 for the body (1.0 for footnotes)

Page Size – A4 size

Margin – 2.54 cms from all sides

Page Number – Bottom of the page

Page Limit – 40 pages

Body of the Text- Justified

Footnoting: Times New Roman Font, Style: OSCOLA.

Headings: Font Size, 14.

Participants are expected to submit the Memorial (PDF and word format only) on or before 10th March, 2022.

Late submission of Memorials will result in reduction of 2 marks per day.

The subject of the mail shall be titled as “Memorial– (Team Code)”

REGISTRATION

The registration shall be via Google Forms on this link.

A Google docs Form shall be duly filled & submitted online by any one Member on behalf of their team.

Each Team shall fill in only one form.

Registration Form shall be filled as per the sequence of appearance of the Mooters only and that sequence shall be followed for all the rounds of the competition. Any alteration of the same will not be allowed.

No alteration in the Team Composition will be allowed after Final Registration, except at the sole discretion of the Organizers.

Each team will be allotted a unique team code after Final Registration of the Team which will thereafter be the identity of the Team.

The teams shall quote this Team Code in all further communications with the OC.

The registration fee for the competition will be ₹1,500/- per team and the payment can be made via Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on: VPA ID: VESLAW5755@ICICI, Merchant Name: VES COLLEGE OF LAW or alternatively participants can transfer the amount to college’s bank account:

Bank Name: ICICI Bank

Branch: Mumbai, Chembur Branch (D.K. Sandhu Marg), Chembur Mumbai 400071.

IFSC Code: ICIC0006239.

Account No: 623901265755

Participants are requested to e-mail the payment acknowledgment to the organizing college on mootcourtveslaw@gmail.com only after which will the registration be deemed to be regarded as, “confirmed”.

Alternatively, the participants will be asked to attach a screenshot of their payment confirmation or payment advice in the Google Form link which would be provided for Registration.

Since the event will be held via video conferencing; the OC reserves the right to keep an upper limit of only accepting registration for the first 20 teams, i.e. only the first twenty teams who make the payment and submit the Google Form for registration will be a part of the competition and the registration will be on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Last Date for Registration is 20 February, 2022 or as soon as the OC receives first 20 registrations, whichever is earlier.

AWARDS

Best Team- ₹10,000/-

Runners up Team- ₹7,000/-

Best Memorial- ₹3,500/-

Best Speaker – ₹3,500/-

Best Researcher- ₹3,500/-

In case of any queries or clarifications in respect of the competition/moot problem, the teams or any of the participants may contact: -

1. Ms. Apeksha Singh, General Secretary + 91 70453 31223

2. Mr. Dev Tejnani, Moot Court Association Head + 91 81699 03645.

3. Mr. Jeet Shah, MCA Coordinator +91 99095 59953.

4. Ms. Neha Khule, MCA Coordinator +91 77770 31086.

5. Ms. Aarya Belgaonkar, MCA Coordinator +91 98211 10098.

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