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3rd Christ Academy Institute of Law (CAIL) National Moot Court Competition, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Mock Trial and Moot Court

The 3rd christ academy institute of law (cail) national moot court competition is a prestigious event that brings together law students from across the country to showcase their legal research, writing, and advocacy skills. The competition is structured in multiple rounds, starting with preliminary rounds and progressing to the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final round. Participants are required to submit written memorials and present oral arguments before a panel of esteemed judges. The competition aims to provide a platform for law students to hone their legal skills, network with their peers, and gain valuable experience in the field of moot court competitions. The event is organized by the christ academy institute of law, bengaluru, and is open to law students from recognized universities and colleges in india.

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I. GENERAL RULES
RULES
RULES
RULES
ADMINISTRATION & GENERAL RULES
COMPETITION GUIDELINES
ā€œCase clarification & Correctionā€ (hereinafter referred to as clarifications) means the official
clarifications and corrections as communicated officially to the participants.
ā€œCompendiumā€ means a compilation of cases and authorities cited by the participant during the oral
rounds.
ā€œCompetitionā€ means and includes the total sum of activities arising out of or consequential upon the
National Moot Court Competition, 2023.
ā€œJury Panelā€ means the adjudicators so appointed/ nominated by MCC for judging the performance of
participants during oral pleading sessions of the Competition.
ā€œMemorials" means the written submissions framed and submitted by a team according to the rules
and admitted by Moot Court Committee.
ā€œMoot Court Committee" (to be read hereinafter as MCC) for this Moot Court Competition means the
Committee as constituted for proper organization and fair conduct of the competition including any
other person authorized to deal with all events, consequential upon or incidental to the competition.
ā€œMoot Propositionā€ means the hypothetical Case-Study of the Competition released by the
Organizers. Clarifications shall form part of such Proposition.
ā€œOfficial Team Contact Person" means the individual identified by the team during the registration
process to acknowledge the receipt of official correspondence relating to the competition.
ā€œOnlineā€ means controlled by or connected to a computer with the help of internet.
Oral Pleadingā€ means the pleading before a panel as explained under Evaluation criteria for evaluation
of Written Submissions.
ā€œParticipants" means a person authorized by referring Institution and approved by Christ Academy
institute of Law as eligible to participate in Competition.
ā€œParticipating Teamā€ means the team, which has registered itself for the Competition.
ā€œPenaltyā€ means the consequence of a violation of any rule whether by way of deduction of point or
declaring disqualified and such a person would be referred to as panelized.
ā€œPetitionerā€ means the side of the team which argues on behalf of the party who has filed the case at
any given point of the competition.
ā€œRebuttalā€ means to the set of arguments/challenges that the applicant shall raise at the end of the main
pleadings of all the orators.
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I. GENERAL RULES

RULESRULES RULES

ADMINISTRATION & GENERAL RULES

COMPETITION GUIDELINES

ā€œCase clarification & Correctionā€ (hereinafter referred to as clarifications) means the official clarifications and corrections as communicated officially to the participants. ā€œCompendiumā€ means a compilation of cases and authorities cited by the participant during the oral rounds. ā€œCompetitionā€ means and includes the total sum of activities arising out of or consequential upon the National Moot Court Competition, 2023. ā€œJury Panelā€ means the adjudicators so appointed/ nominated by MCC for judging the performance of participants during oral pleading sessions of the Competition. ā€œMemorials" means the written submissions framed and submitted by a team according to the rules and admitted by Moot Court Committee. ā€œMoot Court Committee" (to be read hereinafter as MCC) for this Moot Court Competition means the Committee as constituted for proper organization and fair conduct of the competition including any other person authorized to deal with all events, consequential upon or incidental to the competition. ā€œMoot Propositionā€ means the hypothetical Case-Study of the Competition released by the Organizers. Clarifications shall form part of such Proposition. ā€œOfficial Team Contact Person" means the individual identified by the team during the registration process to acknowledge the receipt of official correspondence relating to the competition. ā€œOnlineā€ means controlled by or connected to a computer with the help of internet. Oral Pleadingā€ means the pleading before a panel as explained under Evaluation criteria for evaluation of Written Submissions. ā€œParticipants" means a person authorized by referring Institution and approved by Christ Academy institute of Law as eligible to participate in Competition. ā€œParticipating Teamā€ means the team, which has registered itself for the Competition. ā€œPenaltyā€ means the consequence of a violation of any rule whether by way of deduction of point or declaring disqualified and such a person would be referred to as panelized. ā€œPetitionerā€ means the side of the team which argues on behalf of the party who has filed the case at any given point of the competition. ā€œRebuttalā€ means to the set of arguments/challenges that the applicant shall raise at the end of the main pleadings of all the orators.

ā€œPetitionerā€ means the side of the team which argues on behalf of the applicant at any given point of the competition. ā€œRebuttalā€ refer to the set of arguments/challenges that the applicant shall raise at the end of the main pleadings of all the orators. "Respondents" means the side of the team which argues on behalf of the party against whom the petition has been filed at any given point of the competition. "Sur-Rebuttalā€ means the reply provided by the Respondents to the challenges/arguments raised by the petitioners during the Rebuttal. ā€œTeamā€ means the total of all registered as participants representing any university or college allowed to participate in the competition excluding dummy /observer/ escort/ coach. ā€œTeam Codeā€ means the code allotted to a Participating team by the Organizers after final registration. ā€œVideo Conferenceā€ means a live, visual connection between two or more people residing in separate locations for the purpose of communication. ā€œWeb Cameraā€ means a camera that records moving pictures and sound and allows these to be broadcasted on the internet as they happen.

II. DATE AND VENUE OF THE COMPETITION:

The Competition shall be held in two phases

  1. P hase 1 - Preliminary Rounds & Quarter-Final Rounds: On 2 July, 2023 (online) Venue: Google Meet URL which shall be shared with the participants at the appropriate time.
  2. Phase 2 - Semi-Finals and Final Rounds: On 5 and 6 August, 2023 (Offline) Venue: Christ Academy Institute of Law, Bengaluru

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III. ELIGIBILITY

The Competition is open to bona-fide undergraduate students from recognized Colleges/Institutions/Universities who are currently pursuing their bachelor’s degree in Law i.e. 3-year LL.B. or 5 year Integrated or Honours LL.B. Programme with all combinations on a regular basis.

VI. LANGUAGE

The official working language of the competition shall be English.

VII. DRESS CODE:

Participants shall be in formal wear only. Boys must wear white shirt along with black pants and blazer and girls must wear white kurta/shirt along with black salwar/pant/skirt and blazer. However, robes or collar bands are not allowed.

VIII. IDENTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATING TEAM:

1.Each team will have a team code and each participant shall be given an individual code. 2.Disclosure of identity of the parent college/institution/university shall be made only in the registration form. Disclosure at any other point of time during the competition shall be liable for penalty which includes disqualification.

IX. ANONYMITY:

Participants shall not disclose their names and the identity of their respective college/institution/organization at any time before the valedictory ceremony. The individual code and the team code shall be the sole source of identity of the respective teams throughout the competition. Any disclosure against this rule shall invite disqualification of the team from the competition.

X. INAUGURATION AND DRAW OF LOTS:

The formal inauguration of the competition shall be held online on 1 July, 2023. The draw of lots for the preliminary round 1 will take place on the same date after formal inauguration. The draw of lots for the preliminary round 1 will be done via DRAW LOTS-PILIAPP. The draw of lots for Preliminary Round 2 shall be done manually by the organisers LIVE during the google meet.

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XI. STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION

1. Selection a. There shall be two Preliminary rounds (online) followed by one round each of Quarter-Final (online), Semi-Final (offline) and Final Round conducted offline. In the two Preliminary Rounds, the Participating Teams shall argue for both the sides in each round. In the Quarter-Final, each Participating Team shall be assigned to argue for one side i.e., each team shall argue only once against the team determined by and for the side decided by a draw of lots. In the offline Semi-Final and Final Rounds, again each Participating Team shall be assigned to argue for one side determined by and for the side decided by a draw of lots. The side which the participating team must represent at every level will be decided based on draw of lots. b. The selection of the top 8 teams for Quarter-Final Rounds will be on the basis of total score achieved by the teams in the two Preliminary Rounds. The selection of 4 teams for the Semi-Final Round and of 2 teams for the Final Round shall be on a ā€˜knock-out’ basis. In case of a tie, memorial marks will be taken into consideration. In case of a tie even in memorial marks, the team will be selected based on the decision of the Organizers after discussing the same with the jury panels. 2. Time Limit a. Each team will be given a maximum of 20 minutes to present their case orally in the Preliminary Rounds, 30 minutes in the Quarter-Final Round, 45 minutes in the Semi-Final Rounds and 50 minutes in the Final Round. The division of time is left to the discretion of the team members, subject to a maximum of 12 minutes for one speaker in Preliminary Round, 20 minutes in Quarter-Final, 30 minutes in Semi- Final round and 40 minutes in Final round. b. Apart from the maximum time provided to each team for the rounds, additional 5 minutes each team at the end of the round may be given for rebuttal/sur-rebuttal , if so desired, at the discretion of the presiding judges. If it is so permitted, then division of time for that purpose between 2 speakers of the team may be communicated to the Court Officer after completion of that Round. The final decision as to the structure and the right to rebut/sur-rebut shall vest with the judges. Only one speaker shall be allowed to go for the rebuttal/sur-rebuttal round. c. In case any speaker continues to speak after the completion of his/her time, the additional time that is used, will be deducted from the time allocated to his/her co-speaker, or from the time allotted for the rebuttal/sur-rebuttal, as the case may be. 3. Delay in Appearance/Presentation If a team scheduled to take part in the oral submissions of a Round does not appear within 5 minutes after the scheduled commencement of such round, the other team shall be allowed to submit their arguments ex- parte.

Cover Page Table of Contents List of Abbreviations Index of Authorities Statement of Jurisdiction Statement of Facts Issues Raised Summary of Arguments Arguments Advanced Prayer Team code on the top right-hand corner of the cover page. Memorials without the team code will not be evaluated. Name and place of the forum Name of the parties and their status Memorial filed and the party that the team is appearing on behalf of.

Language - English Font and Size (Body) - Times New Roman, 12 pts Line Spacing (Body) - 1.5 lines Font and Size (Footnotes) - Times New Roman, 10 pts Line Spacing (Footnotes) - Single line Page Margins - 1 inch on all sides Page Limit (i) Entire Memorial - 30 pages maximum Paper Specification - White A4 Sized Paper Body of the Memorial - Justified Citation style - Harvard Bluebook (20th edn.)

5.Each memorial shall consist of and only the following details.

6.Each memorial shall consist of the following details on the cover page

7.The following content specification must be adhered to:

(ii) Body of Arguments - 20 pages maximum

8.The memorial must not contain any identification mark or symbol identifying the team apart from the team code. Any such identifying mark/ symbol will lead to disqualification of the team.

  1. Presentation of Facts 15 marks
  2. Ingenuity and Logical Reasoning 20 marks
  3. Interpretation of Law 20 marks
  4. Extent and Use of Authority 20 marks
  5. Relief Sought 05 marks
  6. Format and Citation 10 marks
  7. Quality of Language 05 marks
  8. Adherence to the Guidelines 05 marks

XIV. EVALUATION OF THE MEMORIALS

Memorials will be judged by a special panel of jury Panels based on the following criteria:

XV. DEDUCTION OF MARKS FOR LATE SUBMISSION OF ONLINE

COPIES OF THE MEMORIALS:

Note: - Participants are requested to strictly adhere to the rules concerning time limit for submission of the memorials.

Late submission, if any, of soft copies of the memorials may be permitted by the Moot Court Organizing Committee in exceptional circumstances on case-to-case basis upon prior request of the participants subject to deduction of 2 marks per day for late submission of the soft copies and subject to a maximum limit of 2 days after which it won’t be accepted.

General Affairs & Registration Details (^) Ms. Ruhani Thukral (+91-8077533220)Ms. Ridhima Karol (+91-7018222398)

Public Relations & Sponsorship (^) Mr. Abhishek Mohanpuria (+91-8826395741)Ms. Aarya Shrivastava (+91-6263881146)

Promotion (^) Ms. Zaira Sameer (+91-8714703216)Ms. Fiza Yahiya (+91-8129843840)

Research Affairs & Memorials (^) Ms. Annanya Singhal (+91-7351160001)Ms. Khushi Punia (+91-8307191552)

Travel & Accomodation (^) Ms. Advika Dwivedi (+91-7241111859)Mr. Elvis Joshy (+91-6362120294)

XVIII. STUDENT COORDINATORS

IMPORTANT DATESIMPORTANT DATESIMPORTANT DATES

  • Last date for provisional registration 8th May, EVENTS DATES
  • Last payment of registration fee date for final registration by 29th May,
  • Last Problem date for clarification regarding Moot 25th May,
  • Release of clarification regarding Moot Problem 30th May,
  • Submission of Written Memorial 10th June,
  • Inauguration and Draw of Lots 1st July,
  • Preliminary Rounds & Quarter Final Rounds (Online) 2nd July,
  • Semi-Final Valedictory (Offline) Round, Final Rounds and 4th-6th August,