INTRA – MOOT COURT COMPETITION – 2017
ORGANISED BY – MOOT COURT COMMITTEE
CITY ACADEMY
LAW COLLEGE, LUCKNOW
RULES & REGULATIONS
AIM & PURPOSE
Ø To
furnish law aspirants with comprehensive analytical and practical legal
knowledge.
Ø To give
exposure to students pursuing the law course to the environment of the court
system in India.
Ø To hone
Students’ advocacy skills and to provide a real life experience cum training in
doing cutting edge research, presenting ground breaking arguments and
contributing to the development of jurisprudence in concerned areas of law.
Ø To
develop environment of competition among law students for development of
their intellect, advocacy skills and legal knowledge.
IMPORTANT DATES
v Last
date for submission of forms – 5th February 2017.
v Last date
for submission of memorial – 20th February 2017.
v Date of
Competition – 27th – 28th February 2017
Team composition &
eligibility criteria
(i) Each team shall comprise of
three (3) members ONLY out of which two (2) will be speakers and one (1)
researcher.
(ii) Arguments shall be in
English only.
(iii) The competition is open
for bonafide students pursuing five year and three years LL.B course.
(iv)Each team shall be provided
team code by draw of lots followed by exchange of memorials
Dress Code
Inside the court room the
participant shall follow the below mentioned dress code.
(i) Females: white
salwar kurta & Dupatta or white shirt and black trousers along with black
coat and tie.
(ii) Males: white shirt,
black trousers, black tie along with black coat and black shoes. The dress code
for all the functions at the competition shall be western formals for gentlemen
and western or Indian formals for ladies
Competition Rounds
There shall be two preliminary
rounds, quarter finals, semi finals and a final round spreading over a period
of 3 days.
1. Preliminary Rounds
(i) In preliminary rounds each
team shall argue from both the sides (appellant and respondent).
(ii) The team shall be credited
with a win in a preliminary round if their round total is more than opposing
team.
(iii) The marks of the EACH
preliminary round shall be the cumulative total of the marks of both the
speakers and the marks of the memorial of the side in which they are appearing.
(v) No team shall face each
other more than once in the preliminary rounds.
(vi) Each team shall face a
different bench in their each round of arguments.
(vii) TOP EIGHT (8) teams shall
move to the quarter finals on the basis of the marks of the preliminary rounds.
(viii) The following criteria
shall be observed in deciding teams which are to move in quarter finals.
a. The teams that have TWO wins
in preliminary rounds shall proceed to the quarter final.
b. In case less than 8 teams
are able to score two wins then teams that have 1:1 win loss ratio shall
advance based on their aggregate score in the Preliminary Rounds.
c.
Teams that have TWO wins shall be given preference over those which have 1 win
and 1 loss.
(ix) In case of a tie between
two or more teams, the aggregate total of the score of oral submissions of the
speakers shall be taken into consideration.
2. Quarter Finals
(i) Eight (8) teams shall
compete in quarter final. Criteria for qualifying to quarter finals have been
mentioned in previous clauses.
(ii) It shall be a knock out
round. The winner of each round shall move to the semi-final. Four (4) teams
shall move to semi-finals.
(iii) The criteria of marking
in this round are aggregate total of the marks of both the speakers.
(iv) In case of tie between
teams, in quarter finals, the aggregate total of the marks of memorials
(appellant and respondent) of the teams shall be counted. Team with highest
marks moves ahead.
3. Semi Finals / Final
(i) Four (4) teams shall
compete in semi finals. The criteria of qualifying in semi finals have been
mentioned in previous clauses.
(ii) It shall be a knock out
round. The winner of each round shall move to the Final.
(iii) The criteria of marking
in this round are aggregate total of the marks of both the speakers.
(iv) In case of tie between
teams, in semi finals, the aggregate total of the marks of memorials (appellant
and respondent) of the teams shall be counted. Team with highest marks moves
ahead.
(v)
There shall be one (1) FINAL ROUND.
(vi) The marking criteria in
Final Round is same as that of semi final
Memorial
(i) All teams must submit
Memorials / Written Submissions for both sides. (Appellant Respondent).
(ii) Participants are allowed
to frame additional issues other than those provided in the moot proposition,
if desired.
(iii) All teams must submit
typed Memorials for both sides and the Memorials must fulfill all the following
specifications;
(iv) Memorials must contain the
following :
(a) Cover page / Cause title.
(b) Index.
(c) Index of Authorities.
(d) Statement of Jurisdiction.
(e) Synopsis of Facts.
(f) Summary of Arguments.
(g) Arguments / Pleadings.
(h) Conclusion / Prayer.
(v) The memorial shall not be
of more than forty (40) pages and the Arguments shall not exceed more than
twenty five (25) pages.
(vi) The Memorial shall be
typed on A4 size page in Font type : Times New Roman, Font size : 12, 1.5 line
spacing & 1 inch margin on each side. Blue Book pattern shall be followed.
(vii)
The Cover Page of the Memorial must follow the following colour scheme, Blue
for the Applicant Cover Page and Red for the Respondent Cover Page.
(viii) The Memorial must be
spiral bound ONLY.
(ix) The Memorial must not
contain any Annexure/Photographs/ Sketches/Exhibits/Affidavits etc.
(x) Memorials that do not
comply with the abovementioned specifications will be penalized.
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Marking Criteria
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Marks allocated
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1.
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Knowledge of Facts
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10
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2.
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Knowledge of Law
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10
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3.
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Proper and Articulate
Analysis
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10
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4.
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Evidence of Original Thought
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10
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5.
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Grammar and Style
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10
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6.
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Correct Format and Citation
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10
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7.
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Extent and Use of Research
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20
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8.
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Clarity and Organization
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20
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TOTAL :
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100
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Oral Submissions
(i) Each team shall comprise of
two (2) speakers, as has been specified earlier.
(ii ) Court language shall be
English only
(iii) Each team will have a
maximum of thirty (30) minutes to present their Oral Submissions in Preliminary
Rounds. No speaker will be permitted to address the Court for more than
seventeen (17 minutes). This includes the time the speaker addresses the Court
during the rebuttal/sur-rebuttal. The maximum time for rebuttal/sur-rebuttal is
five (5) minutes.
(iv) The maximum time allotted
in quarter finals, semi finals and final shall be forty five (45) minutes for
each team. No speaker shall be allowed to address the court for more than
twenty five (25) minutes.
(v) At the commencement of each
session of Oral Submissions each team must notify the Court Officer of the
amount of time that the team reserves for their rejoinder/sur-rejoinder. A
maximum of 5 minutes can be reserved for the rejoinder/sur-rejoinder.
(vi) At the commencement of
each session of Oral Submissions each team shall notify the Court Officer as to
the division of time between the 2 speakers.
(vii) If any speaker continues
to speak after the completion of his/her time, he/she shall entail penalty
which shall be upon the discretion of the judges.
(viii) The final decision as to
the time structure and the right to rejoinder/sur-rejoinder will be that of the
Bench Judges.
(ix) During the course of oral
submissions the participants cannot submit to the court any material containing
pictorial representation whatsoever. Further the participants will not be
permitted to make any audio/visual representation nor will they be allowed to
use personal computers, laptops and any other technical or mechanical device
during their oral submissions.
(x) Speakers shall not be
allowed to pass annexure to the judges; instead the teams may make a compendium
of annexure that shall be given to the judges before the start of proceedings.
(xi) If at any instance a
submission is made with any material in violation to the above clause and if
any picture, sketches, photos, cartoons, caricatures, audio film, video film,
projector-slide or a computer generated image is submitted or presented to
court, the teams shall be disqualified from the competition forthwith.
(xii) During the course of the
Oral Submissions no speaker shall neither reveal his/her identify nor the
identity of their University / College by any means whatsoever.
Marking Criteria for the
Arguments:
(i) Each Speaker will be marked
on a total of 100 marks by each Bench Judge.
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Marking Criteria
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Marks allocated
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1.
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Appreciation and Application
of Facts.
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10
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2.
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Identification and
Articulation of Issues.
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10
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3.
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Application of legal
principles.
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10
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4.
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Use of authorities and
precedents
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10
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5.
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Response to questions
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10
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6.
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Presentation skills
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10
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7.
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Clarity of thoughts and
logical structure of arguments
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10
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8.
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Poise and Demeanor
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10
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9.
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Strategy
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10
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10.
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Ingenuity
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10
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TOTAL :
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100
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