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Rules of the Competition
1.The K.K. Luthra National Moot Court Competition, 2008 [“the Competition”] will be held from the 18th to the 20th of January 2008 at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007. 2.Each team shall consist only of two speakers and one researcher. Each team and team members will be assigned a team code by the Organizers. In the event that a fourth member is brought by the teams, s/he shall not be permitted to sit with the teams during the rounds or assist during the rounds and would be provided accommodation at their cost. 3.Two team prizes, one prize for the best memorial and one individual prize for the best speaker will be awarded. All participants will be awarded certificates of participation. 4.The Rules shall be strictly adhered to. The organizers reserve the right to disqualify teams for deviating from these Rules. 5.The Organizers will resolve any contingencies that may arise and will be the final arbiters regarding any doubts/grievances. The decision taken by the Organizers shall be final. 6.During the Preliminary Rounds, each team shall have to argue once for the Petitioner and once for the Respondent. 7.These Rules are not exhaustive.
8.Memorials:
- Teams are encouraged to raise grounds other than those indicated in the Statement of Facts.
- Each team must submit seven copies of the Written Memorial for the Petitioner and five copies of Written Memorial for the Respondent, no later than 10th January 2007 to the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007. Memorials submitted after the said date will not be marked.
- The names of the participants or colleges or universities shall not be mentioned anywhere on the memorial.
- 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 confirm to the following general requirements and a team will attract negative marking for failure to keep within the limitation as described below :
Memorials must be printed on A-4 paper with black ink and must be neatly bound.
The font of the body of the Memorial must be Times New Roman, size 12, and the size of footnotes/endnotes, if any, must not be less than size 10.
Each page must have a margin of at least an inch on all sides.
The Memorial should not exceed 25 typed pages and shall consist of the following parts : – 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 Written Pleadings Prayer
9.Relevant Annexures may be attached to the Memorial. However, no team would be allowed to pass any material to the judges while presenting their oral arguments
10.Oral Arguments:
- The language of the Court shall be English
- Each team would be given 30 minutes to present their oral arguments, subject to a maximum of 20 minutes per Speaker in the Preliminary Rounds. This shall include the pleadings and any rebuttal time, if applicable. For the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final Rounds, each team would get 40 minutes each, subject to a maximum of 25 minutes per Speaker.
- Judges may, at their discretion, extend oral argument time upto a maximum of 10 minutes.
- Rebuttal would be allowed only to the Petitioner. The Petitioner will have to specify the length of time they want to set aside for rebuttal, before beginning their oral arguments.
11.Scoring Criteria :
– Memorial 20 marks
– Application of Facts 15 marks
– Understanding of Law and Procedure 20 marks
– Use of Authorities and Precedents 05 marks
– Response to questions and articulation 25 marks
– Advocacy skills, Court Craft and Demeanour 15 marks
12.Teams with two wins in the Preliminary Rounds will go to the Quarter Final Rounds. If there are more than eight teams having two wins each, the teams with two wins each will be ranked according to their Memorial scores and the top eight teams so ranked will go to the Quarter Final Rounds. If there are less than eight teams having two wins each, the teams having two wins each will go through to the Quarter Final Rounds. For the remaining places, the teams having less than two wins each will be ranked according to the sum of their highest scores in both the Preliminary Rounds and their Memorial scores, and the top teams thus ranked will be sent to the Quarter Final Rounds.
13. The Memorial scores of all the teams will be released on the evening before the Preliminary Rounds.
14.If a team scheduled to take part in a round does not appear for 10 minutes after the scheduled start of the round, a walkover shall be declared in favour of the team present.
15. Participants shall use only their official numbers for identification purposes.
16. Scouting by any person and on behalf of any team should be brought to the notice of the organizers immediately, without disturbing the round in progress. Any team found scouting will be disqualified.
17 Any reference to identity of a team’s institution or individual team members, either during oral arguments or in the Memorial may lead to disqualification of the team.
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