Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies (VSLLS), announces VIPS International Law Moot Court Competition (Online) 2022 in The Memory of Dr. Deepti Kohli from 10th-13th February 2022
About Dr. Deepti Kohli
Dr. Deepti Kohli was an Associate Professor and Convener, Moot Court Committee at VSLLS, VIPS. She was known amongst students as a passionate and dedicated mentor for mooters. Many students brought laurels to the institute by winning moot competitions under her able guidance. She inculcated moot culture into the academic atmosphere of VSLLS, VIPS. She, as the convener introduced a variety of moot activities and helped organised training sessions to imbibe the necessary skill in the students of the institution. Unfortunately, we lost this gem in the second wave of COVID 19 in May 2021.
Dr. Deepti Kohi’s contribution to the institution can never be overstated and we seek to honour her memory through the success of this competition. The present edition of VIPS International Moot Competition, 2022 is a tribute offered by all alumni and students and the entire VIPS family to Dr Deepti Kohli. May legacy of moot encouraged by Dr Deepti Kohli remain forever!
Official Schedule
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Event
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Date
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Commencement of Online Registration
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9th September, 2021
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Online Registration closes
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30th November, 2021 by 11:59 p.m. (IST)
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Release of Moot Problem
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13th September, 2021
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Clarification for the Moot Problems
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9th January, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. (IST)
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Last date for submission of soft copy of memorial
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31st January 2022 by 11:59 p.m. (IST)
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Draw of Lots
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7th February, 2022
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Preliminary Round
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10th February, 2022
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Quarter Finals Round
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11th February, 2022
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Semi Finals
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12th February,2022
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Final and Valedictory Ceremony
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13th February,2022
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General Rules and Regulations
Definitions
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“Administrators” means the Advocates’ Legion or any other person(s) appointed to administer the competition by the Advocates’ Legion.
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“Advocates’ Legion” means, Moot Court Committee, Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies, of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS, Delhi)
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“Competition” means, the “VIPS International Moot Court Competition (Online), 2022 in the memory of Dr. Deepti Kohli”
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“Moot Proposition of the Competition” means the official proposition of the competition which includes all clarifications or corrections notified by Advocates’ Legion.
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“Judge” means, any person appointed to evaluate a participant’s oral pleadings.
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“Written submission” means the written pleadings of each participating team, written and submitted in accordance with the rules of VIPS International Moot Court Competition (Online), 2022 in the memory of Dr. Deepti Kohli.
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“Problem Clarifications” means, clarifications of the Moot Proposition of the Competition as published by the Administrators on the official website.
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“Competition Rules” means, all the rules contained herein and any other supplementary rules officially notified by the administrators.
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“Participants” means, student representatives from eligible colleges recognized by the Administrators who compete in the competition.
Interpretation
The decision of the Administrators regarding the application and interpretation of Competition rules shall be conclusive and final for the purposes of solving any discrepancies or disputes before, during or after the Competition.
Participation and Eligibility
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The Competition is open to all bona fide regular students enrolled in any Law Course (LL.B/ LL.M) or its (equivalent international) programme in any University or Institute within or outside India recognized by the Bar Council or State Government or Central Government as the case may be. Each team shall comprise a minimum of two members i.e two speakers and a maximum of three members i.e. two speakers and one researcher. Thus, each team shall be composed of two speakers (Compulsory) and a researcher (if any). A maximum of two teams are allowed to participate in the competition from one college/institute/university. The composition of the team shall not be changed once a team has registered under any circumstances whatsoever.
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Changes in the aforementioned designations shall not be made without a request by the responsible Faculty in Charge or Head of the Institution or Department of the Team seeking such change, as the case may be.
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The discretion to allow or disallow such change shall solely rest with the Administrators depending upon the reasonability of the cause shown, stage of the Competition and compliance with the aforementioned rules
Registration
Interested teams are required to register by filling the registration form through this link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kXrayr48vEyG6aTmUPizKuZRQnIYOyWXtqh8xpYqZpY/edit latest by 30th November, 2021 by 11:59 p.m. (IST)
Registration Fee: Rs 3,500/- for each participating team consisting of 2-3 members, to be submitted through online transaction by 30th November, 2021 by 11:59 p.m. (IST)
The Bank details for NEFT are as follows:
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Name
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Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
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Bank
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Axis Bank Ltd
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Branch
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Lok Vihar
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Account No
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910010004295801
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IFSC Code
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UTIB0000588
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The registered teams are required to attach the screen-shot of the online transaction in the google form itself. However, the fee once paid is non-refundable.
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The receipt of Screen-shot of the payment to the aforementioned bank details shall only confirm the participation of a team in the competition. An acknowledgment of the receipt of required documents shall be mailed to the respective Team Members and concerned Faculty along with Team Code Number.
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No Objection Certificate from the college/institution/university is a mandatory requirement for all teams to be fulfilled to complete the registration. It has to be submitted by the last date of registration.
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Communication with any one of the Team Members shall be deemed to be communication to the entire team for the purposes of this Competition
Clarifications to the Moot Problem
Teams may request for clarifications (if any) in the Moot Proposition of the Competition via email with the subject “Clarifications- VIPS International Moot Court Competition (Online), 2022 to vipsinternationalmoot@vips.edu by 9th January, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. (IST). After this no more clarifications shall be entertained and the clarifications shall be published on the official website soon thereafter.
No clarifications relating to the Moot Proposition of the Competition shall be entertained after the aforementioned date.
Written Submission
Each team is required to prepare a Written Submission for both the Petitioner/Appellant (as the case may be) and Respondent. The Written submission shall consist of the following mandatory contents:
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Cover Page (Blue for Petitioner/Appellant, Red for Respondent) = Name of the Court, Petition/Appeal Number (if any), Name of both the Parties, Cause Title, Written Submission for Petitioner/Appellant or Respondent, Team Code in bold on top right corner
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Table of Contents
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Index of Authorities
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Statement of Jurisdiction
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Statement of Facts
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Statement of Issues
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Legal Pleadings
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Prayer
The Written Submission should not exceed the maximum limit of 25 Pages (excluding Cover Page and Table of Contents) and should conform to the following specifications-
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Font type: Times New Roman Font size:12
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Line spacing: 1.5 Body of text: Justified
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Margin: at least 1 inch from all sides
Teams shall follow a uniform style of citation (preferably the Bluebook Method of Citation20th/ 21stedition) throughout their Written Submissions. Footnotes must conform to the following specifications-
Submission Guidelines
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All teams shall send the soft copy of the Written Submission for each side in PDF format via electronic mail with the file name “TC No. Petitioner/Respondent”, on or before 31st January 2022 by 11:59 p.m. (IST) to vipsinternationalmoot@vips.edu
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Each day of delay shall result in a deduction of 3 marks, with the first deduction being made on 1st February, 2022- at 00:00 A.M. (IST)
Evaluation Criteria
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Sr. No
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Criteria
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Marks allotted (50)
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1.
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Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
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10
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2.
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Articulation of Facts
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10
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3.
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Use of Authorities and Compliance with Rules and
Specifications
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15
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4.
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Presentation
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15
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Oral Rounds
The Competition shall consist of the following Rounds:
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The Preliminary Rounds;
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The Quarter Finals;
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The Semi Finals; and
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The Final
*Please Note: Each team shall argue once from each side in the Preliminary Round.
Researcher’s Test
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The test shall be conducted only for the researcher of each team to test the aptitude and knowledge of the researcher prior to the Preliminary rounds. Best Researcher will be decided on the basis of the individual scores of the participant in the Researcher's test and it will have no bearing on the scores for the Speakers or the team members.
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Researcher’s test will be conducted on 29th and 30th January, 2022. The teams will be intimated about the test via email.
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Before the beginning of the oral rounds of any team, the Speakers of the team shall inform the moderator regarding the allocation of time between themselves and the time reserved for rebuttal. Once informed, the timings shall not be changed.
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If any speaker speaks for more than the time reserved for him/her, the extra time used by such speaker shall be deducted from the time allotted to the second speaker of that team.
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In case any team fails to appear in an oral round, the round shall be conducted ex-parte.
Preliminary Rounds
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The preliminary round shall be conducted through video-conferencing, via the platform Zoom as the case may be. The meeting Id and password will be informed and shared with the teams through email.
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Each team shall argue once from each side on the same day according to the Draw of Lots which shall be notified to the teams shortly after the Opening Ceremony along with Exchange of Memorials.
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There shall be two slots for the Preliminary Rounds. Each team shall argue once in each slot from different sides as per the draw of lots.
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Each team shall strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 10 minutes for each speaker and maximum 3 minutes for the Rebuttals and 1 minute of surrebuttal is permitted.
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At the beginning of the preliminary rounds, the teams shall specify the time distribution for their rebuttals of each speaker to the moderator. The rebuttal round proceeding shall be initiated once the moderator informs the team about the commencement of the time limit.
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The commencement of the sur-rebuttal round shall be informed to the teams by the moderator and the procedure will be the same as that of the rebuttal round.
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Only after being allowed by the moderator a speaker shall unmute his/her mic.
Quarter Finals
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The Quarter final round shall be conducted through video-conferencing, via the platform Zoom. The meeting Id and password will be informed and shared after the preliminary rounds to the teams through email.
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8 teams with two-wins shall proceed to the Quarter-Finals.
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In case more than 8 teams qualify by way of two-wins, the top 8 teams with highest cumulative scores in both the slots of Preliminary Round combined (out of all the teams with two wins), shall proceed to this round.
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In case less than 8 teams qualify by way of two-wins, the remaining teams shall be chosen on the basis of their cumulative scores in both the slots of the Preliminary Round combined.
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In case of a tie in scores calculated as per Rules, the team with higher score in the Written Submission (Memorials) shall proceed to this round.
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Each team shall strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 10 minutes per speaker and 3 minutes for the Rebuttals and 1 minute of sur-rebuttal is permitted.
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A time-extension for a maximum of 2 minutes may be granted to each team at the discretion of the Judge which shall include sur-rebuttal in the case of Respondent if sought for.
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At the beginning of the quarter final round the teams shall specify the time distribution for each speaker and for rebuttal to the moderator. The rebuttal round proceeding shall be initiated once the moderator informs the team about the commencement of the time limit.
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The commencement of the sur-rebuttal round shall be informed to the teams by the moderator and the procedure will be the same as that of the rebuttal round.
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Only after being allowed by the moderator a speaker shall unmute his/her mic.
Semi-Finals
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The Quarter final round shall be conducted through video-conferencing, via the platform Zoom. The meeting Id and password will be informed to the teams through email.
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The winning team of each round shall proceed to the Semi-Finals. In case of a tie, theteam with a higher score in Written Submission shall qualify.
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Each team shall get a total time of 40 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 15 minutes per speaker including maximum 5 minutes for the Rebuttals, if permitted.
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Rebuttals shall only be permitted to the Petitioner/Appellant and in no circumstance whatsoever, shall the Respondent be allowed to spare any separate time for Rebuttal.
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A time-extension for a maximum of 2 minutes may be granted to each team at the discretion of the Judge which shall include sur-rebuttal in the case of Respondent if sought for.
Finals
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The Final round shall be conducted through video-conferencing, via the platform Zoom. The meeting Id and password will be informed to the teams through email.
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The winning team of each round shall proceed to the Finals. In case of a tie, the team with a higher score in Written Submission shall qualify.
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Each team shall get a total time of 50 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 20 minutes per speaker including maximum 5 minutes for the Rebuttals, if permitted.
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Rebuttals shall only be permitted to the Petitioner/Appellant and in no circumstance whatsoever, shall the Respondent be allowed to spare any separate time for Rebuttal.
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A time-extension for a maximum of 5 minutes may be granted to each team at the discretion of the Judge which shall include sur-rebuttal in the case of Respondent if sought for.
Evaluation Criteria
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Sr. No
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Criteria
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Marks Allotted (50)
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1.
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Legal Reasoning and Argumentation
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10
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2.
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Advocacy Skills and Responsiveness
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10
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Interpretation and Articulation of Facts
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20
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Use of Authorities
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5
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Time Management and Demeanour
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5
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Awards
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Best Team - INR 15,000/-along with E-Certificates
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Runners up - INR 7,500/- along with E-Certificates
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Best Speaker - INR 3,000/-along with E-Certificates
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Best Researcher - INR 3,000/-along with E-Certificates
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Best Memorial - INR 3,000/- along with E-Certificates
**Please note the Best Researcher will be decided on the basis of the individual scores of the participant in the Researcher's test that will be conducted by the Organising Committee. The Researcher’s test will have no bearing on the scores for the Speakers.
Other rewards worth more than 1 Lakh sponsored by EBC/SSC Online
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One month access to SCC Online Web Edition to all participants
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One-hour Online training session on SCC Online for all participants
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One-year complimentary subscription to EBC Learning
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One-year complimentary subscription to SCC Online Web edition to the winning team
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Live Blogging of the moot by SCC Online Blog
Miscellaneous
The teams may contact the following regarding any query related to the event-
Dr. Sushila Sharma
Faculty Convener
Email id- vipsinternationalmoot@vips.edu
Dr. Navjeet Sidhu Kundal
Faculty Co-Convener
Ms. Simrat Kaur Sareen
Student Convener
Contact- +918800721717
Mr. Pratham Sharma
Student Coordinator
Contact- +919582876415
Official Website - vslls.vips.edu/advocates-legion/https://advocateslegion.wordpress.com
General Rules
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The dress code for the competition as well as during other related ceremonies shall be professional business attire and strictly black and white.
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Any compiled Research Material (Compendium) or other supplementary documents may be sent by mail in one pdf. Along with the memorial submission which will be submitted to the judges at their discretion.
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Teams must not reveal their university or country of origin or names of the Participants anywhere in the Written Submission or in the course of the Oral arguments. Each team must be identified only by the unique Team Code once it has been allotted and all communications with the administrators or Judges thereafter shall be done through the Team Code only. Violation of anonymity or scouting at any point shall lead to immediate disqualification.
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The Administrators reserve the right to amend, modify, change or repeal any of the Competition Rules at any point of time. The Administrators reserve all rights to audio and videotaping, or any other form of audio or visual reproduction, of any oral round or part thereof. The Administrators shall communicate any changes made in the Competition Rules to the teams.
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The Administrator(s) reserve the right to take decisions on any matter not mentioned in the Competition Rules. Any such decision taken by the Administrators shall be final and binding.
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No audio or videotaping of oral pleadings is permitted without the permission of the Administrators.
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The Administration shall not be responsible for any loss due to slow or non-functional Internet Connection during the Competition. We request all the participants to arrange a sound Internet Connection.
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No additional documentation or screen-sharing will be allowed and any information which has to be provided to the court should be submitted beforehand along with the Compendium and the Memorial.
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If a team believes that violation of any of the Competition Rules has taken place at any stage of the competition, the teams within half an hour after the completion of the round wherein a violation has allegedly occurred shall register a complaint with the Faculty/Student Convener of the Advocates’ Legion and under no circumstances the teams are allowed to approach the Judges for any complaints.
Organising Committee
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Faculty Convener
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Dr. Sushila Sharma
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Faculty Co-Convener
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Dr. Navjeet Sidhu Kundal
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Faculty Members
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Mr. Aaditya Vikram Sharma
Mr.Prakash
Ms. Ravneet Sandhu
Ms. Anchal Mittal
Ms. Samriti
Ms. Bhavya Gupta
Mr. Aash Mohammad
Dr. Tushita Gaur
Ms. Sakshi Gupta
Ms. Priya Bhatnagar
Ms. Lovleen Sharma
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Students
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Ms. Simrat Kaur
Mr. Dhruv Tandon
Mr. Pratham Sharma
Ms. Janhvi Nautiyal
Mr. Aadhaar Gaur
Ms. Vipranshi
Ms. Lavanya Chopra
Ms. Nikita Sethi
Mr. Nehal Kharyal
Ms. Prableen
Ms. Nitya Prabhakar
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