10th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition [April 1-3, Offline]: Cash Prize Worth Rs. 74K, Register by Jan 30
The 10th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition, 2022 will be held from 1st April 2022 to 3rdth April 2022 at the campus building (Offline Mode) of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, Sidhuwal, Bhadson Road, Patiala 147001, Punjab. The organizers reserve the right to switch the mode of the Competition to Online/Virtual based on the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Government of India, enforceable at the time. The participants will be notified in advance of the mode of the Competition in case of any modifications.
Team Eligibility and Composition
Participation is strictly restricted to bona fide law students pursuing the three years or five years LL.B. degree course in any institution in India. Students pursuing their LL.M. and Diploma courses are not eligible for participation.
Only one team shall be allowed to represent each participating institution.
Each participating team should have three participating members. In a team, two members shall be designated as ‘Speakers’ and the third member shall be designated as ‘Researcher’.
Registration Procedure
Registration: The registration for the moot shall open on 4th of January, 2022. A total of 36 slots are available for the moot, meaning thereby that the registration for the moot shall take place on a first-come-first-serve basis. The interested teams are requested to get their universities provisionally registered via a mail from the official email id of their MCC/MCA. Upon receiving the acknowledgment of the provisional registration, participants are requested to follow the procedure given here under final registration.
All the participating institutions have to confirm participation by filling the registration form via the registration link, on or before 30th January, 2022. The link to the registration form: https://forms.gle/opUVi8K3xahkmDK27
In furtherance to this, the participating Universities are required to send a detailed mail consisting the details of the participating members along with an Authorization Letter/Mail.
Allotment of Team Code: Each team which has successfully completed the Registration requirements under the Rules shall be allotted a unique Team Code. Once the Code is allotted, every team must use this team code for any further communication(s) with the Organizers during the entire course of the Competition.
Change in Team Composition: Any change in team composition must be intimated to the Organizer at the earliest. Any change must be accompanied with a freshly filled registration form and an authority letter/mail duly signed by the faculty coordinator of the MCC/MCA.
The duly filled Travel Form (Annexure-I) is to be e-mailed by the teams to mootcommittee@rgnul.ac.in on or before 20th March, 2022.
Registration Fees: The participating teams are required to pay INR 6,000/- as registration fees at the time of registration. In case the Competition is conducted in Virtual Mode, the registration fees to be paid will be INR 3,500/-, the remaining balance will be refunded by the organizers to the concerned teams within a reasonable period of time. The Link for the payment of Registration Fees: https://www.rgnulerp.org/lsa/eventPortal/loginFrom.jsp
The last date to depositing the registration fees is 5th February, 2022. Non-payment of Registration Feesshallresult in cancellation of Registration of the Participating Team. In such a scenario, the newly available slot shall be given to the next team in line.
Dress Code
The Participants are expected be appropriately attired for the rounds of the Competition. Robes and collar bands are not permitted.
The Dress Code for the Inauguration, Researcher’s Test, Oral Rounds and Valedictory & Prize Distribution shall strictly be:
For Gentlemen - Western Formals (White formal shirt with black formal pants and black blazer); and
For Ladies - Western Formals (White formal shirt with black formal pants/black formal skirt and a black blazer) or Indian Formals.
Awards
The following awards shall be awarded in the Competition:
Best Team: The Team winning the final round of the Competition shall be given a trophy and a cash prize of INR 30,000/- (Indian Rupees Thirty Thousand Only).
Runners Up: The runners up team in the final round of the Competition shall be given a trophy and a cash prize of INR 20,000/- (Indian Rupees Twenty Thousand Only).
Best Speaker: The speaker having the highest score in the preliminary rounds shall be given a cash prize of INR 8,000/- (Indian Rupees Eight Thousand Only).
Best Written Submission: The team having the highest average written submission score from both sides shall be given a cash prize of INR 8,000/- (Indian Rupees Eight Thousand Only)
Best Researcher: The participant having the highest researcher's score shall be given a cash prize of INR 8,000/- (Indian Rupees Eight Thousand Only)
Certificates of merit shall be given to all the teams qualifying for Quarter-finals and beyond.
Certificate of participation shall be given to all the participating teams.
The awards, certificates of merit and certificates of participation shall be given during the valedictory ceremony to be conducted on 3rd April, 2022. No certificate will be given to the team before or after the valedictory function.
Important Dates
Notification of the Competition and Release of the Moot Proposition: First Week January, 2022
Last Date of the registration form (Submission Of Registration Form via Email): 30th January, 2022
Last Date for Seeking Clarifications: 12th February, 2022
Release of Clarifications: 20th February, 2022
Last Date of Submission of Soft Copy of Written Submissions: 16th March, 2022
Last Date of Submission of Hard Copy of Written Submissions (1 copy each side): 22nd March, 2022
Last Date for mailing Travel Forms: 20th March, 2020
Draw of Lots and Exchange of Written Submissions: 1st April, 2022
Researcher’s Test: 1st April, 2022
Preliminary Rounds: 2nd April, 2022
Quarter and Semi Final Rounds: 2nd April, 2022
Final Rounds: 3rd April, 2022
Valedictory and Prize Distribution: 3rd April, 2022
Note: The organizers reserve the right to change the schedule of any specific round. However, the organizers would like to clarify that the oral round of the moot shall definitely be conducted on 2nd and 3rd April.
Correspondence / Contact Data
Registration Formalities
The address for correspondence for all the Formalities and Written Submissions is:
Dr. Geetika Walia,
Coordinator, Moot Court Committee
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab,
Sidhuwal Campus, Bhadson Road, Patiala – 147001.
Moot Proposition/Rules and Regulations
Any and all clarifications and queries regarding the Moot Proposition and Rules & Regulations shall be sought only via e-mail to mootcommittee@rgnul.ac.in.
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