LatestLaws.com Partner Event: 1st Online National Moot Court Competition (20th to 24th June, 2020) at IMS Law College, Noida; PRIZES WORTH ₹30,000; Register By: 30th May

20 May 2020

About the Organization

Established in 2004, in Sector-62, Noida, IMS Law College, Noida runs under the auspices of IMS Society, a non-profit making body.IMS Law College is the first college in Noida to start B.A., LL.B 5 Years integrated course. The Big Brands Research Academy conferred IMS as the Best Law College in Delhi-NCR. The College is approved by Bar Council of India, recognized by University Grant Commission(UGC) and affiliated to the Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut.

The IMS Law College has a vibrant and active mooting culture, thus it believes that mooting is an indispensable activity, for every law student. IMS Law College (Moot Court Society) is organising its 1st National Online Moot Court Competition, 2020.

About the Moot

During these unsure times, when the majority of events have been cancelled, we must move on towards future ventures, which is what this moot plan to do. This moot presents an opportunity before the young law students to hone their skills in research, writing and pleading at the ease of their home.

The 1 st National Online Moot Court Competition, 2020 has been introduced to ensure exposure to students pursuing the law course during these times, to try and enhance the research and advocacy skills among the coming generation of the legal fraternity. The mode of this competition is online as we all are mindful of the global pandemic of COVID-19.

Venue:

The competition will take place through different online mediums, primarily through an online video meeting platform.

Eligibility

Students duly enrolled and pursuing 3 years or 5 years undergraduate law course from anyuniversity recognized by the Bar Council of India may apply to participate in the competition. Each institution seeking to participate may send a maximum of two (2) teams to represent that institution.

Rules and Regulations

STRUCTURE OF COMPETITION

The Competition shall consist of four rounds:
The Preliminary Round;
The Quarter-Final Round;
Semi-Final Round; and
The Final Round

THE PRELIMINARY ROUND

Preliminary rounds, participants will have to send their pre-recorded video to the official e-mail ID. Each speaker shall be allowed a maximum of 7 minutes to present their pleadings from each side. Teams shall send their files named “ TC-X Speaker-1” and “ TC-X Speaker-2” (TC-X is the team code). The teams shall send the recorded pleadings on behalf of both the Applicant and the Respondent. The last date of submission of the pre-recorded video is 20th June 2020.

Note: Video should be recorded at once, no editing (cut-mix of two slides) should be done. It should be recorded in proper formal uniform. The results of the preliminary rounds will be intimated through e-mail on,21st June 2020.

QUARTER FINAL- VIRTUAL MOOT

Based on the combined score of the memorial as well as pre-recorded videos top eight teams will qualify for the quarter-final. Quarter-final round would be conducted on 23rd June 2020 (forenoon) via an online platform which will be intimated to the participants. Quarter- final round of competition will consist of 40 minutes for oral pleadings. Applicant and Respondent are each allotted 20 minutes. Each mooter shall speak for a minimum of 5 minutes. This round will be knock-out round and four teams will qualify for semi-final round.

SEMI FINAL-VIRTUAL MOOT

Semi-final round would be conducted on 23rd June 2020(afternoon) via an online platform which will be intimated to the participants. The semi-final round of competition will consist of 60 minutes for oral pleadings. Applicant and Respondent are each allotted 30 minutes. Each mooter shall speak for a minimum of 10 minutes.

FINAL ROUND-VIRTUAL MOOT

The final round would be conducted on 24th June 2020 via an online platform which will be intimated to the participants.
The final round of competition shall consist of 60 minutes of oral pleadings. Applicant and Respondent are each allotted 30 minutes. Each mooter shall speak for a minimum of 10 minutes.

Fee Details

1. The participation fee is Rs. 1500 /- per team.
2. The final date for registration is 30 th May 2020.

Payment Details

Teams are required to transfer the registration fee/amount to the details mentioned below:
 Name: IMS Law College
 Account Number: 917020057451647
 IFSC Code: UTIB0000723
 Bank: AXIS BANK LTD
 Branch: Sector- 62, Noida

Registration

1. The last date for registration is 30 May 2020.
2. Once the registration fees have been paid, registration must be done online by filling the following Google form:
https://forms.gle/jqdnc31ErCtjGpuq6
3. Once your registration is complete and the form is received by us, the organizing committee will correspond any further information.

Important Dates

S. No.	Date Assigned	Purpose
1	30 th May 2020	Last Day for Registration
2	15 th June 2020	Last Day for Memorial Submission
3	20 th June 2020	Pre- round
4	23 rd June 2020	Quarterfinals and Semifinals
5	24 th June 2020	Finals

Organising Committee

Convenor-in-chief
Prof.(Dr) K.S. Bhati (Dean,IMS Law College)

Faculty Convenors
Prof. (Dr) Niti Sinha Prof. Govind Prasad Goyal
(Convenor, Moot Court Society) (Programme Coordinator- IMS Law
College)
Prof. Ankit Rai Prof. Prema Verma
(Co-convenor, Moot Court Society) (Co-convenor, Moot Court Society)

Student Convenors

Gulshan Baisoya Ankit Rana
(President, Moot Court Society) (Vice-President,Moot Court
Society)

Ashwani Singh Nandini Singh
(Vice-President,Moot Court Society) (Head,Organising Committee)