2ND SAMAR KUMAR BASU
NATIONAL VIRTUAL MOOT
COURT COMPETITION,2024
RULE BOOK
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INDEX
1. Introduction
1.1 General Information
1.2 Important Dates
1.3 Venue
1.4 Definitions
2. General Rules
2.1 Team Composition and Eligibility
2.2 Languages
2.3 Dress code
2.4 Registration
3. Memorial
3.1 Memorial Submission
3.2 Memorial Content
3.3 Formatting Guidelines
3.4 Marking Criteria
4. Oral Rounds
4.1 Preliminary Round
4.2 Quater Final
4.3 Semi Final
4.4 Finals
4.5 Marking Criteria
5. General Code of conduct
6. Miscellaneous
7. Contact Information
INTRODUCTION
1.1 General Information
2ND Samar Kumar Virtual Moot Court Competition, 2024 shall be
organized by Dream Law, in collaboration with City Law College,
through online mode. The competition shall be conducted in
accordance with these rules, and all the participants shall be presumed
to have read and understood the rules.
1.2 Important Dates
Last date of registration- 10th June 2024
Memorial submission - 25th June 2024
Clarification (Moot problem and rules) session - 15th June, 2024
Competition dates- 5th - 7th July,2024
1.3 Venue
The competition will be held in a virtual mode through the
application called as ZOOM which the participants have to
download in order to participate.
INTRODUCTION
1.4 Definitions
The definitions placed below by the Organising Committee shall be
final and the deciision of the Organising Committee regarding the
applicability of these rules will be final.
1) ‘Bench’ refers to the members duly invited by the organizing
committee, to adjudge any of the rounds, collectively. Bench may be
a bench of any number of judges as the Organizing committee may
decide .‘
2) Clarifications’ means any questions, queries, or doubts sent by the
registered teams to the organisers, within the given deadline.
3) ‘Penalty’ refers to the deductions imposed scores of a participating
team for violation of rules of the competition.
4) ‘Participating Team’ means the team which has registered itself for
the competition within the time limit prescribed as per the rules for
registration.
5) ‘Rejoinder’ refer to those arguments /questions that the
Complainant may
raise at the end of the main pleadings of all the Speakers.
6) ‘Sur-Rejoinder’ refers to the defense presented by the Respondent
to the Rejoinder. Allowing Sur-Rejoinder shall strictly be upon
discretion of the judges.
7) ‘Court Room’ shall refer to the online platform where the orals
will take place.
8) ‘Scouting’ means a person observing the Oral Rounds of a team
other than the team such person is associated with.
GENERAL RULES
2.1 Team Composition and Eligibility
ELIGIBILITY
Students duly enrolled and pursuing full time 5 years or 3
years undergraduate law courses may apply to participate in
the given competition. Students enrolled in post graduation
diploma or short term certification courses are not eligible to
apply.
The team members should be from the same University/College.
TEAM COMPOSITION
The team composition of the given competition shall comprise
of the following members which should be there:
(A) 2 speakers OR
(B) 2 speakers and 1 Researcher
2.2 Languages
The official language of the competition shall be ENGLISH
only.
GENERAL RULES
2.3 Dress Code
The participating teams must adhere to the following dress code
during the competition.
Male- White shirt, black trousers, black tie or white band, black
coat, and black shoes.
Female- White salwar and kurta along with white band or white
shirt and black trousers along with black tie , a black coat and
black shoes.
2.4 Registration
Online registrations are open from 1st May,2024. The teams must
register online by 10th June, 2024.
The registration shall be done by filling up the registration form
available in the official Brochure. The registration shall be
considered complete only when the ‘Registration Fee’ has been paid
successfully and the registration Form is duly filled with all the
credentials. The participants will receive an official approval mail
from organising committee within 48 hours of their registration. The
organizing committee shall communicate the unique team codes to
each team through mail which shall be quoted by the teams for
further communications with the organising committee.
Registration fee once paid is non-refundable.
MEMORIAL
3.1 Memorial Submission
1) All memorials submitted for all purposes of the Competition
shall firmly comply with the rules of the competition. Each
participating team must prepare two written submissions, one for
each Petitioner/Appellant as well as Respondent side.
Petitioner/Appellant memorials are required to have a Blue cover
and Respondent(s) memorials are required to have Red cover. Only
soft copies of memorials shall be submitted in both .pdf and
.doc/.docx format latest by 11:59:59 PM on 25th June 2024.
2) Late submissions shall be penalized (5 marks per day ) and no
memorial shall be accepted after 11:59:59 pm on 25th June 2024.
The soft copy of mememorial shall be submitted only by email
[email protected] only . No other mode of submission shall
be considered valid.
MEMORIAL
3.2 Memorial Content
Cover Page – The cover page shall contain the Case Title, Side of the
Memorial, Year of the Competition, Name of the Court, and Team
Code on the top right corner.
Table of Contents
Index of Authorities
Statement of Jurisdiction
Statement of Facts
Issues Raised
Summary of Arguments Pleadings
Arguments Advanced
Prayer
The Memorial shall not exceed 35 Pages in total and Arguments
Advanced shall not exceed 25 Pages .
MEMORIAL
3.3 Formatting Guidelines
The memorial shall be typed on an A4 size page and all the pages of
the memorial should have a page number at the bottom.
Font and Size (General) – Times New Roman, 12 pts.
Line Spacing (General) – 1.5 lines.
Font and Size (Footnotes) – Times New Roman, 10 pts.
Line Spacing (Footnotes) – Single lines.
Page Margins – 1 inch on all sides.
All the citations and footnotes must be in compliance with the 20th
Edition of Bluebook.
MEMORIAL
3.4 Marking Criteria
MARKING CRITERIA TOTAL MARKS
Precise Drafting 10
Knowledge of Laws and
10
Facts
Quality of Research 10
Creative approach
10
in appreciation of
facts and evidences
Grammar and Formatting 10
TOTAL 50
ORAL ROUNDS
4.1 Preliminary Round
The Preliminary rounds shall consist of 2 Rounds . Preliminary 1 &
Preliminary 2 . Each team shall argue for both the sides i.e. Appellant
and Respondent both during preliminary round.
Explanation – If a team has argued for the Appellant side in
Preliminary – 1, it shall argue for the Respondent side in Preliminary
– 2 and vice versa. Each team shall strictly get a total time of 20
minutes to argue, which will include rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time
[if permitted by the judge(s)]. Extension of time may be permissible at
the discretion of judges. No speaker shall speak for more than 12
minutes subjected to maximum time limit of 20 minutes for the team.
The top 8 teams of teams winning both Preliminary rounds shall
qualify for Quarter Finals . If less than 8 teams win both rounds of
Preliminary round , then all the teams winning both rounds of
Preliminary rounds and top scoring teams in the remaining space
shall qualify for Quarter Finals . In case of a tie in scores calculated,
the team with the higher score in the Written Submission (Memorials)
shall proceed to the next round
ORAL ROUNDS
4.2 Quater Final Round
Quarter Finals shall consist of only one round. Each team shall
strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue, which will include
rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the judge(s)]. No
speaker can speak for more than 18 minutes subjected to maximum
time limit of 30 minutes for the team. Extension of time may be
permissible at the discretion of judges. The winning teams of the
Quarter Final Rounds shall qualify for the Semi-Final Rounds.
4.3 Semi Final Round
Each team shall get a total time of 35 minutes to argue, which will
include rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the
judge(s)]. No speaker shall speak for more than 20 minutes subject
to maximum time limit of 35 minutes for the team. A time-
extension may be granted to each team at the discretion of the
Judge. The winning teams from the Semi-Final Round shall qualify
for the final round.
4.4 Finals Round
Each team shall get a total time of 40 minutes which will include
rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the judge(s)].No
speaker shall speak for more than 25 Minutes subjected to
maximum time limit of 40 minutes for the team. A time-extension
may be granted to Each team at the discretion of the Judge. The
Team scoring maximum marks in Final Round shall be adjudged as
winner of Samar Kumar Basu National Moot Court Competition.
ORAL ROUNDS
4.5 Marking Criteria
MARKING CRITERIA TOTAL MARKS
Application of laws to facts 20
Use of Authorities 10
Responsiveness to judges 20
questions
Style of Presentation 20
Effectiveness of Prayer 10
Court Mannerism 20
TOTAL 100
CALCULATION OF MARKS
Marks obtained in Oral Round + Marks obtained in Memorial
GENERAL CODE OF
CONDUCT
The competition shall be conducted on a Virtual Platform
(Zoom/Google Meet/Jitsi or other platform. ) The description of
platform shall be intimated to the teams 1 week prior of the
competition.
The teams must ensure that they have a strong internet
connection (along with good audio and video facilities) for the
smooth running of the Competition. In case any participant or
team is logged out due to connection issues, reasonable time may
be given to the respective participant or team to join in.
The participants must ensure that no background disturbance is
Impeding the flow of moot court competition. Hence, it is
recommended for the participants to be seated/situated in a quiet
room.
Entering/indulging in any kind of misconduct, or violating the
aforementioned rules and regulations Shall lead to immediate
disqualification.
In case of tie in any round, the team scoring higher marks in
memorial shall the adjudged winner. The decision of the judges
with regards to the oral rounds shall be final.
Teams shall not reveal their identity in any form, except by
means of the Team Code allotted to them during the
Competition. The Written Submissions shall not reveal the
identity of the team in any form and should not bear the logo,
name, etc. of the University represented.
GENERAL CODE OF
CONDUCT
Scouting is strictly prohibited . Scouting by any team shall entail
instant disqualification.
Any violation of the rules mentioned, will attract severe penalty
or disqualification as determined by the organising committee .
MISCELLANEOUS
The Organising Committee reserves the right to amend, modify,
change or repeal any of the competition rules at any stage.
The Organising Committee shall convey any changes made in
the competition rules to the Participating Teams.
If a team is of the perspective that violation of the rules of the
competition has taken place at any stage of the competition, the
team (s) shall inform within half an hour after the completion of
the round to the Organising Committee.
Team(s) under no circumstances shall approach the Judges with
any complaints.
The Organisers shall not be responsible for any loss or slow or
unstable Internet Connection during the Competition.
CONTACT INFORMATION
MANYA HARIT SUMAIYA QURESHI
+91 7017742799 +91 8356969424
[email protected] [email protected]
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