"All India Writ Drafting Competition, 2020." by NIRNAY LAWGISTICS

 

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About the Competition

Writ Petition Drafting is one of the most indispensable parts of the Indian Legal System. The All India Writ Drafting competition aims at giving the budding mind of the legal fraternity an opportunity to understand the practical dynamics of Writs

The objective of the Competition is to improve and deepen the level analytical and critical thinking by involving the participants in some real-life practical problems. The participants would be required to draft one Writ Petition on the given propositions.

Preposition/Factual Problem for the Competition

Download: Factual problem PDF

 

Eligibility

• The Competition shall be open for the students currently pursuing their Bachelor’s Degree in law i.e. 3-Year LL.B. course or 5-Year LL.B. course from any recognized university/school in India.

• There is no restriction on the number of entries from any college or university.

Team Composition

• Individual participation or participation in a team of two is allowed.

• In one team, participants from different universities or schools or colleges are also allowed.

• The substitution of any Team Member is not allowed after the registration deadline except in extenuating circumstances and only with permission of the Organizer.

How to Register?

• There shall be a nominal non-refundable registration fee of Rs. 80/- for Single participant and Rs. 120/- for the team of two.

• The participants have to pay the registration fee in the manner hereinafter provided.

• The payment screenshot must be attached within the registration form.

• After the successful registration, each participant or team shall be allotted a unique team code for further references.

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• Registration Form Link:

https://forms.gle/yfXbegJ2JA13XhSJ6

Payment Details

• Payment has to be made on +91 989372253 with any UPI App (Paytm/Phonepe/Google pay etc.)

• If you are facing any problem in making the payment, kindly email at nirnaylawgistics@gmail.com ,they could suggest some other methods for your convenience.

Important Dates

S. NO.	Event	Date
1	Registration Opens	September 23, 2020
2	Last Date to Register	October 10, 2020
3	Last date for the submission of Draft PILs	October 15, 2020
4	Declaration of Results	October 30, 2020 (Tentative)

Submission Guidelines

1. Submission of Writ Petition

• Each participating Team must prepare ONE Writ Petition.

• If a participant/team wishes to submit any annexures to support his/her arguments contained in the memorial [for instance Reports, Commentaries, New Clippings, Pictures, etc.] a compendium of all the relevant annexures must be prepared and should sent along with the memorial.

• All submissions must reach us on this email address: till 11:59 P.M., October 15, 2020 with the Subject of the email as “Writ Petition Draft of Team Code-ABC''

• Any submission made after the deadline specified shall attract a penalty of deduction of 0.5 marks per hour from the aggregate marks.

• No entry made after 24 hours of the deadline shall be accepted at any cost.

• In case the memorial of two or more participants/teams is found “exactly identical” to each other, both the participants/ teams shall be disqualified.

2. Formatting Guidelines

1. All the submissions must be submitted in both Microsoft Word Document format (.doc/.docx) and PDF Format (.pdf) [i.e. each participant is required to send 2 files- One in MS Word format and one in PDF format].

2. The body of the submissions must be in the font „Times New Roman‟ with font size 12, with line spacing of 1.5 and justified.

(The Font size for the Headings can be formatted as per the choice of the participants)

3. The Footnotes shall be in Times New Roman, size 10, single line spacing, justified. 

4. Harvard Bluebook (19th Edn.) style of citation must be resorted to throughout the memorials.

1.3 Penalties

• The non-adherence of sub-rule i shall attract the penalty of 5 marks

• The non-adherence of sub-rule ii, iii, and iv shall attract the penalty of 1 mark each discrepancy.

4. Content of the Draft

The Draft must contain all of, and only, the following components:

• Cover page; which should contain

1. The Unique team code in the upper right-hand corner.

2. The name of the forum before which the proceedings are being conducted;

3. The year of the Competition;

4. The name of the case;

5. The Cover Page should be Plain white and should not be coloured.

• Table of Contents;

• Table of Abbreviations;

• Index of Authorities;

• Statement of Jurisdiction;

• Facts of the Case;

• Issues Raised;

• Initial Arguments/Pleadings;

• Prayer;

• Table of annexures.

NOTE: The overall length of the memorial shall not exceed 10 pages. Non-compliance shall result in a penalty of 2 marks for every additional page

5. Annexures (optional)

1. If a participant/team wishes to submit any annexures to support or supplement his/her arguments contained in the memorial [for instance: Reports, Commentaries, News Clippings, Pictures, videos etc.], it can be sent as files attached in the same email which contains the memorial. HOWEVER, the number of annexure must not exceed 12.

2. Each  annexure  must  be  properly  named  as  “Team  Code-  „your  code‟  Anx.  1”  and  a reference to that annexure must be given at relevant places in the footnotes of the memorial.

6. Evaluation of the Memorial

Each memorial shall be evaluated on the following parameters:

Standard of evaluation	Marks
Knowledge of Law and Facts of the proposition	20
Proper and Articulate Analysis	20
Extent and Use of Research	20
Clarity and Organization	15
Grammar and Style	15
Correct format and Citation style	10
TOTAL	100

 

Perks

• First Position: Cash Prize: Rs. 1500/- + E-Certificate  of excellence + Internship Opportunity (Six-month editorship may be offered in case of exceptional writing skills)

• Second Position: Cash Prize: Rs 700/- + E-Certificate of Excellence + Internship Opportunity (Six-month editorship may be offered in case of exceptional writing skills)

• Third Position: E- Certificate of Excellence + Internship Opportunity

• Position 4-10:  E-Certificate of Merit 

• INR 200 off on any of  courses run by Memo Pundits to the Top 10 participants / teams.

• All other participants would be entitled to receive E- participation certificates (E-certificate of appreciation CAN also be awarded in case of remarkable works)

• 10% Discount on the 6 Days Drafting Course by Legal Utility starting from October 05, 2020

Note: In case of team participation, the co-author to the winning entry, if any, shall share the prize with the first author.

 

Contact Information

All queries can be sent on nirnaylawgistics@gmail.com or by Whatsapp at

+91 9340703948 or +91 9893722513.