ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
TIMELINE OF THE COMPETITION
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Particulars |
Deadlines |
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Last Date of Registration |
15th
March 2022 |
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Last date to mail Clarifications |
20th
March 2022 |
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Release of Clarifications |
22nd
March 2022 |
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Memorial Submission Deadline |
25th
March 2022 |
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Last date to submit
memorial with Penalty |
26th
March 2022 |
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Researcher’s Test |
1st
April 2022 |
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Preliminary Round |
2nd
April |
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Quarter Finals Round |
2nd April |
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Semi Finals Round |
3rd
April |
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Finals Round |
3rd
April |
MOOT PROPOSITION
Ensuing are the issues raised before the Hon’ble High Court of Bombica:
NOTE:
1. The issue of maintainability of the Writ Petition is mandatory to be argued by the parties.
2. Participating teams are allowed to frame additional issues and sub-issues accordingly.
3. Names of People and Organizations are fictional.
4. Laws are pari materia to the Indian Constitution
(Annexure-I)
Non-Disclosure Agreement
This non-disclosure agreement (“Agreement”) is dated 1st January 2019 (“Effective
& Execution Date”) and is entered into by and between:
R.I.A.L. (“Party 1”)
and
Ms. Seo-Jun (“Party 2”)
Purpose
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RULES
& REGULATIONS
I.
INTRODUCTION
1. Short Title:
These Rules shall be called the 1st DME
INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2022 (VIRTUAL EDITION) Rules’.
2. Definitions:
Unless otherwise stated following shall be construed herein under as–
“Appellant” shall include Appellant, Plaintiff, Petitioner,
Complainant, Prosecution, victim/Social activist or the officer representing
the state.
“Bench” refers to the members duly invited to adjudge
the oral rounds, collectively.
“Clarifications” means explanation published by the Host College
on the moot problem, at any point of time of the competition to a query posed
by any participating team within the given deadline.
“Compendium” means a compilation or collection of legal or
other authorities that any participating team seeks to rely upon during the
round of oral pleadings.
“The
letter to the court” means the
letter that will be drafted by the social activists (non–law students) under
the legal counseling provided by the counsels (law students) and the hardcopy
of which will be submitted in an envelope with the memorials during the desk
registrations.
“Competition” means 1st DME INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT
COMPETITION, 2022 (VIRTUAL EDITION).
“Moot
Proposition” means the
Proposition released by the Organizers on the date specified in Rule II (2) and
shall include any subsequent clarification(s) as and when issued by the
Organizers.
“Oral
Score” means the scores
given by the judge to a particular orator of the participating team pleading
before it during the round of oral assessment.
“Orator” means one of the two designated speakers in a
participating team.
“Organizers” means Moot Court Society and Delhi Metropolitan
Education.
“Participating
Team” means the team
which is eligible to participate in the competition after completion of
registration procedure.
“Participating
Institution” shall be
presumed to be the parent institution of the participating teams.
“Respondent” shall include Defendant, Respondent, Defense,
etc.
“Rules” means the 1st DME INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT
COMPETITION, 2022 (VIRTUAL EDITION) Rules.
“Team
Code” means a unique
code assigned by the Host College to the provisionally registered participating
team.
“Written
Submissions” means the
memorandum of written submissions (memorials) submitted by law students of any
participating team according to the rules of the Competition.
1. Date and Venue of the Competition:
The 1st DME International Moot Court Competition, 2022 will be held from
1st - 3rd April, 2022.
2. Team Eligibility and Composition:
Team Eligibility for Registration:
Participation is strictly
restricted to bona fide law students pursuing three-year or five-year LL.B. and
LLM degree courses in any college all over the Globe.
A maximum of three and
minimum of two members are allowed per participating team. In a team consisting
of three members, two shall be designated as ‘Speakers’ and the third member shall be designated as ‘Researcher’. Only one team is permitted
to participate from each participating institution.
Note:-
College's Decision is final in case of any dispute.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Registration: All the participating institutions have to
confirm participation by sending a duly filled Registration Form (Annexure- II)
by email at mootcourt@dme.ac.in.
Teams also have to fill the registration form- https://forms.gle/9VkdvUKih86cXNATA
Allotment of Team Code: Every team that has
successfully completed the Registration requisites under the Rules shall be
allotted a unique code after the closure of the Registration for the
Competition. Once the Code is allotted, every team must use only the team code
for any further communication with the Organizers during the Competition.
Change in Team Composition: Any request for the 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 duly signed by the head of the institution.
III. Registration Fees:
The domestic (India) participating
teams are required to pay INR 1,500/-The
overseas (Foreign) participating teams are required to pay $30
Note:
1) The Registration will only be confirmed after
the payment of Registration Fees;
2) The Registration amount is Non-Refundable.
1.Participants shall be
appropriately attired for the rounds of the competition. Robes and collar bands
are not permitted.
2.The Dress Code for the
Inauguration, Researcher’s Test, Oral Rounds and Valedictory & Prize
Distribution shall strictly be:
a. For Gentlemen - Western Formals (White formal shirt with black formal pants and a black
blazer), and western formals.
b. For Ladies - Western Formals (White formal shirt with black formal pants/black
formal skirt and a black blazer) or Indian Formals.
CLARIFICATIONS
Clarifications to the Moot
Proposition or any other clarifications shall be sought by sending mail on or
before.
WRITTEN
SUBMISSIONS
1. Strict Adherence to Rules Regarding Written Submissions:
All requirements must be strictly followed. Non-adherence to the same
will attract penalties as provided under the Rules.
2. Written Submissions to be prepared from Both Sides:
Each team must prepare Written Submissions for both sides to the
dispute.
3. Submission of Soft Copy of Written Submissions:
The soft copies of the
written submission from each side should reach the Organizers at mootcourt@dme.ac.in in “.pdf” and “.doc”
format latest by before 11:59 PM.
Written Submissions from both sides shall be
sent in a single mail.
A penalty of 1 mark shall be
levied in case the written submission is submitted in any other format or as a
multiple file by the team.
The team submitting the soft
copy of written submissions 2 days after the last date will be disqualified
from the competition.
4. Penalty for Late Submission:
A penalty of 2 marks per day
per side shall be levied in case of delay in submission of soft copy of written
submission.
General Conditions for Written Submissions:
i. The Written
Submissions shall not contain any form of identification apart from the team
code. If any such identification or mark, symbol, etc. which has the effect of
identifying the team is found on the written submission, then it shall result
in instant disqualification of the participating team.
ii. Appellant’s Written
Submission is required to have blue cover and Respondent’s Written Submission
is required to have red cover.
iii. A penalty of 1 mark per side shall be
levied in case the teams use wrong cover for written submissions.
5. Guidelines for Formatting:
Written Submissions Structure: The Written
Submissions must contain following contents:
Cover
Page: The cover page shall contain the case title, side of the written
submission, year of competition, name
of the forum and team code on top right corner;
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Index of Authorities: The Index of Authorities
must list all the authorities cited in the Written submission. The
Index must indicate the page number(s) and/or
the paragraph number(s) of the Written submission in which the
authority is cited;
Statement of Jurisdiction
Statement of Facts: The
Statement of Facts must contain a concise statement of the relevant facts of
the dispute. As far as may be, the Statement of Facts should be limited to the
stipulated facts and legitimate inferences which can be drawn from those facts.
Argumentative facts are prohibited. Statement of Facts shall not exceed 2
pages. Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 1 mark for each exceeded
page; Issues Raised
Summary of
Arguments: The Summary of Arguments must contain a summary of the substance of
the arguments and should not merely be a reproduction of the various headings
and sub-headings of arguments. The Summary of Arguments shall not exceed 2
pages. Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 1 mark for each exceeded
page;
Pleadings /
Arguments Advanced:
All legal arguments must be
limited to the Pleadings/Arguments Advanced section of the written submission.
Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 2 marks.
The Pleadings/Arguments
Advanced and Prayer must not exceed 20 pages. Non-compliance will result in a
penalty of 1 mark per exceeded page;
Prayer.
Team Code: The team code must be
ascribed on the top right corner of the cover page. The code must be succeeded
by the side for which the written submission is prepared. The teams must use “A”
for Appellant, P for “Appellant” and R for “Respondent.”
For example: in case the Team
Code is TC-100 the team must write “TC-100A” in case of written submission for
Appellant and “TC-100R” in case of written submission for Respondent.
Margin: The Written submission must
maintain an equal margin of 1 inch on all sides. Non-compliance will result in
a penalty of 1 mark per each side of Written Submissions.
Font, size and line spacing: The text font should be
Times New Roman or Garamond, size 12 and must be in 1.5 line spacing.
Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 0.5 mark per incorrect format of
font, size and line spacing with a maximum of 2 marks per page of the Written
Submissions.
Footnotes: The footnotes must be in
Times New Roman or Garamond font, size 10 and singly spaced. There should be
double line spacing between two footnotes. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of
Citation (20th Edition) should be followed in the written submission throughout.
Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 1 mark per page.
Substantive/Speaking footnotes are strictly prohibited. Non-compliance will
result in a penalty of 1 mark per substantive citation.
Header and Footer: The font used for the
header/footer, if any, shall be Times New Roman or Garamond, size 10, 1
spacing. Non-compliance will result in a penalty of 1 mark per page of the
Written Submissions.
Page Limit: There is no maximum page
limit on the Written Submissions and the pleadings/Arguments Advanced shall be
of a maximum of 20 pages. No annexures, photographs, exhibits, etc. should be
added to the written submission. The written submissions shall be marked on a
score of 100 marks and the parameters which are laid down as under
S. NO. |
MARKING
CRITERIA |
MARKS ALLOTTED |
1. |
Evidence of Original Thought |
20 |
2. |
Knowledge of Law and Facts |
20 |
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Proper and Articulate Analysis |
20 |
4. |
Structure, Language and Grammar |
15 |
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Extent and Use of Research |
15 |
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Correct Format and Citation |
10 |
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Total |
100 |
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