[Live Updates] : 5th NLIU Justice R. K. Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot Court Competition

Court room 4

10:40 - Mr. Aashish is not in agreement with the arguments of put forth by the Counsels for the Claimant with respect to the legal statute that the Claimant relies on. However, the speaker clarified the doubts of the judges tactfully and moved further with his submissions.

10:50 - The second speaker for the Claimant has begun with his submission. Post clarifying the facts of the case for the judges, the speaker proceeded with his speech with surety. The speaker moves past the questions and various clarifications sought by the judges with great skill. He continues his arguments, leaving the judges content with the answers given by him.

Court Room No. 18

JUDGES- Sanjay Yadav, Debashree Sarkar

Team Code- 30

College- Nirma Ahemdabad

Claimants

Speakers- 1)Abhilekh Tiwari

2) Kritika Tailor

Researcher- 1) Anisha Bhandari

2)Aditya Sharma

Team- 40

College- Army Institute of Law

Respondent

Speaker- 1)Sakhsham Khunger

2) Arsh singh

The mood in the courtroom is quite serious with the claimants confidently arguing on their issues. The judges are asking basic questions like what kind of rights are being affected, whether they are rights in rem or in personem, etc.

Court Room:16

Judges: Gaurav Sharma, Prakhar Deep

Petitioner: T17; NLUO

Speakers: Palak Aggarwal, Darshit Sidhabhatti
Researchers: Farhana Akhtara, Palak Agarwal

Respondent: T38; GLC

Speakers: Agastya Sreenivasan, Abhijit Bhandarkar
Researchers: Nikhil Jalan

With their speeches peppered with sticky notes and their bulky compendia adorned with paper flags, the participants were well prepared in the face of the incessant questioning by Mr. Gaurav Sharma and Mr. Prakhar Deep. They supplemented their answers with citations and publications and left the judges feeling content. It was quite an exciting round and one cannot help but wonder which team would win.

Courtroom no. 14

Judges- Akshay Sapre and Hita Kumar

Teams:

Claimant- TC15 Christ University

Speakers- Abhirami. B, Ann Clara Tomy

Researcher- Divya Pinheiro

Respondent- TC25 Ramaiyya College

Speakers- Rahila Iftekhar, Vaishnavi Naik

Researcher- Sirisha S

The arbitration proceedings began with the respondent arguing first. The main contention was over jurisdiction. The respondent claimed that the dispute resolution clause was invalid due to ambiguity over the arbitration Institute.

Court room no: 15

Judges:

Sagnik Das
Srideepa Bhattacharya

Teams: 16 and 27

DNLU - Claimant

MNLU Nagpur - Respondent

Speaker(s):

Scthupathy
Aishwararyaa
Rajas
Trisha

Researcher(s):

Sashinyaa and Sreelakshmi
Husain

The rounds have begun with the claimant's first speaker with the first out of the five issues. The judges are interestingly questioning the speaker followed by quick responses from the latter. The arbitration continues with rapid legal questioning from the judges. The mood is quite tense with the speaker trying his best to provide convincing answers to all the questions.

Courtroom 9

Judges- Nandita Chauhan and Manini Brar

Teams:

Team code- T46 (Claimant)- National Law University Delhi (NLUD)

Speaker 1- Vaidehi Pendam

Speaker 2- Muskan Nandwani

Researcher- Mayank Goel

Versus

Team code- T23 (Respondent)- Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies (BILS)

Speaker 1- Abhijith KB

Speaker 2- Pragati Jaiswal

Researcher- Midhat Zehra

The prep time for both the teams has ended as the judges have arrived in the court room. It's zero hour!

The rounds have begun. Speaker 1 of the Claimants (T46) has confidently put forth the issues. The judges are testing the speaker on the basis of her knowledge about law and the speaker is confidently answering each and every question raised. The judges seem to be impressed by the answers given by the speaker.

The preliminary rounds have begun. Counsels for the Claimants have started their arguments by laying down the structure of their speeches for our esteemed judges. They present their arguments confidently as the judges listen intently.

Court 4

Judges: Ashish Virmani
Jasraj Singh Narula

TC3 - UPES Dehradun (Respondent)

Speakers:

Parth Singhal
Sanskriti Shrivastav

Researchers:

Khushal Juneja
Mihir Golani

TC21 - NALSAR (Claimant)

Speakers:

Hrithvik Singh
Mustafa Rajkotwala

Researchers:

Lakshaya Grover
Alena Jamal

The first day has officially begun! The judges briefing has been done and the rounds will begin in a short while.