[Live Updates] : 5th NLIU Justice R. K. Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot Court Competition
Court room no. 1
Judges- S. Muneeswaran, Hita Kumar and Praharsh Johorey
Teams-
Claimant- TC 28 SLS Noida
Speakers- Aman Shankar and Shrishti Vatsa
Researchers- Vanshika Arora
Respondent- TC 8 RMLNLU
Speakers- Kaustaubh Srivastava and Siddhanta Ahuja
Researcher- Devansh Rathi, Ravi Shankar Pandey
The much awaited Quarter Finals have begun. These rounds have been opened for the audience. The round started with the respondents presenting their case first. The judges started barging them with questions from the very first minute. Looks like it is going to be an intense round.
The Quarter Finals have begun. The following teams have qualified (in no particular order):
RMLNLU, Lucknow
ILS, Pune
SLS, Noida
SLS, Pune
TNNLS, Tiruchirappalli
RGNUL, Patiala
NUALS, Kochi
HNLU, Raipur
Courtroom 9
Judges: Manini Brar and Nandita Chauhan
Team code 25
Speaker 1: Rahila Iftekhar
Speaker 2: Vaishnavi Naik
Team code 28
Speaker 1: Aman Shankar
Speaker 2: Srishti Vatsa
The mood of the round is relaxed so far. The second speaker of the claimants are answering the questions raised by the judges. The judges are grilling the second speaker. She is however confidently answering every question.
The judges have pointed out the contradiction in two arguments presented by the second speaker. The speaker after clarifying her stance, has moved further to her next line of arguments.
Court room 1
Judges: Shreya Sircar
Addway Bandhopadhyay
CLAIMANTS
TEAM CODE:TC20
COLLEGE:Pravin Gandhi College of Law
SPEAKERS- Shachi Shah, Viraj Chhelandra
RESEARCHERS 1. Ashnav Sinha
2.Tej Lapsiya
RESPONDENTS
TEAM CODE:TCO8
COLLEGE:RMLNLU
SPEAKERS 1.Kaustab Srivastava
2.Siddharth Ahuja
RESEARCHERS 1. Devansh Rathi
2.Ravi Shankkar Pandey
The round followed a structure wherein the claimants first argued and then put forth their rebuttals. The judges tried to confuse the speakers with their questioning which seemed to make the teams nervous.
Court Room: 3
Judges: Kavita Singh; Harpreet Singh
Team Code: 16 (TNNLU) (Respondents)
Speakers: Sethupathy Rathna Kumar B; Aishwaryaa A
Researchers: Sreelakshmi B; Sashinyaa R
The team for the Claimants could not arrive on team and was thus, disqualified. Nonetheless, the judges proceeded with the Respondent's side of submissions. Mr. Harpreet started with the questions as soon as the submissions began but the speaker proceeded with his contentions diligently.
Court Room No. 19
Respondent says that it's not thefundamental breach of contract. Judge asked whether he can justify the terms the terms of the documents he signed.
Courtroom 8
The judges demand the proof of termination notice from the counsel . Counsel displayed some hesitance in in answering.
The rebuttals follow and errors are pointed by the Claimants in the Respondent's submissions. The round has come to an end after the respective prayers.
Courtroom 8
Claimant's arguments have left the judges somewhat confused and it seems that the arguments are not acceptable to them. The judges remark that the counsel is refuting her own arguments. Respondent 2 shall now agrue the remaining 3 issues in a period of 18 minutes.