3rd TRC National Moot Court Competition 2024 [25th to 27th April]

TRC Moot Court Competition is an excellent opportunity to expose students to court hearing as early in their career as possible to prepare for a future practice. This Moot Court also provides an opportunity for legal research and writing to allow students to practice these vital skills.

Triggered by the overwhelming responses of last two editions from the different Law Schools, TRC Law College looks forward to very warm and enthusiastic response in the 3^rd edition. The Moot problem prepared for this addition is based on Constitutional and Criminal Laws.

The Moot Proposition has been conceptualized and drafted by Ms. Heena Parveen, Assistant Professor, School of Law, GD Goenka University, Gurugram and Adv. Paras Aneja, Legal Associate at the Office of Sr. Advocate Pradeep Rai, New Delhi. Copyright reserved with the said authors.

For more details, refer to the brochure here

IMPORTANT DATES

07.03.24	Release date of Moot Preposition
09.03.24	Registration Open
31.03.24	Last Date of Clarification
03.04.24	Releasing Of Additional Clarification
10.04.24	Last Date For Registration
20.04.24	Soft Copy Submission Of Memorials
25.04.24	Inaugural, Registration, Draw Of Lots & Memorial Exchange
26.04.24	Preliminary Rounds & Quarter Final Rounds
27.04.24	Semi Final Rounds, Final Round & Valedictory

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Rule 1: DATES AND VENUE

1. The 4th National Moot Court Competition 2024 is scheduled for 25^th April 2024 –27^th April 2024.

2. The venue for the event is TRC Law College, Satrikh, Barabanki Uttar Pradesh.

Rule 2: AWARDS

Winner	15000
Runners Up	11000
Best Speaker	3000
Best Researcher	3000
Best Memorial	3000

• The Certificate of Participation will be provided to each participant.
• Each Participant will be provided with a Book as a token of Appreciation.

Rule 3: TEAM REQUISITES:

• Each team shall comprise of Three (3) members ONLY out of which Two (2) will be speakers and one (1) researcher.

• The Language of Competition shall be English.

• Teams should not disclose the identity of their institution during the course of proceedings in the Court Rooms.

• Any disclosure of team identities shall invite penalties including Disqualification.

• Each team shall be provided with the unique team code for the competition.

Rule 4: REGISTRATION:

• Registration form complete with all Team Details must be submitted online via Mail before 10.04.24 at trclawmcc@gmail.com

• The registration fee is Rs. 4000 ( Four Thousand Rupees)

• No change in the names of the participants shall be permitted after the receipt of the Registration Form.

• Teams should clearly mention the names of all participants in the team, including course, year/semester of study, contact no. and, email Id.

Note: No team would be facilitated with the certificates during the competition. The same shall be provided only in the Valedictory Ceremony. No certificates will be sent through courier.

Online Registration:

All the participating institutions have to confirm participation by sending an email consisting of a scanned copy of registration form at trclawmcc@gmail.com by 10^th April 2024.

Rule 5: DRESS CODE

Inside the court room the participants shall follow the below mentioned dress code:

• Females: White Kurta, Black Salwar and Black Dupatta or White Shirt and Black Trousers along with the Black Coat and Tie.

• Males: White Shirt, Black Trousers, Black Tie along with Black Coat and Black Shoes.

Rule 6: ACOMMODATION

All the teams who require the Accommodation facilities shall inform the moot court committee before 11-4-2024. The participants would be provided Accommodation for the period of the Competition.

Please note that separate accommodation will be provided for girls and boys. However, they may sit together for team work in the library of the institute.. The College would start providing accommodations from 5 PM of April 24, 2024 and participants would have to vacate the accommodation provided by the College by 8:30 AM on April 27^th ,2024.

Rule 7: COMPETITION ROUNDS

All the rounds shall be on Knock Out basis EXCEPT Preliminary Rounds. These shall spread over a period of 3 days -

a. Preliminary (Both side)

b. Quarter Finals (08 Teams)

c. Semi- Finals (4 Teams)

d. Final Round (2 Teams)

Rule 8: RULES FOR ALL THE ROUNDS

1. The criteria of marking shall be the court wins in each court room in Preliminary Rounds. In case of tie, cumulative marks of the teams will be taken into consideration including even the Memorial marks.

2. MARKING CRITERIA FOR THE ARGUMENTS:

Each Speaker shall be marked on a total of 100 marks by each Bench Judge. The following will be the Marking Criteria and the Marks allocated to each speaker by each Judge in all Rounds:

• Appreciation and Application of Facts. (30) Marks

• Identification and Articulation of Issues. (10) Marks

• Application of legal principles. (20) Marks

• Use of authorities and precedents. (20) Marks

• Response to questions and Presentation (20) Marks

3. MARKING CRITERIA FOR THE MEMORIAL

• Knowledge of law and extent of research- 20 marks

• Proper and articulate analysis, clarity and organization- 20 marks

• Knowledge of facts- 20 marks

• Evidence of original thought and grammar- 20 marks

• Correct format and citation- 20 marks

Total 100 marks and marks allotted by judges shall be final.

RULE 9: TIME FOR ORAL ROUNDS PRELIMS AND QUARTER FINALS

• Each team shall be given a total of 30 minutes(maximum) to present their case inclusive of Rebuttals.

• Each speaker should speak for a minimum 10 minutes.

• One speaker shall not take more than 15 minutes of the total time.

• The maximum time for Rebuttals and Sur-Rebuttals is 5minutes.

SEMI FINAL ROUNDS AND FINAL ROUND

• Each team will get a total of 40 minutes to present their case inclusive of Rebuttals.

• Each speaker should speak for a minimum of 15 minutes.

• One speaker shall not take more than 25 minutes of the total time.

• The maximum time for Rebuttals and Sur-Rebuttals is 10 minutes.

ALOTTED TIME

The maximum time provided would include the time that each team may wish to reserve for their rebuttal/sur-rebuttal. At the commencement of each session, the team shall notify the Court Officer/Court Clerk regarding the division of time between the 2 speakers (including rebuttal/sur- rebuttal).

Rule 10: SCOUTING

• Scouting is not permitted and it shall be deemed to have happened if the Speakers, Researcher or any other person affiliated with a team is found.
• Witnessing, hearing, observing, etc. the oral submissions in an oral round, except where the oral round is the final round or one in which the team to which he/she is affiliated is participating in;
• Reading a Memorial of a team except where: it is of the team to which he/she is affiliated; or the Memorials have been obtained on account of an exchange of Memorials prior to a Round of the team to which he/she is affiliated.

Rule 11: MISCELLANEOUS

• Information given to any participant of a team shall be deemed to be communicated to the whole team.

• REGISTRATION FEE ONCE PAID ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

• No TA/DA will be provided by organizers.

• The Proposition is neither intended to nor does it attempt to resemble any incident or any person, living or dead. Any such resemblance is purely coincidental. The Proposition is a fictitious factual account prepared for the purposes of the present Competition only and it does not attempt to influence or predict the outcome of any matter whatsoever.

• The copyright in the Memorials submitted by the teams shall vest with the administrators. The acceptance of such vesting is a precondition to participation in the Competition.

• The Administrators reserve the right to amend, alter, vary or change, in any manner whatsoever, the Rules governing the Competition, which would be communicated to the teams within a reasonable period.

Rule 12: ADMINISTRATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL

• The Moot Court Society of the TRC Law College shall function as the Administrative body for all purpose of this Competition.

• Any kind of Misbehavior will not be tolerated and can also lead to direct disqualification of the team.

Payment Details

Bank Name - Union Bank of India

A/c Holder Name - TRC Law College

Account No - 510331001278603

IFSC Code - UBIN0910660

Branch Address - Vijay Nagar Barabanki

Registration Details

Registration Fee - 4000 per team

Registration link - https://forms.gle/V6CkXhd3WUSFCFSv6

Email ID - trclawmcc@gmail.com

College Website - http://www.trclc.org/