Inter College Moot Court
Rainbow 2019
Presents
Inter-College Moot Court Competition
Organized by
Rabindra Shiksha Sammillani Law College
1. DATE:
Inter-College Moot Court Competition organized by Rabindra Shiksha Sammillani Law College will be held on 11th December 2019 at 11 AM to 3 PM.
2.VENUE:
All the participants shall report at Rabindra Shiksha Sammillani Law College. Address: Panchghara, P.O-Subhasgram P.S-Baruipur, Kolkata-700147.Near- BaruipurGovt. Pollytecnic College.
3. ELIGIBILITY:
Students pursuing the three or five year courses of the LL.B. degree from any University are eligible to participate. College ID Card must be shown at the time of Registration.
4.TEAM COMPOSITION:
Any Institution shall be entitled to send only one team to the Competition. The participating team shall comprise of three members- two as the Speakers and one as the Researcher.
Any alteration/change in the name of the team members shall be intimated to the Organizing Committee via e-mail at rsslcpresentsrainbow2017@gmail.com positively by 9th December,2019.
5. LANGUAGE:
The Official Language of the Competition shall be English.
6. DRESS CODE:
Black pant, white shirt with Black over coat/white churidar suits with black coat/ white sari with white blouse and black over coat.
7. REGISTRATION:
7.1 The Teams of the Institutions shall register themselves by sending a scanned copy of the filled Registration Form and also the soft copy of moot memorials via e-mail to rsslcpresentsrainbow2017@gmail.com within 8th December,2019.
7.2 The hard copy of the duly filled Registration Form and soft copy of moot memorials shall be submitted on 11th December, 2019 to the Organizing Committee upon arrival at the College Campus at 10 AM.
7.3 No soft copy will be entertained after 8th December,2019 at 3 PM and thus registration will be cancelled by the Organizing members of Rainbow.
8. REGISTRATION FEE:
8.1 The Registration fee is Rs.150/-
8.2 Participating teams will make the payment at the time of submitting the registration Form and the Moot memorials by 11th December 2019 at the College Campus at 10:00 AM.
9. COMPETITION FORMAT:
The competition is structured as the following format:
(1) Preliminary Round
(2)Final Round
10. MEMORIALS:
10.1 Teams have to prepare memorials for both the side-petitioner and respondent.
10.2 The team shall send one soft copy of both the memorials (in pdf format) by mailing at rsslcpresentsrainbow2017@gmail.com with subject as “Memorials of College Name…..’’
10.3 The Memorials for both the parties-Petitioner and Respondent shall be sent in only two different files and not multiple files. Violation of this will lead to disqualification of such team.
10.4 Two hard copies for each side of the Memorial must be submitted on 11th December 2019 to the Organizers at the time of submitting Registration Form and moot memorials and fees at 10AM.
10.5 Hard copies must be identical to the soft copy.
10.6 Violation to this rule would result in disqualification of such team.
11. FORMAT OF MEMORIALS:
11.1 The memorials shall consist of only one and only the following mentioned sections:
⇨Cover Page
⇨Table of Contents
⇨List of Abbreviations
⇨Index of Authorities
⇨Statement of Jurisdiction
⇨Statement of Fact (not exceeding 2 pages)
⇨Arguments Presented
⇨Summary of Arguments( not exceeding 2 pages)
⇨Arguments Advanced (not exceeding 15 pages)
⇨Prayer (not exceeding 1 page)
11.2 The cover Page of the Memorials must contain:
⇨The Participating College Name on the upper right corner
⇨The name of the Competition (Moot court Competition,2019)
⇨The name of the court
⇨Name of parties and their status in the middle of the page
⇨Memorial filed on behalf of just below the name of the parties
⇨ The word Petitioner must be written and printed in BLUE, Font size-14, Bold
⇨The word Respondent must be written and printed in RED, Font size-14, Bold the relevant legal provisions under which it is filed on the lower right corner.
11.3 The Memorials must be printed on A4 size paper, with the following mandatory clauses:
⇨Font: Bookman Old Style
⇨Font Size:12
⇨Font colour:Black
⇨Line Spacing:1.5
⇨Alignment:Justified
⇨Margins:1.5 inch on each side
⇨Footnotes(if required):Bookman Old style,Font size:10,single line spacing
⇨Pagination: upper centre of each page
11.4 Scores of the Memorials shall be 100 marks. The evaluation of following criteria is as follows:
⇨Knowledge of law and Fact:30 Marks
⇨Proper and articulate analysis:20 marks
⇨Extent and use of Research:15 Marks
⇨Presentation and Organization: 15 Marks
⇨ Novelty of arguments: 10 marks
⇨ Grammar and style: 10 marks
11.5 The memorial shall be in spiral binding.
12. Oral submission:
12.1The time split between the speakers must be communicated to the court bailiff before the commencement of each round.
12.2 Teams scores will not be revealed after every round. Teams must not make any attempts to gather such information, until notified.
12.3 No electronic gadgets can be used while proceeding
12.4 Evaluation shall be done in following ways:-
⇨knowledge of law : 20 marks
⇨Application of law to facts : 20 marks
⇨Ingenuity and ability to answer questions: 20 marks
⇨Style, poise, courtesy and demeanor:20 marks
⇨Time management and organisation :10 marks
⇨Effective rebuttals : 10 marks
13. Preliminary Round:
13.1 Time Limit: 10 minutes for each team. This shall include submissions of both the speakers from the term.
13.2 Rebuttals: 5 minutes for each team. Nosur-rebutals will be allowed.
13.3 A speaker can take the Researcher test only in the absence of the researcher.
13.4 Evaluation will be on the basis of:
⇨ Grammar:10Marks
⇨ Representation:5 Marks
⇨ Neatness: 5 Marks
⇨ Knowledge of Law:10 Marks
16. SCOUTING:
16.1 No member of any team will be permitted to hear the arguments in any court room in which that team is not one of the contesting teams whilst that team is still in the competition.
16.2 Scouting by any team in any manner shall result in instant disqualification.
17. AWARDS:
Winning Team: Medals, Certificate and trophy
Runners up: Certificates and trophy
Best Memorial: Medal and Certificate
Best Speaker: Medal and Certificate
Best Researcher: Medal and certificate
*( all parcipants will get participants Certificate)
18. ANONIMITY:
18.1 The teams will be provided with a code through which they will only disclose to the Organizing Committee at the time of submission of memorials and registration form and fee.
18.2 The teams shall in no way disclose their identities during the entire competition to any other institution. Violation to this will lead to disqualification.
18.3 The decision of the Organizing Committee will be final.
19. MISCELLANEOUS:
19.1 The decision of judges will be final and binding on all the participant with regard to the outcome of the entire round.
19.2 Clarifications (if any) regarding Moot Competition will be sought through e-mail rssclpresentsrainbow2017@gmail.com and Whatsapp on 9804146057/7980601106/8910402321.
19.3 The organizing committee shall have the sole discretion to assess penalties or disqualify teams for failing in abiding by any of the following rules.
19.4 Registration fees paid are non-refundable.
19.5 The Organizing Committee reserves the right to amend, alter, very or change, in any manner whatsoever, the Rules governing the Competition, which would be communicated to the teams within a reasonable period of time.
19.6 All the decisions of the Organizing Committee so mentioned refer to the members of the Rainbow Committee of the RABINDRA SHIKSHA SAMMILLANI LAW COLLEGE.
20. Moot Problem:
Mr. Anil and Mrs. Anil were married in 2016 and were residents of Mangalore in Karnataka State as he was working there in shipping and fishing company.
After 4 years of their happy marital life, Mrs. Anil became aware that she cannot give birth to a healthy child. She came to know about this fact by reading medical report kept secretly by her husband. As per that report he suffered from some serious congenital medical problem that may pass on to their child. Although she was interested, her husband is not interested even to adopt a child.
When they came to her in-laws house, they had quite a big fight in this regard that he never told her about his health problem either prior to her marriage or thereafter but kept the information secretly. She remained in her in-laws house under their care as her husband went for employment training programme to Cochin for two months. .
After some time Mr. Anil learnt that his wife, desirous of having a healthy child, developed extra marital relationship with his office colleague, Mr. Naik, but did not object to the same.
Mr. Naik confessed to his wife that he had illicit relationship with Mrs. Anil. Mrs. Naik filed a complaint against her husband as ‘main accused,’ Mrs. Anil as ‘second accused’ and Mr. Anil as ‘an abettor’ as he, through his silence and acquiescence facilitated, rather, to put it bluntly, encouraged Mrs. Anil and her husband to indulge in ‘adultery’ thereby ruining her marital life. She pleaded that she too shall be recognized as ‘aggrieved person’ as her matrimonial life was disturbed with these developments.
Meanwhile, an NGO filed a Public Interest Limitation in the Supreme Court with a plea that S. 497 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 shall be struck down as it violates Articles 14, 15 and 21 of Indian Constitution on the ground that the relevant section of Indian Penal Code, 1860 gives ‘immunity only to adulteress but not to men’ when both are equally guilty. As a matter of principle of ‘public policy’, gender neutrality shall be observed in criminal law.
Mrs. Naik also impleaded herself challenging the constitutional validity of sec. 497 in the Supreme Court as it violates different Articles of Indian Constitution. She also submits that such ‘total immunity cannot be given to Mrs. Anil, the adulteress.
She submits that S. 198 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is also unconstitutional for it ‘discriminates on the basis of sex’ which is prohibited under Article 15 (1) of Indian Constitution.
Mrs. Naik also filed a petition in the Family Court for ‘divorce’ from her husband under The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
Mr. Anil also applied for divorce from his wife under The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Mrs. Anil objected that ‘it is strange that he, instead of she, filed for divorce when ‘in reality non disclosure of his serious health problem has brought forth this state of affairs’.
In a new twist to the legal saga of both families, Mr. Anil and Mr. Naik moved joint application for compounding of the offence under the provisions of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
The High Court quashed the criminal proceedings against all the accused persons ‘declaring that Sec. 497 does not violate any of the provisions of the Indian Constitution.
The Supreme Court, after hearing preliminary arguments, admitted and clubbed all the SLPs for final disposal.
Prepare memorials/arguments for both Petitioner and Respondent to present them before the Moot Court.
The End
Rainbow 2019
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