Moot Court Society

Director: Dr.B. S. Patil
Associate Director: Asst. Prof. Shruti Kamat Dalal

MOOT COURT SOCIETY REPORT 2019-2020

The annual selection process for selecting students to represent the College in National and International Moot Court Competitions began with a Selection Moot Court at the beginning of the academic year. The Moot schedule was notified to the students, which was as follows

Orientation

Unlike the higher classes, students of FY Degree and SY BA L.L.B being freshers are neither acquainted with the art of mooting, nor the drafting of the moot memorial. Hence orientation ismandatory for students of FY Degree and SY BA LLB. Dr. B.S. Patil briefed the students on the art of preparing for a moot competition. The students were instructed to watch the selection round that was scheduled on 5th August 2019, so that they could observe and learn the moot techniques. Asst. Prof. Shruti Kamat Dalal attended the sessions

Moot Problems & Utilization of the Court Halls

The moot problems for the freshers were based on Criminal Law, whereas for the higher classes, the problem was on Constitutional and Civil Law.
On 5th August, a total of 9 court halls were functioning and 12 participants presented the moot to the judges in each of these halls. Whereas on 9th August, a total of 8 halls were functioning and 9 or 10 participants presented the moot to the judges in each of these halls.

A total of 54 students were selected from 186 students who had participated in the selection round. A WhatsApp group of selected students referred to as Moot Court Society (MCS) 2019–2020 was constituted so that any formal communication including the details of upcoming moots, updates of the competition, performance & result and other instructions would become direct, easier and faster.

Capacity Building Training Sessions for the Selected Candidates

The selected students were instructed to attend a couple of training sessions that would aid their capacity building skills for participating in upcoming moot competitions. These sessions focused on being tech savvy for easy accessibility of legal database from the point of enhancing research skills. Subsequent sessions were on developing effective communication and for strengthening the confidence level of the participants.

The sessions were as follows:

Session engaged by Advocate Parag Rao:

Workshop on communication skills engaged by Asst. Prof. Ashwini Naik:

Trial Moots

As a rule, the Director of the Moot Court Society holds the veto power to cancel the teams’
participation at any stage of the preparation if he does not like the level of preparation of the mooters. The veto is exercised based on the recommendation of the Associate Director and the trial moot teachers.

Each team representing the institute has to compulsorily give two oral presentations to the satisfaction of the teacher. To implement this rule MCS was amply supported by the Principal and faculty.

The College teams participated in 16 National and International Moot Court Competitions.

Details of the Moot Competitions in which the College participated are given below:

Inter class Moot competition

As part of ‘Lex Festivalis,’ which is commonly referred to as “Fun Week,” an inter class moot
competition was organized to facilitate students to be part of the academic culture of the college. All Students were encouraged to participate in the event by the General Secretary of the College Ms. Rishwa Prabhu and the Council members. Best class prize was awarded to that class which was the highest scorer post ‘Lex Festivalis’.

Academic and co-curricular events must be hand in glove, was the objective. The competition was scheduled on 13th and 14th of December 2019. The moot case was based on civil law and trophies were awarded to the winners of the competition.

COMPULSORY MOOT COURT REPORT 2019-20

To succeed in the legal fraternity, it is not only theoretical knowledge but practical skills of advocacy that are also very important. In order to equip students with these advocacy skills, our college conducts compulsory moot courts as a practical paper requirement. Our college also conducts selection moot for the purpose of constituting the moot court society. The Moot Court Society is formulated for the purpose of developing skills of advocacy, rational thinking, articulation, and presentation of arguments in students. Students of moot court society are trained to take part in national and international moot court competitions.

1st Compulsory Moot Court (June – September 2019)

Faculty In-charge: Dr. Priya Onsker and Mrs. SuchitaTimble

Moot Problems

The Moot Problems were issued on 8th July 2019. The problems were framed on Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Consumer Law. The problem was uploaded on the college website on 8/7/2019.The Problems were evenly distributed for both sides to argue. A panel of two Judges for each Court Room was designated.In order to train the students for moot court problem, wise orientation were given by faculty members to all students participating in compulsory moot court

Class & Date of Presentation for Moot

2nd Compulsory Moot Court (November 2019 – March 2020)

Moot Problems & Orientation

A total of six Moot Problems comprising issues based on Constitutional law, Criminal law, Contract and Tort were randomly allotted to the students. The said problems were issued on 04/12/2019 allowing students ample time for preparation. The Problems were evenly distributed for both sides to argue. A panel of two Judges for each Court Room was designated

Class & Date of Presentation for Moot