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Sanjay Khan & Prashanth R
Wednesday, 09 February 2011 02:11MootingAn estimated 5 minute read...
NUJS Kolkata reached the semifinals and won the best speaker award as the Indian representative at the Commonwealth Moot to pull in 12 crucial points from the Tier 4 National Challenger moot, overtaking NLU Delhi at the top of the MPL 2 standings by four points.
The 12th Commonwealth Moot was held as a part of the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference which took place at Hyderabad from 5th to 9th February. After initial selections in various regions, twelve commonwealth teams vied in the international rounds with the team from Sri Lanka emerging victorious after beating Nigeria in the finals. India and Canada were the semifinalists in the moot. Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda were among the other teams that participated in the moot. The moot problem was based on public international law.
The young team of NUJS consisted of first year Payoshi Roy, who won the best orator award along with Nayantara Ranganathan and Puneeth Ganapathy of the second year. Roy told Legally India that her first moot was a lot of fun. “The judges were looking for some understanding and jurisprudence behind the law you knew and not how much law you knew”, she said. She added that the teams from Nigeria, South Africa and Sri Lanka were really good.
Santhaan Krishnan, an organizer of the Moot confirmed the results and said that they had roped in personalities who attended the conference to judge the moot. He also said that the next Commonwealth Moot will be held at Cape Town.
NLU Jodhpur reached the quarterfinals of the competition. GNLU gains three points for the honourable mention in this Tier 5 international moot, where no points are available under the rules for making it to the last eight.
Five Indian teams including NLSIU Bangalore, NLIU Bhopal and SOEL Chennai contested with a record-breaking 53 other teams from 26 different countries. Organisers Mathilde Vital Durand and Hannah Tümpel confirmed the results and said that India has always been a country well-represented in the cmpetition since its creation. The GNLU team consisted of Tuhin Sharma, Mansi Tewari, Prateeti Gaur and Tarang Shashishekhar and the NLU Jodhpur team consisted of Aditya Gupte, Varsha Nair, Saumya Sharma and coach Srinivas Vishven.
GNLU’s Gaur said that they faced teams from Serbia, Lebanon, Israel and Switzerland in the preliminary rounds. “The art of listening carefully before speaking paid off. We listened to what the other party had to say and then answered. It requires some patience and you have to be cordial and polite. Even in tough situations we were polite”. She hopes that mediation would really find its launching pad in India because of the world becoming smaller and the many international commercial prospects in India.
With the BCI Moot, DM Harish Moot and four other moots lined up this weekend, the MPL Standings are set to get ruffled.
Legend: T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 (total points won in each tier); Pos (Position); W (Wins); R/u (Runner-ups); S/F- Semifinalist; B S (Best speaker); B M/R (Best Memorial/Researcher); HM (Honorable Mention & other equivalent awards); Pts (Points) For more information please refer to the MPL 2 rulebook.
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Congrats NUJS team. This is the third mooting achievement this year for Payoshi, a first year student. Way to go. Also, I hope this answers all those who said last year that NUJS does not allow juniors to moot and repeats senior mooters.
Very proud you all. The trend that the mooting scene in NUJS has a talented younger crop is very encouraging. This should inspire the juniors in all places. Congratulations NUJS! Keep it up!
the gap between top two aren't big, it's only a matter of time when its bridged. NALSAR is yet to pull out the rabbit from its hat, and when that happens a new order shall be established.
IMHO it would be convenient if pages providing news snippets on MPL2 also had a link on the final MPL1 standing, it would ease comparison of changes in winning pattern etc. and help foster 'healthier' debate and discussions.
what matters is the final standing at the end. there some big moots ahead...anything can happen. remember NUJS that KKR was at the top of IPL after their first few matches but later finished at the bottom :-)
@9, KKR and NUJS analogy is something that has been used too often and for no apparent reason. the first time it was used on an LI comment, NUJS replied with the ELSA world championship and the third NLS arbitration win in the following week. there are big moots ahead. nujs has always scored more from big moots than the smaller ones. looking forward to seeing NUJS finish at the top with the largest possible margin
Check out these two links, I dont think performance of NUJS was that bad last year. It was not at the bottom If the link is not wrong. Just Check it out. It was at the third position.
@Kian, please decide on the inclusion of the Fiat Justitia moot at the earliest. The moot is scheduled for the end of the month and it will be unfair to make an addition after the results become known. I think it must be added as the three moot problems set by V. Niranjan are extremely challenging and as the moot, last year (as Govind Swaminathan Moot) saw very good judging.
I dont know about judging at GLC Chennai. But I have read the problem and someone's memorials, it requires lot of research and stamina to hold it for 40 days, with a fear in mind that your memorials for the next rounds may not be used. And I heard that 24 participating teams are participating. If problem, participation and judging all are good, I would say it needs to be included in Tier 4 being the national challenger. Yeah please, whether tier 4 or tier 5, whether yes or no? please clarify before the competition starts, and results are public.
@16, I thought NUJS team was the only Indian team in the Commonwealth International round. So how the hell would you have this piece of cool inside information?
I agree with 16. NUJS has always thrived on "bad judging and sheer luck". I am sure about the luck part because i have seen carrying some sort of talisman to one of the international moot. besides my granny always warned me about "BUUNGAAL KA KALA JAADU". about bad judging, i guess there should a provision for review petition even for moot court judgements.
@16. There should be basis on what you are commenting. Your comment is quite absurd.
@19. Dude. Please come out of your old thoughts and live like a matured person in a real world. It is not only about NUJS, there are people who cannot accept win of other colleges and provide absurd comment.
And you take on Bengal is very immature. It has institutions which are considered to be one of the best in India, IIM, St. Xavier, IIT Kgp, NUJS.
I think Mr. 16 has a very valid point. and all of us at some point of time have observed NUJS winning big moots out of no where, if not sheer luck what else can fetch them such victories. and bad judgement comes as no surprise, people from bengal have been using mind controlling techniques for ages. Its quite possible that these students from bengal use such techniques to doctor the end result. if my sources are to be believed, P.C. Sarkar offers an annual lecture on "Law & Presentation". No wonder these guys always appear in shiny clothes with their eyes lined with kohl. Peace out
Agreeing with #16 and #21. A lot of my friends tell me that they have withnessed actual hyptnotism being practised by NUJS mooters in court rooms. Every student has to attend as Law and Presentation class. And those who manage to pass, get selected for moot courts. Also since all NUJS kids are ''Bengalis'', they are just lucky.
1. NUJS is the only Indian team to win Vienna Moot ( Remember only Indian Team , that too in its 3rd year ).
2. Runners-up in the Commonwealth Moot in the same year.
3. Stenson International Evironment Moot Court Competition, 2005.
4. ELSA WTO Moot, 2006
5. Semi-Finalist, Manfred , 2009 ( dont remember the year )
Dude, grow up and check the fact before commenting. These are only International Moots.
@22. Buddy, Hardly 10% in each batch are Bengali . And I do not how does that make sense.
Grow up Guys. I dont know why people like are not able accept defeat of your college and make absurd comment . And I think you are one of those who could not get into a good law college. That is why showing your frustation
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Check out these two links, I dont think performance of NUJS was that bad last year. It was not at the bottom If the link is not wrong. Just Check it out. It was at the third position.
Yeah please, whether tier 4 or tier 5, whether yes or no? please clarify before the competition starts, and results are public.
@19. Dude. Please come out of your old thoughts and live like a matured person in a real world. It is not only about NUJS, there are people who cannot accept win of other colleges and provide absurd comment.
And you take on Bengal is very immature. It has institutions which are considered to be one of the best in India, IIM, St. Xavier, IIT Kgp, NUJS.
and bad judgement comes as no surprise, people from bengal have been using mind controlling techniques for ages. Its quite possible that these students from bengal use such techniques to doctor the end result. if my sources are to be believed, P.C. Sarkar offers an annual lecture on "Law & Presentation". No wonder these guys always appear in shiny clothes with their eyes lined with kohl.
Peace out
1. NUJS is the only Indian team to win Vienna Moot ( Remember only Indian Team , that too in its 3rd year ).
2. Runners-up in the Commonwealth Moot in the same year.
3. Stenson International Evironment Moot Court Competition, 2005.
4. ELSA WTO Moot, 2006
5. Semi-Finalist, Manfred , 2009 ( dont remember the year )
Dude, grow up and check the fact before commenting. These are only International Moots.
@22. Buddy, Hardly 10% in each batch are Bengali . And I do not how does that make sense.
Grow up Guys. I dont know why people like are not able accept defeat of your college and make absurd comment . And I think you are one of those who could not get into a good law college. That is why showing your frustation
you're an embarrassment. can you not recognise obvious sarcasm?
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