Despite our last mega-mooting weekend update on Monday, recent mooting action is not yet over.
For one, we’ve finally managed to indirectly confirm the results for the 15th ELSA WTO moot in Singapore, and we’ve got results for the RMLNLU Lucknow flagship moot that happened over the weekend.
Read on to find out what happened.
15th ELSA WTO International Trade Law Moot Court Competition (Asia Pacific) 2017
The Asia Pacific Rounds of the ELSA WTO International Trade Law Moot Court Competition 2017 organised over 19-23 February 2017 saw some fierce performance being put up by the Indian universities, as at least three out of the four semi-finalists having been NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Jodhpur and GNLU Gandhinagar.
GNLU ousted MPL VI champion NLU Jodhpur in the finals as NLSIU and an unconfirmed non-Indian university team emerged as semi-finalists (we haven’t heard from the ELSA organisers so we haven’t been able to confirm the name of that foreign team).
The GNLU team comprised of Rushal Shah, Meera Manoj, Ishan Javid and Surabhi Saboo.
NLSIU speaker Spoorthi Cotha won the best speaker citation, while GNLU speaker Rushal Shah won the best speaker award in the final rounds.
Amity Law School Delhi won the best written submission at the tier V moot.
Points awarded at ELSA WTO (Asia Pacific) 2017:
Winner: GNLU Gandhinagar (10)
Runners-Up: NLU Jodhpur (5)
Semi-Finalists: NLSIU (3) and TBC (3)
Best Speaker (Prelims): NLSIU (5)
Best Speaker (Finals): GNLU (3)
Best Written Submission: ALS Delhi (5)
5th RML-SCC International Media Law Moot Court Competition 2017
RMLNLU Lucknow’s flagship moot and India’s only international media law moot court competition took place over the 3-5 March weekend, with Nuals Kochi clashing with NUJS Kolkata in the finals.
The team from Nuals comprising of Sanyukta Shetty, Karthik Venkatesh and Shilpa Sangameswaram defeated the NUJS team, which consisted of Adrija Ghosh, Parmeet Singh and Sakchi Agarwal to win the tier V moot and bag 10 MPL points.
This victory saw Nuals win its place in the MPL league tables, tying with NUJS and NLIU Bhopal in 5th position.
RGNUL Patiala further consolidated its position with a strong semi-finalist position finish, joined by School of Law, Christ University.
And as DSNLU Vizag won the best memorial award, RV Srikara from Symbiosis Pune won the best speaker citation, which reduced Nalsar’s narrow MPL lead to just 2 points (see below).
Points awarded at the moot:
Winner: NUALS Kochi (10)
Runners-Up: NUJS Kolkata (5)
Semi-Finalists: RGNUL Patiala (3) and SLCU Bangalore (3)
Best Speaker: SLS Pune (5)
Best Memorial: DSNLU Vizag (5)
Organiser: RMLNLU Lucknow (1)
For our next story, we shall we covering the 10th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court Competition 2017, as we simultaneously gather information of a few previous moots.
MPL Table Analysis
GNLU Gandhinagar, after amassing 13 points from ELSA, has overtaken RGNUL for 3rd position, as SLS Pune has nearly dislodged Nalsar from the top position, barely 2 points behind the league topper.
One more citation coming SLS Pune’s way would mean that it’d be the first time a non-NLU was holding the MPL top position this late into the MPL season. Meanwhile, NLSIU jumped one rank to the 9th position tied with SLCU, as NLUJ switched ranks with GLC Mumbai for the 7th position.
The coming weeks will also include coverage of the international rounds of the 15th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition 2017, where NLSIU Bangalore will be the sole Indian university battling it out against 24 international universities across the world.
MPL 7 season standings
| Rank | College | Total MPL points | Itemisation of MPL points | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5) | Pts | RML-SCC (T5) | Pts |
| 1 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 92 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Runners-Up (8) | R K Tankha (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Winner (15); Best Researcher (8) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | FDI Moot (Int’l Rounds) (T5): 3rd Best Team (3); Best Speaker (5); Hon’ble Speaker Mention (3) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Winner (10) | Pro Bono Enviro: Winner (10); Best Memorial (5) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Best Memorial (10) | BR Sawhney (T4): Organizer (2) | | ||||
| 2 | Symbiosis Law School Pune | 90 | RML-SCC (T5): Best Speaker (5) | NUJS-HSF (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Amity National (T4): Winner (15) | Raj Anand Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (3) | R K Tankha (T5): Winner (10) | DMH 2017 (T2): Best Memorial (20) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Semi-Finalist (4); Best Memorial (8) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | BR Sawhney (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | Best Speaker (5) | 5 | ||
| 3 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 79 | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5): Winner (10); Best Speaker (Finals) | NUJS-HSF (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | ULC Moot (T5): Best Researcher (5) | CLEA (T5): Winner (10) | DMH 2017 (T2): Semi-Finalist (15) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Organiser (2) | Pro Bono Enviro: Best Speaker (5) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | BR Sawhney (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | Winner (10); Best Speaker (Finals) | 13 | ||
| 4 | RGNUL Patiala | 72 | RML-SCC (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Best Researcher (8) | ULC Moot (T5): Winner (10) | Raj Anand Moot (T4): Winner (15) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Best Researcher (5) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Runners-Up (8) | BR Sawhney (T4): Winner (15); Best Memorial (8) | | Semi-Finalist (3) | 3 | ||
| 5 | NLIU Bhopal | 62 | NUJS-HSF (T4): Winner (15) | R K Tankha (T5): Organiser (1) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5); Best Memorial (10) | FDI Moot (Int’l Rounds) (T5): 3rd Best Claimant Memorial (3) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Runners-Up (10) | BR Sawhney (T4): Runners-up (8) | Amity International (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Memorial (5) | | ||||
| 6 | NUJS Kolkata | 62 | RML-SCC (T5): Runners-Up (5) | NUJS-HSF (T4): Organizer (2) | DMH 2017 (T2): Best Researcher (20) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Best Speaker (10) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Best Speaker (10) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Best Speaker (10) | | Runners-Up (5) | 5 | ||
| 7 | NLU Jodhpur | 55 | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5): Runners-Up (5) | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Organizer (2) | DMH 2017 (T2): Runners-Up (25) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | | Runners-Up (5) | 5 | ||
| 8 | GLC Mumbai | 52 | Raj Anand Moot (T4): Best Memorial (8) | DMH 2017 (T2): Organiser (2) | GIMC 2017 (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best speaker (5) | | ||||
| 9 | SLCU Bangalore | 51 | RML-SCC (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | DMH 2017 (T2): Winner (30) | Pro Bono Enviro: Runners-Up (5) | | Semi-Finalist (3) | 3 | ||
| 10 | NLSIU Bangalore | 51 | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Speaker (5) | CLEA (T5): Best Memorial (5) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Best Memorial (8) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Winner (20) | | Semi-Finalist (3); Best Speaker (5) | 8 | ||
| 11 | ILS Pune | 37 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Winner (15): Best Memorial (8) | NUJS-HSF (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | ULC Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | | ||||
| 12 | NLU Orissa | 36 | Amity National (T4): Best Researcher (8) | R K Tankha (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | | ||||
| 13 | George Washington University Law School | 31 | GIMC 2017 (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Winner (15) | | ||||
| 14 | Symbiosis Noida | 31 | Raj Anand Moot (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | | ||||
| 15 | UILS Chandigarh | 25 | |||||
| 16 | CNLU Patna | 25 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Best Memo (10) | Amity International (T5): Winner (10); Best Researcher (5) | | ||||
| 17 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 25 | Amity National (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Memorial (8) | BR Sawhney (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||||
| 18 | Amity Law School Delhi | 19 | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5): Best Written Submission (5) | Amity National (T4): Organizer (2) | R K Tankha (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Speaker (5) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Organiser (2) | | Best Written Submission (5) | 5 | ||
| 19 | NUSRL Ranchi | 16 | ULC Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Speaker (5) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | ||||
| 20 | UPES Dehradun | 15 | CLEA (T5): Runners-Up (5) | | ||||
| 21 | MNLU Mumbai | 10 | |||||
| 22 | NLU Delhi | 10 | NUJS-HSF (T4): Best Memorial (8) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||||
| 23 | NUALS Kochi | 10 | RML-SCC (T5): Winner (10) | | Winner (10) | 10 | ||
| 24 | Amity Law School Noida | 9 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Best Speaker (8) | Amity International (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 25 | RMLNLU Lukcnow | 9 | RML-SCC (T5): Organiser (1) | | Organiser (1) | 1 | ||
| 26 | DSNLU Vizag | 9 | RML-SCC (T5): Best Memorial (5) | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | Best Memorial (5) | 5 | ||
| 27 | Karnataka State University Law School | 8 | Pro Bono Enviro: Semi-Finalist (3); Best Researcher (5) | | ||||
| 28 | Kerala Law Academy | 8 | ULC Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | | ||||
| 29 | VIT School of Law, Chennai | 8 | Amity National (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | ||||
| 30 | HNLU Raipur | 6 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | Pro Bono Enviro: Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||||
| 31 | SVKM’s NMIMS Mumbai | 5 | Amity International (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||||
| 32 | Jamia Milia Islamia Law School | 5 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | | ||||
| 33 | Modi University, Rajasthan | 5 | CLEA (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||||
| 34 | SOEL Chennai | 5 | Amity National (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Pro Bono Enviro: Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 35 | DES’s Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College | 4 | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||||
| 36 | Llyod Law College | 4 | Amity National (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||||
| 37 | Law Centre-I Faculty of Law, DU | 4 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||||
| 38 | ULC Bangalore | 4 | ULC Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | CLEA (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||||
| 39 | NLUJAA Assam | 3 | CLEA (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||||
| 40 | Sastra School of Law Thanjavur | 2 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||||
| 41 | Rizvi Law College, Mumbai | 1 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||||
| 42 | VELS Chennai | 1 | CLEA (T5): Organiser (1) | |
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Please note that the Best Speaker (Semi-Finals) citation was also awarded to Ms. Meera Manoj from GNLU. Kindly update the same.
kianganz 31 Jan 17, 13:30
Hi - thanks for sharing. We don't allocate points for finals citations unfortunately, since it would give teams reaching the semis and finals even more points automatically.
If there's no overall best speaker citation, we go for best speaker in the prelims (the round that the widest number participate in).
www.legallyindia.com/mooting/road-to-jessup-nluo-starts-mpl-with-bang-and-a-win-symbi-pune-nliu-nalsar-also-qualify-in-national-rounds-20170130-8265#comments
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