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NLSIU overtakes NLU Delhi after besting at KK Luthra

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NLSIU Bangalore replaced NLU Delhi at second spot of the Herbert Smith Freehills sponsored Mooting Premier League table for Season 5 yesterday, after besting Delhi to win the tier 4 KK Luthra Memorial criminal law moot.

NLSIU researcher Parul Mehra and speakers Trisha Chandran and Aditya Sanjay Mehta clinched the victory for the law school. Mehra said: “Something that we did right was that we worked very hard on our structure, more than trying to find nitty gritties like case law and all of that. When judges asked questions other teams would say: ‘My co-counsel would be dealing with this [issue]’. We were able to cover it without trying to move around with our structure too much.”

Mehra said she was particularly impressed with the “spontaneity, courtesy and deference” of the team from George Washington University Law School USA in their manner of arguing. “A lot of deference comes only with practice. When judges are throwing so many questions at you, you tend to forget [being deferential],” she added.

Ritwik Shrivastava from Amity Delhi was the best speaker, while NLIU Bhopal held fort at the top of the league table coming up as semi-finalists at the moot.

55 teams participated in the ace criminal law moot which celebrated its tenth edition this time.

Upcoming moots: February 6-9, 2014: GNLU International Moot Court Competition, Kerala Law Academy Moot, Amity Law School II Noida’s International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition, Surana & Surana Corporate Law Moot and D. M. Harish International Moot Court Competition, 2014.

At a glance: By moot

Moot – KK Luthra Memorial

Law School

Winners

NLSIU Bangalore

Runners up

NLU Delhi

Best Memorial

SVKM Praveen Gandhi College Mumbai

Best Speaker

Ritwik Shrivastava, Amity Law School Delhi

Semi Finalists

NLIU Bhopal & GWU Law School USA

At a glance: By law school

Law school

Award

Score

NLSIU Bangalore

KK Luthra Memorial (Best Team) T4

15

NLU Delhi

KK Luthra Memorial (Runners up) T4

8

Amity Law School Delhi Ritwik Shrivastava

KK Luthra Memorial (Best Speaker) T4

8

SVKM Praveen Gandhi Law College Mumbai

KK Luthra Memorial (Best Memorials) T4

8

NLIU Bhopal

KK Luthra Memorial (Semi- Finalist) T4

4

CLC Delhi University

KK Luthra Memorial (Organiser) T4

2

Season standings

Rank Law school T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 Org W R/u S/F B S B M/R HM Pts Details
1 NLIU Bhopal     40 28 21 1 3 2 1   2   89 Raj Anand (Best team) + BCI moot (Runners up, Best mooter – female) + Rizvi Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Runner’s up, Best Memorial) + Stetson South ( Best team) + KK Luthra (Semi finalist)
2 NLSIU Bangalore     45 19 10   2 1 4 1 1   74 Henry Dunant (Best advocate, semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + HNLU Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (runner's up) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist + Best Memorials)+ KK Luthra (Best team)
3 NLU Delhi 25   32.5 8 5 1   2 3   2   70.5 Henry Dunant (Best memorial, Semi finalist) + Manfred Lachs World (Semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + FDI International moot (Best Memorial - Claimants) + Stetson North (Runners up) + KK Luthra (Runners Up)
4 JGLS Sonepat     30 23 3   2 2 1       56 Henry Dunant (Runners up) + Nani Palkhivala (Best Team) + BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) + NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) + Oxford Price Media: South Asia (Best Team)
5 NLU Jodhpur     40 8 3   2 1     1 1 51 Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) + Stetson North (Best Team)
6 HNLU Raipur       40 7 1   1 1 2 2   47 SLCU National moot (Semi finalists) + Amity Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial) + HNLU Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist)
7 NLU Orissa     8 31 5 1 1   1 1 2   44 Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial) + Stetson South (Organiser) + Stetson North (Semi finalist)
8 KIIT Bhubaneshwar     40       1     1 1   40 BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial)
9 Nalsar Hyderabad     15 4 20 1   1 2 2 2   39 Nani Palkhivala (Semi – Finalist) + BR Sawhney (Organisers) + HNLU Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial ) + Stetson South (Semi finalist + Best speaker)
10 NUJS Kolkata     15 4 18     2 3 1 1   37 Surana IT (Semi finalist) + SLCU National moot (Best speaker, Best memorial, Semi finalists) + BR Sawhney (Runners up) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia Rounds (Runners up) + Stetson North (Semi- Finalist)
11 Amity Delhi      15 8 10        1 1  3   33 Rizvi Moot (Best Researcher) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Researcher) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist) + Stetson North (Best Memorials) + KK Luthra (Best speaker)
12 GNLU Gandhinagar       23 10       1     33

Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners)

13 Symbiosis Pune       8 21   1 1 1 1     29 Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals, best speaker) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team)
14 GLC Mumbai     10 0 16 1     2 1 2   26 Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher)
15 RMLNLU Lucknow     10   13   1   1   1   23 BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (Best memorial)
16 ILS Pune      5 14         2  1  1   19

Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) + Stetson South (Semi finalist)

17 RGNUL Patiala       8  11      2 2       19 Surana IT (Runners up) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Rizvi Moot (Runners up)
18 Nuals Kochi     10 8         2   1   18 Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist)
19 Sastra school of Law Thanjavur       12         1   1   12 Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher)
20 Christ University       0 11 1 1           11 SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners)
21 Seedling School of Law & Governance     10               1   10 BCI moot (Best memorial
22 UILS Chandigarh; Abha Sharma     10             1     10 Stetson North (Best speaker)
23 Delhi University LC I       8             1   8 Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial)
24 Pravin Gandhi Law College Pune       8             1   8 KK Luthra (Best memorial)
25 SOEL Chennai         6 1   1         6 SLCU National moot (Runners up), Pro bono enviro (Org)
26 CUSAT Cochin         5         1     5 SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker)
27 Amity Noida       0 4 1     1       4 Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist)
28 CLC Delhi University       2   1             2 KK Luthra (Organiser)
29 Rizvi College Mumbai         1 1             1 Rizvi Moot (Organiser)
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