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NLSIU takes it away at ALSD moot as GLC Chennai fights back

The home of Indian mooting
The home of Indian mooting

NLSIU Bangalore conquered the 13th Amity Delhi moot besting GLC Chennai which made its debut on the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 5 table.

NLSIU’s Ayushi Agarwal was adjudged best speaker at the moot, and the winning team also scooped the citation for the best memorial, taking home a total of 31 MPL points and a clear MPL lead this weekend.

Speakers Agarwal and Pratiksha Basarkar and researcher Malwika Kaushik led Bangalore to victory. Basarkar, for whose team of first year students it was the first attempt at mooting, said: “From what I saw, I think making innovative arguments is a really important thing because judges get bored listening to the same arguments again and again. Secondly it is very important to think on your feet because the questions judges ask, it is not possible to pre-empt all of them in advance.”

23 teams argued it out this year on a proposition mirroring the Italian marines case, based on the law of the seas and related issues.

The runner's up team from GLC Chennai was comprised of speakers Prashant Kiran and Mohan Kumar and researcher Santosh Kumar. Kiran said "Whatever be the problem, advice for moots aspirants is to be prepared with basics, researching basics is extremely important, because judges at this moot court grilled on basics so that teams cannot rely on facts. Other important thing is even if there are lots of differences in team one should spend time with the team and will get to learn from mistakes."

Kiran added that their semi-final opposition, GLC Mumbai, gave them the stiffest competition in the entire competition, boasting strong presentation skills.

Arushie Marwah from NLU Jodhpur was awarded the Best Researcher prize adding eight points to the MPL 5 third ranker’s kitty.

(The moot was live blogged: to read a blow by blow account visit here).

Upcoming moot: Herbert Smith Freehills Moot Court Competition – 22-23 March

At a glance: By moot

Moot – ALSD

Law School

Winners

NLSIU Bangalore

Runner’s up

GLC Chennai

Best Researcher

Arushie Marwah, NLU Jodhpur

Best Memorial

NLSIU Bangalore

Best Speaker

Ayushi Agarwal, NLSIU Bangalore

Semi-Finalists

SLS Pune & GLC Mumbai

At a glance: By law school

Law school

Award

Score

NLSIU Bangalore

ALSD (Best Team + Best Memorial + Best Speaker) T4

15+8+8=31

GLC Chennai

ALSD (Runner’s up) T4

8

NLU Jodhpur

ALSD (Best Researcher) T4

8

Symbiosis Law School Pune

ALSD (Semi-finalist) T4

4

GLC Mumbai

ALSD (Semi-finalist) T4

4

Amity Law School, Delhi

ALSD (Organiser) T4

2

Mooting Premier League Season 5 Standings

 Law schoolT1T2T3T4T5OrgWR/uS/FB SB M/RHMPtsDetails
1 NLSIU Bangalore     75 80 18   6 1 5 3 3   173 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) + Jessup South Qualifying (Best team + Best speaker) + GIMC (Best team) + KLA (Best team) + ULC (Best Researcher + Semi - Finalist) + Amity Delhi (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker)
2 NLIU Bhopal   15 40 59 26 1 4 2 2   5   140 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) + DM Harish (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best team + Best memorial) + KLA (Best memorial) + ULC (Best memorial)
3 NLU Jodhpur   50 40 16 13   4 1     3 1 119 Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) + Stetson North (Best Team) + DM Harish (Best team + Best memorial) + ULC (Best team) + Amity Delhi (Best researcher)
4 NLU Orissa   35 20 39 8   1   4 3 3   102 Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial) + Stetson North (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Best memorial + Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Best speaker + Semi finalist) + KLA (Best speaker) + ULC (Semi finalist)
5 NLU Delhi 25   52 8 5 1 1 2 3   2   90 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) + Jessup North (Best team)
6 ILS Pune   45 10 22       1 3 1 3   77 Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) + Stetson South (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Runners up + Best researcher) + GIMC (Best memorial)
7 Nalsar Hyderabad     25 20 20 1   2 4 3 2   65 Nani Palkhivala (Semi – Finalist) + BR Sawhney (Organisers) + HNLU Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial ) + Stetson South (Semi finalist + Best speaker) + Jessup South (Runners up) + GIMC (Semi finalist) + KLA (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best speaker)
8 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)
9 HNLU Raipur       44 7 1   1 2 2 2   51 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) + GIMC (Semi finalist)
10 Amity Delhi     30 10 10 1     2 2 3   50 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) + Jessup North (Best speaker + Semi finalist) + Amity Delhi (organiser)
11 NUJS Kolkata     25 4 18     3 3 1 1   47 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) + Jessup North (Runners up)
14 Symbiosis Pune       20 21   1 2 2 1     41 Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals, best speaker) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) + KLA (Runners up) + Amity Delhi (semi finalist)
15 RMLNLU Lucknow     15 8 18   1 1 2 1 1   41 BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (Best memorial) + Jessup North (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Runners up) + ULC (Best speaker)
12 KIIT Bhubaneshwar     40       1     1 1   40 BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial)
13 GNLU Gandhinagar       29 10 1 2   1 1     39 Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners) + GIMC (organiser) + Surana Corp (Semi final)
16 GLC Mumbai     10 4 16 1     3 1 2   30 Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher) + Amity Delhi (Semi finalist)
17 RGNUL Patiala     10 8 11     2 2   1   29 Surana IT (Runners up) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Rizvi Moot (Runners up) + Jessup North (Best memorial)
19 Nuals Kochi     10 8 5     1 2   1   23 Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist) + ULC (Runners up)
18 Christ University       8 11 1 1     1     19 SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners) + GIMC (Best speaker)
20 Sastra school of Law Thanjavur       12         1   1   12 Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher)
21 Pravin Gandhi Law College Pune       12         1   1   12 KK Luthra (Best memorial) + KLA (Semi finalist)
22 UILS Chandigarh; Abha Sharma     10             1     10 Stetson North (Best speaker)
23 Seedling School of Law & Governance     10               1   10 BCI moot (Best memorial
24 Delhi University LC I       8             1   8 Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial)
35 GLC Chennai       8       1         8 Amity Delhi (Runners up)
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 UPES Dehradun       4         1       4 Surana Corp (Semi finalist)
28 Amity Noida         4 1     1       4 Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist)
29 Dept of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh     3     1             3 Jessup North (Organiser)
30 CLC Delhi University       2   1             2 KK Luthra (Organiser)
31 JSS Law College Mysore       2   1             2 Surana Corp (Organisers)
32 Kerala Law Academy       2   1             2 KLA (Organiser)
33 Rizvi College Mumbai         1 1             1 Rizvi Moot (Organiser)
34 ULC Bangalore         1 1             1 ULC Bangalore (Organiser)
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