NLU Jodhpur has extended its lead in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills after winning 30 points at the Vis Vienna moot that saw strong Indian performances.
Palhkivala tax moot
The team from RGNUL comprising of Ashutosh Mishra, Srishti Bose and Vrinda Pareek emerged as the winners at the 11th Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot Court Competition, 2015 organized by School of Law, Sashtra University defeating ILS Pune. ILS was represented by Jyothi R, Kumar Sambhav and Karan Singh.
The moot was inaugurated by Gopal Subramanium, senior advocate (former Solicitor General of India).
A total of 24 teams across India had participated in the moot.
The finals of the moot competition was judged by Lakshmikumaran, Justice Goda Raghuram (president CESTAT), Justice Durga Rao (judicial member ITAT, Chennai) and N.Venkatraman, senior advocate.
Ashutosh Mishra, who was part of the winning team from RGNUL commented, “From the time I started mooting which was just last semester I came to know that Nani Palkhivala is one of the toughest moots in the country and it was a tax moot which made it more difficult to crack. This time the host was SASTRA University and never did they made me feel that this was not the best moot court competitions in the country.”
“The judges were experts in taxation and from the preliminary rounds till the finals did we feel that it was just a moot. It felt like arguing before real court rooms before tax professionals and they made us feel the same. No complaints regarding the judging standards at all. Even if we would have lost, there is no way we could have blamed the judges.”
“We came across all the odds and it feels really nice to see the hard work pay off. From being novice to something in tax, it had been a roller coaster journey. We had fights, disagreements but we came all through that to become a good team and good friends. Also, I think this is one of the best achievements of our university in the mooting arena and it makes us feel really special to make the university proud. We definitely owe the university one especially our Vice chancellor, Registrar amd the moot court committee for providing us with this opportunity.”
Siddartha Iyer of HNLU, Raipur got the best speaker award while the best memorial award went to the winners of the competition. The best researcher award went to Monica Kasturi of SLS Pune at the tier 4 competition.
The two semi- finalists were Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Campus Law Center, Delhi.
At A Glance: Law School Wise
| Law School | Award | Score |
| RGNUL Patiala | Palhkivala Tax (Winners + Best memo) T4 | 15+8=23 |
| ILS Pune | Palhkivala Tax (Runners up) T4 | 8 |
| HNLU | Palhkivala Tax (Best Speaker) T4 | 8 |
| SLS Pune | Palhkivala Tax (Semi Finalist + Best Researcher) T4 | 4+8=12 |
| CLC, Delhi | Palhkivala Tax (Semi Finalist) T4 | 4 |
| School of Law, Sashtra Univ. | Palhkivala Tax(Organizer) T4 | 2 |
At A Glance: Moot Wise
| Moot | Law School |
| Winners | RGNUL Patiala |
| Runners Up | ILS Pune |
| Best Memorial | RGNUL Patiala |
| Best Speaker | Siddartha Iyer, HNLU Raipur |
| Best Researcher | Monica Kasturi, SLS Pune |
| Semi Finalists | SLS, Pune & CLC, Delhi |
Vis Vienna
The team from NLSIU Bangalore went into the semi finals and received an honourable mention for best speaker. ILS Pune was the only other team to break into the advanced rounds and was a quarterfinalist at the Tier 1 competition.
NLU Jodhpur received the Werner Melis Award for Best Respondent Memo and is the only Indian team to have received it till date.
NUJS Kolkata received an honourable mention for Best Claimant Memorandum.
Correction: Ira Chadha Sridhar of NUJS won the prize for the best orator at ELSA WTO Moot Asian Rounds giving another 5 points to NUJS.
At A Glance: Law School Wise
| Law School | Award | Score |
| NLSIU | Vis Vienna (Semi-finalist) T1 | 25 |
| ILS Pune | Vis Vienna (Quarter-finalist) T1 | 20 |
| NLU Jodhpur | Vis Vienna (Best Respondent Memo) T1 | 30 |
| NUJS Kolkata | Vis Vienna (HM Best Complainant Memo) T1 | 10 |
| NUJS Kolkata | ELSA WTO (Best Orator) T5 | 5 |
MPL season 6 standing
| Rank | Law School | Points | Awards |
| 1 | NLU Jodhpur | 179 | Henry Dunant (Best team) = 20; Surana IT (Semi Finalist) T4= 4; Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 =10+5 : Price Media(Winner + Best Memorial) T3 =20+10; Jessup (Semi finalist + Best Memo) T3=10+5; GIMC (Semi Finalist)=4; ELSA Asia Qualifiers (Winner) T5=10; Anti Trust (Org) T5; Vis East ( 2 HM Best Oralist + HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=30; Price Media (Semi-finalists + HM Best Memorial) T2=20; Vis Vienna (Best Respondent Memo) T1=30 |
| 2 | NLSIU Bangalore | 159 | Raj Anand (runners up) T4 = 8; BR Sawhney (Runners Up + Best Speaker) T4 + CLEA (Runners Up) T5 = 8 +8 + 5= 21 : Price Media (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T3 = 10+ 5: SLCU (Winners) T5=10; KK Luhtra (Best Speaker) T4=8; Jessup (Semi finalist) T3=5; GIMC (Best Memorial)T4=8: Amity (Winner + Best Memorial) T4=15+8; HSF (Runner’s up + Best Memorial ) T4=16; Oxford IP (Winners) T5=10; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10; Vis Vienna (Semi-finalist) T1=25 |
| 3 | NLU Delhi | 128 | Manfred Lachs World (Winner + Best Speaker)+ CLEA (Best Memorial) T5 = 40 + 30 + 5 : Price Media (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4; GIMC (Winners)=15; KLA (Winners + Best Speaker)=23; Oxford IP (Semi finalist) T5=3; Franfurt Arbitration (Semi Finalist) T5=3 |
| 4 | NUJS Kolkata | 125 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5; BCI (Semi Finalists) T3; Stetson (Winner) T3 = 3 + 5 + 20; KK Luthra (Winners) T4=15; DMH (Runners up)=25; HSF (Organiser) T4=2; Anti Trust (Best Memorial) T5=5; Vis East (Semi-finalists + HM Best Oralist) T1=35; ELSA WTO (Best Orator) T5=5; Vis Vienna (HM Best Complainant Memo) T1=10 |
| 5 | NLIU Bhopal | 100 | Raj Anand (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (organiser) + Amity (Best Memorial) T5 + CLEA (Winners + Best Speaker) T5 + BCI (Semi Finalists) T3= 15 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 5 +15 + 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4: Amity (Runners Up) T4=8; ULC (Best researcher) T5=5; HSF (Best Team) T4=15; Anti Trust (Winner) T5=10 |
| 6 | NLUO Cuttack | 98 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; Amity (Runners Up) T5= 5; Surana IT (Runners Up+ Best Memorial) T4 = 8+ 8; KK Luhtra (Best Memorial) T4= 8; KLA (Best Memorial)=8: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; ULC (Runner up + Best speaker ) T5=10; HSF (Semi-finalist + Best Speaker) T4=12; Anti Trust (Best Researcher) T5=5; G H Raisoni (Best Speaker) T5=5; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10 |
| 7 | ILS Pune | 88 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23; BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4; Surana Corp (Winner)=15: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; HSF (Semi-finalist) T4=4; ILS Pune=10; Vis Vienna (Quarter-finalist) T1=20; Palkhiwala Tax (Runners up) T4=8 |
| 8 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 77 | Henry Dunant (runners up + Best Memorial) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 10 + 10 + 4 = 24; Surana IT (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T4= 4+8; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best researcher) T5=3+5; GIMC (best researcher) T4 = 8; Anti Trust (Runner Up) T5=5; Red Cross Best Memorial=20 |
| 9 | NALSAR Hyderabad | 70 | BR Sawhney (Org)T4 = 2; Amity (Winners) T5= 10; BCI (Runners Up) T3 =10: Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5 : Price Media (Runners Up) T3 = 10; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best speaker) T5=3+5; Jessup (Runner up + Best Speaker) T3=10+10; HNMCC (Best Memorial)=5 |
| 10 | Symbiosis Pune | 56 | Raj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12; Surana IT (Organizer) T4= 2; G H Raisoni (Best Researcher) T5=5; Vis East (Semi-finalists) T1=25; Palkhiwala Tax (Semi Finalist + Best Researcher) T4=12 |
| 11 | HNLU Raipur | 44 | NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (org)=1; Surana Corp (Best Speaker + Best Memorial)=4+8; Palkhiwala Tax (Best Speaker) T4=8 |
| 12 | RGNUL Patiala | 41 | BR Sawhney (Best Memorial) T4; Stetson (Runners Up) T3 = 8 + 10; Palkhiwala Tax (Winners + Best memo) T4=23 |
| 13 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 38 | BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 ; BCI (Winner + Best Speaker) T3 =20+10= 30; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4 |
| 14 | JGLS | 38 | Jessup (Winner) T3; Anti Trust (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T5=8; Franfurt Arbitration (Winners) T5=10 |
| 15 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 32 | Stetson (Best Memorial) T3; GIMC (org)=2; G H Raisoni (Runner Up + Best Memorial) T5=10; Vis East (HM Best Claimant Memorial) T1=10 |
| 16 | NUSRL Ranchi | 29 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8 SLCU (Semi Finalist + Best Memorial + Best Speaker) T5=3+5+5; KLA (Runners Up) =8 |
| 17 | School of Law, Sashtra University | 27 | Surana IT (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (Winners)=10; Palkhiwala Tax (Org) T4=2 |
| 18 | CNLU Patna | 26 | Amity (Best Researcher) T5 + CLEA (Organizer) = 5+1: DMH (Best Memorial)=20 |
| 19 | Symbiosis Law School, Noida | 24 | HNMCC (Runner up)=5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4: Amity (Best Researcher) T4=8; ULC (Semi finalist) T5 |
| 20 | CLC Delhi Univ | 20 | KK Luthra (Runners up): Amity (Best Speaker) T4=8; Palkhiwala Tax (Semi Finalist) T4=4 |
| 21 | NUALS Kochi | 18 | Amity (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T5 = 3+5 = 8; Rizwi (winners) T5=10 |
| 22 | GLC Mumbai | 18 | Amity (Semi Finalist) T5 = 3; DMH (Semi Finalists )=15 |
| 23 | KLA | 17 | Henry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; KLA (organizer)=2 |
| 24 | CMR Law School | 15 | SLCU (Runners Up) T5=5; ULC (Winner) T5=10 |
| 25 | M S Ramaiah College, Bangalore | 12 | Surana Corp (Runner up + Best Speaker)=8+4 |
| 26 | UPES Dehradun | 8 | HNMCC (Best Speaker + Semi Finalist) |
| 27 | Amity Delhi | 8 | Amity (Org) T4; Anti Trust (Semi finalist) T5=3; G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5=3 |
| 28 | School of Law, Galgotia University | 5 | Rizwi (runners Up) T5 |
| 29 | Christ Univ, Bangalore | 5 | SLCU (Organizer) T5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4 |
| 30 | JSS law College, Mysore | 5 | Surana Corp (Organizer); ULC (Semi finalist) T5=3 |
| 31 | Faculty of Law, Allahabad Univ | 5 | ULC (Best memorial ) T5 |
| 32 | ULC Bangalore | 4 | HNMCC (Semi Finalist); ULC (Org) T5=1 |
| 33 | BILS Bangalore | 3 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5 |
| 34 | AIL Mohali | 3 | SLCU (Semi Finalist) T5=3 |
| 35 | Pravin Gandhi, Mumbai | 3 | G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5 |
| 36 | Lloyd Law College | 2 | BCI (Organizer) T3 = 2 |
| 37 | Amity Noida | 1 | Amity (Org) T5 = 1 |
| 38 | Rizwi Law College | 1 | Rizwi (Org) T5 |
| 39 | G H Raisoni | 1 | G H Raisoni (Organizer) T5 |
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See table: "ELSA Asia Qualifiers (Winner) T5=10"
Also, NLU = third best memorial = 10 points
However, not updated since Kian's favoured suck-up knocked out in the preliminaries; while second favoured suck-ups (NLU-D) didn't make it.
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