Before the coverage of Jessup and Vis Vienna, here is some quick coverage of the Oxford Price and Leiden moots, along with catching up on some past action.
NUJS makes an almost complete wrap at Leiden Sarin
The 8th Leiden Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition 2017 saw NUJS Kolkata face National University of Singapore (NUS) to emerge as runners-up at the moot.
The team of Abha Nadkarni (4th Year), Adya Jha (2nd Year), Guncha Dhiman (3rd Year) and Parva Khare (1st Year) dominated the moot by winning both the applicant and respondent written submissions, worth 5 points each.
RMLNLU Lucknow and NLU Jodhpur were the other two Indian Universities that represented India at the world rounds.
Points Awarded
NUJS: Runners-Up (5) + Best Applicant Memorial (5) + Best Respondent Memorial (5) = 15
NLS Breaks into Quarter-Finals at Price Media World Rounds
The 10th Oxford Price Monroe International Media Law Moot Court Competition 2017 saw NLSIU Bangalore break into the Quarter-Finals.
NLIU Bhopal was the other Indian University at the moot.
Catching up on the BCI moot story
While we had partially covered the 33rd edition of the Annual Bar Council of India Moot 2017, here’s some more on the same.
The winning team from KIIT Bhubaneswar comprised of Saunak Kr Rajguru, Somabha Bandopadhyay and Mohit Rai.
ICFAI Dehradun (and not Hyderabad) along with Amity Law School Delhi emerged as semi-finalists at the moot.
CNLU Patna won the best memorial at the moot.
Points Awarded:
Winner: KLS Bhubaneswar (20)
Runners-Up: Nalsar Hyderabad (10)
Semi-Finalists: ALS Delhi (5) and ICFAI Dehradun (5)
Best Speaker: DSNLU Vizag (10)
Best Memorial: CNLU Patna (10)
Organiser: ICFAI Hyderabad (2)
MPL Table Analysis:
With its 15 points haul at Leiden, NUJS Kolkata has displaced SLS Pune into the 4th position, with the latter having lost 3 ranks post 3 weeks of heavy-duty international mooting action in the Tier I and II category.
However, SLS Pune, which is representing India at the Jessup International Rounds currently underway breaks into the advanced rounds or bags a single citation, the heat will be on NUJS Kolkata to repeat its Vis East performance at Vienna, which is also underway.
The next MPL story promises to be the biggest so far, as Indian Universities take on some of the world’s largest universities at two of the biggest mooting spectacles.
And here’s what’s still ahead in the MPL season 7, internationally:
- Willem C Vis Vienna International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2017 (T1)
- Philip C Jessup International Moot 2017 (T1)
- Manfred Lachs Asia PAcific Rounds 2017 (T2)
- ELSA WTO International Trade Law Moot 2017 (International Rounds) (T2)
- ICC Moot 2017 (T2)
- International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2017 (T5)
And domestically:
- NLSTIAM 2017 (T4)
- Nani Palkhivala Tax Law Moot 2017 (T4)
So, stay tuned!
MPL 7 season standings
| Rank | College | Total MPL points | Itemisation of MPL points | Leiden Sarin (T5) | Pts |
| 1 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 174 | Stetson International Rounds (T2): Winner (30); 2nd Best Speaker (5); Best Speaker (Finals) (5) | CLEA International Rounds (T2): Runners-Up (25) | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Memorial (5) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Winner (10) | ICC Indian Rounds (T3): 2nd Runners-Up (Semi-Finalist Equivalent) (5) | Frankfurt Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | 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) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||
| 2 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 160 | Vis East (T1): Runners-Up (35); Hon’ble Mention for Claimant Memo (10); Hon’ble Mention for Speaker (10) | BCI Moot (T3): Runners-Up (10) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | 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) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best researcher (5) | | ||
| 3 | NUJS Kolkata | 135 | Leiden Sarin (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Memorial Applicant (5); Best Memorial Respondent (5) | Vis East (T1): Winner (40) | Oxford IPR (T5): 2nd Best Written Submission (3) | HNMCC (T5): Winner (10) | 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); Semi-Finals (5) | MC Chagla (T5): Best speaker (5) | | Runners-Up (5); Best Memorial Applicant (5); Best Memorial Respondent (5) | 15 |
| 4 | Symbiosis Law School Pune | 130 | RGNUL Moot (T5): Winner (10); Best Researcher (5) | HNMCC (T5): Best Memorial (5); Best Researcher (5) | Surana Corp (T5): Winner (15) | 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) | MC Chagla (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||
| 5 | NLU Delhi | 95 | Vis East (T1): Octa-Finalist (15); Hon’ble Mention for Claimant Memorial (10); Hon’ble Speaker Mention (10) | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Winner (10); | ICC Indian Rounds (T3): Winner (20); Best Speaker (10); Best Memorial (10) | NUJS-HSF (T4): Best Memorial (8) | Oxford Price Media (South Asia Rounds) (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||
| 6 | RGNUL Patiala | 93 | Vis East (T1): Hon’ble Mention for Respondent Memorial (10) | RGNUL Moot (T5): Organiser (1) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Runners-Up (5) | HNMCC (T5): Runners-Up (5) | 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) | | ||
| 7 | NLU Jodhpur | 90 | Stetson International Rounds (T2): Semi-Finalist (15); 6th and 5th Best Speaker (5+5) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Best Memorial (5) | ELSA WTO (Asia PAcific) (T5): Runners-Up (5); Best Respondent Memorial (5) | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Organizer (2) | DMH 2017 (T2): Runners-Up (25) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Semi-Finalists (3) | | ||
| 8 | NLSIU Bangalore | 82 | Vis East (T1): Hon’ble Speaker Mention (10) | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | ICC Indian Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | Red Cross (T2): Hon’ble Mention for 3rd Best Written Submission (5) | 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) | Henry Dunant (T3): Runner-up (10) | | ||
| 9 | NLIU Bhopal | 75 | Vis East (T1): Hon’ble Mention for Claimant Memorial (10) | RGNUL Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | 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) | | ||
| 10 | GLC Mumbai | 65 | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Best Speaker (5) | Surana Corp (T5): Runners-Up (8) | 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) | MC Chagla (T5): Win (10); Best Memo (5) | Henry Dunant (T3): Best Speaker (10) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||
| 11 | SLCU Bangalore | 57 | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | HNMCC (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | RML-SCC (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | DMH 2017 (T2): Winner (30) | Pro Bono Enviro: Runners-Up (5) | MC Chagla (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Researcher (5) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Runner-up (5) | | ||
| 12 | NLU Orissa | 45 | NLUO Maritime (T5): Organiser (1) | Surana Corp (T5): Best Memorial (8) | Amity National (T4): Best Researcher (8) | R K Tankha (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | Jessup India Rounds (T3): Winners (20) | | ||
| 13 | Symbiosis Noida | 45 | Stetson International Rounds (T2): 2nd Best Memorial (5) | RGNUL Moot (T5): Best Speaker (5) | Surana Corp (T5): Semi-Finalist (4) | Raj Anand Moot (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Runners-Up (10) | MC Chagla (T5): Runner-up (5) | | ||
| 14 | Amity Law School Delhi | 44 | Vis East (T1): Octa-finalist (15) | BCI Moot (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | NLUO Maritime (T5): Best Speaker (5) | 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) | | ||
| 15 | ILS Pune | 42 | Stetson International Rounds (T2): 4th Best Speaker (5) | 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) | | ||
| 16 | CNLU Patna | 35 | BCI Moot (T3): Best Memorial (10) | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Best Memo (10) | Amity International (T5): Winner (10); Best Researcher (5) | | ||
| 17 | George Washington University Law School | 31 | GIMC 2017 (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Speaker (8) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Winner (15) | | ||
| 18 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 29 | Surana Corp (T5): Semi-Finalist (4) | Amity National (T4): Runners-Up (8); Best Memorial (8) | BR Sawhney (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Henry Dunant (T3): Joint Best Memorial (5) | | ||
| 19 | JGLS, Sonepat | 26 | Vis East (T1): 3rd Best Oralist (10); Octafinalist (15) | JGLS Tech Law Moot (T5): Organiser (1) | | ||
| 20 | UILS Chandigarh | 25 | Henry Dunant (T3): Win (20); Joint Best Memorial (5) | | ||
| 21 | UPES Dehradun | 23 | Surana Corp (T5): Best Speaker (8) | CLEA (T5): Runners-Up (5) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Win (10), | | ||
| 22 | KIIT Law School, Bhubaneswar | 20 | BCI Moot (T3): Winner (20) | | ||
| 23 | DSNLU Vizag | 19 | BCI Moot (T3): Best Speaker (10) | RML-SCC (T5): Best Memorial (5) | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||
| 24 | NUALS Kochi | 18 | RGNUL Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | RML-SCC (T5): Winner (10) | | ||
| 25 | NUSRL Ranchi | 16 | ULC Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Speaker (5) | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | ||
| 26 | RMLNLU Lukcnow | 12 | HNMCC (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | RML-SCC (T5): Organiser (1) | GNLU Securities Moot (T5): Best written submission (5); Semi-Finalists (3) | | ||
| 27 | MNLU Mumbai | 10 | Henry Dunant (T3): Best Memorial (10) | | ||
| 28 | Amity Law School Noida | 9 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Best Speaker (8) | Amity International (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||
| 29 | Karnataka State University Law School | 8 | Pro Bono Enviro: Semi-Finalist (3); Best Researcher (5) | | ||
| 30 | Kerala Law Academy | 8 | ULC Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3); Best Memorial (5) | | ||
| 31 | VIT School of Law, Chennai | 8 | Amity National (T4): Best Speaker (8) | | ||
| 32 | HNLU Raipur | 7 | HNMCC (T5): Organizer (1) | Rivzi Moot (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | Pro Bono Enviro: Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||
| 33 | SVKM’s NMIMS Mumbai | 5 | Amity International (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||
| 34 | Jamia Milia Islamia Law School | 5 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | | ||
| 35 | Modi University, Rajasthan | 5 | CLEA (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||
| 36 | SOEL Chennai | 5 | Amity National (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | Pro Bono Enviro: Organizer (1) | | ||
| 37 | University of Law and Legal Studies, GGS Indraprastha University | 5 | HNMCC (T5): Best Speaker (5) | | ||
| 38 | AIL Mohali | 5 | RGNUL Moot (T5): Runners-Up (5) | | ||
| 39 | ICFAI Dehradun | 5 | BCI Moot (T3): Semi-Finalist (5) | | ||
| 40 | DES’s Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College | 4 | K K Luthra Moot (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||
| 41 | Llyod Law College | 4 | Amity National (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||
| 42 | Law Centre-I Faculty of Law, DU | 4 | NLUJ Antitrust (T4): Semi-Finalist (4) | | ||
| 43 | ULC Bangalore | 4 | ULC Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | CLEA (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||
| 44 | NLUJAA Assam | 3 | CLEA (T5): Semi-Finalist (3) | | ||
| 45 | Sastra School of Law Thanjavur | 2 | Stetson India Rounds (T3): Organizer (2) | | ||
| 46 | ICFAI Hyderabad | 2 | BCI Moot (T3): Organiser (2) | | ||
| 47 | Rizvi Law College, Mumbai | 1 | Rivzi Moot (T5): Organizer (1) | | ||
| 48 | VELS Chennai | 1 | CLEA (T5): Organiser (1) | | ||
| 49 | JSS Law College, Mysore | 1 | Surana Corp (T5): Organiser (1) | |
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Kian's covered the story here- www.legallyindia.com/mooting/live-4-desi-teams-break-into-round-of-64-at-vis-vienna-moot-but-no-gnlu-nalsar-or-nujs-alas-20170411-8439
Thanks for the update :)
Just asking... :)
What constitutes low? 20 teams is not enough participation? 20 teams participated in the india rounds. As far as I'm aware that's the same number of teams in vis Vienna and more than a lot of other international moots that are in a better tier. A large number of people have expressed this concern time and again but we never seem to get another answer than the low participation, which I feel is not valid.
I know this has low credibility coming from a GNLU student considering gnlu did well this year but frankfurt has been seeing enough Indian participation for about 2-3 years now. It's inaccurate to place it at that tier when there is in fact enough participation.
Seems like the premoot was organised with MCIA, hosted by NILS. This year was the first time that Frankfurt had an India pre-moot, right? (which seems to be obligatory when more than 6 teams from a country apply). What was the quality of the pre-moot like? Did the vast majority of around the top 10-ranked MPL teams participate in the premoot? (do you happen to have a full list of participating teams)
If it has a decent pre-moot with wide participation, it's certainly a good reason to upgrade Frankfurt for next season, and we'll take that under advisement.
Doing that upgrade in retrospect is very dicey though, as I'm sure you'll understand, and we tend to shy away from retrospective rule changes (after a competition has been won), unless absolutely necessary (because retroactive rule changes is the only real way that MPL could be accused of institutional bias! :).
In terms of teams, I can confirm that almost all NLUs participated, so did Jindal, teams I'm sure of are NLS, NLUD, NUJS, NLU J, GNLU, NUALS, NLU-O, Jindal, more which you will find on their official website.
I understand it's not fair to upgrade it now, I just wish more effort was put into it when objections were raised before the moot took place too.
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