This is a reposting from the news story: [QUOTE]I am an ardent MPL Fan and a law student from one of the prestigious law schools in the country.
Mooting Premier League was started by Legally India and it ranks INDIAN law colleges based on their performance in Moot Court Competitions.
What is the point on including Elitist Moot Court Competitions like ELSA when only TWO Indian teams participated in it last year?
I totally agree that the ELSA Moot is one of the best in terms of quality, organization and competitiveness. BUT, is this not unfair to other law colleges in the country who do not participate in ELSA? Many such International Moots do not see participation from Indian teams because of extremely high expenditure involved in these Moots (People spend up to Rs. 3 Lakh)
I feel that the MPL Organizers (Kian, Sanjay and Prashanth,are you listening?) should have a benchmark of minimum Indian Participation in a Moot, to include that Moot in the MPL 2 List. There should be a minimum number of Indian Teams (five or ten) that should participate in a particular Moot for it to be included in the MPL.
Apart from ELSA, the following Moot Court Competitions should also be chucked out from the MPL 2 List because of low Indian participation:
* Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot, Germany- 3 Indian Teams participated last year
* ICC Mediation Moot, Paris - 4 Indian Teams participated last year
* Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney- 2 Indian Teams participated last year
* Oxford IPR Moot - 2/3 Indian Teams
Therefore, I believe that only those Moots (both national and international) which see participation from a substantial number of Indian Teams (this number, according to me could be five) should be included in the second season of the MPL.
Cheers!
Fake MPL Player[/QUOTE]