2nd AUMP National Moot Court Competition 2018 Rules Regulations Updated
2nd AUMP National Moot Court Competition 2018 Rules Regulations Updated
2nd AUMP National Moot Court Competition 2018 Rules Regulations Updated
The following rules shall be called the AUMP National Moot Court Competition Rules, 2018.
Wherein,
o ‘Organizers’ mean the Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh.
o ‘Competition’ means the All India AUMP National Moot Court Competition,
2016.
o ‘Participating Team/ Institution’ means the team that has registered itself for the
competition as per the rules.
o ‘Venue’ means Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh,
Maharajpura, Gwalior – 474005 M.P.
The Rules mentioned herewith are not exhaustive. The Rules shall be strictly adhered to, any
deviation from the same shall result in immediate disqualification, unless exempted by the
Organizers. All decisions made by the Organizers in case of any disputes, doubts or other problems
of such nature, shall be final and binding on the participating teams. The Organizers further
reserve the right to alter, amend or add Rules herein at any point of time. Imposition of penalties
is exclusively the right of the Organizers, in case the Rules are not adhered to by the Participating
teams.
I. GENERAL :
1. Date: The Competition shall be held from 06th to 07th September 2018.
2. Venue: The Competition shall be held at Amity Law School, Amity University
Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior.
3. Dress Code: Participants are required to adhere to the following dress code while
present in any court room during the Competition.
i. Ladies: White Salwar and Kurta or White shirt and black pant / black skirt
along with black coat and black shoes.
ii. Gentlemen: White shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat and
black shoes.
II. LANGUAGE
The official language for the Competition shall be English only.
III. ELIGIBILITY
The Competition shall be open for ‘bona fide’ students who are pursuing an integrated 5 year B.A.
LL.B / B.B.A.LL.B. Programme or 3 year LL.B Programme in India. Such institution must be
recognized by the Bar Council of India.
V. REGISTRATION
1. All participating institutions shall be registered on first come first serve basis by sending a soft
copy of the properly filled registration form along with a scanned copy of a demand draft/online
payment receipt via an email to [email protected].
2. Teams shall post the hard copies of the properly filled registration form along with a
demand draft of ₹3000 which shall reach the organizers by 20th August 2018.
3. Teams shall mail the soft copies of the properly filled registration form along with a
demand draft/Online payment receipt of ₹3000 which shall reach the organizers by 20th
August 2018.
4. The same shall be sent on the following address:
“Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Maharajpura, Opposite
Airport, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Pincode-474005.”
5. The draft of ₹3000 shall be drawn in favor of “AMITY UNIVERSITY MADHYA
PRADESH”, payable at Gwalior.
6. Formal registration of the teams shall be done on 06th September,2018 at the venue at 08:15
AM.
7. Any change in the team composition shall be intimated to the Organizers before the Formal
Registration.
8. Forms received after the deadline shall not be considered for registration.
9. Registration fee paid is non-refundable.
VI. SUBMISSIONS:
1. Each team shall be assigned a code upon registration.
2. There shall be two preliminary rounds, a Semi Final and a Final.
3) Simultaneously, the draw of lots shall take place and the team of each college may have to argue
either for Petitioner or for Respondent in the preliminary round.
4) Top 8 teams based on the score of memorials, preliminary round and the researcher's test will
be selected for the quarterfinals. Further, the top 4 teams based on the results of the quarters shall
qualify for the semi-finals. Finally, the top 2 teams will be selected for the FINAL ROUND.
A. Memorials
1. The Memorials shall consist of following:-
I) Cover page
4. Font: - The font shall be Times new roman, font size being 12 and for footnotes 10 and line
spacing shall be 1.5.
6. The memorials shall be submitted neatly and shall be spiral bound in 8 (eight) copies i.e. 4(four)
copies from petitioner’s side and 4(four) copies from respondents’ side.
8. The participating teams shall submit four (4) hard copies of memorials for both the sides (a total
of 8 hard copies) which shall reach the organizers on or before 30th August 2018.
12. The memorials must state the TEAM CODES on top-right of the cover page.
13. Once the written submissions have been submitted, no revisions, supplements, or additions
will be allowed.
14. Participants must follow the Bluebook 20th edition style of citation.
15. Submission of Soft and hard copies of the Memorials after the specified deadlines shall
result in a deduction of 5 marks each day.
16. Each team shall be provided with the copy of the written submission of the opponent team at
the draw of lots for the respective rounds.
17. The Organizers of this competition shall be permitted to use all the Memorials for any reporting
or compilation without further permission. The Submission would be deemed to be permission.
Moreover, the copyright in the prize winning Memorials would be vested with the Organizers and
the prize money shall be deemed to be the consideration.
18. The contents of the memorial should not be plagiarized or else it will amount to total deduction
of memorial marks or disqualification. The decision of the organisers shall be final.
B. Researcher's Test
1. There shall be a researcher’s test comprising multiple choice questions which shall carry 50
marks.
2. The duration of the Researchers’ Test shall be 1 hour.
3. In case of Teams with three Members, only the designated Researcher shall write the test and
such Researcher shall not be allowed to address the forum during the Oral Rounds. A Team
violating this rule may be disqualified from the Competition.
4. In case of Teams with only two Members, either of those Members may write the test.
5. Researchers’ Test is mandatory for all Teams and failure to participate may result in
disqualification subject to the discretion of the organizers.
C. Oral Submissions:
1. As specified hereinabove, each team shall have two speakers who shall further divide the oral
submissions between themselves.
2. At no point of time during the competition any speaker shall reveal the identity of their
college/institute by any means whatsoever.
3. Any memorials/compilation or detailed pleadings will not be entertained. The participants are
requested to bring with them the authorities/case laws on which they want to rely during the
arguments. However, if the participants want, they can submit ‘Synopsis of the Points of
Arguments’ (not exceeding three pages) and Xerox copies of the Case-laws on which the
participants desire to rely during the arguments.
4. At the commencement of each session of Oral Submissions each team must notify to the Court
Officer the amount of time that the team wants to reserve for their rejoinder / sur-rejoinder. A
maximum of 5 minutes can be reserved for the rejoinder/ sur-rejoinder.
5. At the commencement of each session of Oral Submissions each team shall notify the court
Officer as to the division of time between the two speakers.
6. Two minutes before the completion of the allocated time for each speaker there will be a warning
bell, and at the completion of the allocated time for each speaker there will be a final bell.
7. In case a speaker continues to speak after the completion of his/her specified time, the additional
time which he/she consumes will attract negative marking at the discretion of the judges; the judges
shall have all the rights to grant opportunity to give rejoinder or sur-rejoinder and to allocate
additional time.
8. During the course of oral submissions the participants cannot submit to the court any material
containing pictorial representation whatsoever. Further the participants will not be permitted to
make any audio/visual representation nor will be allowed to use personal computers, laptops and
any other technical or mechanical device during their submissions.
9. If at any instance a submission is made with any material in violation of rules and if any picture,
sketches, photos, cartoons, caricatures, audio film, video film, projector-slide or a computer-
generated image is used or submitted or presented to the court, the teams shall be subject to
disqualification.
a. Preliminary Round
1. Time limit for the oral submissions in each round shall be twenty minutes (20) for each team.
This shall include the submissions of both the speakers from the team and the time reserved for
rebuttal/surrebuttal. No speaker may reserve more than twelve (12) minutes for his/her individual
oral submissions.
2. Only one speaker from each team shall be permitted to rebut/surrebut and team shall not reserve
more than five (5) minutes for rebuttal or surrebuttal; and the surrebuttal shall be limited to the
rebuttals made by the opponent team.
3. All the participating teams are expected to carry with themselves case laws and authorities which
they intend to refer along with their own copies of memorials.
4. The participants during the course of oral submissions will not be permitted to make any
audio/visual representation nor will they be allowed to use personal computers, laptops and any
other technical or mechanical device.
5. If any participant exceeds the time limit, it will result into the loss of marks. However, the time
can be extended on the discretion of judges.
E. Awards:
1. THE WINNING TEAM shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & a Cash Prize of
₹ 10,000
2. THE RUNNER UP TEAM shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & a Cash Prize of
₹ 7,000
3. BEST MEMORIAL shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & a Cash Prize of
₹ 5,000
4. The BEST MOOTER shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & a Cash Prize of
₹ 3,000
5. The BEST RESEARCHER shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & a Cash Prize of
₹ 3,000
6. CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION shall be given to all the participants after the
competition is over.
➢ KEY DATES
➢ MISCELLANEOUS
1. Strict action will be taken including ejecting from the competition to any team found scouting
through a team member or otherwise or through any other unfair means.
2. All participants are expected to maintain proper decorum in the Court during the competition
and are expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the legal profession.
3. The Organizers reserve the right to take appropriate action for any unethical, unprofessional and
immoral conduct.
4. The Organizers decision as regards the interpretation of rules or any other matter related to the
competition will be final and binding.
5. If there is any situation which is not contemplated in the rules, the Organizers decision on the
same shall be final and binding.
6. The Organizers reserve the rights to vary, alter, modify, or repeal any of the above rules if so
required and as they deem appropriate.
➢ CLARIFICATIONS
1. Participating teams may seek clarifications to the moot problem via e-mail to
[email protected] with subject title ‘Moot Clarification 2018’.
2. The last date for seeking any such clarification is 20th August 2017.
2. Any other clarifications regarding registration/submission of memorials, accommodations,
transport can be mailed at [email protected].