1.

DEFINITIONS:
The following terms shall have the corresponding meanings unless otherwise specified:
1. ‘Competition’ shall refer to Col. Dr. Jeppiaar 4th All India Moot Court Competition 2023.
2. ‘Competition Rules’ shall refer to the official rules of the Competition as amended from
time to time.
3. ‘IST’ shall refer to Indian Standard Time.
4. ‘INR’ shall refer to Indian Rupee.
5. ‘Knock-out round’ shall refer to the Quarter finals, Semi-finals and Final round of the
competition.
6. ‘Memorial’ shall refer to the memorandum of written submissions submitted by any
participating team as per the rules of the competition.
7. ‘Moot Problem’ shall refer to the facts and issues released by the organizers of the
competition with its clarifications and corrections.
8. ‘Organizing Committee’ shall refer to the committee appointed for the administration and
conduct of the Competition including any other authorized persons and of all events leading
up to the Competition.
9. ‘Official Email’ shall refer to the official Email ID of the Col. Dr. Jeppiaar 4 th All India
Moot Court Competition 2023, which is [email protected].
2. ORGANISATIONAL RULES:
2.1 Administration
(a) The Competition is organized by the School of Law, Sathyabama Institute of Science and
Technology. The OC shall function as the authoritative and administrative body for the
purposes of organizing the Competition.
(b) Important points of contact within the OC, and relevant changes, shall be notified via e-
mail to all participating teams. The official email for all correspondence with respect to the
Competition is [email protected].
2.2 Discretion of the Administration
a) The OC will have the exclusive authority to interpret these rules. The Rules will be
interpreted fairly and equitably and may at times include deviations from the text of the rules
to uphold such fairness and equality. In the event of such a deviation, the OC will inform all
participating teams within a reasonable time from the occurrence of the event.
b) While all efforts have been made to any and all circumstances, any circumstance not
envisaged by these rules will be adjudged by the OC equitably and fairly. The OC will have
the power to make additions to these rules and has the exclusive authority to govern the
administration of this competition. The same shall be done fairly and equitably.
c) All decisions of the OC shall be final and binding.
3. QUALIFICATIONS:
3.1 Eligibility
·Students pursuing their bachelor’s degree in Law, i.e., either 3 year or 5-year courses from
all law colleges/institutions/universities across the country recognized by the Bar Council of
India are eligible to take part in the competition.
·All three members of a team should belong to the same institution, cross-institute teams are
strictly ineligible to participate in the Col. Dr. Jeppiaar 4 th All India Moot Court Competition
2023.
3.2 Team Composition
·Each team shall comprise of two speakers and one researcher (team of 3 members) or
Two speakers (team of 2 members).
·Only one team per college shall be allowed to participate.
·Any team, intending to change the team composition of the team shall intimate the
Organizing Committee by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
3.3 Medium of the Competition
·The official language of the competition shall be English.
4. REGISTRATION:
4. 1 Provisional Registration
·The participant teams are required to register provisionally through a mail confirming your
participation (details of the team, roles and name of your institution) to
[email protected].
· Once the provisional registration is successfully completed, the teams are required to
complete the main registration.
·The last date for provisional registration is 00.00.2023.
4.2 Main Registration
·The Main Registration shall be completed by filling up the google form:

·The Google Form must be filled once by each team and College Identity Card/ any other
identification document of each participant must be also be uploaded with the google Forms.
The section for the same has been created in the form.
·Teams are supposed to complete their Registration by 00.00.2023 by 11:59 pm IST.
·The registration fee shall be Rs. **** per team.
·The Mode of Payment of the registration fee shall be Account Transfer or UPI Transfer.
·The registration fee shall be paid online in favour of the below-mentioned Account.
Bank name: Indian Bank
Name: Registrar, Sathyabama University
Account number: 849833721
IFSC Code: IDIB000S201
·The Registration shall be deemed complete only when the Registration fee has been remitted
successfully and the Application form is duly filled.
·Once the application form is filled, the Organizing Committee shall send a Confirmation
mail to the teams [within 24 hours of registration], which shall consist of their Team Code.
·The teams shall quote this Team Code in all further communications with the Organizing
Committee.
·The registration fee shall be non-refundable and non-transferable.
4.3 Allotment of Team Codes
·After the completion of Main Registration, the Organizing Committee shall respond to each
registered team, with a unique team code, which shall be used to identify the teams during the
competition
·The Team Code allotted to every team should be quoted in any and every further
Communication with the Organizing Committee.
·The Team codes shall remain UNCHANGED till the conclusion of Col. Dr. Jeppiaar 4 th All
India Moot Court Competition 2023.
5. CLARIFICATIONS:
·Clarifications can be sought on any part of the moot proposition and must be clear. These
clarifications are to be sent to the Organizing Committee by filling the
Clarification Form .
·It is at the discretion of the Organizing Committee to decide whether a clarification sought
for is valid and is to be clarified
·The clarifications are to be submitted via the google form on or before 00-00-2023.
6. MEMORIAL:
6.1 Format of Memorial
·Participants are required to submit Memorandum or Written Submissions on behalf of both
the Petitioner(s) and the Respondent(s).
·Only the Team Code shall be specified on the top right corner of the Memorandum. Any
reference to the participating institution/college/university shall result in immediate
disqualification.
·No amendment to the memorandum shall be permitted after submission of the soft Copies.
·Memorials must contain the following:
 a. Cover page (shall include Year of the Competition, Cause Title, Forum/Court,
Designation as Petitioner or Respondent Memo, Team Code on the top right corner)
b. Table of Contents
c. List of Abbreviations
d. Index of Authorities
a. Statement of Jurisdiction (strictly restrict to 1 page).
b. Statement of Facts (strictly restrict to 1 page; argumentative Statement of Facts shall be
penalized).
c. Statement of Issues
d. Summary of Arguments
e. Arguments Advanced
f. Prayer
· The Cover Page shall be: Blue for Petitioner/Appellant Memorandum; Red for Respondent
Memorandum
· Each Memorandum shall not exceed 35 pages, inclusive of cover page
6.2 Font, Spacing and Citation
·The following content specifications shall be strictly adhered to:
i. Language: English.
ii. Body Font & Size: Times New Roman, 12; Line Spacing: 1.5 [The spacing need
not be followed for the Cover Page, any Tabular Column, Header or Footer].
iii. Footnotes Font & Size: Times New Roman, 10; Line Spacing: 1.0;
iv. Paragraph Spacing: None; No additional space between footnotes. Substantive
Footnoting is strictly prohibited.
v. Alignment (Body & Footnotes): Justified Margin: 1 inch on all 4 sides.
vi. Citation Method: The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation, Harvard Law
Review, 20th Edition.
6.3 Submission guidelines
·The qualified teams for Semi-finals Finals are asked to submit the Hard Copies (4 Copies of
Petitioner’s Memorial and 4 copies of Respondent’s Memorial) of the memorial shall be sent
to “The Dean, School of Law, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to
be University) Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai – 600 119. Tamilnadu, INDIA
or also it can be submitted in hand at School of Law, Sathyabama Institute of Science and
Technology (Deemed to be University) Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai – 600
119. Tamilnadu, INDIA.
.Each and every participating team are asked to submit the soft copies of memorials shall be
submitted in both pdf and .doc format latest by 11.59 pm on 00.00.2023. No memorials shall
be accepted after the prescribed date.
·Any memorial submitted after the deadline shall be subject to penalty for late Submission.
·The memorials shall be mailed to [email protected] with the subject of the mail
being “Memorial Submission – ‘Team Code’.
·Violation of any of the above rules shall result in the deduction of points.
·In case of any issue regarding time, the receiving time mentioned in the organizers email id
i.e, ‘[email protected]’ will be considered to be final and the sole decision rights
are with the organizers.
·Compendium is optional and has to be submitted to the organizing committee
Through e-mail at the time of memorial submission. The Compendium should only be one
PDF file, for easy accessibility of the judges.
6.4 Assessment of Memorials
·The memorials shall be assessed and marked out of 100 marks, by a team of experts on the
predetermined criterion, as specified here under.
·Every memorial submitted by the teams shall be individually marked, the totalled average
score which shall be the qualifying criteria of the Best Memorial Award.
7. GENERAL RULES OF ONLINE ROUNDS: (PRELIMINARY AND QUARTERS)
7.1 Dress code The dress code for all participants throughout the competition shall be white
shirt, black blazer (optional), and black trousers, black tie (optional) for men and white
shirt/kurta, black blazer (optional), black trousers for women. Strict adherence to the dress
code is required.
7.2 Rules pertaining to oral rounds
·The rounds of the Preliminary round and Quarter Finals will be conducted through
“Zoom”(Online) platform.
.The Participants are asked to check their network connectivity.
.Except the speaker who is presenting his/her arguments, all the other participants must
remain silent. In case of any disturbance or interruption, the participant or the entire team to
which such participant belongs shall be disqualified.
· No faculty member, coach, or a designated observer will be allowed to observe the Oral
Arguments.
· Scouting is strictly prohibited.
. No member of any team will be permitted to witness the arguments in any courtroom in
which that team is not one of the participating teams whilst that team is a part of the
competition. If this rule is violated, the Organizing Committee shall take strict actions, which
may include but may not be limited to, the expulsion of the said team from the competition.
· WhatsApp Groups will be created to facilitate communication with the ‘Ushers’ as Admins.
The Ushers will send instructions and guide the teams throughout the competition through
this Whatsapp Group.
8. FORMAT OF THE COMPETITION:
8.1 Structure of the Competition
· The competition will be held for three days, **th to **th ****, 2023. Information relating to
Draw of Lots and Exchange of Memorials will be communicated at a later stage.
· The competition shall consist of two Preliminary Rounds, a Quarter Final Round, a Semi-
Final Round and the Final Round.
. The Preliminary rounds and Quarter Finals will be conducted through Online mode and the
Semi finals and Finals will be conducted in the Premises of School of Law, Sathyabama
Institute of Science anQd Technology.
.The rounds shall be conducted through offline mode, the details of the room allotments will
be given to the teams prior to the competition.
· The structure of every oral pleading round shall be as follows: the
Petitioners/Appellants shall present their arguments first, followed by the
Respondents. After the conclusion of the Respondents’ pleadings, Petitioners/Appellants may
proceed with the Rebuttal, followed by Sur-rebuttal by Respondents.
8.2 Preliminary Round (ONLINE MODE)
· Each team shall argue once from each side i.e., once as Petitioners/Appellants and once as
Respondents. The representing sides shall be allotted to the teams via the draw of lots
conducted, which shall be notified to the teams shortly after the Inauguration.
· The Memorials of the opposing team shall be made available to the teams and judges
beforehand.
· No team shall plead against the same team in the subsequent preliminary round, it shall be
the duty of the Organizing Committee to ensure that the opposing teams in the subsequent
rounds are distinct.
· Each team shall strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 10
minutes per speaker. The speaking time is inclusive of a maximum of 2 minutes for the
Rebuttals and 2 minutes for sur-rebuttal, as the case may be. Any grant of extension shall be
at the discretion of the judges, which shall not exceed 5 minutes per team.
8.3 Quarter Final Round (ONLINE MODE)
· Eight (8) teams based on the highest marks in the Preliminary Rounds shall proceed to the
Quarter-Finals.
· The Quarter Final shall be a knock out round.
.The representing sides of each team and the opposing teams for the Quarter Final round shall
be decided by the draw of lots.
· Each team shall strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 10
minutes per speaker. The speaking time is inclusive of a maximum of 2 minutes for the
Rebuttals and 2 minutes for sur-rebuttal, as the case may be. Any grant of extension shall be
at the discretion of the judges, which shall not exceed 5 minutes per team.
· In the event of a tie, the memorandum score of the team shall be considered to decide the
teams furthering to the semi-final rounds.
8.4 Semi-Final Round (OFFLINE MODE)
· Four (4) Teams shall qualify to the Semi-final round wherein the winning team with the
highest marks of each courtroom in the Quarter-Final shall proceed to the SemiFinals.
· The Semi-Final shall be a knock out round.
· The representing sides of each team and the opposing teams for the Semi-Final Round shall
be decided by the draw of lots.
· Each team shall get a total time of 40 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 15 minutes
per speaker inclusive of a maximum of 3 minutes for the Rebuttals or surrebuttal, as the case
may be. Any grant of extension shall be at the discretion of the judges, which shall not
exceed 5 minutes per team.
8.5 Final Round (OFFLINE MODE)
· The winning team of each court room in the semi-final rounds shall proceed to the Finals. It
shall be a knock out round, wherein the side for pleading shall be determined on the basis of
draw of lots.
· In case of a tie, the team with a higher score in Memorandum Submissions shall qualify.
· The representing sides of the finalists shall be decided by the way of draw of lots.
.Each team shall get a total of 50 minutes to argue subject to a minimum of 20 minutes per
speaker inclusive of maximum 3 minutes for the Rebuttals and Sur-rebuttals, as the case may
be.
8.6 Assessment of Oral Pleadings
Team performance of the orators shall be judged, individually, in all rounds on the basis of
following criterion:
9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS:
9. 1 Court Mannerisms
·The participants are expected to strictly maintain the decency and decorum of the Court and
conduct themselves in the manner befitting of the legal profession.
·All teams are required to act in a dignified manner and respect the court. ·Any form of
communication between the Bar Table and any person other than those on the Bench is
prohibited and if indulged in, will result in a penalty point.
·Any attempt to approach the framer of the moot problem or judges of the competition, prior
to the competition shall be met with strict consequences.
10. PRIZES AND AWARDS:
. The team that scores the highest in the Final Round shall be declared as the “Winners” and
shall be awarded a sum of Rs. 25,000/- and a trophy and a certificate of merit.
. The other team that qualifies to the Final Round shall be declared as the “Runners up” and
shall be awarded a sum of Rs. 12,500/- and a trophy and a certificate of merit.
. The “Best Speaker” shall be awarded a sum of Rs. 5,000/- and a trophy and a certificate of
merit.
. “Best Memorial” shall be determined on the basis of the highest marks obtained in the
memorial round, and shall be awarded a Sum of Rs. 5,000/- and a trophy and a certificate of
merit.
. Every participating team shall be awarded ‘Certificate of Participation.’
11. CONTACT DETAILS:
Official Email ID: [email protected]
FACULTY COORDINATOR: Mr.P.S.S. Gowrishangar, +91 96298 48534/ +91
9849000331
Moot Court Committee:
PRESIDENT: Ms. Arya Abaranji. P. S., +91 95000 44929
VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. Eeshwaa. C.G., +91 63835 50954
TREASURER: Ms. Aishwarya. K., +91 86828 30609
SECRETARY: Mr. Naveen. V., +91 99403 18218
12. IMPORTANT DATES:
00-00-2023- Release of Moot Problem
00-00-2023 – Last date for Provisional Registration
00-00-2023- Last date for Registration
00-00-2023 – Last date for Clarifications
00-00-2023 -Last date for Memorial Submission
00-00-2023 – Preliminary Round
00-00-2023 – Semi Finals and Finals