Kshitizz NGO is seeking registrations for its third world moot court competition and judgement writing competition which will be held from June 2 to June 4.
About the Organiser
Kshitizz (a Hindi word that meaning “Horizon”) is an NGO, formed by advocates, lawyers, and law students of premier legal institutions especially Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam.
About the Competition
The third-world moot court and judgement writing competition, launched by Kshitizz NGO is a first-of-its-kind competition, where the third world issues would be focused on. It would enable the participants to learn the nuances of different legal subjects and their practical applications, which would help them in refining their skills.
The competition would also provide them with a platform to interact with dynamic professionals from the field, as well; thus, enhancing their exposure, further. While learning the laws would be the primary focus of the competition, it would also strive towards sensitizing the participants on third-world issues so as to enable them in coming up with more sensitive and unique solutions, which would befit the third-world problems.
Eligibility and Team Composition
Law students enrolled in 3 years LL.B. programmes or 5 years integrated law programmes from any BCI recognised institution are eligible to participate.
Only one team is allowed to participate from each institution. No cross-institution teams shall be allowed to participate.
Each team shall have three members, with two speakers and one researcher. The designation of each member should be clearly mentioned during the registration process. Upon registration, the teams shall not be allowed to change their memberships, under any circumstance.
Registration Process
- Interested teams are allowed to register between February 20, 2023 and April 10, 2023.
- The teams must pay an amount of Rs. 999 only towards the registration. The payment can be made via UPI to 8688770152 mobile number or to the following details: Name of account holder: Kshitizz NGO, Sabbavaram, Andhra Pradesh Account number: 283710100054585 IFSC code: UBIN0828378
- The teams must send in the details of each of their members, i.e., the name, phone number, email address, institutional affiliation, and role in the competition; along with a screenshot of the payment made to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com for the purpose of registration.
- The participants will receive an official confirmation mail from organising committee indicating the ‘Team Code’ after April 15, 2023. The teams must quote the allotted team code in all further communications with the organising committee.
- Registration fee once paid shall be non-refundable.
Clarifications
- Every registered team is allowed to seek clarifications on the moot proposition by April 15, 2023 by writing a mail to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com , with the subject line “Clarifications on the moot proposition”.
- It is advised that the teams should write one mail regarding the clarifications sought, preferably by the first speaker, who shall be the point of communication between the organising committee and the team, for the purpose of the competition.
Memorandum submission
- All memorandums shall be compliant with the rules of the competition.
- Each registered team must prepare written submissions for both parties.
- The appellant’s memorandum should have a blue cover, while the respondent’s memorandum should have a red cover.
- Only soft copies are to be submitted in .doc/.docx format only. No submissions in .pdf format shall be accepted.
- The file name for each submission should be in the format : Teamcode_Appellant or Teamcode_Respondent
- All submissions must be made within the specified dates, failing in which the teams would be penalised at the rate of 5 marks per day, up to 2 days, only. Any submissions after 22nd April, 2023, 11:59 hours would not be accepted and the team would be disqualified.
- The submissions shall be mailed to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com, with the subject line “Submission of memorandum”.
Important Dates
- Last date for registration: April 10, 2023.
- Last date for seeking clarifications: April 15, 2023.
- Last date for submission of memorandums (online): April 20, 2023.
- Last date of submission for the judgement writing competition: April 25, 2023.
- Inauguration of the competition: June 2, 2023
- Preliminary rounds: June 2, 2023
- Quarter-final rounds: June 3, 2023
- Semi-final rounds: June 3, 2023
- Final round: June 4, 2023
- Valedictory ceremony: June 4, 2023
Awards
- Winning team- Rs. 5000/-
- Runner’s up team- Rs. 3500/-
- Best speaker- Rs. 2000/-
- Best memorandum- Rs. 2000/-
All participants shall be issued with a certificate of participation.
Rules and Regulations: Judgement Writing Competition
This competition has been launched with the objective of inculcating among law students the art of writing lucid judgements. This would not only help them think clearer and write better; but also, would develop their critical thinking abilities.
Since the participants would assume the role of a judge, they would be able to look at both sides of a problem and come out with a balanced outcome. Since the competition is focused on third-world issues, the students are required to view the problem at hand from a third world perspective and come up with their judgements, though references to foreign case-laws isn’t prohibited.
The problem for the judgement writing competition would be same as that of the moot court competition.
Important Dates
- Last date for registration: April 10, 2023. –
- Last date for seeking clarifications: April 15, 2023. –
- Last date of submission for the judgement writing competition: 25 April, 2023.
- Declaration of result and Valedictory ceremony: 4 June, 2023.
- The results of the judgement-writing competition would be declared in the valedictory ceremony held for the moot court competition.
Language of the Competition: The competition shall be conducted in English language only.
Eligibility
Law students enrolled in 3 years LL.B. programmes or 5 years integrated law programs from any BCI recognised institution are eligible to participate.
Co-authorship up to two authors is allowed. Cross-institution authorships are welcome.
Registration Process
- Interested teams are allowed to register between February 20, 2023 and April 10, 2023.
- The teams must pay an amount of Rs. 300 only towards the registration.
- The payment can be made via UPI to 8688770152 mobile number or to the following details:
- Name of account holder: Kshitizz NGO, Sabbavaram, Andhra Pradesh Account number: 283710100054585
- IFSC code: UBIN0828378
- Co-authorship up to two persons is allowed, for each submission and each author has to register separately. [Ideally both the authors should register together].
- The author(s) must send in their details, i.e., the name, phone number, email address, and institutional affiliation; along with a screenshot of the payment made to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com for the purpose of registration. The registration fee is non-refundable.
- Upon registration, each author/ team shall be allotted a code, which shall be used by them in all further communications.
Clarifications
Every registered author(s) is allowed to seek clarifications on the moot proposition by April 15, 2023 by writing a mail to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com , with the subject line “Clarifications on the moot proposition”. Mails seeking clarifications without the subject line will not be replied to.
Submission Guidelines
- All submissions must be made by 11:59 hours on 25th April, 2023.
- All submissions must be in A-4 sized sheets.
- All submissions must be mailed to competitions.kshitizz@gmail.com, with the subject line “Submission for the judgment writing competition”. No offline submissions shall be accepted.
- All submissions must be in Times New Roman 12 pts., 1.5 spaced for the body of the text; while references must be in Times New Roman 10 pts., single spaced. A uniform margin of 1 inch shall be maintained on all sides.
- All submissions must follow the OSCOLA method of citation, for footnoting. Use of endnotes is prohibited.
- The submissions must not exceed 4000 words, exclusive of citations. All submissions must bear the name of the competition, name of the case and the allotted code (on the top right corner of the page) on the cover page.
- No submission should reveal any other identifiable information, failing in which their submission would be disqualified.
General Rules
- For every non-adherence to the rules prescribed, the submission would invite a penalty of 1 mark.
- Every submission shall go through a check for plagiarism, and plagiarism is allowed up to an extent of 15% only. Any breach of this limit would invite penalties, i.e., 2 marks would be deducted for every extra percentage of plagiarism.
- All submissions must contain the allotted code only as the file name. Submissions must be made in .doc/.docx format only. No submissions in .pdf format shall be accepted.
- In the event of a tie, the submission having more originality i.e., lesser plagiarism percentage would be given an upper hand.
Awards
- Winner- Rs. 1500
- First Runner’s Up- Rs. 1200
- Second Runner’s Up- Rs. 1000
A certificate of participation shall be issued to every participant.
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Source: Lawctopus
