Pro Bono Clun, School of Law, Manipal University, Jaipur in collaboration with ProBono India is organizing a Drafting Competition.
About the University
On the Government of Rajasthan’s invitation, Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) was founded in 2011 as a self-supporting State Private University. With the Manipal way of learning, MUJ has redefined academic achievement in the area by encouraging students from all academic fields to study and innovate through practical experience.
About Pro Bono Club
The Pro Bono Club (PB club) Scheme, has been conceptualized to strengthen the existing pro bono program, by integrating law schools and students within its fold.
The primary objective of this scheme is to improve the efficiency and quality of pro bono legal services by providing assistance to pro bono advocates through competent law students. The Pro Bono Legal Services program was launched in April 2017.
About Pro Bono India
Founded in October 2016 with an aim to integrate legal aid and awareness initiatives – ProBono India has ventured into different avenues viz. legal aid, legal awareness, legal intervention, legal journalism, legal activism, etc. – all with the underlying objective of contributing to the positive development of the society with a strong socio-legal approach.
About the Competition
Pro Bono Club, Nyay Bandhu Scheme, School Of Law, Manipal University Jaipur in collaboration with Pro Bono India is organizing a National PIL, RTI, and Consumer Complaint Drafting Competition.
Topic
The problem for the draft will be shared on 6th October 2023 in the evening.
Eligibility
The competition is open for the students currently pursuing their bachelor’s degree in law i.e. 3-Year or 5-Year law course from any recognized university/college in India.
Submission Guidelines
- Each participating team must submit One Draft.
- If a participant/team wishes to submit any annexure to support his/her arguments contained in the Draft [for instance Reports, Commentaries, News Clippings, Pictures, etc.] a compendium of all the relevant annexures must be sent with the draft.
- The form will be open for participation till 1st October 2023.
- The date of the competition will be the 7th and 8th of October 2023. All PIL drafts must be sent to the email address: probonoclubmuj@gmail.com by 8th October 2023 at 11:59 p.m. with the Subject as “PIL/RTI/CONSUMER COMPLAINT DRAFT, TEAM CODE”.
- Any submission made after the deadline will not be entertained.
- Substantial Plagiarism shall amount to disqualification; therefore, the Participants must not submit plagiarised content (as the Drafts will be put through ‘Turnitin’). In case the draft of two or more participants/teams is found “substantially similar” to each other, both the participants/ teams shall be disqualified.
- All the drafts must be submitted in both Microsoft Word Document format (.doc/.docx) and PDF Format (.pdf)[i.e. each participant is required to send 2 files- One in MS Word format and one in PDF format].
- The body of the submissions must be in the font “Times New Roman” with font size 12, with line spacing of 1.5 and justified. (The Font size for the Headings can be formatted as per the choice of the participants).
- The Footnotes shall be in Times New Roman, size 10, single line spacing, justified. Authorities shall be cited as per the 21st edition of the Bluebook. Results will be declared on 12th October 2023.
General Rules
The draft is to be filed before the Supreme Court of India.
- The draft shall contain:
- Cover page, with Unique team code in the right upper-hand corner and the name of the case.
- Table of Contents.
- Table of Abbreviations.
- Index of Authorities.
- Statement of Jurisdiction.
- Facts of the case.
- Issue(s) raised.
- Summary of Arguments/Pleadings.
- Arguments Advanced/Pleadings.
- Prayer.
- Table of Annexures.
Team Composition
- Individual Participation is allowed.
- Participation in a team of two is allowed.
- The substitution of any team member after the registration process has been completed is not allowed.
- There is no restriction on the number of entries from any university/college.
Important dates
- Date of Registration: September 01, 2023
- Last date of Registration: October 01, 2023
- Date of Competition: October 7- October 8, 2023
- Date of Submission: October 08, 2023
- Date of Result Declaration: October 12, 2023
How to Register?
The participating team can register themselves by filling out the Registration Form through the link provided at the end.
After the successful registration, Each participant or team shall be allocated a Unique Team Code for further reference.
Prizes
- Cash prizes of Rs. 4000, 3000 & 2000 shall be awarded to 1st, 2nd & 3rd position holders respectively for each competition.
- And, the Certificate of Participation for every participant.
- All queries and clarifications must be sent to the mail id i.e. probonoclubmuj@gmail.com.
- Phone: Chaitanya Agarwal (+91-6376066234) Student Coordinator.
- Phone: Krati Bansal (+91-8306867613) Student Co-Cordinator.
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Source: Lawctopus
