THE RGNUL FRESHERS’ INTRA

MOOT COURT COMPETITION

RULES, 2021
 THE RGNUL FRESHERS' INTRA MOOT COURT
COMPETITION RULES, 2020
CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY
1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) These Rules may be called the RGNUL Freshers' Intra

Moot Court Competition Rules, 2021.

(2) These Rules shall come into effect from the date of their publication by RGNUL Moot

Court Committee via any means the committee deems fit.

2. Definitions: Unless otherwise provided, the words used in the Rules shall be construed as

defined hereinafter –

a. “Administration” means the administration of the University and shall include decisions

of the committee.

b. Committee” means the RGNUL Moot Court Committee.

c. “Competition” means the RGNUL Freshers' Intra Moot Court Competition 2021.

d. “Draw of Lots” means the virtual draw of lots organized to allot sides to the participating

teams or any other manner which may be prescribed by the committee.

e. “Moot Proposition” means the case or the fact sheet released by the committee for the

purpose of the competition.

f. “Moot Court Competition” means various moot court competitions, national or

international, including national rounds of International Moot Court Competitions

organized by various colleges, universities and institutions in and outside India wherein

the University shall be represented.

g. “Oral Rounds” means the virtual oral pleadings presented by the teams before the judges.

h. “Rules” mean the RGNUL Freshers' Intra Moot Court Competition Rules, 2021.

i. “Soft Copy” refers to the electronic version of the written submission mailed to the

committee on intramoot.nlu@gmail.com.
 j. “Team” means the team having composition as mentioned in Rule 4 and is registered by

the committee under Rule 5 for participating in the competition.

k. Team Code” means the unique code that shall be provided to the registered teams and

shall be used by the teams for all further communications.

l. “University” means Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.

m. “Written Submission” means the document prepared by the team in accordance with

Chapter IV.

n. "Batch" means Batch of 2025.

CHAPTER II – ELIGIBILITY & TEAM COMPOSITION

3. Eligibility: All the students of the University of Batch of 2025 who is pursuing five year

integrated course of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) are eligible for taking part in the RGNUL Freshers'

Intra Moot Court Competition, 2021.

Provided that the students who have been barred from participating by the Committee under

any foregoing Rules of the Committee or by the order of the Administration shall not be

eligible for taking part in the Competition.

4. Team Composition: A team shall comprise of three members out of whom two shall be

designated as speakers while one shall be designated as the researcher.

Provided that same person cannot be designated as the speaker as well as researcher.

5. Registration: The Registration shall be completed by filling the below mentioned Google

form before 19th February, 2021 (11:59 PM). No entries after the registration date shall be

entertained by the Committee. Participants shall only use and provide the RGNUL email

ids’ for the purpose of registration. The link for the Google form is:

https://forms.gle/cSZu5SrRp1n8snP4A

6. Allotment of Team Code: Every team registered for the competition shall be allotted a

unique code which shall be used by it for all further communications with the Committee.
 CHAPTER III – FORMAT OF THE COMPETITION

7. Format of the competition: The competition shall comprise of the “Freshers' Intra Moot

Court Competition.

8. Oral Rounds:

a. The committee shall organize virtual oral rounds against each other or ex-parte, as the

case may be.

b. Each team shall be arguing from one side only. That Side shall be decided through draw

of lots or any other method prescribed by the committee. Each team shall be allotted a

maximum time of 30 minutes inclusive of time for rebuttals and sur-rebuttals.

c. Every speaker can speak for a maximum of 18 minutes subject to minimum time of 12

minutes.

d. Extra time shall be at the sole discretion of judges.

e. Speakers in the oral rounds shall be marked in accordance with the marking criteria as

provided under Schedule III of the Rules and as determined by the Committee from time

to time.

f. Individual speaker Scores shall be calculated as following:

Aggregate Speaker Score = Score in oral rounds +1/2 (Aggregate memorial scores).

9. Computation of Aggregate Score: The aggregate score of a team shall be computed as the

total of –

a. Aggregate Score of Speaker 1;

b. Aggregate Score of Speaker 2;

c. Aggregate Score of Researcher

10. Arrangement of Ranking: The committee shall be declaring the following rankings:

a. Speaker Ranks: Speakers shall be ranked according to the individual speaker scores

calculated as per Rule 8.

 b. Researcher Ranks: Researchers shall be ranked according to the aggregate memorial

scores. There shall be no separate researcher’s test. The researcher score shall be

calculated as follows:

• Aggregate Score of Researcher = Aggregate memorial scores

• Aggregate Memorial Score: Memorial Score – Penalty imposed (In accordance

with Chapter V)

c. Team Rankings: The teams shall be ranked on the basis of below mentioned criterion

• The teams shall be first differentiated on their cumulative aggregate score as per

Rule 9.

• If the tie subsists, the team with the higher aggregate speaker score will be allotted

the higher rank;

• If the tie still subsists, the team with the higher memorial score will be allotted

higher rank;

• If the tie still subsists, then the rank shall be determined by the toss of coin.

11. Results: The results of the competition shall be declared on the date notified by the

Committee. The teams accumulating a score of at least 50% of the maximum obtainable

marks, in the Freshers' Intra, as determined under Rule 11 shall be designated as ‘Qualified

Teams’ and the rest shall be designated as ‘Disqualified Teams’.

12. Publication of Final Result and Allotment of Moots: Notwithstanding anything contained

in these Rules, the final result published at the conclusion of the Competition shall consist of

Team Rankings, Individual ranking list of speakers and Researchers which shall, subject to the

RGNUL Freshers' Allotment of National and International Moot Court Competition Rules,

be considered for all future purposes. The ranking and scores once declared shall be final and

binding.
 CHAPTER IV - WRITTEN SUBMISSION

13. Witten Submission: (1) The written submissions shall be submitted by the teams from one

side only as either an Appellant/ Petitioner/ Plaintiff or a Respondent/ Defendant. The side

will be allotted to the team after the allotment of team codes.

(2) The written submission shall be submitted as a soft copy.

14. Parameters for the Written Submission:

a. Each team shall submit the written submission only containing pages as mentioned in the

schedule I of the rules. The pages in the said schedule shall be inclusive of the footnotes.

b. The written submission shall be typed on A4 pages with proper page numbering.

c. Font Type: The text and footnote of written submission shall be either in Times New

Roman or Garamond

d. Font Size: The font size of the text shall be in 12 points while that of footnotes shall be

10 points.

e. Line Spacing: The line spacing shall be 1.5 for the text and 1 for the footnotes.

f. Footnote Style: The participants shall use the Bluebook 20th Edition Citation Format.

g. Colour of Cover Page: The written submission from the side of the

petitioner/appellant/complainant/applicant must have light blue paper as cover page.

On the other hand, the written submission from the side of the respondent/defendant

must have light red paper as cover page.

h. Team Code: The written submission shall contain the team code on the right corner of

the cover page and no other identification of the team shall be there other than the team

code on the cover page.

i. The written submissions shall be marked on the parameters which are laid down under

Schedule II of the Rules and as determined by the committee.

15. Submission Soft Copy of Written Submission: The soft copies of the written submissions

shall be sent in .doc or .docx and .pdf formats via email to the committee on or before the
 notified date on intramoot.nlu@gmail.com. All the contents of the soft copy of the written

submission shall be mailed as a single file. The file shall be sent as an attachment and the file

name shall be the team code allotted. The subject of the mail shall be “Written Submission:

TC __”.

CHAPTER V - PENALTIES

16. Penalty for late submission of written submission: If the team fails to submit the soft copy

of the written submission; such team shall be facing a deduction of two mark per hour in

the memorial marks.

17. Penalty for exceeding the page limit: If the team exceeds the page limit of the written

submission under Schedule I, such team shall be penalized with deduction of two marks per

extra page in the written submission.

18. Penalty for Plagiarism: The written submission must be an original production of work.

Violation of this rule may lead to instant disqualification or any other penalty which may be

imposed by the committee

19. Penalty for violation of any other Parameter: Whichever team violates any other rule

provided under Rule 14 shall be punished with deduction of 1 mark per side per such

violation.

20. Scouting: No team shall be allowed to hear or see the Oral Rounds of any other team.

If any team is found indulged in scouting, it shall be disqualified from the

Competition.

21. Punishment for use of Unfair Means: Any person or team found indulging in use of any

unfair means during the course of competition shall be punished with disqualification

from competition and shall be deemed to be ineligible for participating in any National

and International Moot Court Competitions notified by the Committee during that

academic year.
 Provided that no punishment under this Rule shall be levied unless an opportunity to present

his/her case is given to the delinquent.

22. Punishment for Violation of any Rule: Any person or team found in violation of any

provisions of this Rules or any other Rules made by the Committee for the Competition shall

be liable with punishment of not less than deduction of 10% of his total score but not

more than deduction of 20% of his total score.

CHAPTER VI – POLICY FOR VIRTUAL ORAL ROUNDS

23. The Oral Rounds for the competition will take place virtually via Cisco WebEx or Google

Meet platform.

24. It would be the responsibility of every team to ensure a stable internet connection. The audio

and video of every member of the team should be clear. Every team must ensure a proper

background. The Moot Court Committee will under no circumstances be obligated to provide

the participants with any such facility

25. All participants should mandatorily join with their laptops or desktops and in no circumstance

join with any other device.

26. The link or the ID and password for the room on Cisco WebEx or Google Meet will be

conveyed to the participating teams before the oral rounds.

27. Each participating member of every team is advised to install the Cisco WebEx or Google

Meet platform on their devices well in time.

28. Each team is required to join the room at least fifteen minutes before the scheduled time of

commencement of the oral rounds.

29. At the time when one participant is speaking, others are expected to keep their microphones

on mute. In case a participant is found disturbing the other pleader anyway, he/she or the

entire team to which such this participant belongs may be disqualified upon the discretion of

the bench.
30. Strict adherence to the dress code is required. The teams are required to be properly attired

for the round. The participants are required to wear black trousers/skirts and a white shirt,

black blazers, and a black necktie. In a situation where a participant cannot make these

available, he/she shall wear a formal dress.

31. In case of a loss in internet connection, each team will be given a reasonable time to reconnect.

If the problem still persists the decision made by the committee shall be final and binding.

32. Any compiled Research Material (Compendium) or other supplementary documents may be,

as per the discretion of the bench, presented by the team by using the “screen sharing” option.

33. Participants will not be allowed to use the feature of personal chat on Cisco WebEx or Google

Meet to communicate with their team members or members of the opposing team.

34. Participants are expected to cooperate with the Committee and the judges, in case anyone

faces any issue.

CHAPTER VII – MISCELLANEOUS

35. Clarification: Any team having any doubt regarding the moot proposition or registration or

any other rule shall mail the same to intramoot.nlu@gmail.com on or before the date as

shall be notified by the committee. In case of any discrepancy the decision of the committee

shall be final and irrevocable.

36. Copyright: The copyright with regard to the memorials submitted for the participation in the

Competition is assigned by participants and shall also vest completely and fully with the

Organizers. The participants shall certify the originality of the memorials and the materials

used and shall be responsible for any claim or dispute arising out of further use and exhibition

of these materials. The Organizers shall have the right to publicly display, distribute either

electronically or otherwise and they shall not be responsible for any liability to any person for

any loss caused by errors or omissions in this collection of information, or for accuracy,

completeness or adequacy of the information contained in these materials.

37. Power to Amend or Alter Rules: The rules mentioned herein are not exhaustive. The

Organizers reserve the right to alter, amend or add to the rules mentioned herein at any point

of time. All decisions made by Organizers in case of any disputes, doubts or related issues shall

be final and binding. Imposition of all penalties including disqualification rests solely with the

organizers in case of failure to comply with the rules mentioned herein.

38. Contact Details: In case of any queries or clarifications regarding the competition feel free to

mail your queries at intramoot.nlu@gmail.com.

39. Language: The language of the Competition shall be English only.

 SCHEDULE I

HEADINGS OF THE PAGES MAXIMUM PAGES

Cover Page 1

Table of Contents No Limit

List of Abbreviations No Limit

Index of Authorities No Limit

Statement of Jurisdiction 1

Statement of Facts 2

Issues Raised 1

Summary of Arguments 2

Body of Arguments 15

Prayer/Relief 1

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 SCHEDULE II

MARKING CRITERIA MAXIMUM MARKS ALLOTTED

Evidence of Original Thought 20

Knowledge of Law and Facts

20

Proper and Articulate Analysis

20

Clarity and Organization

10

Grammar and Style

10

Correct format and Citation

10

Extent and Use of Research

10

TOTAL 100

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 SCHEDULE III

MARKING CRITERIA MAXIMUM ALLOTTED MARKS

Knowledge of Law 20

Application of Law and Facts 20

Ingenuity and Ability to Answer 20

Questions

Style, Poise, Courtesy and Demeanour 15

Organization and Flow of Arguments 15

Reference to Written Submission 10

TOTAL 100

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