Surana & Surana Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2014

Name of the Organisation : Surana & Surana International Attorneys (moot.in)
Name of the Competition : Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2014
Location : Chennai

Website : http://www.moot.in/index.php

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Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2014 :
Rules for the Surana & Surana India North – South Rounds :
1. The rules given below are for the India North and South Rounds only and adopted from official International rules for Jessup 2014 released by ILSA with slight modifications for administrative purposes.

2. For the World Finals at Washington the Winners of Indian Rounds are solely guided by the INTERNATIONAL RULES ONLY that may be downloaded from https://www.ilsa.org/

3. The 2014 Jessup (India) will have an India North & India South Rounds jointly organized by Department Of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh and School Of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru.

4. The competition will be held in two regions :
** India North – 24-26 January 2014 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
** India South – 31 January- 2 February 2014 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
** (Day 1) Inauguration, registration, orientation and draw of lots
** (Day 2) Preliminary rounds (total four rounds)
** (Day 3) Semi Finals (forenoon), Final (afternoon) followed by valediction & prize distribution

5. Teams desirous of participating in the India North/South Rounds are compulsorily required to register with International Law Students Association (ILSA) and obtain the registration number. Only those teams that have registered with ILSA are eligible to participate in India National Rounds. The deadline for registration with ILSA is 15 November 2013 with the names of the Team Members. The deadline to register individual team members is the same day as the deadline for team registration

6. Registration :
** Teams must also register with the Indian National Administration as detailed hereunder.
** Online registrations are open from 4 Nov 2013. The teams must register online by 10 December 2013. Teams will have to register online at www.moot.in
** Participants will receive an automated system generated acknowledgement on successful submission of registration.
** Participants will receive an approval as acceptance of their request for participation latest by 12 December 2013 8 :00PM.

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A scanned copy of the letter from the participating college/ institution / university duly signed by any one of thefollowing :-
** Faculty-in-charge of MCS/MCA, Registrar, Principal, Dean, Director, Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor confirming the names of the participants , Year / semester in which studying, representing the college/ institution / university for the moot competition will have to be attached during the online registration process (The approval letter shall be formatted on the letterhead of the participating institution/college/university alternatively you may use the registration form itself as appended below as page 5 with the official seal)
** Registrations without the scanned copy of the approval letter from the college/institution/ university or duly attested registration form will not be valid
** Registration form or the approval letter as soft copy may also be sent by e-mail to moot AT law.christuniversity.in for the India South rounds & lawsdept AT pu.ac.in for the India North rounds marked as PHILIP C JESSUP IMCC – 2014 as the subject of the mail latest by 15 December 2013
** The participants are required to send the hard copy of the approval/ registration letter to Administrator, of the respective host institutions so as to reach before 15 January 2014

7. Registration with ILSA requires a registration fee of USD 450/-, which must be paid directly to ILSA. For details visit www.ilsa.org However, there is no separate registration fee for India North/South Rounds.

8. Those teams who wish to seek waiver of registration fee must complete the waiver request form located on their team homepage and submit it to the Jessup Competition Coordinator at jessup AT ilsa.org.

9. Every registered team will be provided with a team number (by ILSA) which they will quote for all communications with ILSA and the National Administrator for India North/South Rounds.

10. Every team will argue at least TWICE for Applicant as well as Respondent during preliminaries (four rounds).

11. The teams will pick lots to choose the side they argue for Semi Finals & Finals.

12. For each round, a team can have two speakers and one researcher only. Teams may have two to five members. All team members will be awarded participation certificates. However, accommodation will be provided only for 3 members and additional members will make their own arrangement

13. Time limit for oral rounds – Preliminaries, Semi Finals & Final – 45 minutes each team. The time includes rebuttal / sur-rebuttal).

14. The counsels / researcher may not pass on notes / communicate to the speaker making argument. However, unobtrusive written communication between researcher/members at the table is allowed.

15. In accordance with Official Rule 7.7.1, scouting in all forms is prohibited.

16. Teams are not allowed to use laptops / computers / cell phones in the court room during the oral rounds.

17. Qualification to the Semi Finals rounds will be based first on Win points, then on Raw points. Teams with the same number of wins shall be ranked among each other based on their aggregate Raw points. The top 4 teams will qualify for the semi finals.

18. Memorial scores will be added to the individual oral scores in the preliminary rounds for declaring the winners. Memorial scores will not be added during the knockout stage. (Semi Final & Final).

19. The rules concerning the memorials format and page / word limit are same as that of the International Rounds, which can be found in the International rules and regulations available in the website https://www.ilsa.org/

20. For convenience of exchange of memorials we stick to the rule of color (India North/South rounds) Applicant – Blue cover (preferably light blue); Respondent – Red cover (preferably light red).

21. Six hard copies of memorials each (6 Applicant and 6 Respondent) MUST be submitted during registration / orientation at the venue (Non submission will attract penalty).

22. Soft copies of both Applicant & Respondent memorials are to be sent by email in MS Word format to mootcourt AT lawindia.com and submitted online to ILSA through each team’s team homepage by 17 :00 (5:00 p.m.) Central Standard Time (CST), which is UTC/GMT -6 on 15 Jan 2014. Each memorial should contain all the details (front page, statement of fact, argument etc.) in a single document i.e. there should be only two doc files one applicant and one respondent. One advance hard copy of each (Applicant & Respondent) memorial quoting only the Team Number provided by ILSA on the cover page of the memorial, has to reach the respective Host Institution positively by 10 Jan 2014 for the purpose of evaluation for India North/South rounds.

23. The teams should mark only their TEAM NUMBERS allotted by ILSA in the memorials. No indication about the identity of the institution they belong to may be found in the memorials. Such indications / markings may attract penalty and even disqualification.

24. For Best Student Advocate award the points scored from the preliminary rounds alone will be counted.

25. The Winner and Runner-up team of India North & South rounds (total 2 + 2 teams) will represent India in the World finals at Washington. The number of international participation may increase with the increase in number of registrations to the India North / South Rounds and the approval of the ILSA Executive Office.

26. The Administrator in-charge for India North will be Prof. Nishtha Jaswal, Chairperson, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Fr. Benny Thomas, Director, School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru for India South.

27. The organizers would provide accommodation for up to 3 participants per team during the competition.. Accommodation & food for the participants will be provided only for 3 days i.e. on 24, 25 & 26 Jan 2014 for India North rounds and 31 Jan, 1 & 2 Feb 2014 for India South rounds. Teams arriving early and leaving late shall make their own arrangements.

28. In order to encourage law schools from remote parts of India, Surana & Surana Public Charitable Trust contemplates reimbursing sleeper class – Non A/c train fare (to & fro) to three members of teams participating from remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, , Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Tripura & Uttaranchal. The head of the institutions must forward applications in advance to The Administration Officer, Surana & Surana Public Charitable Trust, 61-63, Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004 for processing. The teams must first participate and then claim the reimbursement.

29. The Administrator’s decision shall be final in all matters concerning the competition, unless an appeal is made to the ILSA Executive Office through National Administrator, pursuant to Official Rules 11.2.4.

30. The International rounds will be held from 6 – 12 April 2014 at Washington, USA.

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Important Dates :
Start of Online Registration India Rounds :4 November 2013
Deadline for Regn & payment with ILSA, USA :15 November 2013
Last date for Online Registration India Rounds :10 December 2013
Receipt of Approval of participation ( before or by) India Rounds :12 December 2013
Last date for receiving soft copies of Reg Form / Approval letter- India Rounds :15 December 2013
Last Date for Submission of Memorials ( One Hard Copy & Soft Copy by email ) India Rounds :10 January 2014
Last Date for Submission of Memorials with ILSA, USA :15 January 2014
Last date for receiving hard copy of Reg Form / Approval letter – India Rounds :15 January 2014
Submission of Memorials(6 Hard Copies each) During Orientation :24 & 31 January 2014 (for North & South rounds respectively)

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