Online National Judgment Writing Competition

National Judgment Writing Competition by Moot Court & Debating Society, Faculty of Law, Integral University, Lucknow

About The University

Integral University is a premier university situated in Lucknow, the capital city of the largest state of India, Uttar Pradesh. It was established under Act Number 9 of 2004 by the State Government. The University is duly approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act, 1956, and all relevant statutory bodies. The University offers diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in all prominent fields like Pharmacy, Engineering, Sciences, Health & Medical Sciences, Commerce & Management, Computer Applications, Agriculture, Law, Architecture & Planning, Education, Library& Information Science, and Humanities & Social Sciences. The University offers more than 240 programs across 47 disciplines and currently hosts around 11000 students at its 120-acre campus.

About Moot Court & Debating Society

The Moot Court & Debating Society, Faculty of Law, Integral University, Lucknow is a dedicated forum, which aims to provide a platform to the students to inculcate and enhance advocacy skills and promotes free thought and exchange of opinions. When the discussion is the ethos of an institution, this Society forms a natural facilitator of that spirited culture. The Moot Court & Debating Society has fostered activities such as mooting, debating quizzes, training programs, and workshops, etc., related activities at the Faculty of Law, Integral University and upholding the high standards of excellence and thereby enabling students to participate in external competitions organized both at National and International levels.

About Online National Judgment Writing Competition

The Concept of Judgement Writing has been prevalent for quite some time in the legal fraternity. A participant is encouraged to think like a Judge and reach a well-reasoned and innovative conclusion to render a suitable Judgement. The participants are expected to base their judgments on a thorough and diligent appreciation of the factual matrix. The competition encourages innovative judgments that have meticulously examined and applied relevant legal concepts.

1st Online National Judgment Writing Competition Rule Book:

1. DEFINITIONS

The following terms shall have the corresponding meanings unless otherwise specified:

a) ‘Competition’ shall refer to ‘THE 1st ONLINE NATIONAL JUDGMENT WRITING COMPETITION 2021’.

b) ‘Competition Problem’ shall refer to the facts and issues released by the organizers of the Competition with its clarifications and corrections.

c) ‘Competition Rules’ shall refer to the official rules of the Competition as may be amended from time to time.

d) ‘IST’ shall refer to Indian Standard Time.

e) ‘INR’ shall refer to Indian Rupee.

f) ‘Organizing Committee’ (hereinafter to be referred to as O.C) shall refer to the committee responsible for the administration and conduct of the Competition.

g) ‘Official Email’ shall refer to mootcourtsocietyiul@gmail.com

2. ELIGIBILITY

a) The Participant should be currently pursuing their Bachelor’s Degree in Law i.e. 3 Years L.L.B. course or 5-Year Integrated law or LLM students from any recognized University/Law School.

b) There is no restriction on the number of entries from any Law School or University.

c) Only individual participation is allowed.

d) Individual Participant is required to complete the registration on or before 8th September 11:59 PM.

Registration Fees

Rs. 150/- per Participant to be paid to:

a) After making the payment, the Participant needs to fill up the Registration Form which is available at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSew0Alnz1lQuKqXWcHa8A0_yUqFnJFHQZEGsA8-C1l_hkelBg/viewform?usp=sf_link

b) A confirmation email will be sent to the Participant after registration along with a Unique Registration Code within the next 24-48 hours.

c) Registration fee once paid is neither refundable nor transferable.

A/c Holder Name: Mohd Sufiyan Khan

Bank Name: HDFC Bank

Branch: Indira Nagar, Lucknow

Account No:50100256879091

IFSC Code: HDFC0009176

UPI ID– Sufiyankhan31880@okhdfcbank

Gpay – 6387320400

4. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

a) The Submission, as submitted must be an original work of the Participant and must not have been submitted or published elsewhere.

b) Any sort of plagiarism shall and will amount to a penalty.

c) Word Limit –1500-2000 (exclusive of footnotes).

d) The Submission must not disclose the identity of the Participant or any other personal details, e.g. Name of the Institution.

e) The Participant shall submit a separate cover letter containing the details of the Participant. Details shall include Name of the Participant, Name of the Institution, Email ID & Phone Number

f) The name of the file shall be named in the following format

“Cover Letter – IULAW NJWC”

“Submission – IULAW NJWC”

g) All the required documents (Cover Letter and Judgement Writing Submission) must be submitted in MS-Word file and should be emailed to mootcourtsocietyiul@gmail.com with the subject as – “IULAW NJWC – Manuscript Submission (Registration Code)”.

5. FORMATTING GUIDELINES

a) The author shall strictly adhere to the 20th Edition of Bluebook.

b) The manuscript shall be in A4 layout with 1.5 line spacing and justified.

c) Headings- Times New Roman – 14 – Bold.

d) Main Body- Times New Roman – 12.

e) Footnotes – Times New Roman – 10, Line spacing 1.0 and justified.

6. MARKING CRITERIA

Arrangements of facts 10
Issues addressed 10
Knowledge of law 20
Use of legal principles 15
Logical reasoning 15
Precedents used 10
Format and language 10
Style of writing 10
TOTAL 100

7. ANONYMITY

Each Participant will be provided with a unique code upon registration. The identity of the Participant shall not be disclosed at any stage; such disclosure shall invite penalties including disqualification. The decision for the same shall be at the discretion of the organizing committee.

The problem on Judgment writing will be released at 10 AM on 10th September 2021 and its response will be recorded by 1 PM on the same day.

No entries/responses will be considered valid if received after the given time i.e, 1 PM on 10^th September 2021

8. PRIZES AND RECOGNITION

a) First Position – Winner Memento & Certificate of Excellence

b) Second Position – 1st Runner-Up Memento & Certificate of Excellence

c) Third Position – 2nd Runner-Up Memento & Certificate of Excellence

d) Every Participant shall receive a Certificate of Appreciation.

9. QUERIES

All queries and clarifications regarding the competition must be emailed to mootcourtsocietyiul@gmail.com