MOOT COURT COMMITTEE, SCHOOL OF‌

LEGAL STUDIES, K.R. MANGALAM‌

UNIVERSITYIN COLLABORATION WITH‌
DREAM LAW‌

Presents

RULEBOOK

MEDIA PARTNER
30th May to 1st June, 2025
1. Introduction
1.1 General Information
1.2 Important Dates
1.3 Venue
1.4 Definitions

2. General Rules
2.1 Team Composition and Eligibility
2.2 Languages
2.3 Dress code
2.4 Registration

3. Memorial
3.1 Memorial Submission
3.2 Memorial Content
3.3 Formatting Guidelines
3.4 Marking Criteria

4. Oral Rounds
4.1 Preliminary Round
4.2 Round of 16
4.3 Semi Final
4.4 Finals
4.5 Marking Criteria

5. General Code of conduct

6. Miscellaneous
7. Contact Information
1.1 General Information
Inter University Moot Court Competition shall be organized by
Dream Law, in collaboration with Moot Court Society, School of
Legal Studies, K.R. Mangalam University through online mode.
The competition shall be conducted in accordance with these rules,
and all the participants shall be presumed to have read and
understood the rules.

1.2 Important Dates

Last date of registration- 26th May, 2025

Memorial submission -- 27th May, 2025
Competition dates- 30th May to 1st June, 2025

1.3 Venue

The competition will be held in a virtual mode through the

application called as ZOOM which the participants have to
download in order to participate.
1.4 Definitions

The definitions placed below by the Organising Committee shall be

final and the deciision of the Organising Committee regarding the
applicability of these rules will be final.
1) ‘Bench’ refers to the members duly invited by the organizing
committee, to adjudge any of the rounds, collectively. Bench may be a
bench of any number of judges as the Organizing committee may
decide .‘
2) Clarifications’ means any questions, queries, or doubts sent by the
registered teams to the organisers, within the given deadline.
3) ‘Penalty’ refers to the deductions imposed scores of a participating
team for violation of rules of the competition.
4) ‘Participating Team’ means the team which has registered itself for
the competition within the time limit prescribed as per the rules for
registration.
5) ‘Rejoinder’ refer to those arguments /questions that the
Complainant may raise at the end of the main pleadings of all the
Speakers.
6) ‘Sur-Rejoinder’ refers to the defense presented by the Respondent
to the Rejoinder. Allowing Sur-Rejoinder shall strictly be upon
discretion of the judges.
7) ‘Court Room’ shall refer to the online platform where the orals will
take place.
8) ‘Scouting’ means a person observing the Oral Rounds of a team
other than the team such person is associated with.
2.1 Team Composition and Eligibility

ELIGIBILITY

Students duly enrolled and pursuing full time 5 years or 3 years

undergraduate law courses may apply to participate in the given
competition. Students enrolled in post graduation diploma or
short term certification courses are not eligible to apply.

The team members should be from the same

University/College.Cross University Teams are not allowed to
participate.

TEAM COMPOSITION

The team composition of the given competition shall comprise of

the following members which should be there:
(A) 2 speakers OR
(B) 2 speakers and 1 Researcher

The team cap will be 100 teams. Any number of teams can
participate from a single university in the moot court competition.

2.2 Languages

The official language of the competition shall be English only.

2.3 Dress Code

The participating teams must adhere to the following dress code

during the competition. Male- White shirt, black trousers, black
tie or white band, black coat, and black shoes. Female- White
salwar and kurta along with white band or white shirt and black
trousers along with black tie, a black coat and black shoes.

2.4 Registration

Online registrations are open. The teams must register online by .

The registration shall be done by filling up the registration form
available in the official Brochure. The registration shall be
considered complete only when the ‘Registration Fee’ has been
paid successfully and the registration Form is duly filled with all
the credentials. The participants will receive an official approval
mail from organising committee within 48 hours of their
registration. The organizing committee shall communicate the
unique team codes to each team through mail which shall be
quoted by the teams for further communications with the
organising committee. Registration fee once paid is non-
refundable.
3.2 Memorial Content

Cover Page – The cover page shall contain the Case Title, Side
of the Memorial, Year of the Competition, Name of the Court,
and Team Code on the top right corner.

Table of Contents
Index of Authorities
Statement of Jurisdiction
Statement of Facts
Issues Raised
Summary of Arguments Pleadings
Arguments Advanced
Prayer

The Memorial shall not exceed 35 Pages in total and Arguments

Advanced shall not exceed 25 Pages .
3.3 Formatting Guidelines

The memorial shall be typed on an A4 size page and all the

pages of the memorial should have a page number at the
bottom.

Font and Size (General) – Times New Roman, 12 pts.

Line Spacing (General) – 1.5 lines.
Font and Size (Footnotes) – Times New Roman, 10 pts.
Line Spacing (Footnotes) – Single lines.
Page Margins – 1 inch on all sides.

All the citations and footnotes must be in compliance with the

20th Edition of Bluebook.
3.4 MARKING CRITERIA FOR MEMORIALS
The memorials shall be marked on a scale of 50 marks and the
parameters laid down as under:

ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA TOTAL MARKS

Precise Drafting 10

Knowledge of Laws and Facts 10

Quality of Research 10

Creative approach
in appreciation of 10
facts and evidences

Grammar and Formatting 10

TOTAL 50
4.1 Preliminary Round

The Preliminary rounds shall consist of 2 Rounds . Preliminary 1

& Preliminary 2 . Each team shall argue for both the sides i.e.
Appellant and Respondent both during preliminary round.

Explanation – If a team has argued for the Appellant side in

Preliminary – 1, it shall argue for the Respondent side in
Preliminary – 2 and vice versa. Each team shall strictly get a total
time of 20 minutes to argue, which will include rejoinder and sur-
rejoinder time [if permitted by the judge(s)]. Extension of time
may be permissible at the discretion of judges. No speaker shall
speak for more than 12 minutes subjected to maximum time limit
of 20 minutes for the team.

The top 16 teams of teams winning both Preliminary rounds shall

qualify for Round of 16. If less than 16 teams win both rounds of
Preliminary round , then all the teams winning both rounds of
Preliminary rounds and top scoring teams in the remaining space
shall qualify for Round of 16 . In case of a tie in scores calculated,
the team with the higher score in the Written Submission
(Memorials) shall proceed to the next round
4.2 Round of 16

Round of 16 shall consist of only one round. Each team shall

strictly get a total time of 30 minutes to argue, which will include
rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the judge(s)]. No
speaker can speak for more than 18 minutes subjected to maximum
time limit of 30 minutes for the team. Extension of time may be
permissible at the discretion of judges. The winning 04 teams of the
Round of 16 shall qualify for the Semi-Final Rounds.

4.3 Semi Final Round

Each team shall get a total time of 35 minutes to argue, which will
include rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the
judge(s)]. No speaker shall speak for more than 20 minutes
subject to maximum time limit of 35 minutes for the team. A time
extension may be granted to each team at the discretion of the
Judge. The winning 02 teams from the Semi-Final Round shall
qualify for the final
4.4 Finals Round

Each team shall get a total time of 40 minutes which will include
rejoinder and sur-rejoinder time [if permitted by the judge(s)].No
speaker shall speak for more than 25 Minutes subjected to
maximum time limit of 40 minutes for the team. A time-extension
may be granted to Each team at the discretion of the Judge. The
Team scoring maximum marks in Final Round shall be adjudged
as winner of Samar Kumar Basu National Moot Court
Competition.
MARKING CRITERIA MARKS

Application of laws to facts 20

Use of Authorities 10

Responsiveness to judges
20
questions

Style of Presentation 20

Effectiveness of Prayer 10

Court Mannerism 20

TOTAL 100
The competition shall be conducted on a Virtual Platform
(Zoom/Google Meet/Jitsi or other platform. ) The description
of platform shall be intimated to the teams 1 week prior of the
competition.
The teams must ensure that they have a strong internet
connection (along with good audio and video facilities) for the
smooth running of the Competition. In case any participant or
team is logged out due to connection issues, reasonable time
may be given to the respective participant or team to join in.
The participants must ensure that no background disturbance is
Impeding the flow of moot court competition. Hence, it is
recommended for the participants to be seated/situated in a
quiet room.
Entering/indulging in any kind of misconduct, or violating the
aforementioned rules and regulations Shall lead to immediate
disqualification.
In case of tie in any round, the team scoring higher marks in
memorial shall the adjudged winner. The decision of the judges
with regards to the oral rounds shall be final.
Teams shall not reveal their identity in any form, except by
means of the Team Code allotted to them during the
Competition. The Written Submissions shall not reveal the
identity of the team in any form and should not bear the logo,
name, etc. of the University represented.
Scouting is strictly prohibited . Scouting by any team shall
entail instant disqualification.
Any violation of the rules mentioned, will attract severe penalty
or disqualification as determined by the organising committee .
The Organising Committee reserves the right to amend,
modify, change or repeal any of the competition rules at any
stage.
The Organising Committee shall convey any changes made in
the competition rules to the Participating Teams.
If a team is of the perspective that violation of the rules of the
competition has taken place at any stage of the competition,
the team (s) shall inform within half an hour after the
completion of the round to the Organising Committee.
Team(s) under no circumstances shall approach the Judges
with any complaints.
The Organisers shall not be responsible for any loss or slow or
unstable Internet Connection during the Competition.
 Chief Patron Patron
Prof. Dinesh Singh Prof. (Dr.) Raghuvir Singh
Chancellor Vice-Chancellor
K.R. Mangalam University K.R. Mangalam University
Patron
Prof. (Dr.) Mehraj Uddin Mir
Motilal Nehru, Chair
K.R. Mangalam University

Dr. Kaveri Sharma

Dean
School of Legal Studies
K.R. Mangalam University

Ms.Gargi Singh Mr. Anurag Sharma

Chairperson, Moot Court Faculty Coordinator, Moot
Committee, Court Committee
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor,
School of Legal Studies School of Legal Studies
K.R. Mangalam University K.R. Mangalam University
Ms. Manya Harit
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