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TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL PRINCIPLES 2

KEY DATES 4

THE COMPETITION 4

REGISTRATION AND FEES 6

OVERRIDING PRINCIPLES 7

CASE AND SUBMISSIONS 9

MEMORIAL 10

ASSESSMENT OF MEMORIAL 11

ORAL PLEADING ROUNDS – FORMAT AND PROCEDURE 14

MISCELLANEOUS 18

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GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 1 Aims and Objective

1.1. The principal objective of the 10th IL-National Moot Court Competition, 2021 is to

develop academic excellence in the student community and enhance their

advocacy skills in an environment of friendly competition.

Article 2 Definitions

2.1. “Advanced rounds” means the Final round, Semi-final rounds, and Quarter Final

rounds of the Competition.

2.2. “Bench” means Competition Law and/or Intellectual Property Law experts judging

both written pleadings or oral arguments.

2.3. “Case” or “Proposition” means a hypothetical law problem, which will be pleaded

during the Competition.

2.4. “Competition” means the 10th Institute of Law, National Moot Court Competition,

2021 (10th IL- NMCC).

2.5. “Contact Person” means that each participating team shall specify a Contact

Person in the registration form. All the important information of the competition,

including team code, registration and any other relevant material shall be

communicated to such assigned contact person. The contact person for each

participating institution is responsible for distributing the information and material to

each member of its team, conveying enquiries or other correspondence for that

team to the organising committee and any other communication between the

team and the organising committee.

2.6. “Court” means the Bench or a part hereof at the Oral Pleadings Round(s).

2.7. “Memorial” means the written arguments submitted by each team, submitted

according to these rules.

2.8. “Official social media platforms” include the Official Social media handles of 10th IL- NMCC i.e., Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn.