09 Mar 2007-11 Mar 2007|Noida | Amity Law School, Yasho Bhawan, New Delhi
6th Amity National Moot Court Competition organised at Amity Law School, Delhi
The Amity Law School (ALS), New Delhi in association with the Supreme Court Bar Association organized the 6th Amity National Moot Court Competition at the Amity Law School Campus (ALS), New Delhi from March 9-11, 2007. Students from twenty six reputed law schools from all over the country participated in the competition. Some of the competing colleges included Army Institute of Law, Mohali; School of Excellence, Chennai; Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University(GGSIPU), Delhi, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS), Delhi; University Law College (Bangalore), NALSAR, Hyderabad, NLIU, Bhopal, GLC, Mumbai, NLU, Jodhpur, HNLIU, Raipur to name a few. The moot court problem for the 6th Amity National Moot Court Competition was based on the cinematographs act and Constitutional Law. The competition saw a dazzling display of advocacy from students from 26 law colleges across the country. There were three rounds comprising the Preliminary rounds, the Semi- Finals and the Finals.
The inaugural function of the competition was presided over by Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of India who is highly acclaimed for his deep understanding and knowledge of law.
While addressing the teams,
Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi remarked, “The Legal Profession has given greatest contribution to economic development. Earlier, legal education in India was not being attended to, but gradually it has achieved importance with the opening up of law institutes like the Amity Law School About the qualities of a good lawyer he gave primary importance to credibility, followed by scholarship and articulation ability. The Bar Association is taking steps to help budding lawyers and give them the right kind of training and this is the reason why the Supreme Court Bar Association has associated for the 6th Amity National Moot Court Competition”, informed Dr. Singhvi. Also he talked about the ‘art of advocacy’ and how lawyers are always a subject of jibes, which they use for their own good. The audience was in an awe of Dr. Singhvi when he said that one needs to perspire more than get inspired.
4 Colleges GLC, Mumbai, HNLIU Raipur, NALSAR, Hyderabad and National Law School, Bhopal made it to the semi finals.
The finals were judged by a distinguished bench of the Hon'ble Justice Katju, Hon’ble Judge Justice H.S. Bedi, Supreme Court and Mr. O.P. Vaish, Senior Advocate, Vaish Associates who witnessed close contest between HNLIU, Raipur and National Law School, Bhopal emerging as winners by a close margin. The judges uniformly complimented the participants on their legal acumen and commended the considerable amount of effort put in by all the teams in preparing their written submissions and arguments.
Also present on the occasion were
Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan- Founder President, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF) and Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Honorary President, Amity Law School. Dr. Ashok K Chauhan wished success for all the teams in all endeavours and laid down the qualities of creativity, flexibility & intuition as the attributes for being a successful lawyer.
Explaining the importance of organizing moot courts,
Prof. M.K. Balachandran, Director, Amity Law School said, “The value of a moot court competition in a law student's education is only second to academics. The field of litigation is such that lawyers can practice in principally two areas, i.e., Litigation (Courtroom Argument) and Research Work including drafting. A law student who participates in a moot court is exposed to both these facets. The law student has to apply known legal principles to the given issue, and on occasion innovate to respond to a hitherto un-addressed issue. Thereafter he/she is made to draft Written Submissions for his case and then required to argue the case before a bench of judges, who are invariably either the doyens of the Bar or sitt