Shri. J.P. Gupta Memorial 3 Aump National Moot Court Competition, 2019 Amity University Madhya Pradesh
Shri. J.P. Gupta Memorial 3 Aump National Moot Court Competition, 2019 Amity University Madhya Pradesh
Shri. J.P. Gupta Memorial 3 Aump National Moot Court Competition, 2019 Amity University Madhya Pradesh
GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
❖ Background:
Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh is privileged to host its 3 rd National
Moot Court Competition in the memory of Late Shri. J.P. Gupta, Senior Advocate, M.P. High
Court, Bench at Gwalior. He is a persona of Excellence and to host the event under the aegis
of the Institution-like-personality of Shri J.P. Gupta will definitely be a ray of hope and guided
motivation for the Budding Lawyers, who is the future of our Bar & Bench of the Indian Legal
System.
Shri. Gupta is known for his command over Criminal Laws, and thereby the theme of this Moot
The aim to organize the Moot Court Competition in the memory of Shri. Gupta is of great
significance, as the future legal fraternity will be able to grasp the Legend’s passion for Law,
Legend’s ethics and mannerisms which he preached before the Court of Law, Legend’s unique
style of arguments and preparation technique for the cases etc. which not only made him
successful in the profession of Litigation, but he came out as the SOLE RULER OF THIS
Shir J. P. Gupta was born in Gwalior on 19th November 1924 and was the eldest among his 7
brothers and 1 sister. He was a prominent Sr. leading advocate of Gwalior. He passed L. L. B.
in 1946 and LL. M. in 1948 from Lucknow University and started his career as an advocate in
Gwalior and thereby within no time with his perseverance and dedication towards the Noble
Profession became the leading advocate of Gwalior. He was known as ‘legal expert’ in the
entire country.
In Madhya Pradesh, Shri J. P. Gupta was well known for his successful practice on criminal
side. He was also directly connected with literacy and social organisation and giving his
services free in cases of social justice. Moreover, people of all community owe great allegiance
to him.
Further, J.P. Institute of Law was also established in the memory of the legend, which is
currently being operational under the name of ITM School of Law, ITM University, Sithouli
Gwalior.
He was an intelligent, polished, affluent and matchless personality of the Bar. He has been
President of the High Court Bar Association of Gwalior in which he was unanimously elected
without contest. He had been offered post of Hon’ble Justice of High court (6 times) which he
declined. His memory could have even outdated computer in erstwhile young age. But that day
was noticed on 22nd November 2009, where he traced the path of the heavenly journey to the
God and posed a great setback to the people of entire country and created a vacuum which in
the years to come cannot be filled.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
The following rules shall be called the Shri. J.P. Gupta Memorial- 3rd AUMP National
Moot Court Competition Rules, 2019.
Wherein,
o ‘Organizers’ mean the Moot Court Committee, Amity Law School, Amity
University Madhya Pradesh.
o ‘Competition’ means the Shri. J.P. Gupta Memorial - 3rd AUMP National Moot
Court Competition 2019.
o ‘Participating Team/ Institution’ means the team that has registered itself for
the competition as per the rules.
o ‘Venue’ means Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh,
Maharajpura, Gwalior – 474005 M.P.
The Rules mentioned herewith are not exhaustive. The Rules shall be strictly adhered to, any
deviation from the same shall result in immediate disqualification, unless exempted by the
Organizers. All decisions made by the Organizers in case of any disputes, doubts or other
problems of such nature, shall be final and binding on the participating teams. The Organizers
further reserve the right to alter, amend or add Rules herein at any point of time. Imposition of
penalties is exclusively the right of the Organizers; in case the Rules are not adhered to by the
Participating teams.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
I. GENERAL:
1. Date: The Competition shall be held from 26th to 28th September 2019 at
2. Venue: The Competition shall be held at Amity Law School, Amity
University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior.
3. Dress Code: Participants are required to adhere to the following dress code
while present in any court room during the Competition.
i. Ladies: White Salwar and Kurta or White shirt and black pant / black skirt
along with black coat and black shoes.
ii. Gentlemen: White shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat and
black shoes.
II. LANGUAGE
The official language for the Competition shall be English only.
III. ELIGIBILITY
The Competition shall be open for ‘bona fide’ students who are pursuing an integrated 5 year
B.A. LL.B / B.B.A.LL.B. Programme or 3 year LL.B Programme in India. Such institution
must be recognized by the Bar Council of India.
i. In case of a three-member team, there shall be 2 speakers and 1 researcher in the team.
ii. In case of a two-member team, there shall be two speakers and one of them will be
eligible for the researcher’s test.
4. Teams shall not disclose their identity whatsoever, i.e. the name of their institution, city, etc.
or any other information which has the effect of disclosing their identity and affiliation with a
particular university or institution, except in the registration form. Such disclosure shall result
in disqualification subject to the discretion of the Organizers.
5. Each team shall be allotted a team code before the competition. During the competition
teams shall be identified by the team code allotted to them.
7. There will be no substitution of team member after a team has submitted its Registration
form, except with the permission of the organizers.
8. Participating Teams must register themselves by 02nd September 2019. Registration form
is attached in the invite mail and in the post of public announcement of the Competition.
[NOTE: The interested institutions are required to make their provisional registrations
because the participation is based on FIRST COME FIRST BASIS and the same shall be
done as soon as possible from the date of Announcement by filling the following form and
by clicking on this LINK: https://forms.gle/dpjM1FSm3zhJhrG98]
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
V. REGISTRATION
1. All participating institutions shall be registered on first come first serve basis by sending a
soft copy of the properly filled registration form along with a scanned copy of a demand
draft/online payment receipt and Travel/Accommodation Form via an email to
[email protected].
2. Teams shall post the hard copies of the properly filled registration form along with a
demand draft of ₹3000 which shall reach the organizers by 05th September 2019. [Note:
The participating fees for the Gwalior based Law Institutions is ₹2000].
3. Teams shall mail the soft copies of the properly filled registration form along with a
demand draft/Online payment receipt of ₹3000 which shall reach the organizers by 02nd
September, 2019.
5. The draft of ₹3000 or ₹2000, as the case maybe shall be drawn in favor of “AMITY
UNIVERSITY MADHYA PRADESH”, payable at Gwalior.
(i) Bank Transfer- Axis Bank Limited, Kanwal Complex, Shrimant Madhav Rao
Scindia Marg, City Centre, Gwalior, M.P. (IFSC Code: UTIB0000158), Pin 474002.
8. Any change in the team composition shall be intimated to the Organizers before the Formal
Registration.
9. Forms received after the deadline shall not be considered for registration.
VI. SUBMISSIONS:
1. Each team shall be assigned a Team-Code upon Registration and after making final
payment, as well as reaching of Hard-Copy of the Registration form & payment
draft/receipt to the organizers.
2. There shall be 2 Preliminary Rounds, a Quarterfinal, a Semi Final and a Final.
3) Simultaneously, the draw of lots shall take place and the team of each college shall have to
argue for both Petitioner and for Respondent in the 2 Preliminary rounds, respectively.
4) Top 08 teams based on the score of memorials, both preliminary round and the researcher's
test will be selected for the Quarterfinals. Further, the top 4 teams based on the results of the
Quarters shall qualify for the Semi-finals. Finally, the top 2 teams will be selected for the
FINAL ROUND.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
A. Memorials
1. The Memorials shall consist of following: -
I) Cover page
V) Statement of facts
4. Font: - The font shall be Times new roman, font size being 12 and for footnotes 10 and line
spacing shall be 1.5.
6. The memorials shall be submitted neatly and shall be spiral bound in 10 (ten) copies i.e. 5
(five) copies from Petitioner’s side and 5 (five) copies from Respondents’ side.
8. The participating teams shall submit five (5) hard copies of memorials for both the sides [a
total of 10 (ten) hard copies] which shall reach the organizers on or before 20th September
2019.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
11. Identity of the institution shall not be revealed anywhere in the memorial. Instead code
numbers allotted to the students should be mentioned. Violation of these provisions shall result
in penalties including disqualification. The decision of organizer shall be final in this regard.
12. The memorials must state the TEAM CODES on top-right of the cover page.
13. Once the written submissions have been submitted, no revisions, supplements, or additions
will be allowed.
14. Participants must follow the Bluebook 20th edition style of citation.
15. Submission of Soft and hard copies of the Memorials after the specified deadlines
shall result in a deduction of 5 marks each day.
16. Each team shall be provided with the copy of the written submission of the opponent team
at the draw of lots for the respective rounds.
17. The Organizers of this competition shall be permitted to use all the Memorials for any
reporting or compilation without further permission. The Submission would be deemed to be
permission. Moreover, the copyright in the prize-winning Memorials would be vested with the
Organizers and the prize money shall be deemed to be the consideration.
18. The contents of the memorial should not be plagiarized or else it will amount to total
deduction of memorial marks or disqualification. The decision of the organizers shall be final.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
B. Researcher's Test
1. There shall be a researcher’s test comprising multiple choice questions which shall carry 50
marks.
2. The duration of the Researchers’ Test shall be 30 minutes.
3. In case of Teams with three Members, only the designated Researcher shall write the test
and such Researcher shall not be allowed to address the forum during the Oral Rounds. A Team
violating this rule may be disqualified from the Competition.
4. In case of Teams with only two Members, either of those Members may write the test,
which shall be reflected from the Registration form and shall be designated at the time of formal
registration.
5. Researchers’ Test is mandatory for all Teams and failure to participate may result in
disqualification subject to the discretion of the organizers.
C. Oral Submissions:
1. As specified hereinabove, each team shall have two speakers who shall further divide the
oral submissions between themselves.
2. At no point of time during the competition any speaker shall reveal the identity of their
college/institute by any means whatsoever.
4. At the commencement of each session of Oral Submissions each team must notify to the
Court Officer the amount of time that the team wants to reserve for their rejoinder / sur-
rejoinder. A maximum of 5 minutes can be reserved for the rejoinder/ sur-rejoinder.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
5. At the commencement of each session of Oral Submissions each team shall notify the court
Officer as to the division of time between the two speakers.
6. Five minutes and Two minutes before the completion of the allocated time for each speaker
there will be a warning bell, and at the completion of the allocated time for each speaker there
will be a final bell.
7. In case a speaker continues to speak after the completion of his/her specified time, the
additional time which he/she consumes will attract negative marking at the discretion of the
judges; the judges shall have all the rights to grant opportunity to give rejoinder or sur-rejoinder
and to allocate additional time.
8. During the course of oral submissions the participants cannot submit to the court any material
containing pictorial representation whatsoever. Further the participants will not be permitted
to make any audio/visual representation nor will be allowed to use personal computers, laptops
and any other technical or mechanical device during their submissions.
9. If at any instance a submission is made with any material in violation of rules and if any
picture, sketches, photos, cartoons, caricatures, audio film, video film, projector-slide or a
computer-generated image is used or submitted or presented to the court, the teams shall be
subject to disqualification.
a. Preliminary Round
1. Time limit for the oral submissions in each round shall be twenty minutes (20) for each team.
This shall include the submissions of both the speakers from the team and the time reserved for
rebuttal/surrebuttal. No speaker may reserve more than twelve (12) minutes for his/her
individual oral submissions.
2. Only one speaker from each team shall be permitted to rebut/surrebut and team shall not
reserve more than five (5) minutes for rebuttal or surrebuttal; and the surrebuttal shall be limited
to the rebuttals made by the opponent team.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
3. All the participating teams are expected to carry with themselves case laws and authorities
which they intend to refer along with their own copies of memorials.
4. The participants during the course of oral submissions will not be permitted to make any
audio/visual representation nor will they be allowed to use personal computers, laptops and
any other technical or mechanical device.
5. If any participant exceeds the time limit, it will result into the loss of marks. However, the
time can be extended on the discretion of judges.
TOTAL 100
5. Overall Presentation 10
(Clarity, Style, Grammar, Language, Structure, Format,
Citations and Plagiarism)
TOTAL 50
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
D. RESULT
The final results and the winners will be announced during valedictory ceremony. The decision
of the judges on the performance of the participants shall be final and binding on all the
participants.
E. Awards:
1. THE WINNING TEAM shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & Cash Prize of ₹10,000.
2. THE RUNNER UP TEAM shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & Cash Prize ₹7,000.
3. BEST MEMORIAL shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & Cash Prize ₹5,000.
4. The BEST MOOTER shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & Cash Prize ₹3,000.
5. The BEST RESEARCHER shall be awarded with Trophy, Certificate & Cash Prize ₹3,000.
➢ KEY DATES
2. Costs of one additional night, if required will be borne by the participants as per the nominal
additional amount. Team/s shall be responsible for any/all damages caused by them during
their stay.
3. Food- Food shall be provided to all the teams members participating in the Competition.
➢ MISCELLANEOUS
1. Strict action will be taken including ejecting from the competition to any team found scouting
through a team member or otherwise or through any other unfair means.
2. All participants are expected to maintain proper decorum in the Court during the competition
and are expected to conduct themselves in a manner befitting the legal profession.
3. The Organizers reserve the right to take appropriate action for any unethical, unprofessional
and immoral conduct.
4. The Organizers decision as regards the interpretation of rules or any other matter related to
the competition will be final and binding.
Shri. J.P. GUPTA MEMORIAL
3rd AUMP NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION, 2019
26th – 28th September 2019
Organize by -
Moot Court Committee, ALS, Gwalior
5. If there is any situation which is not contemplated in the rules, the Organizers decision on
the same shall be final and binding.
6. The Organizers reserve the rights to vary, alter, modify, or repeal any of the above rules if
so required and as they deem appropriate.
➢ CLARIFICATIONS
1. Participating teams may seek clarifications to the moot problem via e-mail to
[email protected] with subject title ‘Moot Clarification 2019’.
2. The last date for seeking any such clarification is 10th September 2019.
Moot Court Committee, Amity Law School, Amity University Madhya Pradesh.
Sr.
Name Position Semester Contact Details
No.
Deputy
2. Rohit Bansal IX 8109780082
Chairperson