Moot Court Assessment Rules
Moot Court Assessment Rules
1. The students will be divided into groups and each group will be evaluated by 1 faculty
member.
2. For Final Year students (Batch of 2020-25), there will be two rounds of moot court.
The first round will be conducted in the 9th Semester (Fall Sem 2024-25) and the
second round will be conducted in the 10th Semester (Winter Sem 2024-25).
3. For the current 4th Year students, there will be three rounds of moot court assessment
that will be conducted in Winter Sem 2024-25, Fall Sem 2025-26 and Winter Sem
2025-26.
4. For the current 3rd Year Students, there will be three rounds of moot court assessment
that will be conducted in Winter Sem-2024-25, Winter Sem 2025-26 and Winter Sem
2026-27.
5. The students from every group can work collectively and submit 3 moot problems to
the concerned faculty member.
6. The faculty member shall have the discretion to select any one moot problem out of
them and assign it to the students with/without modifications. The faculty members
are requested to ensure that the memorials for the moot problems assigned by them
are not available online.
7. Faculties can assign the Respondent/Petitioner Side to the students through a draw of
lots
8. The students have to submit moot memorials for both the petitioner and the
respondent side.
9. Oral Rounds will be conducted by the Faculty Members in Physical Mode.
MEMORIAL SPECIFICATIONS
Each student must submit both soft copies of the memorials electronically to the
concerned faculty no later than the date fixed and announced.
The Memorial should not exceed 20 typed pages and shall consist of the following parts:
- Cover Page – The cover page shall contain the case title, side of the memorial,
Batch and Semester Details, name of the Court, and team Code on the top right
corner.
- Table of Contents
- Statement of Facts
- Statement of Jurisdiction
- List of references and Cases
- Statement of Issues
- Detailed Pleadings
- Prayer
- Affidavit, if necessary
Relevant Annexures may be kept and used during the oral arguments by the student, if
necessary.
The oral performance will be evaluated on the basis of communication skills, knowledge
of law and facts, evidence of original thought, proper and articulate analysis, correct
format and citation, extent and use of research, poise, demeanour, persuasion/use of
authorities, and response to questions.
Marking Scheme
The average of all the Rounds will be considered for evaluation out of 30 Marks.
The score given by the faculty member shall be final.
Faculty members judging the oral rounds have to keep a record of the scores and submit
the same whenever it is requested.
3. IMPORTANT DATES