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1 JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SEEDLING SCHOOL OF LAW AND GOVERNANCE 3 RD INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND INVESTMENT LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2014 OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

2 ARTICLE 1: AIMS The aims of the International Banking and Investment Law Moot Court Competition are to promote the interest in, involvement in and knowledge of Banking and Investment Law among students by providing a fair and competitive environment for the exchange of thoughts and the deepening of understanding of Banking and Investment Law. ARTICLE 2: DEFINITIONS The following terms shall have the corresponding meanings unless otherwise specified: 1) Competition means the 3 rd International Banking and Investment Law Moot Court Competition ) Competition Rules means the Official Rules and Regulations of the Competition as amended from time to time. 3) Moot Court Committee (Hereinafter M.C.C.) for the purpose of this Moot Court Competition means the Committee as for the administration and conduct of the Competition, including any other authorised person, and of all events leading to the Competition. 4) Participant means any member of the Participating Team. 5) Official Team Contact Person means the individual identified by the Team during the registration process for receipt of official team correspondence. 6) I.S.T. means Indian Standard Time. 7) Memorials means the Written Submissions of a team, submitted pursuant to these rules. 8) Compendium means the Compiled Research Material. 9) Applicant means the side of the Team which argues on behalf of the Applicant at any given point in the Competition. 10) Respondent means the side of the Team which argues on behalf of the Respondent at any given point in the Competition. 11) Researcher means that member of the Team who is not an Orator. 12) Rebuttals refer to the set of Arguments/challenges that the Applicant shall raise at the end of the main pleadings of all the Orators. This shall be replied to in the appropriate manner by the Respondent. [1]

3 13) Bench Memorandum means the memorandum of Laws and authorities concerning the Competition Problem. 14) Panel mean the Adjudicators of an Oral Pleading Session collectively. 15) Oral Pleading means the pleading before a Panel as explained under Article 9. 16) Penalty means the consequence of a rule violation, whether disqualification or the deduction of points. ARTICLE 3: ORGANISATION The 3 rd International Banking and Investment Law (IBAIL) Moot Court Competition 2014 is being organised by Moot Court Committee of the Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, Jaipur. ARTICLE 4: PARTICIPATION 1) The Competition is open to all students, enrolled bonafide on a regular basis in an Undergraduate/Post Graduate law course or its equivalent conducted by any recognised Institution/College/University of any country. 2) No Institution/College/University shall enter the Competition with more than one team in any year. 3) A cap of 40 Teams is reserved for the Competition. 4) Eligibility for a Team Member: a) A person may be a Team Memberi. If he or she is pursuing a law degree or any degree dealing with the subject of the Moot Court Competition; and ii. If he or she intends to compete on behalf of an eligible institution at which he or she is enrolled as a full-time student as of either (i) the Team Member registration deadline, (ii) the institution s; and iii. If he or she has not engaged in the practice of law in any jurisdiction after graduating from any type of law degree program; and iv. If he or she has never participated as judge, either of Memorials or in any Oral Round. [2]

4 5) Each Team shall comprise of a minimum of Two (2) Members and a maximum of three ( 3) Members. In a Team comprising of two ( 2) Members, both the Members shall be designated as Oralists. In a Team comprising of three (3) Members, the third Member of the team shall be designated as Researcher. 6) Any additional Member or Team Coach of any Team shall not formally be recognised and will not be entitled to a certificate from the M.C.C. ARTICLE 5: LANGUAGE The language of the Competition shall be English. ARTICLE 6: ANONYMITY OF TEAMS 1) Each Team shall be allotted a Team Code after the Registration. 2) Teams must not reveal their identity by College/University/Institution or Country of Origin, except by the means of Team Code allotted to them, to Judge or anyone else during or in connection with the Competition. The Team shall stand disqualified if this Rule is violated. ARTICLE 7: DRESS CODE 1. All Participants (Both Male and Female) shall wear Black Blazer, Black Trouser, White Shirt, Black Shoes with Black Socks and Black Tie. 2. Non Compliance of Clause (1) will lead to penalty.(see Article 17) ARTICLE 8: WRITTEN SUBMISSION 1) Each Team is required to submit Memorials on behalf of both the Applicant and the Respondent. 2) Each Team shall send one (1) soft copy of the written Submission for each side in Microsoft Office Word Document 2007 (.docx) format only, via , on or before September 22, 2014 (2359 Hrs. I.S.T.) to sslg.mcc@gmail.com. (See Article 17) [3]

5 3) Each Team shall send one (1) hard copy of each memorial to the organisers on or before October 01, 2014 to the below given address. Submission beyond this date would be subject to the discretion of the organisers and will be subject to penalty. Moot Court Committee, Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, SADTM Campus, Jaipur-Agra Bypass near New RTO, Jagatpura, Jaipur (Rajasthan) INDIA Pin Code: ) Each Team shall carry with them Five (5) hard copies of the Memorials for each side [Five (5) for the Applicant and Five (5) for the Respondent] on their arrival. 5) The hard copies must be the exact print out of the soft copy; else the team will entail disqualification. 6) The Written Submission shall consist of the following mandatory heads: a) Cover Page; b) Title Page; c) Table of Contents; d) List of Abbreviations; e) Table of Authorities; f) Questions Presented; g) Fact Highlights, which may creatively and persuasively state the facts of the problem in support of the positions argued in the Written Submission. The Statement of Facts should remain faithful to the official facts and present them in a reasonable way, but not a true copy of it. h) Summary of Arguments; i) Argument including footnotes; and j) Final Submissions to the Tribunal. 7) Written Submission not in accordance with Article 8 (6) shall be subject to penalty. (See Article 17) 8) The Arguments referred to in Article 8 (9) ( i) above shall be of typeface of 12 Point Times New Roman font for the text in double space and 10 points Times New Roman font for footnotes in single space, not to exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length and the total word limit of the Arguments, including all footnotes, must not [4]

6 exceed 8,000 words. Page Margin should be 1 inch from all sides. Attachments to the Arguments are not permitted. (See Article 17) 9) Table of Contents, List of Abbreviations, Table of Authorities, Section Headings and Footnotes shall be typed Single-spaced. 10) Teams shall cite authorities in the Memorials using footnotes following the OSCOLA (Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities) 4 th Edition ) Endnotes are not permitted. 12) Memorials shall not in any way identify the Team, its members, the law school, faculty, university or other participating institution except with the Team Code as assigned by the Organisers. The electronic version of memorials shall not have any electronic identification of the Team. 13) All the Memorials should be Spiral Bound. 14) Cover Page should be according to ANNEXURE 1. 15) Following colour scheme shall be followed for the cover page of the Written Submission: a) Applicant: GREEN (Preferably Light Green) b) Respondent: BLUE (Preferably Light Blue) ARTICLE 9: ORAL PLEADING 1) Any form of scouting during the Competition is strictly prohibited and shall entail instant disqualification of the Team. 2) The proceedings and method of presentation of oral arguments shall be, to the extent possible, in alignment with the procedure adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce. 3) The order in which Teams shall submit their Oral Pleading throughout the Competition shall be: Oralist 1 for Applicant Oralist 2 for Applicant Oralist 1 for Respondent Oralist 2 for Respondent Rebuttals shall be allowed by one of the Oralist of the Applicant Team. [5]

7 4) In case of any Team fails to appear in an oral round, the round shall be conducted exparte and the scoring shall be done as if the defaulter Team had been present and arguing. 5) Before the start of the oral rounds, each Team shall inform the Court Officer regarding the order of speaking as well as allocation of time between themselves and the time reserved for Rebuttals. 6) If an Oralist speaks for more than the time reserved for him/her, the extra time used by such Oralist shall be deducted from the time allotted to the second Oralist of that team. If the second Oralist exceeds the time allotted to him/her, such time exceeded shall be deducted from the time reserved for Rebuttals. 7) Compendium can be submitted to the Court Officer prior to the oral rounds which will be submitted to the judges at their discretion. Any further material may be passed at the discretion of the Panel. Team members can pass research materials to the Oralist in a discreet manner. 8) Any Team which violates any of the Rules with respect to the oral rounds may be penalised. The decision of the panel shall be final in this regard. 9) During the oral rounds, Oralists at the podium and participants seated at counsel table shall not operate, for any purpose, Mobile Phones, Laptop Computers, ipad, or any other computer or electronic devices which are internet enabled or have instant messaging capabilities. 10) A Team that violates Article 9 (9) forfeits up to six (6) Oral Round marks. The M.C.C. shall determine a penalty that corresponds to the severity of the violation. 11) Preliminary Rounds/Quarter Finals: a. Each oral round will be for a period of 60 minutes, (inclusive of Rebuttals), wherein each Team will be allotted 30 minutes including the time for Rebuttals. Any extension of time beyond this specified period is subject to the discretion of the Panel. b. No Team shall reserve more than 5 minutes for Rebuttals. c. No Researcher of any Team will be permitted to speak but would be allowed to communicate with his/her team member in a discreet manner. 12) Semi Finals: a. Each oral round will be for a period of 80 minutes, (including Rebuttals), wherein each Team will be allowed 40 minutes. Any extension of time beyond this specified period is subject to the discretion of the Panel. [6]

8 b. No Team shall reserve more than 5 minutes for Rebuttals. 13) Finals: a. Each oral round will be for a period of 90 minutes, (including Rebuttals), wherein each Team will be allowed 45 minutes. Any extension of time beyond this specified period is subject to the discretion of the Panel. b. No Team shall reserve more than 5 minutes for Rebuttals. [7]

9 ARTICLE 10: EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSION 1) The Memorial marks of each Team in the preliminary rounds shall be awarded by a discrete Panel other than the Oral Pleading Sessions Panel. 2) Every Written Submission will be marked on Scale of 100 and will be evaluated according to the following criteria: S.NO Marking Criteria Maximum Marks Allocated 1. Knowledge of fact & Law Logical & Articulate analysis Extent and use of Research Clarity & organisation Citation of sources Grammar & style 10 TOTAL 100 ARTICLE 11: EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR ORAL PLEADING 1) The Oral Pleading Session would be marked on scale of 100 per Panellist and would be evaluated on the following grounds: S.No. Marking Criteria Maximum Marks Allocated 1. Knowledge of Law Application of Law to Facts Ingenuity and Ability to Answer Questions Style, Poise, Courtesy, Dress & Demeanour Time Management & Organisation 05 TOTAL 100 2) The decision of the Panel regarding the allocation of marks shall be final. Each panellist shall give his/her award separately. All awards of panellists of a panel shall than be added up and divided by the number of panellist to find the final award. [8]

10 ARTICLE 12: STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION 1) The Competition Rounds shall be held over a period of 2 days from October 11 th to October 12 th, The Inaugural function and the Memorial Exchange will be held in the afternoon of October 10 th, ) The Competition shall consist of four (4) Rounds: a. The Preliminary Rounds; b. The Quarter Finals; c. The Semi Finals; and d. The Final 3) Preliminary Rounds: a. In the Preliminary rounds, each Team shall argue once as Applicant and once as Respondent. The Team which argues for the Applicant in the first Preliminary Round shall argue for the Respondent in the second Preliminary Round, and vice-versa. b. At the end of both preliminary rounds, the top eight teams will qualify for the quarter finals on the basis of their wins in both Preliminary rounds. c. A team shall be credited with a win if its total marks in the respective session, as calculated as per Article 11, are higher than its opponent team. The total scores for the preliminary rounds shall be out of 200. d. In case of a tie, the marks of the memorials will be considered in addition to the scores of preliminary rounds. The team with the higher score will advance to the Quarter Finals. e. The Teams are required to return the hard copy of their opponent s Written Submission to the Moot Officers soon after the Oral Rounds. 4) Quarter Finals: a. The quarter finals will be knock-out rounds. A Team will be credited with a win in the quarter finals if their total marks, as calculated in accordance with Article 11 are higher than its opponent s Teams. b. In case of a tie, the total oral marks of the Teams in the previous round(s) will be considered. The Team with the higher score will win. c. If the situation of tie still persists, then it would be resolved through the toss of coin. [9]

11 d. The Teams are required to return the hard copy of their opponent s Written Submission to the Moot Officers soon after the Oral Rounds. 5) Semi Finals: a. The quarter finals will be knock-out rounds. A Team will be credited with a win in the Semi finals if their total marks, as calculated in accordance with Article 11 are higher than its opponent s Teams. b. In case of a tie, the total oral marks of the Teams in the previous round(s) will be considered. The Team with the higher score will win. c. If the situation of tie still persists, then it would be resolved through the toss of coin. d. The Teams are required to return the hard copy of their opponent s Written Submission to the Moot Officers soon after the Oral Rounds. 6) Final: a. Winner of The Final will be decided on the basis of Oral Arguments only. ARTICLE 13: REPORTING OF RESULTS 1) Cumulative Memorial Score of each team will be notified to them after the finals. 2) A Copy of Oral Score-sheet of the Preliminary, Quarterfinal, Semi-final and Final Rounds will be notified soon after the end of respective rounds. ARTICLE 14: AWARDS 1) The Winning Team shall be awarded a Trophy and a cash prize of I.N.R. 25,000. 2) The Runner-ups Team shall be awarded a cash prize of I.N.R. 15,000. 3) The Best Written Submission award carries a Plaque and cash prize of I.N.R. 6,000. 4) The Best Oralist shall be awarded a Plaque and a cash prize of I.N.R. 4,000. ARTICLE 15: INTERPRETATION OF RULES The M.C.C. shall serve as final arbiter of implementation and interpretation of these Rules. [10]

12 ARTICLE 16: COMPLAINT PROCEDURE 1) If a Team believes that an infraction of the Rules has occurred during an Oral Round, the Team may notify the Court Officer in writing within five (5) minutes of the conclusion of that Oral Round. 2) Teams may approach to M.C.C. for Non Redressal of their complaint which shall be in writing. Complaint shall clearly describe the violation and the parties involved in the violation. The Team shall not directly approach the judges regarding a violation of these Rules. 3) M.C.C. will have a final say on the Complaints made by a Team. Article 17: Penalties 1) Penalty points may be deducted only by the Administrator. In no instance shall judges themselves deduct from the scores of the Oralists any Penalty points. Judges shall score the Oral Rounds as if no violation occurred. 2) Any Memorials violating any of the specified rules mentioned under Article 8 will be penalised according to the following scheme: S.No. Scheme of Deduction Marks Deducted 1. Non-Compliance with Article 7 (2) 2 Marks 2. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (2) 2 Marks 4. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (7) 3 Marks 5. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (8) 3 Marks 6. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (9) 1 Mark 7. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (10) 2 Marks 8. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (13) 4 Marks 9. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (14) 3 Marks 10. Non-Compliance with Article 8 (15) 2 Marks [11]

13 ARTICLE 18: MISCELLANEOUS 1) Accommodation shall be provided to the participants only during the days of the Competition. Teams who intend to arrive prior or leave after the specified dates are required to make their own arrangements, unless they prove that no alternative travel arrangements are available to them. 2) Assistance from other Teams, Team Members and Team Advisors from any Team, including Teams that have been eliminated from the Competition, may not provide assistance in any way to any other Team. Assistance hereby prohibited included, but is not limited to: giving the Team s notes or Memorials to an advancing Team; posting the Team s Memorials online such that a person who is not a registered Team Member or registered Team. 3) Communication at the counsel table between Team Members may only be in writing to prevent disruption. Teams and team-affiliated spectators shall avoid all unnecessary noise, outbursts, or other inappropriate behaviour which distracts from the argument in progress. [12]

14 ANNEXURE 1 INTERNATIONAL BANKING AND INVESTMENT LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2014 Team Code BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE SINGAPORE Arbitration Concerning Leveraged Lease of SUKOI Aircraft (Name of Party) V. (Name of Party) ON SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMORIAL FOR THE APPLICANT/RESPONDENT [13]

15 CORRESPONDENCE: For any clarification please contact: Dr. Mithilesh Vishwakarma: (Co-ordinator, SSLG) Moot Court Committee: 1) Mr. Indranil Banerjee (Faculty Advisor, Moot Court Committee) 2) Mr. Mahesh Sharma: (Convener, Moot Court Committee) 3) Ms. Namrata Sharma: (Co-Convener, Moot Court Committee) 4) Mr. Pranjal Singh: (Secretary, Moot Court Committee) [14]

FEBRUARY 17 TH 19 TH RULES & GUIDELINES. Organized By School of Law

FEBRUARY 17 TH 19 TH RULES & GUIDELINES Organized By School of Law 1. STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION: The Competition will be structured as per the following format: a. Preliminary Rounds b. Quarter Final