Tenth Annual BP Apte Memorial National Mock Trial, Judgement Writing & Moot Court Competition

People’s Education Society’s Adv. Balasaheb Apte College of Law is hosting the tenth edition of the National level Intercollegiate Mock Trial, Judgement Writing and Moot Court Competition, from 14 October, 2022 to 16th of October, 2022 at Adv. Balasaheb Apte College of Law, Dadar (West), Mumbai.

This year the competition is based on the theme of Surrogacy law. The uniqueness of this competition is that the competition shall not be confined to any proceedings of any single forum/court.

The participants shall get an opportunity to experience the proceedings of a trial court and the Supreme Court as well.

The preliminary rounds shall be in the nature of a mock trial in the court of sessions, the subsequent rounds will be a Moot Court arising out of a writ petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021.

ELIGIBILITY

LL.B. students pursuing 3 or 5 years degree courses during the academic year 2022-23 are eligible to participate. The students must be deputed by their respective colleges.

Students above the age of 25 years are not permitted to participate in this competition.

REGISTRATION

The participants can register their entries by emailing the filled and scanned registration form on or before 25 September 2022, from an official college official email-id to ‘mootabacl@gmail.com’.

Thereafter, the participants shall receive an acknowledgement on successful submission of their registration.

The first 24 teams will receive a confirmation mail on their selection for participation. Participants receiving the confirmation of acceptance will be expected to send a hard copy of their registration form along with the registration fee on or before 30 September, 2022.

The registration fee is ₹3,000.

Student Coordinators

Vyomesh Uday Warunjikar +91 9820442735

Divya Raut +918879290251

Vaishnavi Prabhudesai +91 9969336719

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