Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, Law Students Conference and Judicial Colloquium-

The Indian round of the Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon SAARCLAW Mooting Competition, held from 6th to 8th November, 2020 aimed at selecting the qualifying teams from India to shine in the South Asian round. There were 48 institutions across India including National Law universities, central universities and prominent law colleges who participated in the competition.

The teams that qualified for the South Asian round were:

1.  School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be university)

2.  Tamil Nadu National Law University

3.  University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU

4.  Sikkim Govt. Law College

5.  School of Law, Sastra (Deemed to be University)

6.  School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

7.  Army Institute of Law, Mohali

8.  Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Punjab

The SAARC round of the Sixth Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon South Asian Mooting Competition and Law Students Conference, 2020-21 was held from 19th to 21st March, 2021. A National Administrator representing each South Asian country was present to witness the conduct of the competition. 18 teams from leading universities from South Asian nations. India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and 9 REPORT ON YESTERYEAR'S COMPETITIONS Sri Lanka participated in the competition. Research papers were submitted by the presenters on the theme “Covid 19 Pandemic: Ethical, Social and Legal Issues.” The final round was judged by five sitting judges of higher courts from South Asian nations.

The winners of the South Asian Round Mooting Competition were:

Winner-  School of Law, Sastra Deemed University, Tamil Nadu, India

Runner UP-  Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Best Presenters in Law Students Conference were:

Hari Narayanan K, Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tamil Nadu, India

Neha Vikrani, The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

The selected papers are being published through Thomson Reuters.

As part of the project on the Commonwealth Comparative Constitution and Public Law (3CPL), a South Asian Colloquium has been organized parallel to the 6th Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Asian Mooting Competition. The specific sub theme of the colloquium was “Rights and liberties in pandemic Constitutional challenges and judicial response in SAARC Countries”. The selected papers are being published through Thomson Reuters.