𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐊.𝐊 𝐋𝐮𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐: 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲

Time Stamps
00:00:00 – Speaker 1 URN 1876
00:14:00 – Speaker 2 URN 1876
00:43:00 – Speaker 1 URN 1907
01:00:00 – Speaker 2 URN 1907
01:30:00 Rebuttal Speaker 2 URN 1876
01:51:00 Address by Convenor, Moot Court Society
01:51:30 Address by Dr. Harleen Kaur, Teacher Convenor, MCS
01:55:30 Address by Dr. Alka Chawla, PIC, CLC
02:02:45 Address by HMJ S Ravinder Bhat
02:10:20 Prize Distribution
02:23:10 Closing Address by Sr. Advocate Sidharth Luthra

Report
The XVIII K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court, 2022 was organised by Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi from 7th to 13th March, 2022. This year’s edition of the competition had to be organised after a postponement, owing to the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in January 2022. Despite the challenges of conducting the moot virtually, Campus Law Centre successfully managed to host 66 teams from a variety of law institutions of repute, including several NLUs and Faculties of Law from across the globe. The competition also witnessed participation from 11 international teams from esteemed universities such as University of Oxford, Islamic University of Sultan Sharif Ali, Brunei, University of Lusaka, Zambia, Faculty of Law National University Singapore amongst multiple other institutions from Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan etc.

Since 2005, the competition has been organised in the memory of Late Shri K.K. Luthra, Senior Advocate, a leading criminal lawyer whose legal career spanned from 1949 till his demise in 1997. The competition takes his mantle forward in the field of criminal law as being the exclusive criminal law moot court held at an international level in India. This year’s moot problem focused on an appeal revolving around issues, inter alia, murder, the ‘last seen’ theory and circumstantial evidence. The competition commenced with a welcome address by Shri Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, and was followed by the Draw of Lots and the exchange of memorials for the preliminary rounds. The Preliminary Rounds were spread across the span of two days, i.e., 08.03.2022 and 09.03.2022 with over 30 teams competing against each other each day in order to qualify for Octa-Finals. Each team got to argue both for the Appellant and the Respondent side in the Preliminary Round.

The rounds were conducted online on Zoom platform, and the same were judged by eminent lawyers who left no stone unturned in analysing the preparations and the legal acumen of the participants. The Top 16 teams then competed for the Octa-Finals that were conducted on 11.03.2022. Thereafter, the Top 8 teams qualified for the Quarter-Finals. At the end of the Quarter-Finals, the Top 4 teams walked into the Semi-Finals. The Quarter-Finals and the Semi-Finals were conducted on 12.03.2022. The Semi-Finals were judged by renowned and eminent Senior Advocates of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. Participating teams from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia qualified for the Finals. The Final Round was conducted on 13.03.2022, and witnessed participation by both the finalists in full spirit and zeal. The round was adjudicated by a 3 judge bench comprising of Hon’ble Justices of the Delhi High Court. The team from Symbiosis Law School, Pune comprising Vibhor Chandra, Sonal Jain, Anoushka Das were adjudged the Winners of the competition, while the team from Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia comprising Sehar Rauf, Janvhi Rastogi and Tanya Jaiswal were adjudged the Runners-Up. The Best Speaker of the competition was awarded to Siddharth Srikanth representing School of Law, Christ Deemed to be University, Bengaluru. The award for the Second-Best Speaker was awarded to Pandit Aradhana Swanand also from School of Law, Christ Deemed to be University, Bengaluru. The Best Memorial was awarded to Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. The Second Best Memorial was awarded to Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad. The valedictory ceremony was held in the presence of esteemed guests including the Chief Guest – Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shripathi Ravindra Bhat, Judge, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The Guests of Honour included Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri, Judge, High Court of Delhi, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma, Judge, High Court of Delhi, and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subramonium Prasad, Judge, High Court of Delhi. Other dignitaries included Prof. (Dr.) Alka Chawla, Professor-in-Charge, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Dr. Meera Luthra, Mr. Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, Ms. Geeta Luthra, Senior Advocate, Dr. Rakesh Khazanchi, Ms. Ketaki Goswami, Prof. Dr. Daksh Lohiya, Assistant. Prof. (Dr.) Harleen Kaur, Convenor, Moot Court Society, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and other faculty members of Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

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