Moot Court Society Annual Report (2015 - 2016)

The endeavor of MCS 2015 - 2016 began with the selection of 75 members, by intra moot court competition. This year was a glorious year for DES’ Shri Navalmal Firodia Law College MCS which witnessed success of its members in various state, National and International Competitions as well as a grand success at its own LokmanyaTilak National Appellate Moot Court Competition 2015- 2016.

Report of Lokmanya Tilak National Appellate Moot Court Competition

This was the 8^th Edition of our Prestigious National Moot Court Competition held on 26^th and 27^th of February 2016. Under the guidance of our Respected Principal Dr. Rohini Honap Ma’am, and the unending efforts of the faculty coordinators Asst. Prof. Sudhir Tharote sir and Asst. Prof. Neeta Ahir Ma’am along with the entire MCS family and all other faculty members the event was concluded successfully. This year 29 teams registered for the competition and out of them 26 teams belonging to different parts of the nation actually participated. This 8th Edition outshone itself as for the first time we received such a huge response.

Like every year this year as well, the moot proposition was based on a real case and the subject matter of the same was criminal in nature, which was selected and finalized under the guidance and cooperation of Adv. Prasad Kulkarni.

The competition was divided into three phases namely, preliminary round, semi final round and the final round which was inaugurated at the hands of Hon’ble Shri Sumant Kolhe Principal District & Sessions Judge, Pune. The preliminary round was successfully conducted on the first day of the two day event i.e. on 26^th February 2016 which again contained two legs. Each team had to represent the case from both the sides’ appellant and the respondent respectively in each leg. The esteemed judges who judged the preliminary round were- Adv. Rohan Nahar, Adv. Rahul Deshmukh, Adv. Vipul Dushing, Adv. Sachin Thombre, Adv. Arshad Nehal, Adv. Sushilkumar Pise, Adv. Pushpasheel Thakar, Adv. Rohit Tulpule, Adv. Siddharth Patil, Adv. Prashant Patil, Adv. Sandeep Ghate, Adv. Pritesh Deshpande .

8 teams in total won both the preliminary round out of which 4 teams with highest scores i.e. GNLU, Gujarat, Institute of Law, Nirma University, V.M. Salgaoncar, Goa and UPES Dehradun made into the semi- final round scheduled on 27^th of February 2016.

With their knowledge and vast experience, Adv. Prasad Kulkarni and DGP Ujjwala Pawar who were the judging panel for the semi-finals’ round, made it challenging for the teams to qualify for the Finals. UPES Dehradun and Institute of Law, Nirma University qualified for the Finals after beating V.M. Salgaoncar, Goa and GNLU, Gujarat respectively.

The final rounds were conducted thereafter in the esteemed presence of Hon’ble Justice Anant Badar (Aurangabad Bench), Aurangabad and Hon’ble Shri Ashok Kumar Bhillare, District and Additional Session Judge, Pune.

The valedictory and prize distribution ceremony was presided over by Chief Guest. Hon’ble Justice Anant Badar Judge, Bombay High Court, (Aurangabad Bench), Aurangabad..The prestigious winner’s trophy was bagged by UPES, Dehradun and Nirma University were the runners up. GNLU, Gujarat won the best Memorial Award and Gayatri Gokhale from Government Law College, Mumbai won the Best Advocate Award.

Report of the participation by the MCS members:

This year we had a splendid success in all the competitions in which our members participated. We participated in 25 competitions this year out of which we had 12 achievements

6 WINNERS and other

A brief report of the competitions is as under:

The members of the Moot Court Society who represented the college in various competitions and their achievements this year are: