Introduction: JGLS has a vibrant and active mooting culture. The Moot Court Society (MCS) is a student led initiative, which works hand in hand with the administration for planning, training and executing its activities. The MCS hopes to create a strong tradition of successful mooting for years to come for the students.

The MCS has an intake of 200-250 students through two induction processes: Spring and Fall every year. These students represent the University in national and international moot court competitions where students get a chance to learn new subjects, polish their advocacy skills, build networks, and make friends.

The MCS, under the aegis of Faculty Directors and the MCS Board, has organised several prestigious moots, including the JIRICO Law and Technology Moot from 2016, the Indian Vis Pre-Moot from 2016 and the India rounds of the Stetson Moot 2018. In February 2020, JGU also hosted the 24th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (India Rounds) on its campus.

Achievements

2024

• Quarter finalists at the IIT Madras Surana and Surana IPR Moot, 2024
• Quarter finalists at the 16th NUJS HSF Corporate Law Moot, 2024
• Runners up (qualified to world rounds) of Leiden Sarin Air Law Moot, 2024
• Qualified for World Rounds of European Tax Moot Court Competition, 2024
• Qualified for London Pre Moot Vis 2024 (Only Asian team)
• Quarter finalists at the DM Harish Moot, 2024
• Octafinalists, 21st Willem C Vis East Moot
• Honourable Mention for Eric Bergsten Award, 31st Willem C Vis Moot, Vienna
• Runners up, 15th Stockholm pre moot
• Semifinalists, South-Asia rounds of Oxford Price Media Moot
• Runners Up, National rounds of IBA ICC Moot, 2024
• Quarterfinalists, KK Luthra Moot 2024
• Semi-finalists, Nani Palkiwala Tax moot 2024
• Quarter finalists (World Rounds), John H. Jackson WTO Moot 2024
• Octa-finalists, 16th Frankfurt Investment Moot Court 2024
• Semi Finalists, 17th Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court 2024 (World Rounds)
• Quarter Finalists, 11th NLUO Bose & Mitra & Co. International Maritime Arbitration Moot 2024
• Semi Finalists, 4th GDGU International Law & Technology Moot Court, 2024

2023

• Winners, Col. Dr. Jeppiaar 4th All India Moot Court Competition 2023
• Winners, Sports Law Arbitration Moot SLAM 2023
• Winners, IBA ICC Moot Court Competition India National Rounds, 2023
•  Top 12 (Rank 5) 32nd Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition
• Quarter Finalists, 5th University of Leiden Children’s Rights Competition
• Quarter finalists, Best Defence Council Team, 1st Runners Up Prosecution Memorial, 1 st Runners Up defence council speaker, ICC Moot
• 4th Best team in the Asia Pacific, Top 43 teams 15th Nelson Mandela Human Rights Moot
• Quarter finalists, 32nd Kerala Law Academy Moot Court Competition
• Quarter finalists at the 16th NUJS HSF Corporate Law Moot, 2024
• Quarter finalists at the APCAM International Meta Verse Arbitration Moot, 2023
• Semi Finalists at the International Moot Court Competition, Indore Institute of Law, 2023
• Quarter finalists at the 3rd Cross examination Moot, Sciences Po Paris 2023
• Semi Finalists at the 3rd Amity Moot Court Competition, 2023
• Semi Finalists at the 30th MC Chagla Memorial Moot, 2023
• Quarter-finalists, 29th MC Chagla Memorial Government Law College National Moot Court Competition.
•  Semi-finalists, Best Speaker Award, National rounds of the 21st Red Cross Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2022.
• Runners up, RBUSL National Moot Court Competition by Rayat-Bahra University, Mohali
•  Semi Finalists, Best Memorial, 2nd MLNU Nagpur National Moot Court Competition, 2023
•  Semi-Finalists, West & South Asia Qualifying Rounds, John. H. Jackson Moot Court [ELSA], 2023
•  Runners up, 2nd AIU National Moot Court Competition, 2023
•  Quarter-finalists, NUJS HSF Corporate Law Moot, 2023
•  Quarter-Finalists, PGCL SAARC Moot, 2023
•  Honourable Mention For Best Speaker, Foreign Direct Investment Arbitration Moot, 2023
•  Semi-Finalists, 10th NLUO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ARBITRATION MOOT
• Runners up, KTS Tulsi Moot 2023

2022

• Winners, 4th Best Memorial, Best Oralist and 5th Best Oralist Award, India Qualifying Rounds, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition,
• 2022 Double-Octo Finalist (Top 32), World Rounds, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 2022
• Octa-Finalists, Global Rounds, 14th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot, 2022
• Runners Up, CIARB GD Goenka International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition, 2022
• Quarter-Finalists, NLU-Justice R.K. Tankha Memorial International Arbitration Moot, 2022
• Quarter-Finalists, K.K. Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2022 Winners, India
•  Qualifying Rounds, ICC Moot Court Competition, 2022
•  Runners Up, 2nd Best Memorial and 2nd Best Speaker Award, 10th RGNUL National Moot Court Competition, 2022
• Winners, 3rd GMU CIArb International Maritime Arbitration, 2022
•  Winners, 14th Lokmanya tilak National Appellate Moot Court Competition, 2022
• Scholarship Award for Best Written Pleadings, Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot, 2022
• Runners Up, 3rd NALSAR UNHCR Public International Law Moot, 2022
• Winners, Best Memorial (Respondents) and 2nd Best Speaker Award, SK Puri Memorial International Moot Court Competition, 2022
• First Runners Up, 4th Nirmala Devi Memorial National Moot Court, 2022
•  Runners Up, Best Memorial Award, 11th Institute of Law, National Moot Court Competition, 2022
• Winners, Asia-Pacific Moot Court Brief Writing Competition, 2022
• Winners, 4th VITSOL National Moot Court Competition on Corporate Law, 2022
• Semi-finalists, Best Speaker and Best Memorial, AUAP-JLU International Moot Court Competition 2022
• Runners-up and Best speaker award, 1st edition of National Moot Court Competition on Space Law under Jurisprudence 2022
• Only Asian Team to reach Semi-Finals, Honourable Mention for Memorial (only Indian team to receive the same), 5th Alfred Deakin Moot, sponsored by CiARB and Linklaters
• Semi-Finalists and Best Speaker Award, Henry Dunant Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot, 2022 Organised by ICRC.

2021

• Winners, First Adhivakta Parishad Moot (Delhi High Court)
•  Winners, SK Puri Moot Runners-Up, Atharva Legal LLP Moot Court Competitition
• Quarter- Finalist, 1st Virtual International Moot Court Competition, 2021 Organised by Indian National Bar Association in association with Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai
• Winner, 7th AURO National Moot Court Competition
• Octa-Finalist, The Twelfth NLUJ Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition, 2021
• Quarter Finalists, TLL Ruggle Partners National Moot Court Competition
• Semi Finalist, Best Defence Advocate Award and Best Student Advocate, Symbiosis International Criminal Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition 2021
• Octa-Finalist, 1st NLUO PHFI Public Health National Moot Court Competition
• Winners of India Rounds and 34th World Rounds, 13th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court 2021
• Top 32 teams out of 574 Teams, Top 50 Best Combined Memorials and 6th Best Applicant Side, 2021 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
• Best Speaker Award and Quarterfinalist, 10th Institute of Law, National Moot Court Competition, 2021
• Winner, 1st Virtual National Moot Court Competition, 2021, School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Delhi – NCR
• 1st Runners Up, VI Annual SRM National Moot Court Competition
• Honourable Mention For Best Memorandum on Behalf of Claimant (David Hunter Award), Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (18th Vis East Moot)
•  Quarter Finalists, Seventh Annual Global Antitrust Institute Invitational
• Top 12, INTA Asia Pacific Moot Court Competition 2021
• Semi-Finalists and Honorable Mentions for Speakers, Best Respondent Memorial, South Asian Regional Round of the FDI International Arbitration Moot
• Winners, Christ constitutional Law Moot 2021
• Quarterfinalists, 4th Tamil Nadu National Law University- Competition Commission of India Moot Court Competition 2021
• Semi Finalists in World/International Rounds, Runners Up Award for Best Memorial, Third Best Speaker, Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2020-2021
• Grand Finalists, 5th Alfred Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Australia (September 2021)
• Honourable Mention (Written Submissions), 5th Alfred Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Australia (September 2020)
•  Quarter Finalists, INBA & MNLU International Moot Court Competition
• 2nd Best Memorial, Quarter Finalists, 28th M.C. Chagla Memorial Governement Law College National Moot Competiton
• Best Speaker, 14th NALSAR Justice B R Sawhny Mmeorial Moot Court Competiton, 2021
• Runners Up, 2nd HPNLU National Moot Court Competiton, 2021 2nd Runners Up, International Construction Arbitration Moot, 2021 Winners, Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur National Moot Court Competition, 2021 Winners, Brazilian Institute for the Law of the Sea III ITLOS Moot Court Competition, 2021 Qualified for the International Rounds, Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition

2020

• Finalists and Second Best Speaker at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, February 2020 – India Rounds (Qualified to World Rounds)
• Finalists of the World Rounds at Ian Fletcher Insolvency, London, February 2020
• Winners at the Asia-Pacific Rounds of 2020 ELSA Trade Law Moot, May 2020
• Semi Finalists and Best Speaker at the DM Harish Memorial Government Law College, February 2020
• Quarter Finalists and 3rd Best Speaker at the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition- Surana & Surana India National Rounds, February 2020. (Qualified to World Rounds)
• Qualified to World Rounds of the 18th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot (January 2020)
• Runners Up at the Vox Anatolis NLUJAA Moot Court Competition 2020.
• Octa-Finalists of the NLUJ Anti-Trust Moot Court Competition. Additionally, their memorial was among the top 10 memorials at the competition.
• Honourable Mention for their Claimant’s memo in the 17th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (East).
• Winners, Best Speaker at Grand Final, South and West Asian Regional Rounds, John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition (May, 2020)
• Special First Prize, Asia Pacific Rounds of Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot (Rank 6)
• Special Mention Award, Top 12 Memorial Submissions, Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot, 2020
• Semi Finalists and Best Speaker, DM Harish Memorial Government Law College, February 2020 Semi-Finalists, GLC Wildlife Moot. Additionally, Winners of Overall Best Speaker Award

2011-16

• Semi Finalists, 6th P.N. Bhagwati Moot Court Competition, New College Law, Pune 2016
• Overall Champions, Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition 2015-16 (South Asian Rounds)
• Winners, Philip C. Jessup Indian Rounds 2015
• Semi Finalists, NLU Jodhpur Antitrust Moot, 2015
• Winners, Paras Diwan Energy Law Moot, UPES 2015
• Winners, NLS-Trilegal Arbitration Moot, NLSIU Bangalore 2015
• Quarter Finalists, 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition (Indian Rounds) 2015
• Winners, 8th International Frankfurt Arbitration Moot 2015 (World Rounds)
• Semi Finalists, KU Leven International European Tax Law Moot 2015
• Winners, RMLNLU Media Law Moot Court Competition, 2015
• Runners Up, DSNLU National Moot Court Competition 2015
• Winners, NUALS Kochi Maritime Moot Court Competition 2015
• Winners, Oxford Price Media Moot Court Competition, 2014 (World Rounds)
• Quarter Finalists, Oxford Price Media Moot Court Competition, 2014 (South Asian Rounds)
• Semi-finalists, Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition (Indian Rounds) 2013
• Winners, Oxford Price Media Moot Court Competition, 2013 (South Asian Rounds)
• Winners, ULC Bangalore National Moot Court Competition 2012
• Winner, ELSA Moot Court Competition on World Trade Law (Asian Rounds) 2012
• Winners, Surana & Surana Trial Advocacy Moot (North India Rounds) 2012
• Winners, NLS Trilegal Arbitration Moot, 2011

Composition of moot court society

FACULTY BOARD

• Director
  Prof. Anjali Chawla
• Assistant Director
  Prof. Abhipsa Dash
  Prof. Samanvi Narang
  Prof. Shashank Maheshwari
• Faculty Coordinator
  Prof. Apoorv Gupta
  Prof. Gaurav Pathak
  Prof. Raj Kapil

STUDENT BOARD

• Abhinandan Adhikari
• Akshar Jindal
• Akshath Indusekhar
• Arya Jhawar
• Dhruv Madan
• Ishika Jain
• Jianna Bajaj
• Nalin Arora
• Nischay Khurana
• Pranav Choudhary
• Shubh Jaiswal
• Samarth Panghal

Testimonials from Students

“The Willem C. Vis moot happened by accident for me. It was probably the most fortuitous set of circumstances that I’ve ever been fortunate enough to experience. The team, Anubhav, Amartya, Ananyaa, Vasudhaa and Harsha, were put together because I didn’t do Jessup and because other people decided to forgo the opportunity to take Vis. But this was the best team and best group of people that I could have possibly worked with. It showed me, on top of all the success that we experienced at Vis, that what really matters are the bonds you forge along the way with the people you do the moot with. Everybody in that team had their role to play, not just as mooters but as support systems for each other.
Apart from that, Vis itself is the best organized moot I have ever been to. The rounds, the judging, the efficiency with which the results were announced was impeccable. The gigantic community of Vis mooters across the world basically make this a huge sorority event where everyone has so much in common and so much to talk about to each other. Nobody pegged us to do well at the beginning. The entire journey and all the twists and turns it took, with our performance at the premoot and then at Vienna itself, goes to show that the best things happen often when you least expect it.”
~ Sayantan Chanda, BA LLB 2014

“I participated in the HSF-KCL Competition law Moot Court Competition, held in King’s College, London. I received an honourable mention for oral pleadings. Our team was awarded the HSF Legal Scholarship for the Best Memorial in Written pleadings. In addition, our team advanced to the quarter-finals, with the third highest score in the preliminary rounds.

The Moot afforded us the exquisite opportunity to rigorously research Competition law and present arguments before practitioners and academics from across Europe. It was an extraordinary learning experience, which helped me grow and engage with law and policy. We couldn’t have done it without the support of Professor Shilpi Bhattacharya and Professor Kritihika Ashok, as well as the MCS Faculty Directors Professor Tanvee Nandan, and Professor Sannoy Das.”
~ Tanmayi Sharma, BA LLB 2015

“I participated in the Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2019 organized by the Vis Moot Foundation. The oral rounds were conducted at the well renowned City University in Hong Kong. The moot problem revolved around two fast growing aspects of contemporary commercial disputes – arbitration law, primarily the UNCITRAL Model Law and contract law, the UN Convention on International Sale of Goods. Our 3-member team with no prior mooting experience finished as the Runners-Up of the tournament, losing out narrowly to the University of Amsterdam in the final. I was also awarded an honourable mention for Best Oralist. Participating in the Vis Moot has inspired me to explore the field of commercial arbitration and has provided me access to a network of skilled and talented lawyers across the world, making it an experience I will never forget.”
~ Sudarshan Srikanth BAA LLB 2016

“I had participated in the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) Invitational Moot, 2018 organised by GAI in collaboration with the George Mason University, and held in Washington D.C. The moot proposition primarily concerned antitrust laws and competition law issues vis-a-vis standard essential patents (SEPs). Our 3-member team, with fairly limited mooting experience at the time, beat the University of Florida in an enthralling final round to achieve the ‘Top Team Award’. This experience, which greatly tested our intellect and nerves, definitely ranks atop my list of law school experiences, and it has instilled in me a love for mooting which shall always persist.”
~ Angad Singh Makkar, BA LLB 2015

“DM Harish was one of the most rewarding and grueling experiences of my life. The moot is based on Public International Law and entails a packed 6 month schedule, from qualifying memorial rounds to arguing at Government Law College, Mumbai. Working on the moot granted me a deeper understanding and appreciation of International Law and Humanitarian Law. Arguing before eminent lawyers and professors in Mumbai honed my advocacy skills as I was given valuable feedback. My teammate was further awarded the 2nd best speaker of the moot. It was definitely one of the best experiences I had in Law School which had a positive impact on my research, drafting and advocacy skills.”
~ Amritesh Mohanty, BA LLB 2016

“I along with my team represented our College at 4th RBUSL National Moot Court Competition, 2019 organized by University School of Law, Rayat Bahra University, Mohali, Punjab. The Moot proposition pertained to Hindu Law, however, with the close reading of it one had to study the provisions of Code of Civil procedure, Limitation Act, Family Courts Act, and Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. This was burdensome as I was not acquainted with most of the subjects and apprehensions about the Competition was there from day one. To this, the faculty came to my rescue by helping me understand the law as this had a huge role to play the way I did my research. We had 3 weeks to do our research and draft our memorials and meanwhile, the academic burden started flooding in. It was very challenging but nevertheless, wasn’t impossible. I believe these 3 weeks taught me as to how to keep your priorities straight and what future in the Law School be like.

The night before the Competition as I was preparing for my oral rounds, I felt the only thing worth doing is to trust in your research and focus on how to deliver it. Our team made it to Finals after competing against leading Law Schools in India. Our team was Runner- up and I was awarded Best Mooter. This achievement will remain always valuable and incomparable to anything and will be the highlight of my first year in Law School.”
~ Preeti Maheshwari, LLB 2018