The fourth Dr Paras Diwan Memorial ‘Energy law’ Moot court competition will begin in the campus of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) on Thursday, where students from some of the top law schools of the country will participate.
This year the competition is being organised in association with Gas Authority of India ltd (GAIl) with Eastern Book Company (EBC) & Supreme Court Cases Online (SCC) as the knowledge partners.
Uttarakhand human Right commission member Justice Rajesh Tandon and former chairman of Cyber Appellate Tribunal, Govt. of India will inaugurate this competition. Arun Dhand, Director of Media Affairs in UPES disclosed that 40 teams had applied to participate in this competition but only 26 of them were short listed, each team comprises of three members. The 78 shortlisted mooting students include 47 males and 31 females and come from well-established and well known law institutes in the states of Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Uttarakhand.
All stages of the completion would be judged by a panel of neutral experts having legal background & acumen, these will include experts from GAIl, ONGC & Dehradun Bar council. The valedictory function to celebrate the accomplishments of the mooting students will be held in UPES on 6th of April and would be presided by Justice Vijendra Kumar Jain, chairman human rights commission of Uttarakhand and former chief justice of Punjab & Haryana high court as the “Chief Guest”.
This year’s Dr Paras Diwan memorial moot court completion has been organized under the able guidance and chairmanship of Dr Tabrej Ahmed, Associate Director of College of legal Studies and his team comprising of faculty and students.