The Dr Paras Diwan Memorial National Moot Court Competition which saw participation of 34 law Institutes from India concluded in UPES on Sunday. This was the 5th edition of the national moot court competition in ‘Energy Sector’ which is organised every year by the college of legal Studies in UPES.
The chief guest at the valedictory function V Gopala Gowda, Justice of Supreme Court was welcomed and felicitated by Dr Parag Diwan, vice-chancellor of UPES while R Venkataramani, senior advocate of Supreme court of India was felicitated by the pro vice-chancellor of UPES Utpal Ghosh. Speaking on the occasion, justice Gowda congratulated Peeyushi Diwan, Dr Parag Diwan and Shailender Jain, daughter, son and son-in-law respectively of late Dr Paras Diwan for the initiative taken by them.
In his address, he opined that refinement of legal education in the country will by default lead to good governance in India. R Venkatramani in his address laid stress on establishment of a ‘National lawyers Academy’ to train the budding lawyers.
Arun Dhand, Director – Media Affairs in UPES informed that this four-day national event is organised by UPES annually in the memory of Dr Paras Diwan, a legal luminary, acclaimed jurist and a widely read publicist whose oeuvre range from family law to Energy law. Sharing the details, he disclosed that this year the moot problem given to the competing teams revolved around multifarious international issues in the existing Energy laws and arbitration proceedings thereof.
The various law institutes from 13 States were represented in this competition including Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Delhi, Odisha, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Assam and Uttarakhand.
Dr Shrihari , the campus Director of UPES welcomed SB Mitra, the guest of honour and General Manager of GAIl India ltd while Deepa Verma, Director of Institutional Affairs in UPES welcomed Mohd. Naseem, guest of honour and former DGM ONGC Dr Tabrez Ahmad, Director of College of legal Studies in UPES welcomed AC Kher, advocate on record in Supreme court of India.