The Hidayatullah National law University (HNlU), Raipur, will host the 7th Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition 2014 (HNMCC 2014) at the university campus here from October 17 to 19. The inaugural function will be held on October 17 at 4 pm.
Addressing a news conference at Raipur Press Club here on Wednesday, HNlU Vice Chancellor Professor (Dr) Sukh Pal Singh said that this year a total of 43 teams had registered for the mega event from various colleges and universities across the country.
Out of 43 teams, 30 teams have been selected for oral rounds on the basis of Memorial Evaluation, he said.
Singh said that all the national law universities ranging from NAlSAR Hyderabad, NlU Delhi, NlU Jodhpur, RGNUl Patiala, RMNlU lucknow, GNlU Gandhinagar along with other national law universities are participating in the event. Out of 30 teams, 8 teams will be selected for the quarter finals. In the quarter finals, four teams will be qualify for the semi finals and finally two teams will get entry to the finals, Singh said.
Justice Navin Sinha, Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Chhattisgarh, who will be the chief guest of the valedictory function, will adjudge the final round of the National Moor Court, he said.
Judge Justice M M Shrivastava and Justice Prashant Mishra will also be the judges for the final round.
Professor (Dr) P Ishwar Bhat, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata will be the chief guest for the function. The guest of honour will be A.K. Samantray, Principal Secretary, law and legislative Affairs Department, Government of Chhattisgarh
The winning team will receive a trophy along with a cash prize of Rs25,000 while the runner-up will get a trophy and a cash prize of Rs15,000.
There would also be awards for the best researcher , best speaker, best memorial and which carry a cash prize of Rs7,500 each.