Hidayatullah National law University (HNlU), Raipur will organise the 8th edition of Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2016 (HNMCC) from February 19 to 21, 2016.
Mooting has been a culture at HNlU and every edition of this moot court is aimed at raising the mooting standards by ensuring an intellectually stimulating moot problem along with an excellent Bench, according to a University press release.
Since its inception, Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition had built up a reputation of being India’s premier Competition law Moot. Year after year the competition has witnessed an overwhelming response from various Universities, Colleges and National law Schools throughout India, it stated.
This year, a total of 23 teams from NlS Bangalore, NAlSAR Hyderabad, NUJS Kolkata, NlU Jodhpur, GNlU Gandhinagar and other elite law schools from all across the nation are participating in the event.
last year the event has made a successful shift from Competition law aspects to Environmental law aspects. The 8th HNMCC, 2016, is based on Environmental and International law and is intended to draw attention towards the Environmental law issues which need to addressed and resolved pragmatically for ensuring sustainability of the ecosystem as well as survival of all forms of life on the Earth.
This year, the focus of HNMCC is to promote amongst students a better understanding of nuances of Environmental law and also to crack the intricate issues revolving around the subject matter by bringing it to the mooting arena.
The moot problem for this edition revolves around conservation of an endangered species of dolphins in a transnational river "Bhargavi", and the imposition and dishonour of international covenants and treaties governing distribution of water and containment of pollution between neighbouring nations.