National PIL Drafting Competition | TSCLD: Submit by Oct 20 (Register by Oct 8)

Published on : September 15, 2020

The Society for Constitutional Law Discussion is a student-run blogging society established by few students of the Chanakya National Law University, Patna with a vision to provide a platform for public discourse and deliberation vis-à-vis Constitutional Law. The primary aim of the Society is to serve as a platform for students, academicians, practitioners & other constitutional law associates eager to engage in Constitutional Law discussion and writing. This Society primarily focuses on its e-magazine and blog as two prominent instruments to achieve its set goals. We have decided to organise National PIL Drafting Competition for the students.

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ABOUT THE EVENT

What does PIL mean?
Public Interest Litigation (PIL) stands for a legal action taken by a public-spirited person to protect the public interest at large (any act for the benefit of the public).
Brief about the event and its structure
In light of the above, The Society for Constitutional Law Discussion is conducting its first National PIL Drafting Competition 2020. This competition will consist of two rounds- Memorial Submission round and Oral Pleading round.
Memorial Submission
All the participating teams are required to submit their memorials abiding all the rules as prescribed under the sections of rule-book before 20^th October 2020.

Important Dates

Last Date for Registration – 8^th October 2020
Last Date for Memorial Submission – 20^th October 2020
Declaration of results of the memorial rounds – 29^th October 2020
Date of oral rounds – 1^st November 2020

Rules

Theme

Environmental law issues in contemporary context
Labour laws and migrants issues in the contemporary context
Health issues in India

Eligibility & Team Composition

All law schools, faculties of law, and other Universities offering a law-related degree program are eligible to participate in the competition. Each member of the team must be an undergraduate program student pursuing a recognized Bachelor of Law degree.
Team composition – either individually or in pairs.

Registration

Registration is mandatory for all the participants. After paying the amount, attach the photo/screenshot of the receipt in the form.

Please access the link ro register for National PIL Drafting Competition –click here

Mode of Payment

The participant may choose to pay the registration fee using any of the following platforms –

G-Pay/Paytm- 8920666746

Bank Details-

Name: KHURRAM AZIZ

Account Number: 881017784535

Bank Name: DBS Bank

Bank IFSC: DBSS0IN0811

MMID: 9641744

VPA: khurramaziz66746@dbs

Please note payment once made is non-refundable.

Competition format and procedure and Oral Arguments

The top 12 teams will be selected based on the submitted memorial for the oral rounds. Selected teams will be invited for the oral pleading of their arguments via video conferencing on zoom app. Further on the basis of the oral rounds and submitted memorials, the final result will be declared. Note – rule-book for the oral rounds will be intimated to the teams via mail after a successful registration.

Perks & Prizes

The top 12 selected teams for the oral round will be awarded a certificate of merit and INR 100/- discount on all memo pundit courses.
The top 3 teams shall be awarded the certificates of excellence along with a cash prize.
1^st prize – INR 1500/-
2^nd prize – INR 1000/-
3^rd prize – INR 700/-
A certificate of excellence will be provided to the team with Best memorial and to the Best speaker of the oral rounds.

Contact Details

In case of a query related to submission or registration feel free to contact on above mentioned any email address or phone no. – contactus@tscld.com or thesocietyforconstitutionallaw@gmail.com or +91 7050933301 (Mr.Himanshu Raj). Submit the memo to submit@tscld.com