12th edition of the Padma Vibhushan N.A. Palkhivala Memorial National Moot Court (Virtual) Competition, 2022 by MNLU, Mumbai: Register by Oct 31

Maharashtra National law University Mumbai in association with All India Federation of Tax Practitioners (Western Zone), Income-tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association – Mumbai & Goods and Services Tax Practitioners’ Association – Maharashtra brings to you the 12th edition of the Padma Vibhushan N.A. Palkhivala Memorial National Moot Court (Virtual) Competition, 2022 as well as the Padma Vibhushan N.A. Memorial National Research Paper Competition, 2022. The moot revolves around taxation law and seeks to inculcate interest about Tax law practice in the minds of students.

About MNLU, Mumbai

The Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014 on 20th March 2014, is one of the premier National Law Universities in India.

The Act envisaged establishing National Law University in Maharashtra to impart advanced legal education and promote society oriented research in legal studies for the advancement of the social life of the people in the country.

The prime goal of the University is to disseminate advanced legal knowledge and processes of law amongst the students and impart to them the skills of advocacy, legal services, and law reforms and make them aware and capable to utilize these instruments for social transformation and development.

Since its inception, the University has made serious and sincere efforts to excel in the field of legal research and education. Within the span of six years, the University has been able to traverse an arduous yet, promising path filled with lots of possibilities for the future.

Eligibility

1. Participation is strictly restricted to bona fide law students enrolled in the three-year or five-year LL.B. or degree course in any institution recognized by the Bar Council of India.
2. An institution can send an official team representing the institution. (Registration of institution)

Team Composition

1. Teams should comprise of a maximum of three members, wherein two members shall perform the role of a speaker and one member shall perform the role of a researcher.
2. The substitution of any Team Member is not allowed after the registration deadline except in extenuating circumstances and only with permission of the Organizers.

A researcher may be allowed to argue instead of a speaker only with the permission of the Court.

Registration

• Interested teams are required to register for the Competition by filling the registration form. The link to the form is provided here.

• While filling the Provisional Registration Form, the teams have to choose a primary contact person. All communications concerning the Competition will be sent by an e-mail to the nominated contact person. The nominated contact person shall be responsible to convey all the information to the team.
• The teams representing institution are also required to mention the email-id of either the respective committee or the head/dean of the institution in the Provisional Registration Form.
• After submission of the Provisional Registration Form, a mail confirming the provisional registration will be sent to the respective committee or head/dean of the institution and the primary contact.
• The last date for completion of all the registration formalities is before 31^st October 2022 (11:59 P.M. IST).
• The confirmation of Registration will be notified to the teams by the Organizers, after the completion and verification of all the Registration formalities. The team will also be provided with a Team Code, in any stage of the competition, a team must be identified only by the allotted team-code.

Note:

1. All team members must refrain from disclosing the identity of their institution at any time in any manner during the course of their participation in the competition. Non – Compliance to this rule shall lead to severe penalty or disqualification as determined by the Organizers.
2. We request you to go through the brochure before registering to understand the procedure.

Important Dates

Last Date to Register: October 31, 2022

Last date of Submission of Memorials: November 15, 2022

Oral Rounds: November 24 to 27, 2022

Submission Procedure

The link for submission is provided here.

Contact

In case of any queries please reach out to us at: [email protected]

• Convenor Gaurav Balpande +91 80878 86379 [email protected]
• Associate Convenor Vedant Vaishali Jayant Mainkar  +91 9821917167 [email protected]
• Associate Convenor Riya Kumar +91 8178700602 [email protected]

Official Notification

For official notification, click here.