NUSRL Ranchi Team Secures Runners-Up Position at Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Misra National Moot 2026
A team from the National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi, secured the Runners-Up position at the Pt. Kanhaiya Lal Misra 2nd National Moot Court Competition, 2026, held at Shambhunath Institute of Law, Prayagraj.
The NUSRL team comprised Aastha Kedia, Anuthi Shrivastava and Atulya Trishri. The students reached the final after progressing through the different stages of the national-level competition and competing against law students from institutions across India.
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The two-day moot court competition was held on October 24 and 25, 2026. It brought together teams for rounds involving legal research, written submissions and oral arguments before panels evaluating their understanding of law and advocacy skills.
According to NUSRL, the competition saw participation from 46 teams from across the country. The university said that the field included students representing several prominent law schools, making the team’s progression to the final a significant competitive achievement.
Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Nagpur, emerged as the winner of the competition after defeating NUSRL Ranchi in the final round. The MNLU Nagpur team consisted of Mudita Shukla, Sameeksha and Ishita.
The final round was judged by Justice Gautam Chowdhary and Justice Kshitij Shailendra of the Allahabad High Court. The competition concluded with the final rounds and valedictory proceedings on October 25.
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Apart from the winner and runners-up honours, individual and memorial awards were also presented during the event. Deepti Chauhan of Asian Law College received the Best Speaker award, while Sakshi Pandey of BBAU, Lucknow, was recognised as the Best Researcher.
The Best Memorial award went to the team comprising Satyam Gupta, Lucky KS Singh and Ankita Biswas from Law Centre-I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. The competition carried a total announced prize pool of ₹1.30 lakh across various categories.
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