Shastrartha, by SVKM PGCL [Online Competitions]: Register by Jan 24

AboutSVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law

The SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law (PGCL) was established in 2004 and is affiliated with the University of Mumbai.

About the Event

Pravin Gandhi College of Law (PGCL) is organising Shastrartha- A Legal Philosophical Discourse from 3rd-5th February 2022. The three-day event will have eminent speakers and intercollegiate competitions.

Events and Competitions

• Reverse Engineering: Petition Drafting Competition
• Narrative Jurisprudence: Oral Advocacy Competition
• Donning the Wig: Judgment Writing Competition

Reverse Engineering: Petition Drafting Competition

• Date: February 3, 2022
• Time: 2 PM to 4 PM

Rules of the Competition

• The competition will commence at 2 PM.
• A copy of the judgment will be e-mailed to the e-mail id given in the registration form by the participants at 1:45 PM
• Each participant will be required to draft the petition from the given judgment.
• Participants will be given 120 minutes to draft the petition.
• Participants have to submit the draft of pleading in the PDF format by 4 PM at [email protected]
• Participants should mail their submissions with the team code allotted to them. They should not write their name
• or college name in the submissions.
• The result of the competition will be declared on Saturday, February 5, 2022 at the Valedictory session.
• Orientation of the Competition will be conducted on February 1, 2022. Participants are requested to make sure
• that their devices have a functioning camera, microphone and speaker with a stable internet connection.

Narrative Jurisprudence: Oral Advocacy Competition

• Time: February 3, 2022
• Date: 6 PM to 7:30 PM

Rules of the Competition

• The competition will commence at 6 PM.
• Each participant will be provided with a newspaper article related to an offence.
• The participants will have to plead on behalf of the accused. The participant will have to combine the social events and varied perceptions of society in order to put forth submissions in a narrative form.
• The time limit is 5 minutes.
• Participants are not allowed to plead facts beyond the newspaper article.
• The result of the competition will be declared on February 5, 2022 at the Valedictory session.
• Orientation of the competition will be conducted on February 1, 2022. Participants are requested to make sure that their devices have a functioning camera, microphone and speaker with a stable internet connection.

Donning the Wig: Judgment Writing Competition

• Time: February 4, 2022
• Date: 1:30 PM to 5 PM

Rules of the Competition

• The competition will commence at 1:30 PM.
• The fact sheet relating to the case will be provided to all participants through e-mail by 1:30 PM. Each participant will be given 15 minutes to read the same.
• Argumentsshall be presented to the participants by student volunteers.
• Afterthe presentation ofthe arguments, each participant will have 120 minutesfor writing the judgment.
• Submissions should be made in PDF format with Code name given to each participant. Please don’t write your
• names in your judgment PDF and submit on or before 5 PM at [email protected]
• The result of the competition will be declared on February 5, 2022 at the Valedictory session.
• Orientation of the competition will be conducted on February 1, 2022. Participants are requested to make sure that their devices have a functioning camera, microphone and speaker with a stable internet connection.

Contact Information

• Anoshi Rani: 7718058111
• Rachna Varma: 8226082269
• Harsh Lad: 7045356592
• Sakina Dhoraji: 8879507415

Click here to register for the competition/s.