Patiala law university wins Leiden-Sarin Moot Court

Chandigarh, April 17

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, emerged victorious in Leiden-Sarin Moot Court, which is the only moot court in aviation law, this year which was held at Seoul from April 12-15.

National Law University, Jodhpur; Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, and the Army Institute of Law, Mohali, represented India at the international competition. About 24 teams from 20 countries took part in the event and the final was between Singapore National University and the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law. All judges from 46 countries were experts in the field of aviation law. The final was judged by Lauren Jan Brinkhorst, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Siew Huay Tan of Singapore and Sando Kim of Korea. The proposition for the moot, which involved issues centred around a collision between a manned civilian aircraft from one country and a remotely controlled drone from another country, raised questions involving the security of civilians, regulation of unmanned aircraft and issues of international law. The award of the best oralist went to Ananya Sharma, a third year student of the Army Institute of Law, Mohali.

The Sarin Foundation was represented by ML Sarin, secretary general; Nitin Sarin, a trustee of the foundation; and Ritesh Aggarwal, who were informed by the judges that the Indian teams were outstanding.

The countries represented included the US, China, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Poland, Singapore, Greece and France. The next Moot Court, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the event, will be held in March 2019 at the Army Institute of Law in Mohali. — TNS