UPES students win laurels at moot court contest

Tribune News Service

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Dehradun, September 9

A four-member team of third year students of BBA & LLB at College of Legal Studies (COLS) at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) brought laurels to the university and the state at the north India round of the Surana and Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition, 2015, organised by law firm Surana & Surana International Attorneys in collaboration with the National Law Institute University at Bhopal.

The four-member team comprised of Deepmala Dutta, Shreyas Jain, Sumi and Ayush Agarwal. This competition saw 16 teams participating from various national law universities and law schools from more than seven states, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. UPES was the only participating team from the state and bagged three awards in this competition. It bagged the runners-up position and also secured a place in the three best memorial awards. It was also chosen as the most popular team by the audiences for the Surana Spirit Award.

The Army Institute of Law, Mohali, was declared the winner of this competition.

Arun Dhand, Director of Media Affairs in UPES, said the moot problem of this competition was based on contemporary issues on criminal laws for trials on murder, forgery, conspiracy, abetment and cybercrimes and a unique format was followed which included full trial procedure, including examination of witnesses. The presence of former Chief Justice of India Justice PP Naolekar at the closing ceremony and of NK Jain, a former judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, motivated the participants. Dr Tabrez Ahmed, Director of COLS in UPES, said under his mentorship he had constituted a Moot Court Association in the UPES when he took charge a few years ago.