2nd JUS LEX NATIONAL TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION, 2019

Saveetha School Of Law, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences organises it's flagship program of 2nd JUS LEX NATIONAL TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION, 2019 which was conducted from August 16th to 18th, 2019 . Dr. Asha Sundaram Principal, inaugurated the function on August 16th 2019. All over the country 16 teams participated in this competition. Each team consist of Two speaker and one Researcher.

Total of 48 participants

The event was structured as Preliminary Round 1 and 2 whereas all 16 teams argued for prosecution and defence

Among them, Top 8 teams qualified for the

Quarter Finals. Side of argument were chosen through draw of lots and the opponent were chosen through power matching. A four judge bench adjudged the quarterfinals.

The top 4 teams as mentioned below qualified for Semi Finals

1. New Law college, Pune

2. School of excellence in law, Chennai

3. Symbiosis Law school, Hyderabad

4. Presidency University school of Law, Bangalore.

The semi finals of the competition are judged by the ex and retired magistrates.

Top two teams from the semi finals qualified for the finals.

1. Symbiosis law school, Hyderabad

2. New law college, Pune

The finals was adjudged by the two sitting Judges of Madras High Court Justice M. Sundar and Justice M. Nirmal Kumar.

The New law college, Pune was declared as winners and they were awarded with the prize money worth Rs. 63,000 and a cash award of Rs. 10,000/-

Symbiosis Law school, Hyderabad was declared as runners and they were awarded with the prize money worth Rs. 42,000 and a cash award of Rs. 5000/-

Dr. Deepak Nallaswamy, Director of Academics, SIMATS welcomed the gathering and Dr. Asha Sundaram, Principal, Saveetha School of law, SIMATS delivered the vote of thanks.

The winners of other awards are as follows:

1. Best memorial: Sastra School of Law, Sastra Deemed to be University, Thanjavur

2. Best researcher : Mr. Viswajit, School of Excellence in law, Chennai

3. Best speaker male: Mr. Simarjeet Singh Satia, New law college, Pune

4. Best speaker female: Ms. Ranjitha. N.R, Christ (deemed to be university) school of Law, Bangalore

In a total 20 court officers and 80 witnesses were provided by the organisers with the equal distribution for each team from all 5 year students. The witnesses got special appreciation from the sitting High Court judges for their role play.

This event was coordinated by Moot coordinator Asst.Prof. Sornalakshmi RR

Our proud sponsor of this event is THE LAW FINDER who sponsored us with stationery and subscriptions.

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