INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW

(Registered Legal Research Institute under NSL)

Organizing

2ND NATIONAL MEMORIAL DRAFTING

COMPETITION, 2022

Results Declared on

Occasion of April 14th, 2022

Prize worth Last Date to Register

Rs. 17,000/- 01st March, 2022

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KNOWLEDGE PARTNER MEDIA PARTNER

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awareness to citizens of India and to provide social
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ensure that every Indian citizen should know about
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knowledge under the motto “WE JOIN WE SHARE WE GAIN”, which makes
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among the student community.
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 PROPOSITION

India is a one of the culturally developing countries situated in South Asia, has a quasi-federal nature of

Government and it is the largest democracy of the world. The constitution of India declares India as a sovereign

socialist secular democratic republic. Prabha and Sunitha belong to the LGBTQIA+ community and both have

been living together in Delhi since mid of September, 2021. Prabha was a lesbian belongs to a socially and

economically well-settled family in Delhi. Sunitha was a trans-female who underwent Gender Reassignment

Surgery due to bodily physical changes and Prabha’s Lesbian behaviour while they were in London for their

studies and changed her name and gender from Suman to Sunitha in March 2020.

In September 2021, when returning to India, the parents of both came to know about their relationship,

both the families opposed their relationship and Sunitha’s transsexual surgery due to social and economical

reasons. Without any recognised marital rights of LGBTQIA+, Sunitha and Prabha lived together in Delhi.

Owing to this, both the families started to abuse them mentally and economically especially Sunitha’s family

who refused to accept and give her inheritance. Abuse by the family leads to the extent of threatening them

even in their workplace violently. By reason of these abuses, both Sunitha and Prabha lodged a complaint

against their domestic violence of family relatives under Indian Penal Code. In the meantime, to get rid of these

stressful circumstances they planned to adopt a child for themselves. When they went for adoption, it was

resisted by their family members and the society.

Without any legal procedure for adoption by LGBTQIA+ community, they unable to adopt a child which

is their fundamental right. So, they filed a writ petition before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India for the

recognition of Marital, parental and civil rights of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The case is listed for hearing on 14th April, 2022 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India for the following

issues:

1. Whether the marriage of LGBTQIA+ community can be recognised under Special Marriage Act, 1954 and

Constitution of India?
2. Whether the LGBTQAI+ community has the right for adoption?

3. Whether the Prevention of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is ultra vires to Article 15 (1) of

the Constitution of India?

Notes-:

• This moot proposition is based on Several True incidents and all other references are fictional.

• The Participants are advised to limit the arguments to the issues given.

• The moot problem is the way it is, with full application of the principle of “as is, there is…whatever where

is”. Queries or requests for clarifications relating to fact will not be entertained
 Rules and Regulations

1. General Information

1.1. These are the rules for the 2nd National Memorial Drafting Competition, 2022.
1.2. The competition is being conducted by FORLASS INDIA organization and IJLR.
1.3. Last Date for submitting memorials - 5th April, 2022.
1.4. The Organizing Committee shall function as the point of contact, and any changes in the Rules of the
Competition shall be notified by email to all participating teams.
1.5. The Competition shall be conducted by rules mentioned hereunder. Participants are required to comply
with the rules and procedures prescribed herein.
1.6. The official email for all correspondence for the Competition is [email protected] and [email protected]
2. Definition Part

2.1. “Competition” means the 2nd National Memorial Drafting Competition, 2022.

2.2. “Identity” means any fact of the identity of the Team, its members, or the Institution/College/University
represented by the Team and the state or region where such Institution/College/University is located and
includes any identification marks/ seal of the Team or the Institution/ College/University represented.

2.3. “Organizing Committee” or “OC” means the Organizing Members from FORLASS INDIA and IJLR.

2.4. “Team” means the registered participants in the Competition and shall include only those members as
specified in Rule 3.2 of the Rules of the Competition.

2.5. “Team Code” means the code assigned to a Team for Representing.

2.6. “Memorial” means the memorandum of written submissions submitted by any Team as per these Rules
of the Competition.

2.7. “Memorial Score” means the score determined by the Rules of the Competition.
3. Eligibility and Registration

3.1. Any students enrolled in a three (3) year LL.B. programme or a five (5) year LL.B. programme shall be
eligible to participate in the Competition. Students enrolled in Post-Graduate are not eligible to participate. A
person not eligible to participate in the competition who is current member of FORLASS INDIA and IJLR.

3.2. The team composition for the Competition shall be either Individual Member Team or Maximum Two
Members Team. Inter-Cross college or university team registration is allowed in this Competition.

3.3 Here is no need for any authorisation latter from any institutions.

3.4 Registration fee for a Team is ₹ 60. Registration Fees must be paid before registration. And except in
inevitable circumstances, the registration fee is not refundable.

3.5 Payment Instructions.

In the case of Bank Transaction:-

BANK NAME: BANK OF BARODA.

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 74980100022173.

IFS CODE: BARB0VJTICH.

BRANCH NAME: Salai Road, Tiruchirappalli.

ACCOUNT NAME: PRASANNA S (or)

In the case of UPI Transaction:-

ijlr@upi (or) +91 94896 71437

3.6 Registration is open from 01st February to 01st March, 2022. Registration Link
https://forms.gle/6nz9jNVcxEJvnpDW8

3.7 After the Registration process complies, March 5, 2022 confirmation mail and Team code shall be allotted
with the participants.

3.8 After Team Code allotment, Teams must represent their team code to The Organising Committee for any
situations. Non-Comply with this rule will lead to disqualification of teams.
4. Memorial Rules

4.1. General Rules for Memorial

4.1.1. All the teams must submit the soft copy of the memorial for both sides (Petitioner-Respondent) on or
before 11:59 PM (IST), April 5th, 2022. The memorial should be sent in a format of Word (‘.doc’ or ‘.docx’)
format. Here are no negative marks for late submissions. So sharply registration link will be closed at that
mentioned time.

4.1.2 Mode of Memorial submission will be announced after the all registration process.

4.1.3. The Participants are advised to limit the arguments to the issues given.

4.1.4. The soft copy of memorials once submitted cannot be revised or resubmitted.

4.1.5. The Cover Page of the Memorial must follow the following colour scheme, Blue for the Petitioner Cover
Page and Red for the Respondent Cover Page.

4.1.6. The Memorial must not contain any Annexure / Photographs /Sketches / Exhibits / Affidavits or any
other representation of like nature.

4.1.7. The memorials must not contain any identification apart from the team code allotted. If any discrepancy
or any attempt to disclose identity by any team is noticed by the Organizers, the team will be disqualified.

4.1.8. The memorials must be named in the following format: “Team Code -Petitioner/Respondent”, for
example, “T001 - Petitioner”. The file name shall not carry any other identifying marks.

4.1.9. Participants must refrain from using the same language or copying from other's memorials and other
sources. Even the use of publicly available information must be accompanied by proper citations. These rules
shall apply to all parts of the memorial and not just the Pleadings and Prayer. The Organizing Committee in
consultation with the memorial judges will take a final decision regarding the determination of cases of
plagiarism and penal measures for such action.

4.1.10. Memorials that do not comply with the above-mentioned specifications will be rejected.
4.2. Rules on the Content and Formatting of Memorials

4.2.1. Each Team is required to prepare a memorial for each party of the dispute with the following mandatory
heads:

a) Cover Page

b) Table of Contents

c) Index of Authorities

d) Statement of Jurisdiction

e) Statement of Facts (Must not exceed single Page)

f) Issues Raised

g) Summary of Arguments (Must Not Exceed 2 Pages)

h) Arguments Advanced (Must Not Exceed 25 Pages)

i) Prayer.

No restrictions for overall page count.

4.2.2. The Cover Page must contain only the following information:

a) The Team Code in the upper right corner of each memorial. No other page must contain the team code.

b) The name of the Forum resolving the dispute.

c) The name of the Competition.

d) Name of the parties and status before the Forum

e) The party on whose behalf the memorial has been prepared

4.2.3. All parts of the memorial (including Headings, Headers and Footers) must be typed on A4 sized
paper/format, with the following Formatting Specifications:

a) Page Orientation: Portrait

b) Font Type: Times New Roman

c) Font Size: 12

d) Line Spacing: 1.5

 e) Margins: One (1) Inch on Each Side

f) All Paragraph should be Justified

4.2.4. For Footnotes, the Formatting Specifications are as below:

a) Format: 20th Bluebook Citation Format.

b) Font Type: Times New Roman

c) Font Size: 10

d) Line Spacing: 1

e) Speaking footnotes or endnotes are not allowed except in necessary situations.

5. Evaluation Criteria

5.1. Evaluation Criteria for Memorials

Memorials will be marked on a scale of 100 marks per the following criteria:

Clarity of fact 5 marks.

Research Studies and its usage in Memorials 15 marks.
Usage of Legal Language 5 marks.
Legal Maxims, legal doctrines and legal principles 10 marks.
handling way of pre-judgments and acts 10 marks.
cover page 5 marks.
Memorial Alignment Skill 10 marks.
Utilization of Memorial Submission Rules 5 marks.
Jurisdiction 5 marks.
Summary of Argument 5 marks.
Correlation of issues 5 marks.
Continuation of Memorial 10 marks.
Prayer 5 marks.
Excluding Fact, Ability to handle other issues related to Fact 5 marks.
Total 100 Marks

Here is no penalty for any thinks.

6. Result

6.1. Results of Memorandum evaluation will be declared on 14th, April 2022.

6.2. Results contains Each Teams Marks (Sorted By each criterion mentioned in Rule 5), Each Teams
Memorials, Best Memorials of the Competition, Certificate of Participation, Certificate of Merit.

6.3 Results are the final decision of the Organizing Committee.

7. Important Dates

Registration Open on 1st February, 2022.

Registration Close on 28th February, 2022.

Last date for Seeking Clarification 10th March, 2022.

Last date for Memorial Submission 5th April, 2022.

Results Declaration 14th April, 2022.

7. Awards

Winner-Up –

Cash Prize - Rs. 1,000/

Intellectual Property Rights in India by V K Ahuja from Lexis Nexis (Printed Book)

Free Publication Opportunity at Lex Is Us Law Journal

Internship Opportunity with IJLR

Campus Ambassador Opportunity with Lex Squirrel

E- Certificate of Merit.
Runner-Up

Cash Prize - Rs. 750/

M.P. Jain’s Indian Constitution Law (8th edition) Paper Back Book

Free Publication Opportunity at Lex Is Us Law Journal

Internship Opportunity with IJLR

Campus Ambassador Opportunity with Lex Squirrel

E- Certificate of Merit.

Second Runner Up

Cash Prize Rs. 500/

Free Publication Opportunity at Lex Is Us Law Journal

Internship Opportunity with IJLR

Campus Ambassador Opportunity with Lex Squirrel

E- Certificate of Merit.

All the Participants will get an E-Certification of Participation + Internship Opportunity with IJLR + Campus
Ambassador Opportunity with Lex Squirrel + E- Certificate of Merit. All the prizes will be delivered to the
winners after the three days of Results.

For More Details,

Prasanna S, Co-Ordinator - +91 94896 71437 (or) [email protected]

Saranya Manoharan, Co-Ordinator - +91 85240 19402 (or) [email protected]