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Page 1 of 23 4th AMITY NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION 2017 ORGANISED BY AMITY UNIVERSITY, RAJASTHAN Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, Kant Kalwar, NH-11C, Jaipur Delhi Highway, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007 Phone number:- 8795-8795-01 3 rd - 5 th March, 2017

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4th AMITY

NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION

2017

ORGANISED BY

AMITY UNIVERSITY, RAJASTHAN

Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, Kant Kalwar, NH-11C, Jaipur

Delhi Highway, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007

Phone number:- 8795-8795-01

3rd - 5th March, 2017

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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Amity University Jaipur has been established by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF) New

Delhi, which is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. It has been set up under

the Amity University Rajasthan Act 2008, notified by Government Notification No F.2(10 ) vidhi/2. The

University has a beautiful tree-lined campus spread over 152 acres of land on the Delhi Jaipur Highway.

The campus includes a rainwater harvesting lake with running fountains, a Neem forest, and an

Amphitheatre that can seat 1,500 spectators. The academic blocks have large and spacious air-conditioned

classrooms, lecture theaters and state-of the-art labs. There are separate hostels for boys and girls, and a

Student Resource Centre that has restaurants, gym, library, dance room, billiards and TT room. The

University provides a range of outdoor activities that include horse riding, golfing and trekking.

The University imparts modern, practical and research-based courses whose goal is to make the students

industry-ready. Case studies, industry projects, presentations, research work and role-play form an

integral part of a student's tenure at Amity.

At Amity we benchmark only against the best institutions around the world. Our faculty and senior team

travel all over the globe to learn and imbibe the best practices so that we can give a solid foundation for

learning. Over 4000 students have got on-campus placements this year and over 800 students gave been

placed even one year before graduating. Only the best of the students get admission in Amity. Every

student goes through a personal interview, GD & written test (course dependent) to ensure that the best

students are shortlisted. On an average, only 1 out of 10 students gets selected. Biggest strength of Amity

is a unique Corporate Resource Centre to facilitate excellent placements. Alumni all over the world in

leading companies like McKinsey, Ernst & Young, HLL, and Reliance. Over 4000 students have got on-

campus placements this year and over 800 students gave been placed even one year before graduating.

Leading companies across various disciplines come for campus placements at Amity. In technical

courses, nearly all students are placed even one year before the completion of the course.

The University also has a unique mentor-mentee system, where every student is guided by a Faculty

member. The Faculty member not only addresses the academic problems faced by students but also

counsel’s students on personal issues.

The Amity University Jaipur is considered a pioneer in the field of higher learning for introducing the

path-breaking Flexi-credit course. Under this course, the students choose the subjects they want to study,

and at a time of their convenience.

Personality Enhancement is greatly stressed at Amity and all students undergo special classes and

workshops for this, whilst innovative activities like military training camps ensure that Amitians become

true leaders.

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INVITATION LETTER

To

The Director/Dean/Principal/Head of the Department.

Subject: Invitation for Participation in 4th Amity National Moot Court Competition, 2017

Respected Sir/Ma’am

Amity University, Rajasthan cordially invites your esteemed institution to participate in the 4th

Amity National Moot Court Competition 2017, scheduled to be held from 3rd - 5th March, 2017

in the college premises. Amity University, Rajasthan firmly believes in the holistic development

of students through moots and other co-curricular activities. We would like to invite your

prestigious college to participate in this particular Moot Court Competition and contribute to

make it a greater success.

We look forward to welcome your esteemed institution.

Thanking you

Sincerely

Nitya Nand Pandey Assistant Professor Convener (Amity Moot Court Society)

M. 8795-8795-01 E-mail- [email protected]

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

INDEX

Sr No. Particular Page No.

1. Aim and Purpose 05

2. Date and Venue 05

3. Language 05

4. Dress Code 05

5. Eligibility 06

6. Team Composition and Eligibility Criteria 06

7. Registration 06

8. Rounds For Competition 07

9. Memorial 10

10. Scouting 12

11. Time Management for Each & Every Rounds 12

12. Awards 12

13. Accommodation and Food 11

14. Miscellaneous 13

15. Contact Details 14

16. Proposition 15

17. Registration Form 20

18. Travel Form 22

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1. AIM AND PURPOSE

To give exposure to students pursuing the law course to the environment of the court

system in India and to hone their advocacy skills.

To provide a real life experience cum training in doing cutting edge research, presenting

ground breaking arguments and contributing to the development of jurisprudence in

concerned areas of law.

2. DATE AND VENUE

1. Last Date for Provisional Registration

(Through e.mail)

31.01.2017

2. Last Date for Submission of fee and final

Registration (Hard Copy)

15.02.2017

3. Last Date for Submission of Memorial

(Soft Copy)

20.02.2017

4. Last Date for Submission of Memorial

(Hard Copy)

28.02.2017

5. Date of Event

03.03.2017 to

05.03.2017

6. Venue:- Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, , Jaipur.

3. LANGUAGE

The official language for the Competition shall be English only.

4. DRESS CODE

Inside the court room the participant shall follow the below mentioned dress code.

i) Females: white salwar kurta & Dupatta or white shirt and black trousers along with

black coat, tie and black shoes.

ii) Males: white shirt, black trousers, black tie along with black coat and black shoes.

The dress code for all the functions at the competition shall be western formals for

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gentlemen and western or Indian formals for ladies.

5. ELIGIBILITY

The Competition shall be open for ‘bona-fide’ students who are pursuing an integrated 5

year LL.B. Programme or 3 year LL.B Programme from an institute/university in India.

Such Institute/University must be recognized by the Bar Council of India.

6. TEAM COMPOSITION AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Team shall comprise of three (3) members ONLY out of which two (2) will be speakers

and one (1) researcher.

Each Law College/ University shall be eligible to send one team. Team should not

disclose the identity of their institution in course of proceedings in the court rooms; such

disclosure shall invite penalties including disqualification.

Each team shall be provided with the team code by draw of lots followed by exchange of

memorials.

7. REGISTRATION

Maximum 50 teams shall be registered on first come first serve basis by sending a soft

copy of the properly filled registration form along with a scanned copy of a demand draft

via an email to [email protected] provisional Email registration for the

competition shall close on 31.01.2017. The final registration must be done by 15.02.2017

by sending the hard copies of Registration form and Demand draft

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Teams shall post the hard copies of the properly filled registration form along with a

demand draft of Rs.3000 /- which must reach the organizers by 15 February, 2017 before

5 p.m. at the following address: Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan,

Kant Kalwar, NH-11C, Jaipur Delhi Highway, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007

A registration fee of Rs.3000/- is to be sent by way of Demand Draft drawn in favor of

“AMITY UNIVERSITY RAJASTHAN” Payable at “JAIPUR” along with the

registration form

Teams should clearly mention the participants’ name, e-mail id, contact no. Including

Year/semester of study

No change in the names of the participants shall be permitted after the receipt of the

Registration Form, except at the sole discretion of the Organizers.

Forms received after the deadline shall not be considered for registration.

The organizing committee has the exclusive right to decide in case of any dispute related

to the registration. The decision of the organizing committee in such a case shall be final

8. COMPETITION ROUNDS

There shall be two preliminary rounds, quarter finals, semi-finals and a final round spreading

over a period of 3 days.

DRAW OF LOTS

i) The draw of lots shall take place at the time of formal registration in the campus.

ii) To ensure unbiased selection, teams shall be subjected to drawing of lots for the

Preliminary Rounds.

iii) In no circumstance, shall any change be entertained after the draw of lots.

PRELIMINARY ROUNDS

i) Every team will play two rounds.

ii) Each team shall argue from either side (appellant and respondent) in every round as

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per draw of lots.

iii) No team shall face each other more than once in the preliminary rounds.

iv) Each team shall face a different bench in their each round of arguments.

v) The marks of the EACH preliminary round shall be the cumulative total of the marks

of both the speakers and the marks of the memorial of the side in which they are

appearing.

vi) TOP EIGHT (8) teams shall move to the quarter finals on the basis of the marks of

the preliminary rounds

vii) The following criteria shall be observed in deciding teams which are to move in

quarter finals.

a) The teams that have TWO WINS in preliminary rounds shall proceed to the

quarter final.

b) In case less than 8 teams are able to score two wins then teams that have 1:1 win

loss ratio shall advance based on their aggregate score in the Preliminary Rounds.

c) In case of tie between teams, in preliminary round, the researcher shall be

examined and marks obtained by him shall be counted to decide the winner.

QUARTER FINALS

i) Eight (8) teams shall compete in quarter final.

ii) It shall be a knock out round. The winner of each round shall move to the semi-final.

Four (4) teams shall move to semi- finals.

iii) The criteria of marking in this round are aggregate total of the marks of both the

speakers.

iv) In case of tie between teams, in quarter finals, the researcher shall be examined and

marks obtained by him shall be counted to decide the winner.

SEMI FINALS

i) Four (4) teams shall compete in semi-finals. The criteria of qualifying in semi-finals

have been same as per quarter final.

ii) It shall be a knock out round. The winner of each round shall move to the Final.

iii) The criteria of marking in this round are aggregate total of the marks of both the

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speakers.

iv) In case of tie between teams, in semi-finals, the researcher shall be examined and

marks obtained by him shall be counted to decide the winner.

FINAL ROUND

i) There shall be one (1) FINAL ROUND.

ii) The marking criteria in Final Round is same as that of semi final.

MARKING CRITERIA FOR THE ARGUMENTS IN EACH & EVERY ORAL

ROUND

The following will be the Marking Criteria and the Marks allocated to each Speaker by

each Judge in the Round:

Sr. No. Marking Criteria Marks allocated

1. Appreciation and Application of Facts. 10

2. Identification and Articulation of Issues. 10

3. Application of legal principles. 10

4. Use of authorities and precedents 10

5. Response to questions 10

6. Presentation skills 10

7.

Clarity of thoughts and logical structure of

Arguments 10

8. Poise and Demeanor 10

9. Strategy 10

10. Ingenuity 10

TOTAL : 100

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RESEARCHER’S TEST

Researcher test shall be conducted only in case of tie between two team.

The test shall contain 10 questions related to moot preposition and the law applicable and

the researcher will have 10 minutes to answer these questions.

9. MEMORIAL

All requirements have to be strictly followed. Non-adherence to the same shall result in

disqualification subject to the discretion of the organizers.

Each team shall prepare memorials for both the sides to the dispute. i.e. appellant and

respondent

No extension shall be granted to any team for memorial submission in any case.

Six (6) hard copies for each side (appellant and respondent) must reach the organizers

latest by 28.02.2017

Format of Memorials

i) Cover page / Case title.

ii) Index.

iii) Index of Authorities.

iv) Abbreviation

v) Statement of Jurisdiction.

vi) Synopsis of Fact.

vii) Summary of Arguments.

viii) Arguments Advance.

ix) Conclusion.

x) Prayer.

Memorial General Format

i) Memorial shall be typed on A4 size page in

ii) Font type : Times New Roman,

iii) Font size : 12,

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iv) 1.5 line spacing & 1 inch margin on each side.

v) Blue Book (9th Ed.) Pattern shall be followed.

The memorial shall not be of more than forty (40) pages and the Arguments shall not

exceed more than twenty five (25) pages

The Cover Page of the Memorial must be in

i) Blue for the Applicant Cover Page and

ii) Red for the Respondent Cover Page.

The Memorial must be spiral bound ONLY.

Participants are allowed to frame sub-issues.

The Memorial must not contain any Annexure/Photographs/ Sketches/Exhibits/Affidavits

etc.

The Memorials shall not, in anyway, disclose any fact pertaining to the identity of the

Participating Team, its Members, or the Institution/College/University represented

MARKING CRITERIA FOR MEMORIALS

The following shall be the criteria for marking the memorials:

Sr.No. Marking Criteria

Marks allocated

Appellant Respondent

1. Knowledge of Facts 05 05

2. Knowledge of Law 05 05

3. Proper and Articulate Analysis 05 05

4. Evidence of Original Thought 05 05

5. Grammar and Style 05 05

6. Correct Format and Citation 05 05

7. Extent and Use of Research 05 05

8. Clarity and Organization 05 05

TOTAL : 40 40

GRAND TOTAL= 40+40 80

A penalty of two (2) marks for each side of memorial shall be entailed on each days default in

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submissions of memorials. Maximum 5 days delay shall be acceptable.

10. SCOUTING

Teams shall not be allowed to observe the Oral Rounds of any other teams whatsoever.

Scouting is strictly prohibited as per the Rules of the Competition.

Scouting by any of the teams shall entail instant disqualification.

Any team can file a written complaint to the Organizers for the same. The Organizer’s

decision regarding scouting shall be final.

11. TIME MANAGEMENT FOR EACH AND EVERY

ROUND

Each team will have a maximum of thirty (30) minutes to present their Oral Submissions

in Each & Every Rounds. 10 Minutes for rebuttal and 5 Minutes for Re-rebuttal will be

additional.

No speaker will be permitted to address the Court for more than twenty minutes. At the

commencement of each session of Oral Submissions each team shall notify the Court

Officer as to the division of time between the 2 speakers.

If any speaker continues to speak after the completion of his/her time, he/she shall entail

penalty which shall be one mark for every minute.

12. AWARDS

Winning Team Award:

o The winning team will receive a trophy and a cash prize of 20,000/-.

Runners-Up Award:

o The 1st runners up will get a trophy and a cash prize of 15,000/-.

Best Student Advocate:

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o Best student advocate will get a trophy and cash prize of 5,000/-.

Best Memorial award will be given to the researcher as a trophy and cash prize of 5,000/-

Certificate for participation will be given to all the participants.

13. ACCOMMODATION & FOOD

Food will be provided to all the teams by the Organizers.

Accommodation and Food will be provided during the days of the competition only.

The teams are supposed to submit their journey plan with the final memorial submission

in soft copy

14. MISCELLANEOUS

During the course of oral submissions the participants will not be permitted to make any

audio/visual representation nor will they be allowed to use personal computers, laptops

and any other technical or mechanical device, except the hard copy of memorial.

In the support of speaker’s argument, the researcher can produce the documents if he

asked to do so.

If at any instance a submission is made with any material in violation to the above clause

and if any picture, sketches, photos, cartoons, caricatures, audio film, video film,

projector-slide or a computer generated image is submitted or presented to court, the

teams shall be disqualified from the competition forthwith.

During the course of the Oral Submissions no speaker shall neither reveal his/her

identify nor the identity of their University / College by any means whatsoever.

The decision of the judges as to the Marks allocated to any team shall be final.

No team or any of its members or anyone connected with any team will be permitted to

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sit or hear the arguments in any court room in which that team is not one of the contesting

teams. For the violation of this rule strict action may be taken against the team, even

ranging to the disqualification of the team from the competition.

If there is any dispute in regard to the interpretations of the rules or with respect to any

matter related to the competition which is not contemplated in the rules, the decision of

the Organizers shall be binding and final.

15. CONTACT FOR QUERIES:

In case any queries or clarifications regarding the competition, the teams may contact:

Faculty In-charge Mr. Nitya Nand Pandey Mobile – 8795879501

Dr. Govind S. Rajpal Mobile - 9785022055

Ms. Mukti Jaiswal Mobile - 7742593971

Student Coordinators Ms. Amita Parihar Mobile – 8003026369

Ms. Deepriya Snehi Mobile – 9610044660

Mr. Girish Bhatia Mobile – 9461585490

Mr. Vardhman Jain Mobile - 7728032848

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16. PROPOSITION

Gauri and Raghvendra Singh Shekhawat got married on 1st January, 2013 and

living at village Isarda, District Tonk, Rajasthan, with their joint family. Their

family consist of her father-in-law Bheem Singh Shekhawat, her mother-in-law

Yashodhara Devi, her brother-in-law Dev Singh Shekhawat, one unmarried sister-

in-law Nidhi, and another married sister-in-law Anita w/o Suryadev Singh

Shekhawat living at the same village Isarda with her in-laws. After marriage on 1st

January, 2013 the couple was living a happy life but the things got changed after

the death of Gauri’s father-in-law Bheem Singh Shekhawat due to a heart attack on

1st October, 2013, as now Raghvendra has to take care of entire family and fulfil

all the family responsibilities.

On 20th February, 2015 Gauri’s father Charan Singh Rathore got a call from

Raghvendra at 10:10 pm that Gauri had committed a suicide at 07:00 am of today

morning. Mr. Charan Singh Rathore lives at Jodhpur with his wife Leelawati Devi,

his son Pratap Singh Rathore and his daughter-in-law Tara. Charan Singh

Rathore’s elder daughter Mamta is living at Jaipur with his husband Yuvraj Singh.

After getting this news, when Charan Singh and his entire family reached at

Gauri’s home at next day morning (i.e. 21st February 2015), they found that

Raghvendra and his family is ready to take Gauri’s body for funeral without

informing the police about her suicide. Leelawati, Mamta and Tara also saw the

bruises on the face and hands of Gauri. Thus, Charan Singh Rathore immediately

called police to stop the funeral. On behalf of FIR lodged by deceased father,

Police Officer send the body for post mortem.

Charan Singh made the following statements to the police in his FIR-

1) Charan Singh Stated that at the time of marriage and before the death of

Bheem Singh Shekhawat everything was too good. Both families have

organized the wedding of Gauri and Raghvendra as per hindu rituals, and the

groom’s family did not demand any gift at the time of marriage or even after

that. But the situation got changed after the death of Gauri’s father-in -law.

Gauri never came Jodhpur after the death of Bheem Singh and even she

never sounds happy on the phone calls, but she never complained anything

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to anyone. Suddenly one day on 10th December, 2013 Gauri called to

Leelawati and said that her mother-in-law asking her to bring 20 lakhs from

Jodhpur for establishing the electronic products showroom for Dev Singh.

They fulfil this demand by selling their ancestral property of Churu.

2) Then on 10th January, 2014 they again demanded a motor-bike from them

through Gauri, and this demand had also been fulfilled.

3) On the 10th March 2014 Gauri came to Jodhpur for giving birth to a child at

the seventh month of her pregnancy, but their also she was not normal. Her

in-laws never called her, only Raghvendra called her usually once in week

and after every such calls she got highly disturbed. And after asking so many

times she told Tara that her in-laws are pressurizing her to give birth to a

male child, and if she delivers a girl then they will never allow her enter

back to their home. On 15th May 2014 a girl child was born to her daughter

Gauri, but no one from her in-laws had come to see her or take her back.

Gauri also called to her sister-in-law Anita to made a request to take her

back to Isarda but she insulted Gauri and disconnect the call. Charan Singh

himself called many times to her mother-in-law Yashodhara Devi but she

never responded to take back the Gauri and her daughter. Suddenly on the

morning of 15th October 2014 her brother-in-law Dev Singh and her sister-

in-law Nidhi came to Jodhpur and on the same day took back Gauri and

child to their home at Isarda. Charan Singh and his family hopes that

everything will be fine now.

4) Charan Singh further stated that after going back to Isarda it became too

difficult for them to talk to Gauri. Her mobile was always switched off and

whenever they called at some other phone they got a reply that either Gauri

has went somewhere out with Raghvendra or she is too busy and they ask

them to call back her later. Her all social networking accounts like facebook,

watsapp etc. has been deleted. She calls once in a week from Raghvendra

mobile always in the presence of him.

Police has started the investigation and write the statement of following

persons under Section 161 of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-

1) Charan Singh gave the statement that he got a Raghvendra’s call at 10:10

pm on 20th February, 2015 regarding Gauri’s suicide. Raghvendra said

that Gauri committed suicide at 07:00 am of the same day. But he alleged

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that Gauri has been murdered by her in-laws because he is not getting

that why Raghvendra had called him after 14 hrs. inspite of calling him

immediately at the morning only. And why they want to burn the dead

body as early as possible without informing the police or even without

waiting for them to reach at Isarda.

2) Leelawati stated that she and her female family members had seen the

bruises on the body of Gauri.

3) Charan Singh’s elder daughter Mamta told that Gauri called her at 07:45

am on the same day, i.e. 20th February, 2015, with Raghvendra’s mobile

phone. She was sounding tensed and want to tell something to Mamta,

but the call was suddenly disconnected within a minute. So, if she had

died at 07:00 am then how it could be possible that she can call Mamta at

07:45 am (Mamta also shown the call detail to police).

4) The photocopy of the documents regarding the selling of ancestral

property of Churu and buying of bike had also been submitted to the

police by Charan Singh.

During Police investigation Raghvendra’s family members made following

statements-

1) Raghvendra gave the statement, “On 20th February 2015, I went for a

morning walk to the nearby park at 06:00 am and when returned at 07:00 am

I found Gauri’s dead body on the bed and a bottle of sleeping pills in her

hand. Then I called my mother who was taking care of the daughter as Gauri

never take care of daughter, and called Nidhi from the kitchen. My mother

Yashodhara Devi called my younger brother Dev Singh to come home who

was at local akhara at that time, 5km away from our house. Nidhi called

Anita and Suryadev to come home. Then Suryadev and Dev Singh start

doing all the preparation of the required ceremonies. I was under a great

shock at that time and was not in my senses for a long time and when I came

out of shock, I called to Charan Singh at Jodhpur”.

2) Raghvendra stated that at the night of 18th February 2015, he had an

argument with Gauri over the issue of shifting at Tonk separately from the

entire family and when he refused Gauri injured herself with the wall of the

room and get bruises on her body. And again on early morning of 20th

February 2015 she was starting the same argument and threatens him that

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she will commit suicide and so he went out of the house for morning walk at

06:00 am.

3) Raghvendra said that their married life was happy only before his father’s

death because he had sufficient time to spend with Gauri and roam around

with her. But after that, she started pressurizing him to shift at Tonk as she

doesn’t want to live in a joint family at the village. She asks him to take her

for outing on every weekend and demands expensive gifts. On non-

fulfilment of her wish she badly behaves with the entire family members and

insults them.

4) Yashodhara Devi gave the statement that one day, after her husband’s death

Gauri demanded to buy a diamond necklace for her to wear at the opening of

the electronic showroom of Dev Singh. And when she refused to do so as

she had invested all their savings in the showroom, Gauri said that she will

take the amount from her father.

5) Nidhi gave the statement that Gauri never do any house hold work. She

always complaint of her bad health and so never do any work of the home,

and if Raghvendra ask her to help his mother and sister in the work she starts

fighting with him and injured herself and threatens them to lodge a police

complaint for domestic violence.

6) Dev Singh gave a statement that one day when he returns from the

showroom he found that Gauri is fighting with his mother and standing in

front of the main door of the house with her luggage ready to go at her

father’s house. His mother was asking her to come back in the house and

wait till the Raghvendra return from the office from Tonk and then he will

drop her to Jodhpur as she is having the seventh month of pregnancy. But

she refused and left for Jodhpur all alone. Later whenever they ask her to

come back she put a condition before them that she will return only when

Raghvendra will ready to shift at Tonk. Her mother also write a letter to

Charan Singh in which she informs all these activities of Gauri to him and

ask him to send her back to Isarda, and after getting a call from Charan

Singh he and Nidhi went to Jodhpur and bring back Gauri and daughter to

home.

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Post Mortem Report

1) The time of death of deceased is between 06:00 to 08:00 am approx.

2) The cause of death is only intake of excessive sleeping pills.

3) The bruises have been found on many parts of the deceased body, but it

is not clear that these bruises had been caused by deceased herself or by

some other person to her.

4) The bruises marks were approximate 12 hrs. older than the time of death

The Investigating Officer submitted his report before the Court and the court of

session has framed the charges under sections 302, 304-B, and 120-B read with

section 34 of Indian Penal Code against the deceased husband Raghvendra, her

brother-in-law Dev Singh, her mother-in-law Yashodhara devi, and her sisters-in-

law Nidhi and Anita. And on the basis of police report, FIR, statements made

under section 161, and post mortem report, the Court of session find them guilty

and punished them under the same sections.

Accused had filed an appeal before the Rajasthan High Court and High Court

upheld the decision of Session Court.

A further appeal has filed before the Supreme Court under appropriate

Section(s)/Article(s) on the following issues and the counsels has to make their

arguments on these issues from both the sides-

1) Whether the above grounds are sufficient to decide the guilty of accused

?

2) What is the evidentiary value of FIR and statements made under section

161 of Cr.P.C. ? Can the accused be punished only on basis of these

evidences ?

3) What is the evidentiary value of expert opinion ? Can an accused be

punished on the basis of Post Mortem Report ?

4) Whether Section 304-B of IPC is applicable or not?

Participants are allowed to create other sub-issues also.

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4th AMITY NATIONAL MOOT COURT

COMPETITON, 2017

NAME OF THE COLLEGE:- ___________________________________________________

COLLEGE ADDRESS:-__________________________________________________

CONTACT DETAIL:-___________________________________________________

SPEAKER 1:

NAME:- ______________________________________________________

GENDER:-____________________________________________________

YEAR & COURSE: ____________________________________________

EMAIL ID____________________________________________________

CONTACT NO.________________________________________________

SPEAKER 2:

NAME:- ______________________________________________________

GENDER:-____________________________________________________

YEAR & COURSE: ____________________________________________

EMAIL ID____________________________________________________

CONTACT NO.________________________________________________

REGISTRATION FORM

SELF- ATTESTED

PHOTOGRAPH

SELF- ATTESTED

PHOTOGRAPH

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RESEARCHER:

NAME:- ______________________________________________________

GENDER:-____________________________________________________

YEAR & COURSE: ____________________________________________

EMAIL ID____________________________________________________

CONTACT NO.________________________________________________

THE SPEAKERS AND THE RESEARCHER ARE THE BONAFIDE STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE.

(BY SENDING THIS REGISTRATION FORM, THE PARTICIPANTS AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF

THE COMPETITION)

Signature & Seal of the Head of the Institution

Date:- ___________________

SELF- ATTESTED

PHOTOGRAPH

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4th AMITY NATIONAL MOOT COURT

COMPETITON, 2017

NAME OF THE COLLEGE: ___________________________________________________

SPEAKER 1:

1. Date of Arrival: ______________________________________________________

2. Mode (Train/Airways/Bus): ____________________________________________

3. (Train/Airways/Bus) Number: __________________________________________

4. Time of arrival of Train/Airways/Bus:_____________________________________

5. Other Details (eg. Name of Airline, Bus Service etc.): ________________________

SPEAKER 2:

1. Date of Arrival: ______________________________________________________

2. Mode (Train/Airways/Bus): ____________________________________________

3. (Train/Airways/Bus) Number: __________________________________________

4. Time of arrival of Train/Airways/Bus:_____________________________________

5. Other Details (eg. Name of Airline, Bus Service etc.): ________________________

TRAVEL FORM

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RESEARCHER:

1. Date of Arrival: ______________________________________________________

2. Mode (Train/Airways/Bus): ____________________________________________

3. (Train/Airways/Bus) Number: __________________________________________

4. Time of arrival of Train/Airways/Bus:_____________________________________

5. Other Details (eg. Name of Airline, Bus Service etc.): ________________________

The teams are supposed to submit their journey plan with the final memorial submission in soft

copy

Signature & Seal of the Head of the Institution

Date:- ___________________