Symbiosis Law School, Noida Wins 2nd Surana & Surana – NUSRL National Criminal Law Moot Court Competition 2025–26
The National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL), in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys, recently hosted the 2nd Surana & Surana – NUSRL National Criminal Law Moot Court Competition 2025–26, bringing together teams from leading law schools across India.
The Overall Winning Team comprised Upmanyu Das, Vedanshi Gupta, and Nandika Aggarwal from Symbiosis Law School, Noida, a constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune. The team demonstrated consistent excellence across the preliminary rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final round. In the finals, Nandika Aggarwal and Upmanyu Das appeared as speakers with Vedanshi Gupta as researcher, delivering strong oral arguments before the bench. Upmanyu Das was also awarded the Best Speaker Award in the Finals, while the team secured the Second Best Memorial Award.
The Second Position was secured by National Law University Jodhpur. The final round was judged by Justice Ambujanath, Inderjeet Sinha, and S. Nagratna.
The competition saw participation from 20 teams representing premier law institutions across India, including National Law School of India University, National Law University Jodhpur, National Law University and Judicial Academy Assam, Chanakya National Law University, Hidayatullah National Law University, and The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, among others.
The moot proposition centred on the constitutional balance between freedom of speech under Article 19(1)(a) and the State's interest in protecting national sovereignty and security, raising issues related to criminal liability for political speech, arrest procedure, custodial remand, and the High Court's power to quash an FIR.