Kerala Law Academy Law College: 31st All-India Moot Court Competition 2022

Mooting can best be described as an activity that comes closest to being a lawyer while still studying at law school. It involves identifying legal issues out of a complex factual scenario, doing exhaustive research on those issues to advance arguments with authorities, followed by drafting extensive written submissions and finally the gruelling orals before a bench of eminent judges. In a nutshell, it is everything a lawyer is expected to do once he starts practicing law.

The All-India Moot Court Competition put forward by KLA MCS has a legacy of 31 years in finding out the best mooters from law institutions from all over India. The latest iteration of Academy's prestigious National Moot Court Competition will be held under the aegis of the Kerala Law Academy Moot Court Society on 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2022 via virtual mode, owing to the ongoing pandemic. The 31st year of the competition will witness participation from about 50 teams from various corners of our nation.

The Hon'ble Minister of Higher Education and Social Justice Kerala, Prof. R. Bindu has kindly consented to grace and inaugurate the competition and Dr. N. K. Jayakumar (Former Vice Chancellor, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi and Member, Executive Committee, KLA) will deliver the presidential address. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Devan Ramachandran (Judge, High Court of Kerala) will deliver the valedictory address and declare the results of the competition. Prof. Dr. K. C. Sunny (Vice Chancellor, NUALS, Kochi) will deliver the Presidential Address in the Valedictory Ceremony.

The final round of the competition will be presided over by 3 eminent judges of our Apex Court, Hon`ble Mr. Justice V. Ramasubramanian is a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court of India and was also a former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. His lordship also served as the Judge of Madras High Court as well as Telangana High Court. His lordship practised mainly in Civil and Constitutional matters and was specialized in service matters.

Hon`ble Mr. Justice C.T Ravikumar enrolled as an advocate in 1986 and mainly argued civil, criminal, service and labour matters. His lordship became a Judge of the Kerala High Court in January 2009 . Justice Ravikumar is the fifth judge who elevated to the Supreme Court directly from the High Court of Kerala.

Hon`ble Mr. Justice M. M. Sundresh is an incumbent judge of the Supreme Court of India. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1985, he worked as a Government Advocate between 1991 to 1996. His lordship had extensive practice in Civil (Appellate), Criminal and Writ Jurisdiction in the Hon`ble High Court of Madras. Justice M. M Sundresh was first appointed as a Judge of Madras High Court. His lordship has elevated to the Supreme Court of India on 31st August 2021.

We are privileged to have their esteemed presence for the final round of our Moot Court Competition.

The winners of the competition will be presented with KLA Trophy & cash award of Rs.1,00,000/- and Runners-up will be presented with Trophy & cash award of Rs.50,000/-.