Shri Ram Murti Smarak (SRMS) College of Law, Bareilly conducted its 3rd National Moot Court Competition, 2024 having participation of 6 teams from Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat, Haryana; SS Law College, Shahjahanpur; Bareilly-based institutions namely Bareilly College; Invertis University; Rajshree College of Law & SRMS College of Law, who demonstrated their advocacy, research & legal drafting skills.
The 2-day competition was inaugurated by Shri Dev Murti, Chairman SRMS Trust; Er Subhash Mehra, Trust Advisor; Lakhendra Kumar Chokhhar, Officiating Principal, Law College along with Awadhesh Pandey, Additional Director of Prosecution, Moradabad Range (Bareilly); Harendra Pratap Singh, Sr Advocate, Allahabad High Court, Prayagraj; Anurag Tyagi, Advocate, High Court of Uttarakhand, Nainital who were the Day-1 judges. Dr Prabhakar Gupta, Principal CET; Dr Navin Kumar, Moot Court Convener;Asna Naaz, Moot Court Co- Convener were also present.
The preliminary round on first day saw 4 teams qualifying semi-finals, based on their merit score. Following the knockout round, Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat & SRMS College of Law, Bareilly reached the grand finale. The final round was judged by Day-2 judges—KP Rajvanshi, Retd. District Judge, Bareilly; Avdhesh Chaudhary, Advocate, Supreme Court of India & Harish Pandey, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, wherein after much deliberation, Geeta Institute of Law won Moot Court competition, while SRMS College of Law emerged as runners-up.
Towards the end,Shri Dev Murti, felicitated the winning teams with certificates & trophies. The title of ‘Best Speaker’ was fetched by Nidhi Jaiswal (Geeta Institute); ‘Best Researcher’ by Sakshi Singh (SRMS College of Law) & ‘Best Memorial’ by Nidhi Jaiswal, Akanksha Kohli & Chanchal (Geeta Institute of Law).