St. Joseph’s College of Law wins national moot court event in Belagavi

St. Joseph’s College of Law students win top prize in M.K. Nambyar Memorial National Level Moot Court Competition.

A team of students from St. Joseph’s College of Law of Bengaluru won the first prize in the M.K. Nambyar Memorial National Level Moot Court Competition held at Karnataka Law Society’s Raja Lakhamagouda Law College in Belagavi on Sunday.

The competition is held annually in the memory of Constitution lawyer M.K. Nambyar. The moot subjects are centred around the Constitution. The former Attorney General of India K.K. Venugopal, who is an alumnus of the 85-year-old college, sponsors the competition.

Over 40 teams from 10 States participated. They included five teams from National Law Schools from across the country.

The St. Joseph’s College team won ₹50,000 cash prize and a trophy. A team from United World School of Law, Karnavati University, Gujarat, was the runners-up, winning ₹30,000 cash prize and a trophy.

The prize for the Best Speaker Male with a cash award of ₹15,000 and a trophy was shared by B. Mohan Gowda of St. Joseph’s College and Shreevara P. of SDM Law College of Mangaluru.

The Best Speaker Female with ₹15,000 cash prize and a trophy was given to Srushti J. Patil of United World School of Law of Gujarat.

The best memorial prize of ₹15,000 in cash and a trophy went to Symbiosis Law School of Pune. The best researcher prize of ₹10,000 and a trophy was given to Abhavya Sharan from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University of Lucknow.