2nd MANUU Law School National Moot Court Competition 2026
2nd MANUU Law School National Moot Court Competition 2026
The Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Law School, Hyderabad, is organising the second edition of its National Moot Court Competition. The competition aims to strengthen participants’ advocacy abilities, research skills, and memorial drafting through a structured national-level platform.
Competition Format and Key Dates
The competition is conducted in two stages:
• Preliminary and Quarter-Final Rounds will be held online on 10 and 11 January 2026.
• Semi-Final and Final Rounds will be held offline on 24 January 2026 at MANUU Law School, Hyderabad.
Important deadlines include:
• Registration opens on 1 December 2025 and closes on 24 December 2025.
• Soft copy submission of memorials is accepted from 1 to 31 December 2025.
• Hard copies of memorials must be submitted on 4 January 2026.
• Last date for seeking clarifications is 29 December 2025 (11:59 PM IST).
• Researcher’s Test will be held on 5 January 2026.
Eligibility and Team Composition
The competition is open to students pursuing a three-year LL.B., five-year LL.B., or LL.M. programme at any recognised Indian institution. Students pursuing Ph.D. or diploma courses are not eligible.
Each institution may send one team. Teams must consist of two or three members, comprising two speakers and optionally one researcher. Teams must not reveal their personal or institutional identity at any stage; violation of anonymity rules may lead to disqualification.
Registration Process
The registration fee is ₹2,500 per team for participation in the online oral rounds. Registration must be completed through the official form. Only the first 32 teams to register will be accepted. Successful teams will receive a confirmation email along with the payment link.
The registration form must include:
• Proof of payment of the registration fee
• A bonafide certificate issued by the participating institution
The registration fee does not include accommodation or meals.
Awards
Team Awards:
• Winner: ₹30,000 and Certificate of Excellence
• Runner-Up: ₹20,000 and Certificate of Excellence
Individual Awards:
• Best Speaker (Male): ₹5,000 and Certificate of Excellence
• Best Speaker (Female): ₹5,000 and Certificate of Excellence
• Best Memorial: ₹5,000 and Certificate of Excellence
Memorial Submission Guidelines
Teams must prepare memorials for both sides. Only the team code may be used for identification.
Soft copies must be submitted in PDF and Word formats, separately for each side, using the naming pattern: TC(team code) A or TC(team code) R.
Teams qualifying for the oral rounds must submit four hard copies (two for each side) upon arrival.
Cover page colours: Blue for Appellant and Red for Respondent.
Formatting requirements include:
• A4 size paper
• Times New Roman font, size 12 for main text, size 10 for footnotes
• 1.5 spacing for body text, single spacing for footnotes
• Justified alignment
• Bluebook 21st edition citation style
• Prayer not exceeding one page
Moot Proposition Overview
The case involves a commercial suit before the Delhi High Court filed by Stratos AeroDesign Ltd. (Stratos) against Aurelia Dynamics Pvt. Ltd. (Aurelia). The dispute centres around the autonomous outputs of Aurelia’s multimodal AI system, FALCON-X.
Key factual elements include:
• Aurelia’s FALCON-X generated a high-efficiency turbine-cooling duct design and a 4K artwork titled “Skyfire Descent.”
• The Controller General of Patents rejected Aurelia’s patent and copyright filings on the basis that only natural persons can be inventors or authors. Aurelia is challenging this rejection.
• Stratos claims that FALCON-X’s training data included proprietary turbine-cooling design files scraped unlawfully from their cloud servers.
• Participants must argue both sides within a consolidated suit, framing issues relating to jurisdiction, maintainability, and appropriate reliefs including injunctions.
Contact Information
Maulana Azad National Urdu University,
Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500032
Email: mootcourt@manuu.edu.in
Phone: +91 72899 33715
For rules and clarification:
• Dr. Sudhanshu Chandra (Faculty Convener): +91 72899 33715
• Jaza Abbas (Student Convener): +91 87004 39173
• Fasih Mosharraf (Student Co-Convener): +91 91554 58611
• Rehan Khan (Student Secretary): +91 78400 53173
