AUR Moot Court Competition 2026 at Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur [Hybrid; 4 and 21 November 2026]: Register by 20 Oct

Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur, is organising the AUR Moot Court Competition 2026. The competition runs in hybrid mode over two days: the preliminary and quarter-final rounds are held online on 4 November 2026 on MS Teams or Google Meet, and the semi-final and final rounds are held offline on 21 November 2026 in the Moot Court Room, D-Block 3rd floor, Amity University Jaipur Campus. The official language is English.

Amity Law School, Amity University Rajasthan, was established in 2008, is approved by the Bar Council of India and offers Ph.D., LL.M., B.A. LL.B (H), B.Com. LL.B (H) and B.B.A. LL.B (H) programmes.

The proposition, In re: The Chintapur Public Safety and Interrogation Act, 2026, is set before the Supreme Court of Indiana in Special Leave Petitions and a connected Writ Petition under Article 32. It concerns a state law permitting non-consensual narco-analysis, BEOS profiling and polygraph examination on executive sanction, making the results admissible as substantive evidence and barring bail for 90 days from arrest. The issues are:

• Maintainability of the Writ Petition and the Special Leave Petitions, including the locus standi of a human rights organisation and of an accused who has been neither charged nor released.
• Whether compulsory scientific interrogation techniques, and the admissibility of their results, violate Articles 14, 20(3) and 21, and whether the Act can immunise the administering practitioner despite Sections 26 and 30 of the Indiana Nyaya Sanhita.
• Validity of the 90-day bail bar and of executive rather than judicial sanction under Article 21.
• Repugnancy with the Indiana Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Sakshya Adhiniyam under Article 254 despite general Presidential assent, and whether the evidence sustains the convictions.

The laws of Indiana are in pari materia with the Constitution of India and the BNS, BNSS and BSA, 2023. The full proposition is in the official brochure.

• Open to law students duly enrolled in an integrated 5-year or 3-year law programme at an institution recognised by the Bar Council of India.
• Minimum two members, both designated as Speakers; maximum three, of whom two are Speakers and one is the designated Researcher. The Researcher may argue only with the prior permission of the Judges and the organising committee in distinguished cases.
• No team coach, mentor or observer may accompany the team. No changes to a team are allowed once registration is accepted, and an individual registering in more than one team is disqualified from both.
• Dress code as per the Rules of Legal Education, 2008.

• Each team submits memorials for both the Petitioner/Appellant and the Respondent, in PDF and docx format, by 27 October 2026 through the memorial submission Google Form. File names carry only the team code and side, for example 01-Appellant/Petitioner.
• Mandatory heads include cover page, table of contents, abbreviations, index of authorities, statement of jurisdiction, statement of facts (max 2 pages), issues, summary of arguments (max 2 pages), arguments advanced (max 25 pages) and prayer (max 1 page).
• A4, Times New Roman 12 pt (footnotes 10 pt), 1.5 line spacing (footnotes single), 1 inch margins, page numbers bottom right, Bluebook 20th edition. Cover page BLUE for the Petitioner/Appellant and RED for the Respondent.
• Teams must bring 4 hard copies of each side's memorial to the competition.
• Penalties: late submission 2 marks per memorial every 12 hours (possible disqualification beyond 48 hours), wrong file name 1 mark per memorial, 1 mark per extra page, wrong colour coding 2 marks per memorial.

• Preliminary rounds (online, 4 November 2026): two rounds per team, once for each side, before different benches. 20 minutes per team with a minimum of 8 minutes per speaker; rebuttal up to 2 minutes, no sur-rebuttal. Top 8 teams qualify.
• Quarter-finals (online, 4 November 2026): knock-out; rebuttal and sur-rebuttal up to 5 minutes. The 4 winners qualify.
• Semi-finals (on campus, 21 November 2026): knock-out; 40 minutes per team plus 5 minutes rebuttal and sur-rebuttal, minimum 16 minutes per speaker.
• Final (on campus, 21 November 2026): 60 minutes per team plus 5 minutes rebuttal and sur-rebuttal, minimum 25 minutes per speaker.
• Sides and opponents are decided by draw of lots before every round; the draw for the preliminary and quarter-final rounds is held online.

The registration fee is Rs 3,000 + 18% GST per participating team, paid through the Amity event payment page (choose 'Event Registration'). The fee is non-refundable.

Teams that qualify for the semi-final rounds may stay in Amity University Rajasthan hostels at Rs 450 + 18% GST per person per day, for up to two days. The accommodation Google Form with its payment link is shared with qualifying teams after the quarter-final results, and each participant fills it separately. The university does not provide transport.

First pay the registration fee on the Amity event payment page and take a screenshot of the payment success page. Then fill in the event registration Google Form on or before 20 October 2026, uploading the screenshot of the payment success page. Registration is complete only after the form is filled. Clarifications on the moot problem may be sought only through the clarification Google Form by 20 October 2026; clarifications are released by email. Requests by phone, WhatsApp, SMS or social media are not entertained. For other queries write to mccamityjaipur@gmail.com.