1st Raffles University and Surana & Surana National Labour Law Moot Court Competition, 2018

With the advent of industrial revolution, labor law arose because the relationship between worker and employer changed from small-scale production studios to large-scale factories. The object of labour law is to safeguard the labor from profit seeking exploiters in the cut through competition era. As the world today is becoming a global village it is important to strengthen industrial relation. In today’s era it is very important to lay emphasis on employer-employee relationship and see that the labor today are not exploited and they get justice. Proper implementation of labour legislations is very important because it helps in the economic development of the country.

Thus Raffles University, Neemrana in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys organized the first National Labor Law Moot Court Competition so that the future lawyers of our country get to deal with nuances of labor legislation and practise this area of law which is often ignored.

   

School of Law, Raffles University, Neemrana, a world class institution in the region, in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys organised the Labour Law Moot Court Competition from March 16 to 18, 2018. Students from sixteen different Law Schools across India participated in this first of its kind Moot Court competition on the issues of Labour Law.

The inaugural ceremony of the three-day long competition took place on 16^th March 2018. The occasion was graced by chief guest, Professor (Dr.) Paramjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Panjab. The Guest of Honour was Dr. Justice Meena V. Gomber, Chairperson, Gomber Education Foundation, the sponsoring body of Raffles University, Neemrana. Professor (Dr.) V. K. Kapoor, Vice-Chancellor Raffles University and Dr. S. Ravichandran, Moot Court Coordinator & Head of Academic Initiative, Surana and Surana International Attorneys also graced the occasion with their presence.

On March 17 all sixteen teams battled it out against each other in the preliminary rounds to reach the quarterfinals. Qualified eight teams again showed their advocacy skill in quarterfinals. Four teams who made it to semi-finals were Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi; Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi; Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Manipal University, Jaipur.

After an intense battle teams from Manipal University, Jaipur (comprising of Kaartika S. Sharma, Sana Samdani and Rohan Singh Chouhan) won the competition in final while Law Centre -2, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (comprising of Sanjana Gupta, Shubhra Gulati and Lakshya Sachdeva) became the Runners Up.

The Moot Court sessions were adjudicated by Prof. (Dr.) P. C. Juneja, Dean School Of Law BMN University, Rohtak, Hon’ble Mr. Devendra Nagar, Additional District Judge Alwar; Hon’ble Mr. Ashok Vyas, District Judge Alwar; Hon’ble Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, District Judge Alwar; Hon’ble Mr.Pravendra Pal, District Judge Alwar.

The program came to end with a grand valedictory-cum-prize distribution session. Dr. S. Ravichandran who was supervising the whole competition announced the name of prize winners. The Chief Guest of the closing ceremony was Hon’ble Justice Veerendr Singh Siradhana, Rajasthan High Court who in his speech inspired the students and along with Dr. Justice Meena V. Gomber handed over the prize to the winners. Professor (Dr.) V. K. Kapoor, Vice-Chancellor, Raffles University; Neemrana thanked everyone involved in organising the Moot Court profusely.