The prestigious K K Luthra memorial moot court competition ended last week with Sastra University of Tamil Nadu nabbing the first prize.
The competition saw students from 72 institutions from both India and abroad participating.
In addition to law students of India universities, teams from Bristol Law School(UK), Northumbria Law School (UK), Sri Lanka Law College (Sri Lanka) and London College of Legal Studies also took part.
Competitions A Platform For Law Students
Congratulating the winners on their victory, Supreme Court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao stated in his address that such competitions are important as they provide a platform to law students and helped them develop skills as a lawyer.
The event was organised at Delhi University’s Campus Law Centre and held over three days.
This year’s theme was regarding regime change and how the criminal process can respond to such changes. Another issue that was examined was the theft of cultural artefacts.
The competition is the only international criminal law moot court that is held in India.
Since 2005, the competition has been held on an annual basis at the Campus Law Centre in the memory of distinguished criminal lawyer K K Luthra, whose legal career was from 1949 upto his death in 1997.
