The 1st MDW-BULC Intra Department Moot Court Competition 2022, was held on 24-26 July, 2022 at the university premises which was jointly organized by Mooting & Debate wing ( MDW), BU Law Club and USAID's Promoting Peace & Justice (PPJ) Activity.
Day One: 24.07.2022: Preliminary Round
The scheduled competition was started at 2 pm on 24th July 2022 through team registration where 8 teams completed their registration to participate in the Moot Court Competition, at 2:30 pm. Tanjila Tamanna, Moot Court Consultant, Lecturer, Dept. Of Law, BU briefed competition rules and conducted the team lot & memorial exchange session which was held at 3:40 pm same day. Honourable Vice Chancellor (In Charge), Britannia University, Prof. Dr. Surajit Sharbabidya inaugurated the event after his important keynotes. The Chairman (In-charge) Asma Akter and other faculty members also instructed the participants with their valuable speeches.
Day 02: 25.07.2022: Preliminary Round
Preliminary round started with a team reporting at 10 am. There was an adjudicator briefing session from 10:30-11:00 am. At 11 o'clock preliminary round(1st session) was started and finished at 12:29 pm. After lunch and prayer break, The 2nd session of the preliminary round started at 2 o'clock and continued till 3:29 pm. There were two benches of judges in the preliminary round and there were 15 volunteers who relentlessly worked to organize the competition . Results of the preliminary round were published at 3:45 pm. Among 8 teams, 4 teams were selected by the judges for the semi-final round. Every team gave their best to qualify. Due to competition rules, only 4 teams were selected by the judges. Then, the judges share their feelings and encouraging words to motivate the teams to enhance their argumentative skills within themselves. All 4 teams were warmly welcomed for the semi-final round and at 4:16-4:30 pm memorial for the semi-final round was exchanged among themselves and the day ended.
Day 03: 26.07.2022: Advanced Round
On 26th July 2022, the final round of the competition was held. The advanced round was started through team reporting from 9 o'clock to 9:29 am. An Adjudicators briefing session was conducted from 9:30-9:59 am. The Semi-final round started at 10 o'clock and was conducted by 3 benches of judges. There was a remarkable fight between 2 semi-final rounds among 4 teams. The matches were between team 02 vs 06 and team 04 vs 05. There was a breathless moment for each team when the results of the semi-final were going to announce. The results were published at 12:15 pm. Team 04 and 06 were selected for the final round. They exchanged their memorials at 12:30 pm. After lunch and prayer break, an Adjudicators briefing session was conducted from 2 o'clock to 2:29 pm. Then the final match started at 2:30 pm. Each team performed their level best before 5 benches of judges. Some spectators enjoyed the final round. The match finished at 4 o'clock.
The result of the final round was announced in the closing ceremony at 5 pm. Judges kept their valuable speeches in the closing ceremony and announced the name of Champion team, Team 06 was declared as the winner.
The Winner team members were,
1. Amit Kumar Saha (Mooter) from Spring 20
2. Binoy kanta Deb (Mooter) from Spring 21
3. Ummeh Elma Ohona (Researcher) Spring 21
The runner up team members were,
1. Al Amin Pial (Mooter) from Spring 22
2.Afra Ibnath Zarin ( Researcher) Spring 22
3. Taslima Khatun Rene ( Mooter) Spring 22
Al Amin Pial was awarded with the best lawyer of the winning team, Team 04 was awarded the best memorial award and Touhida Sultana was awarded the best mooter. The champion team and runners-up team received their trophies from our guest of honor Vice-chancellor ( In-charge) Prof. Dr. Surajit Sarbabiday and the Chairman ( In charge), Dept. Of Law, BU, Asma Akter, Judges, guest and respected faculty members.
In the competition as honorable adjudicators, there were present Md. Abu Bakar Siddik(Masum)Assistant Professor, Dept. of Law, Cumilla University ; Kazi Shariful Islam, Metropolitan Magistrate, Chattogram; Mohammad Minhaz Uddin, Assistant Judge, Cumilla Judge Court; Sakhawat Sajjat Sejan, Lecturer, Department of Law, Feni University ; Md. Emran Hossen, Assistant, Judge (Recommended), Bangladesh Judicial Service ; Rokibul Hasan, Assistant Judge
(Recommended), Bangladesh Judicial Service; Md. Ali Haider Jewel,
Advocate, Cumilla Judge Court; Rafiqul Islam Hossaini Advocate,Cumilla
Judge Court; Riad Hossain (Muntasir), Advocate, Chandpur Judge Court and Rasel Rafi, Advocate, Cumilla Judge Court. There were also present Mst. Wahida Begum, Advocacy and Outreach Component Lead, USAID’s Promoting Peace and Justice Activity, and respected faculty members from Dept. Of Law, BU.
Lastly, with a vote of thanks organizers announced the closing of the competition.
# Congratulations to both Champion and Runners Up team.
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