About the Competition
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad is delighted to announce the 18th edition of the Justice Bodh Raj Sawhny Memorial Moot Court Competition, to be held offline from 26th September 2025 to 28th September 2025 at the NALSAR campus. Organized in collaboration with the Justice Bodh Raj Sawhny Memorial Trust, and supported by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, the BRS Moot has evolved into one of the most awaited constitutional law moots in the country.
Eligibility
- The Competition is open to students currently enrolled in LL.B. Degree Courses (3 year/5 year) or LLM Postgraduate Degree Courses.
- A team is not permitted to have members from more than one institution.
- A maximum of two teams per institution will be permitted to register for the competition.
Team Composition
- Each team shall comprise of a minimum of two members wherein both the members will be required to perform the role of speaker.
- Teams may comprise of a maximum of three members, wherein two members shall perform the role of a speaker and one member shall perform the role of a researcher.
- In case the team comprises of two members only (as mentioned in Rule 6a above), the team will have to forgo the Researcher’s Test.
- The substitution of any Team Member is not allowed after the registration deadline except in extenuating circumstances and only with permission of the organizers.
- A researcher may be allowed to argue instead of a speaker only with the permission of the court.
- Any additional members, including observers, will not be recognised as part of the team for the purposes of the Competition.
How to Register?
Interested candidates can register online via the link given at the end of the post.
Prizes
- Winning Team Award: The winning team will receive a trophy and cash prize of INR 75,000.
- Runners-Up Team Award: The runners-up team will receive a trophy and cash prize of INR 50,000.
- Nani Palkhivala Award for Best Speaker: The Best Speaker will receive a trophy and cash prize of INR 50,000
- Nani Palkhivala Award for Second-Best Speaker: The Second-Best Speaker will receive a trophy and a cash prize of INR 20,000.
- Nani Palkhivala Award for Best Speaker in Finals: The Best Speaker of Finals will receive a trophy and cash prize of INR 10,000.
- The team with the Best Memorial (Petitioner) will receive a trophy and a cash prize of INR 10,000.
- The team with the Best Memorial (Respondent) will receive a trophy and a cash prize of INR 10,000.
- Best Researcher will receive a trophy and a cash prize of INR 10,000.
- Second-Best Researcher will receive a trophy and a cash prize of INR 7,500.
- All participating teams will be provided with a certificate of participation or a certificate of merit, in accordance with the performance of the team.
Fee
All the teams shall be required to pay INR 8,000 via online bank transfer before the deadline to register for Stage 1, i.e. Memorial Evaluation Rounds. The account details for the payment are:
Beneficiary Name: Registrar, NALSAR
Bank Name: Indian Bank
Branch Name: Shameerpet
Account Number: 0418453516
IFSC Code: IDIB000S166
Contact
For further clarifications or queries, you may contact the undersigned Organizing Committee members or write to brsmoot@nalsar.ac.in.
Click here to register.
Click here for the official documents.
