Mysore: Feb. 13

Christ Law College from Bangalore won the two-day National-level moot court competition on ‘Corporate Taxation’ conducted by Surana and Surana International Attorneys and JSS Law College at JSS Law College’s Silver Jubilee auditorium here yesterday.

National Law School of India University is runner up

Caption: 1) Winning Smile:Ajay Kumar, Chahat Chawla and team researcher Roshil Nichani of Christ College, Bangalore, who won first prize in the national moot court competition held at JSS Law College in city. 2) High Court Judges D.V. Shailendra and Praveen Chandra and others seen during the valedictory function of National moot court contest yesterday.

The National Law School of India University (NLSUI) from Bangalore, who keenly contested for the title, had to settle with the runner up trophy. In all, teams from 44 law colleges from all over the country participated in the national level competition, the second in the series. Apart from the trophies, the winner got Rs. 25,000 as cash prize while the runner got Rs. 14,000.

The final rounds were judged by High Court Judges Justice Shailendra Kumar and Justice N. Anand, Padamchand Kincha and Director of Income Tax (International Taxation) Praveen Kishore Prasad of Bangalore.

Ajay Kumar of Christ College, later speaking on behalf of his team, said that such competitions help in honing the skills of students and improve knowledge in the subject. “Such things cannot be learnt in classrooms,” he said. Other members of Christ College team are Chahat Chawla and researcher Roshil Nichani. The National Law School of India University team consisted of Deekshitha, Shreya and Siddarth.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / February 13th, 2012