Successful organization of national level moot court competition.
Pune: Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board Nagpur and Symbiosis Law School Nagpur jointly organized a national level Moot Court Competition on the payment of fair and equitable dividends to local bodies under the Biodiversity Act 2002. Held from 3rd to 5th December, the competition was attended by 10 reputed law colleges from different parts of India.
The Moot Court competition was inaugurated on December 3 by retired Judge VK Shukla. In the first session, Sukwinder Singh Dari, Director, Symbiosis Law School, explained the role behind the organization of the competition. Praveen Srivastava, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Member Secretary, State Biodiversity Board, explained the importance of this moot court competition for the implementation of the Biodiversity Act, 2002.
Dr Sheshrao Patil, Chairman, State Biodiversity Board, and J. Justin Mohan, Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, discussed the importance of the Biodiversity Act, the difficulties encountered in its implementation, etc. Moot Court Competition is a must-have, for any Affiliate, promoting any program. It was expressed at this time that the participation of students, as well as professors, principals etc. through the Moot Court, could be invaluable in the protection and conservation of biodiversity.
Competitions were organized by forming 2 groups of 10 participating colleges in Moot Court. Jindal Global Law School was declared the winner in this competition. The National Law University of Assam was also declared the ‘Best Memorial Award. Harshvardhan Yadav, a student of Maharshi Dayanand University was awarded for being the best speaker. Symbiosis Law School Pune was declared the runner up.
Concluding the program, Judge of the Nagpur Bench of the Mumbai High Court, S. B. Shukre appealed to law students to become proficient in the environment, forest and biodiversity.
A professor at the National Law School of University in Bengaluru, Dr M. K. Ramesh gave detailed information about the Biodiversity Act 2002 and the rules made under it. Senior Supreme Court Advocate Adv. Sanjay Upadhyay explained the importance of the environment, wildlife and biodiversity along with the case law and gave guidance on how to solve the problem.
