Surana and Surana Moots
The Surana and Surana Moots known for its transparency and ethical conduct of conducting moot courts and other allied competitions for law students in India is among the oldest, largest, and most prestigious moot court project in India which has students from India & SAARC countries regularly participating. Since the mid-1990s every year the law firm Surana and Surana International Attorneys have hosted, administered & sponsored over a hundred moot court competitions in partnership with India's leading law schools. This project is one of the largest of its kind in the world by any law firm. In the academic initiatives taken by corporates, Surana & Surana stands as a benchmark in the whole legal fraternity. Probably this is what it means to be called as the "Pioneers of moot court competitions in India".
History
The Surana and Surana Moots project was initiated by the founder of Surana and Surana International Attorneys, P.S.Surana. One day in the late 1980s, Honb'le Justice Krishna Iyer during his stay with the Surana family, spoke at length about the need to nurture young advocates with good advocacy skills. He was also concerned about the fact that bright young law graduates were joining the corporate sector, thereby depriving the Bar of a steady flow of good talent. This prompted Mr. Surana to plan a well structured & transparent moot court competition platform for law students to develop skills in oral and written advocacy as well as legal research. The cases prepared for the competitions are based on either emerging or unsettled areas of law. This requires participants to come up with innovative arguments which in turn helps develop new jurisprudence. Members of the higher & lower judiciary have participated in these moots and have greatly appreciated the efforts of Surana & Surana in developing legal skills among generations of budding lawyers.Upcoming moots (2018)
There are several new and exciting moots coming up in the year 2018. The details of some of these have been released on moot.in which is the official website for Surana & Surana Moots.| Sr. No. | Moot Court Competition | Dates of the competition | Partner Institution / Joint Organiser |
| 1. | Surana & IIT-M – SHAASTRA 2018 Intellectual Property Law Moot | 5 – 7 January 2018 | IIT-Madras |
| 2. | Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot | 9 – 11 Feb 2018 | JSS Law College, Mysore |
| 3. | Surana & Surana & SOL Raffles University – Administrative & Labour Law Moot | 16 – 18 Feb 2018 | School of Law Raffles University, Neemrana |
| 4. | Sir Syed & Surana & Surana National Criminal Law Moot | 23 – 25 Feb 2018 | Faculty of Law, AMU, Aligarh |
| 5. | Surana & Surana & M S Ramaiah College of Law National Law Tort Law Moot | 9 – 11 March 2018 | Ramaiah College of Law, Bengaluru |
| 6. | Surana & Surana & UPES Insolvency Law Moot | 23 – 25 March 2018 | UPES, Dehradun |
| 7. | Surana & Surana & UILS Environmental Law Moot | 6 – 8 April 2018 | UILS, Panjab University |
| 8. | Surana & Surana & KLE Law College Constitutional Law Moot | 13 – 15 April 2018 | KLE Law College, Bengaluru |
| 9. | Surana & Surana Christ University Investment & Arbitration Moot | TBA | School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru |
Types of competition
Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot Court Competition
Established in 2002. with the aim of training the participants in application of laws to challenges posed by the rapid technological advancements, this moot focuses on the developments in Public and Private International Law and has ingredients of international trade and operations of multi national corporations. Themes covered till date include Information Technology, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, Space laws, Aviation, Nuclear proliferation, Communication, Cyber Crime and Broadcasting. Participants gain considerable expertise in the respective domains on which the issues are framed.Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition
Established in 2002, to provide Indian law students an opportunity to develop expertise in the area of corporate laws like Companies Act, Taxation, Contracts, Foreign Exchange and Investments, Securities Regulations and Corporate Governance. The highlight of the competition is that it is also open to students of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company secretaries of India.Surana & Surana Constitution Law Moot
This moot was conceived with the purpose of creating awareness on the Constitutional Law in a systematic and scientific manner. Participation provides exposure to constitutional law practice & facilitates the evolution of constitutional law through comparative study and analysis of existing laws and consequential emergence of new laws in the world. This moot was started in 2016-17 in association with KLE Law College, Bangalore.Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition
Established in 2005, This competition was conceived as one of its kind, with the aim of promoting skills of trial advocacy. In its 10th successful year, this national moot is by far the most appreciated moot for its innovation and structure. Popular demand led to the creation of three more editions of this unique moot This was the first moot ever to be held in the North Eastern region of India in 2012. This is a moot where the students of the host institution actively participate as witnesses for the oral rounds.Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot (India Qualifying rounds – North & South)
The India regional rounds of this most prestigious International Law Moot, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition has been Co-sponsored, Co-hosted and administered by Surana & Surana since the 1990s in partnership with various prestigious law schools across India. This moot covers the entire gamut of Public International Law that includes the latest developments worldwide. Judges from the higher judiciary, legal experts, and professors of International law, practising advocates who had earlier participated/won Jessup competition are invited to judge the competition.The top two teams from each of the regional rounds represent India in the International Rounds at Washington. In the event of a single national round, one team for every ten teams registered will be selected to represent India, with a cap of 4 teams at maximum.
National Law School of India University, Bangalore has won the International rounds in 2005 and in 2013.
Stetson International Environmental Moot (India Qualifying rounds – North & South)
The India regional rounds of this most prestigious international environmental law moot by Stetson University College of Law has been Co-sponsored, Co-hosted & administered by Surana & Surana in partnership with leading Indian law schools since the late 1990s.NLU Jodhpur won the competition for the first time in the year 2013. Gujarat National Law University, a team composed of Shikhar Maniar, Manya Oberoi and Sujoy Sur, won the competition in 2017.
Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot
Conceived to create awareness on the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and to facilitate the evolution of minority rights through the jurisprudential analysis of the existing law and consequential emergence of new law.This moot was organised from 2005-06 to 2010-11 in association with Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Educational Society, Pune and AKK New Law Academy, Pune. This moot's theme offers the opportunity for comparative study of the Constitutions and Laws of different countries in the area of minority rights thereby giving participants insights into international jurisprudence on minority rights.