NLS - TIOL Tax Law Moot Concludes in Bangalore
THE first NLS-TIOL Moot Court 2013 organised by the NLSIU Bangalore's Moot Court Society in association with Taxindiaonline.com concluded yesterday in Bangalore's Taj Vivanta Hotel. Prominent legal luminaries like former High Court Judge Justice Jayasimha Babu, Justice N. Kumar (Karnataka High Court), Shri Mohan Parasaran(Additional Solicitor General of India) Shri Nishith Desai (Mumbai), and Shri Uday Holla, former Advocate General, Karnataka constituted the Bench for the finals.
More than 20 teams from different reputed law colleges participated in the event. The audience was thoroughly impressed by the presentations by the students before the Bench during the arguments bearing intense grilling by judges and many felt they were of far better standard than in the real Courts. The team from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur walked away with the Winner's trophy followed by the National Law University, New Delhi.
The NLS-TIOL Tax Law Conference preceded the final round of the Moot. The panel comprised eminent persons from the legal and financial fields and discussed the developments since the proposed introduction of GAAR and how the Shome Committee has attempted to clarify the confusion surrounding the entire issue.
TIOL's Chief Editor (I) and Senior Editor Raghavendra Rao attended the function and presented some of the trophies. TIOL also presented a special cash price of Rs. 5000 to the best speaker of the Moot - Rahil Pereira - from HN Law University, Raipur.