HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION (CRIMINAL) 2025 Organised by HPNLU CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION CENTRE HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION (CRIMINAL), 2025 Preamble: A competition to cultivate, enhance, appreciate, honour and reward the trial legal skills amongst law students. It is to simulate real trial court scenarios, imparting training to the participants on criminal trial legal practice, and to promote a competitive spirit to ensure the development of advocacy finesse of the participants. Objectives: 1. The HPNLU Trial Advocacy Competition (hereinafter referred to as ‘HTAC’) is a competition which is open to students of the HPNLU Shimla to cultivate, enhance, appreciate, honour and reward their trial advocacy skills. It is to simulate real trial court scenarios, imparting training to the participants in legal practices, to promote competitive spirit among them, and to ensure the development of their advocacy finesse. 2. HTAC is designed as learning-cum-competition for the participating students, and thus it intends to supplement the theoretical learning. 3. Except as otherwise provides, all the court room proceedings under the HTAC will be conducted as per the law laid down under the relevant procedural laws, viz. the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023, the Limitation Act, 1963, etc. 4. The Rules laid down under this Code shall be applicable in r/o the participation of the participants, their inter-se relations, and the organisation of the HTAC. HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION Session: 2025-26 PATRON-IN-CHIEF Hon’ble Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia, Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh &Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla PATRON Prof. (Dr.) Priti Saxena Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla CHAIRPERSON Prof. Girjesh Shukla Professor of Law, HPNLU, Shimla ADVISORY BOARD Hon’ble Justice C.B. Barowalia Loka yukta, Himachal Pradesh Professor Arvind Tiwari, Dean, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS, Mumbai Dr. Santosh Kumar Sharma Associate Professor, HPNLU Shimla Dr. Madhuker Sharma, Associate Professor, DBRNLU Sonipat Dr. Sahil Malhotra Advocate, High Court of Himachal Pradesh Mr. Kumar Sanjay Public Prosecutor, NCT Delhi Mr. Sachin Hitkari Advocate, Delhi High Court Mr. Nitin Kumar Gupta Advocate, Delhi High Court
HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION (CRIMINAL) 2025
Organised by
HPNLU CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION CENTRE
HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION (CRIMINAL), 2025
Preamble: A competition to cultivate, enhance, appreciate, honour and reward the trial legal skills amongst law students. It is to simulate real trial court scenarios, imparting training to the participants on criminal trial legal practice, and to promote a competitive spirit to ensure the development of advocacy finesse of the participants.
1. The HPNLU Trial Advocacy Competition (hereinafter referred to as ‘HTAC’) is a competition which is open to students of the HPNLU Shimla to cultivate, enhance, appreciate, honour and reward their trial advocacy skills. It is to simulate real trial court scenarios, imparting training to the participants in legal practices, to promote competitive spirit among them, and to ensure the development of their advocacy finesse.
2. HTAC is designed as learning-cum-competition for the participating students, and thus it intends to supplement the theoretical learning.
3. Except as otherwise provides, all the court room proceedings under the HTAC will be conducted as per the law laid down under the relevant procedural laws, viz. the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023, the Limitation Act, 1963, etc.
4. The Rules laid down under this Code shall be applicable in r/o the participation of the participants, their inter-se relations, and the organisation of the HTAC.
HPNLU TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION
Session: 2025-26
PATRON-IN-CHIEF
Hon’ble Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia,
Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh &Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla
PATRON
Prof. (Dr.) Priti Saxena
Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla
CHAIRPERSON
Prof. Girjesh Shukla
Professor of Law, HPNLU, Shimla
ADVISORY BOARD
Hon’ble Justice C.B. Barowalia
Loka yukta, Himachal Pradesh
Professor Arvind Tiwari,
Dean, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance,
TISS, Mumbai
Dr. Santosh Kumar Sharma Associate Professor, HPNLU Shimla
Dr. Madhuker Sharma,
Associate Professor, DBRNLU Sonipat
Dr. Sahil Malhotra
Advocate, High Court of Himachal Pradesh
Mr. Kumar Sanjay Public Prosecutor, NCT Delhi
Mr. Sachin Hitkari
Advocate, Delhi High Court
Mr. Nitin Kumar Gupta Advocate, Delhi High Court
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