1. In order to borrow books from the Library for the purposes of any Moot Court Competition, a
Moot Court Account may be opened with the Library.
2. Such a Moot Court Account can be opened only after the release of the moot court problem/
compromis/ record/ fact sheet or similar document. In the event a team wishes to open an account
with the Library prior to the release of the documents mentioned herein, permission will be required
from any Senior Member of the MCC.
For the purposes of this Rule, and any other Rule pertaining to Moot Court Accounts with the
Library, a Senior Member is any member of the MCC who is in the fifth year.
3. To open a Moot Court Account with the Library, a participant will be required to fill a form kept
with the Library, inter alia, specifying the subject matter/s to which the issuance of books will be
restricted.
4. The form will have to be first signed by any Senior Member of the MCC. Such Senior Member
reserves the right to check the problem/compromis /record /fact sheet or similar document of the
moot before providing the signature. Further, they may reduce the scope of the subject matter/s
depending upon the aforementioned documents. This is in order to verify that the subject matters
specified in the form are only those that concern the particular Moot Court Competition.
5. After obtaining the signature of the senior member, permission from the Chairperson of the MCC
must also be obtained. This form shall then be submitted with the Librarian/Assistant Librarian or
any member of the Library Staff upon which the Moot Court Account will be opened.
6. In the event, during the course of the preparation for the moot, there arises a demand for books
outside the subject matter/s specified in the form, permission to issue books of such other subject
matter will have to be sought from any Senior Member of the MCC. Pursuant to receiving such
permission, the form shall be amended.
7. The number of books a team can issue at a time will not exceed twice the number of team
members. Thus, if a team comprises ‘n’ numbers, the maximum number of books that can be issued
at a time is ‘2n’.
8. In the event, for reasons specifically mentioned, a team requires more books, permission will be
required from any Senior Member of the MCC.
9. A book once issued in a Moot Court Account can be retained by a team for a maximum of ten
days. While a book is issued, the Librarian/Assistant Librarian or any other member of the Library
Staff will maintain a record of the demand for the book. At the end of the ten-day period, the book
will have to be returned to the Library and re-issuance of the same will only be done in the event
there is no demand for the book in the library. This Rule will be relaxed for the books issued for the
semester break.
10. The books issued must necessarily be returned within a week of any team member’s arrival after
the completion of the moot. On failure of the same, a fine will be imposed for each such book
beginning from the end of the period of one week.
11. At no time can a team issue more than one copy of a book.
12. The Librarian/Assistant Librarian and Senior Members of the MCC reserve the right to check all
Moot Court Accounts at any time to ensure that there has been no violation of any of these Rules.
13. In the event that a team has requested the University for passwords to online databases such as
HeinOnline, such password cannot be shared with any other person including students of the
University and other students taking part in any other Moot Court Competition.
14. Repeated violation of any of these Rules attracts any penalty as the Chairperson of the MCC or
the Librarian may deem fit and may include, debarring of the repeating offender from subsequent
Intra University Moot Court Competition and closing of the Moot Court Account.