What Samvidhan Pe Charcha 4.0 was
Parul University has been organising Samvidhan Pe Charcha for three year, and this year it was the fourth year. This year it witnessed an inter-university moot court competition, and the third edition of Gujarati moot court. It was organised by the Faculty of Law. It was of three days and almost 90 universities were welcomed with 270 students. English was open to teams who come from other parts of the country, and Gujarati too for teams who wanted to present their arguments in the Gujarati language.
So that language was not a barrier to a national platform. Both streams argued the same problem, under strict anonymity rules, for a total prize pool of five lakh rupees.
Why it matters for a law student
It matters to students. The reason is to understand law better way. They can experience how courtrooms work. It is the reason it belongs at the centre of a legal education. This is something student get to learn apart from textbooks.
They learn it by arguing a real problem under time pressure, by being questioned by a judge who has heard thousands of arguments, and by hearing, in person, how a Senior Advocate or a sitting judge actually thinks. Over three days at Parul University, students did exactly that: they argued before benches drawn from the bar and the bench, and they sat in the same hall as two Supreme Court judges, a High Court Chief Justice and some of the country’s leading counsel. That kind of direct access is the difference the conclave is built to create.
The judges and dignitaries
The inaugural and valedictory ceremonies brought together an exceptional panel of the judiciary and the senior bar. Each name below links to an authoritative profile.
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. Kotiswar Singh Judge, Supreme Court of India (valedictory address, see his page below)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi Judge, Supreme Court of India (inaugural address, see his page below)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice Soumen Sen Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala (valedictory address, see his page below)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sourendra Pandey Judge, Patna High Court (valedictory address, see the valedictory article below)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice N. S. Sanjay Gowda Judge, High Court of Gujarat (inaugural address)
- Hon’ble Mr. Justice D. N. Ray Judge, High Court of Gujarat (inaugural address)
- Shri Gaurav Bhatia Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India (PU Talk, see his page below)
- Ms. Mahalakshmi Pavani Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India (PU Talk, see her page below)
- Shri Vivek Tankha Senior Advocate and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
The problem: the NEME 2025 paper-leak case
Both streams argued the same moot problem, a constitutional challenge arising from the fictional National Eligibility and Merit Examination (NEME) paper-leak of 2025. After a leak traced to an insider at the examination authority reached roughly 350 students and circulated online, the authority cancelled the examination in full, affecting about 24.5 lakh candidates, the overwhelming majority of whom had no link to the leak. The problem asked four questions at once: whether a blanket cancellation was a proportionate and constitutional response, whether the authority was administratively liable, whether the criminal charges were made out, and whether the digital evidence was admissible. It forced students to work across constitutional law, criminal law, administrative law and the new evidence and criminal codes, exactly the blend a real constitutional matter demands.
How the three days ran
The three days were filled with learnings, and something that allows law students to gain practical experience before facing the real cases. The first day started with the primary rounds. Here the ever team got chance to argue twice. Once for the appellant and once for the respondent. Before the field narrowed to the octa-finals. The next day, started with the inaugural ceremony and then the day witnessed the quarter-finals and semi-finals. And the day ended with keynote PU and the workshops.
The third day was the finale. It had grand finale and the valedictory ceremony, where the winners were felicitated. The felicitation was done by judges. Through these days every round worked from a single marking scheme. Here, the result reflected the strength of the arguments rather than differences between courtrooms. Join the law courses such as B.A.LLB at Parul University that gives you insight into how law in India works.
Also Read: Justice N. Kotiswar Singh on law, careers, hope and new world of law at Parul University!
