Parliamentary Debate Constitution

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NIRMA UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF LAW

Parliamentary

debate POLICY2


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ILNU PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE POLICY

CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY

Clause 1: Short title, extent and commencement of the Policy1.1 This policy shall be called as ILNU PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE

POLICY1.2 The policy shall apply to all the students of Institute of Law, NirmaUniversity

1.3 The policy shall come into force with effect from 1st January 2012

Clause 2: Definitions

2.1 Academic Year means the year consisting of one odd semester and oneeven semester.

2.2 Committee means the PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE committee

constituted under this policy

2.3 ExternalPARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Competition means the

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Competition inviting participation from other

Law institutes, Universities or Colleges and hosted by Institute of Law, Nirma

University.

2.4 Institute means the Institute of Law under Nirma University

2.5 IntraParliamentary Debate includes both the Intra National Round

Parliamentary Debate Competition and Intra International Round Parliamentary

Debate Competition organised by the Institute.

2.6 Student member means students of Institute of Law, Nirma University

2.7 Team means the team participating in the Parliamentary Debateconsisting of atleast 3 members.

CHAPTER 2: PARLIUAMENTARY DEBATE COMMITTEE

Clause 3: Parliamentary Debate CommitteeThe Institute shall constitute a committee to be called as Parliamentary Debate

committee to exercise such powers and performs such functions as may be

conferred on or assigned to it under this policy.

Clause 4: Members of Parliamentary Debate Committee

The committee shall consist of4.1 Director of Institute as the chairman of the Committee.

4.2 Two-faculty members of the Institute as Faculty Parliamentary Debate Co-

ordinator.

4.3 Student members, out of which one Student member of 5th year shall be

appointed as Student Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinator.


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Clause 5: Number of Student Members in Parliamentary Debate

Committee5.1 The Committee shall consist of minimum 25 Student Members.


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5.2 Not more than 4 Student Members can be selected from 1st year.


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5.3 The Committee shall not consist of more than 35 Student Members.

Clause 6: Eligibility Criteria for Student Members6.1 The student should be having good organisation and management skills.

6.2 The student should not be willing and interested in participatingParliamentary Debate Debate Competition organised by the Institute.

6.3 The student having experience in organisation of different events may be

preferred.

Clause 7: Selection Procedure for Student Members7.1 The Student Members should be selected by a Selection Committee

Consisting of two Faculty Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinators and Student

Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinatior.

7.2 The interested students should make an application to the Selection

Committee within 5 days of notice for composition of Parliamentary Debate

Committee.

7.3 The application shall be addressed to Faculty Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinator.

7.4 The application shall contain justification for the selection in the Committee

and the same shall be supported by the requisite Certificates.

7.5 The Selection Committee shall scrutinize the application and short list thestudents for the interview.

7.6 The shortlisted students shall be interviewed by the Selection Committee

and select the Student Members for Parliamentary Debate Committee.

7.7 The decision of the Selection Committee shall be final and binding.

Clause 8: Function of Parliamentary Debate Committee8.1 The Committee shall organise Intra Parliamentary Debate Competitions &

External Parliamentary Debate Competitions.

8.2 The Committee shall be responsible for identifying National Parliamentary

Debate Competitions.

8.3 The Committee shall nominate the teams for representation in the identified

Parliamentary Debate Competition.


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8.4 The Committee shall provide assistance to the teams selected for theidentified Parliamentary Debate Competition


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8.5 The Committee shall organise a Parliamentary Debate orientationprogramme for the 1st Year Students in the first week of their academic year.


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8.6 The Committee shall organise expert lecture on Parliamentary Debate andDebating Skills from time to time.


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8.8 The Committee shall keep proper record of all the Parliamentary Debateactivities.


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8.9 The Committee must ensure utmost transparency fairness and

nonarbitrariness in the execution of all its functions.

Clause 9: Termination of the Student Member of Parliamentary Debate

Committee9.1 The membership of the Student Member who engages in activities in

violation to this policy shall be terminated.

9.2 Membership may also be terminated when any Student Member does not

appear for two consecutive meetings without prior application to Student

Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinator or valid reason in case of emergency.

9.3 Membership may also be terminated when any Student Member participates

in the Intra Parliamentary Debate Competitions organised by Institute.

9.4 Once terminated he will no longer be a part of the Committee and must stopexercising all official powers and functions thereof. He will be debarred from

Committee membership for all time in the future.

Clause 10: Term of Student Members of Parliamentary Debate CommitteeThe term of Student Members in the Parliamentary Debate Committee shall be

one academic year and they are eligible for re-selection in the committee.

Clause 11: Executive Committee

11.1 The Institute shall constitute Executive Committee from amongst the

students of 5th Year for better Management and Administration of Parliamntarydebate Activities.

11.2 The Executive Committee shall consist of Student Parliamentary Debate

Co-ordinator as chairman of Executive Committee and four other students from

5th Year.

11.3 All the functions of Parliamentary Debate Committee shall be carried out

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11.4 The decision of the Executive Committee shall be final and binding on the

Student Members of the Parliamentary Debate Committee.

11.5 The membership of the Executive committee can be terminated on any of

the grounds mentioned in Clause 9.

11.6 The members of the Executive Committee shall hold the office for the term

of one academic year.

CHAPTER 3: Parliamentary Debate COMPETITION

Part 1

(I ntra Parl iamentary Debate Competitions)

Clause 12: Organisation of Intra Parliamentary Debate Competition

12.1 The Parliamentary Derbate Committee shall organise Intra ParliamentaryDebate Competition for the students of 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th year in accordance

with the Intra Parliamentary Debate Competition Rules.

12.2 The Parliamentary Debate Problem for the odd Semester Intra

Parliamentary Debate Competition shall be based on Municipal law and such

competition shall be called asIntra National Round Parliamentary DebateCompetition.

12.3 The parliamentary debate problem for the even semester Intra

parliamentary debate Competition shall be based on International Law and such

competition shall be called asIntra International Round Parliamentary Debate

Competition.12.4 The Parliamentary Debate Committee shall also organise a ParliamentaryDebateExercise for the students of 1st year in accordance with the Intra

Parliamentary Debate Competition Rules.

Clause 13: Participation in Intra parliamentary Debate Competitions

13.1 All the students except the students of 1st year may participate in the Intra

Parliamentary Debate Competition organised by the committee in form of a

team.

13.2 The team for the participation in the Intra Parliamentary DebateCompetition shall consist of three members.

13.3 The students who have participated in one Intra parliamentary DebateCompetition shall not be eligible to participate in another Intra Parliamentary

Debate Competition for that academic year irrespective of their standing or

ranking.

13.4 The participation in the Intra Parliamentary Debate Competition shall be

subject to the rules of Intra Parliamentary Debate Competition framed by the

Committee from time to time.

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Clause 14: Number of Teams to be selected from Intra Parliamentary

Debate Competitions14.1 Top 10 teams from both Intra Parliamentary Competitions shall be

selected for the purpose of representing the Institute in different International

Law and National Law Competitions held during the academic year.14.2 The top 10 teams from both Intra Parliamentary Debate Competitions shall

be selected on the basis of their ranking or standing in the respective Intra

Parliamentary Debate Competitions.

Clause 15: Identification of Parliamentary Debate Competition for

Participation15.1 The comprehensive list of the International and National Parliamentary

Debate Competition to be held in a particular academic year along with their

themes, dates, venues, level of competition and past performance of theuniversity in the same shall be placed before the chairman of the Parliamentary

Debate Committee.

15.2 The Chairman of the Parliamentary Debate Committee shall select the top

ten International and National Parliamentary Debate Competitions inconsultation with the Faculty Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinator and Student

Parliamentary Debate Co-ordinator.

15.3 The Institute will participate in these top ten International and National

Parliamentary Debate Competitions selected by the Chairman.

Part II

Al location of Parl iamentary Debate Competitions

Clause 16: Allocation of Parliamentary Debate Competitions16.1 The Parliamentary Debate committee shall allocate International Law and

National Law Parliamentary Debate Competitions from out of the top ten

Parliamentary Debate Competitions selected in respective areas by the

Chairman.

16.2 The allocation shall be based on the performance of teams in respectiveIntra Parliamentary Debate Competition.

Explanation: Each team shall be given a Ranking in the Intra Parliamentary

Debate Competition and based on their ranking they shall be given preference to

participate in the respective National or International Parliamentary Debate

Competition.

E.g.: The team placed 1st in the Intra National Round Parliamentary Debate

Competition will be given first preference to choose the National Parliamentary

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16.3 Teams participating in the Intra International Round Parliamentary Debate

Competition will be allocated International Law Parliamentary Debate

Competition and teams participating in Intra National Round Parliamentary

Debate Competition shall be allocated National Parliamentary DebateCompetition.

Clause 17: Allocation of Parliamentary Debate under Exceptional

Circumstances17.1 The Committee shall have the sole discretion in allocating a Parliamentary

Debate Competition to a team whose previously allocated Parliamentary DebateCompetition has been cancelled without and fault on their part.

17.2 In case of client counselling & negotiation competitions allocation shall be

done through special test to be organised exclusively by the committee.

Clause 18: Allocation of Parliamentary Debate in case of Team SplitIn case of a split in the team allocated a particular Parliamentary Debate

Competition wherein one member wishes to leave the team or is unable tocontinue with the team due to unavoidable circumstances then the other two

members may induct a new member from the list of participants in the Intra

Parliamentary Debate Competitions with the prior approval of the Parliamentary

Debate Committee.

CHAPTER 4: PARTICIPATION PROCEDUREClause 19: Submission of the preparation schedule19.1 Once the Parliamentary Debate competition is allotted to a team and the

dates thereof are announced, the respective teams shall submit a proper planning

schedule along with the expenditure to the Parliamentary Debate Committee In-

charge within 3 days of the said announcement.

Clause 20: Pre-participation Demo and Memorial Submissions20.1 Each participating team has to submit their memorials to the Parliamentary

Debate Committee either by email or a hard copy at least two days prior to theirfinal submission.

20.2 It shall be compulsory for the teams to give a demonstration of theirpreparation before the Faculty in-charges of Parliamentary Debate Committee

or any Faculty member of the Institute.

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Clause 21: Sharing of Experience at the Parliamentary Debate21.1 After every Parliamentary Debate the team shall be bound to share their

experience at the Parliamentary Debate among the students of Institute.

21.2 The team shall also submit a written report of their experience to the

Committee.

21.3 The team can also suggest any amendments or alteration to the

Parliamentary Debate policy depending upon their experience.

CHAPTER 5: REIMBURSEMENT

Clause 22: Reimbursement22.1 No team shall be entitled to reimbursement unless the procedure laid down

under Chapter 4 of this policy is complied with by the team.

22.2 Subject to the aforesaid clause the team shall be entitled to thereimbursement to such extent as may be prescribed by the Committee from time

to time.

Clause 23: Reimbursement policy for national and international

Parliamentary Debate CompetitionsThe teams shall be given following facilities for participation in Parliamentary

Debate competitions

23.1 Second class sleeper fare of train or actual fare incurred in journey by bus

23.2 Registration Fees subject to the production of Receipt of Fee.

23.3 Local conveyance at Ahmedabad and at the destination of the competitiononly if Organizers have not provided transportation facility as per the rules of

the University.

23.4 The expenses incurred on printing, stationary and binding work of

memorials will be reimbursed as per the rules of the University.

23.5 Accommodation Expenses will be provided in case where the same is not

provided by the Organizers.

23.6 The students shall submit the Comprehensive Report to the ParliamentaryDebate Committee within 2 days of reporting back to the Institution.

23.7 The students shall submit all the bills for reimbursement within 10 daysafter reporting to the Institute. In case of failing to do so, they will not be

entitled for reimbursement.

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23.8 The students will have to submit a copy of memorial in the library and

attach an acknowledgement of receipt thereof with their claim for

reimbursement.

23.9 Students who fail to fulfill their obligation as stated above shall not beeligible for any reimbursement of expenses and shall be debarred from

participating in any Parliamentarys for one academic year.

23.10 Extent of reimbursement for teams participating in International Law

Parliamentary Debate Competition

23.10.1 Entire reimbursement of expenses will be granted to any team

participating in the regional rounds in India, subject to the rules contained in 8.1

to 8.9.

23.10.2 The teams participating abroad will be reimbursed as follows (subject to8.1 to 8.9):Rankings Percentage of

reimbursement of

the total expense

1st Rank Upto 100% of the

total expense2nd Rank Upto 80% of the

total expense

3rd Rank Upto 60% of thetotal expense

Only participation Upto 30% of thetotal expense

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