Everything about Being Legal – Fiesta 2.0

In the heart of Indore lies a literary fest that pushes the students with ignited minds to think,

perform, create and to challenge other ignited minds. Being Legal - Fiesta is the Literary Festival

organised by Department of Law, Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore. This

year, 19th November will witness the 2nd Chapter of this National Level Event bringing together

students from colleges all across the country with varied educational backgrounds.

The Department of Law, an autonomous body, aims at Globalising Legal Education. The

Department is approved by the Bar Council of India and is affiliated to the Devi Ahilya Vishwa

Vidyalaya, Indore. The Department is currently running the five year integrated programmes of

B.A.LL.B. (Hons.); B.B.A.LL.B. (Hons.); B.Com.LL.B. (Hons.), and the three year LL.B. (Hons.)

course. The Department also provides for Masters Degree in Law i.e., LL.M. (Business Law;

International Law and International Organisations.

Two times NAAC ‘A’ Grade Accredited Prestige Institute of Management and Research institute

was established in the year 1994. A well established premier Management Institute of Madhya

Pradesh, Prestige enjoys autonomous status as granted by the UGC twice in 2006 & 2012.

The Fiesta consists of the events of: Debate; Quiz; Extempore; Paper Presentation and Poster

Making.

The event aims to bring together students and to fetch out their curious selves to make them

compete with other such great soul. Like the last year, this year will also see the competition

igniting the humble Indian souls.

Come, be a part of this igniting light !

Come, think without the box !

Being Legal – Fiesta 2.0

Sir/Ma’am,

We hereby extend our heartiest invitation to you and the students of your Institute to join us in

the National Level Literary Festival of Department of Law, PIMR Indore being held on the 19th

of November 2016 (Saturday). The festival will be held at the Department of Law Campus in

Indore. We sincerely hope that the students of your institute will be a part of this festival and

grant their active participation to assist us in the successful execution of the festival.

We in return ensure that your students get a challenging exposure to the intellectual literary

world; win amazing cash prizes worth Rs. 31,000/-; and have an amazing hospitable stay at our

lovely city Indore.

Please grace us with the humble presence.

Thanking You

Yours truly

Prof. Deepa Shrivastava

Coordinator, Being Legal – Fiesta 2.0

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – GENERAL GUIDELINES

1. Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 is the National Literary Event held every year at Department of Law,

Prestige Institution of Management and Research and welcomes all students from across the

nation to participate on 19th November, 2016.

2. The fest is open to students from all educational backgrounds (including under graduate

programmes and post graduate programmes).

3. Each individual can participate in three events maximum (as an individual or a team).

4. Lunch shall be provided to all the participants.

5. All teams and individual participants are required to report at registration desk at 8.30 am

and complete other formalities related to registration.

6. All the intimation of the students interested wishing to participate should be mailed/posted

to the university at the earliest and before 10th November 2016.

7. There are total prizes of worth Rs. 31,000/- that have been divided into different events to

be given to students in individual capacity or as a team.

8. All the students are required to be present at the registered event at the time of start, any

delay in reporting to the event will attract disqualification.

9. Pick up and drop facilities (to and from the accommodation; to and from the institute; to

and from the railway station, bus stand and airport) shall be provided to the non-resident

teams.

10. In case of any query students can contact the coordinators/co-coordinators at

prestige.legalfiesta@gmail.com

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – REGISTRATION GUIDELINES

1. Every student who wishes to participate in any of the events will have to compulsorily

register for the respective event(s).

2. The non-residents (students from outside of Indore) will be required to send a Draft/

Cheque for the purpose of registration in the favour of ‘Department of Law, Indore’.

3. All the registration forms and DD/Cheques should reach the address ‘Department of Law,

Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Prestige Vihar, Scheme No. 74 – C.

Opposite to Life Care Hospital, Vijay Nagar, Indore – 452010 (M.P.)’ latest by 10th

November 2016 (Thursday).

4. The resident students of Indore can either send the abovementioned Draft/Cheque to the

institutes can register themselves at the registration desk at 8.30 am on 19th November 2016.

5. The registration fees for the event(s) is:-

a. Resident Students (of Indore) – Rs. 200/- + Rs. 100/- (in case student participates in

another event subject to the maximum participation of three events)

b. Non-Resident Students (outside Indore) – Rs. 1000/- + Rs. 100/- (in case student

participates in another event subject to the maximum participation of three events)

6. Accommodation for one night-one day shall be provided to all the Non-Resident students; in

case the student(s) wishes to take accommodation for another night(s), extra amount, as

asked by hostel/hotel manager, will be charged on per night basis in addition to the original

amount of Rs. 1000/-.

7. Amount on DD/Cheque:-

Resident of Indore Non-Resident (outside Indore)

Event Number Amount

One Event 200/- + 100/-

Two Events 200/- + 200/-

Three Events 200/- + 300/-

Event Number Amount

One Event 1000/- + 100/-

Two Events 1000/- + 200/-

Three Events 1000/- + 300/-

8. All students who register via DD/Cheque will receive intimation of registration through

email. They can later collect their receipt at the registration desk on the 19th of November.

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – DEBATE

Topic: ‘Is Military Intervention the only solution with India for Pakistan’s terror Problem’

RULES

1. There will be two participants from one college: one for the motion and one against the

motion.

2. Each speaker will be given 4 minutes to speak. (3+1)

3. At the completion of three minutes, there will be warning bell.

4. Marks will be deducted if the speaker exceeds the time limit.

5. No abusive language shall be used.

6. No objection shall be entertained as the Decision of the Judges shall be final.

7. Participants are not allowed to bring any kind of hand written material (paper or chit) or

mobile to the stage or podium.

8. All the participants are required to carry their college IDs.

PRIZES

Winner (For the motion and against the motion): Rs. 4,000/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate,

each.

1st Runner up (For the motion and against the motion): Rs. 2,500/- Cash Prize, trophy and

certificate, each.

2nd Runner up (For the motion and against the motion): Rs. 1,500/- Cash Prize, trophy and

certificate, each.

All Participants will be given a Certificate of Participation.

DEBATE COORDINATORS

Kamlesh Jain - +91 86026 70701

Prof. Sayali Bandi

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 - QUIZ

Theme: Current Affairs, Entertainment (Bollywood & Hollywood), Literature,

International Relations, Indian Culture.

RULES

1. There shall be one team from one college

2. Each team shall consist of two members

3. There shall be three rounds: (a) Preliminary Round; (b) Second Round & (b) Final

Round

4. The quiz shall be conducted in a span of 4 hours approximately.

5. Preliminary (Elimination) Round

a. This shall be an elimination round in the written form.

b. In case of a tie at the lowest position of selection, all the teams with that same score

shall enter the finals.

c. The questions will be in the form of – multiple choices; true or false; one word

answer; match the columns.

d. The teams will have to attempt 50 such questions in 30 minutes.

e. Teams qualifying this round shall proceed to the second round.

6. After the preliminary rounds, the copies shall be checked by the quizmasters and results will

be declared to resume the quiz for the Second Rounds.

7. Second Round

a. This round will be a question answer round with questions asked from each team

individually.

b. This round will be in three parts

i. Oral Round: Each team will be given a balance of 10 points at the start of

this round. 5 questions will be asked from each team – with negative

marking (+10 and -5) (15 seconds per question).

ii. Audio Visual Round: 5 questions for each team (15 seconds per question).

iii. Pictionary Round: One team member will pick words from the draw of lots

and will draw it at the white board for the other team member to

recognise it. Recognise as many words from the drawings possible, in 2

minutes at a stretch.

8. Final Round

a. Five teams scoring the highest will qualify to the finals.

b. In case of a tie at the lowest position of selection, all the teams with that same score

shall enter the finals.

c. This round will be in two parts-

i. Audio Visual Round: 5 questions per team with negative marking (15

seconds per question)

ii. Rapid Fire: Answer as many questions possible in 1 minute at a stretch.

9. No checked quiz sheets shall be made available to the teams or others

10. Teams not reaching the venue on time shall be disqualified from the respective round

onwards.

11. Any form of indiscipline or misconduct will attract disqualification of the team.

12. Further details regarding timing and place will be giving at the time of reception.

13. All participants should have Identity cards with them.

14. For queries contact us at prestige.legalfiesta@gmail.com with the subject “Quiz Query”.

15. The decisions of the quizmasters shall be final and binding!!

PRIZES

Winning team: Rs. 3000/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificates

Runner up team: Rs. 2000/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate

All Participants will be given a Certificate of Participation.

QUIZ COORDINATORS

Prof. Gopal Kag - +91 99931 15598

Prof. Rishika Khare

Prof. Jimmy Kushwaha

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – ARTICLE PRESENTATION

Theme: Ethical, Medical and Legal aspects of Surrogacy Laws in India

RULES

1. All the submissions must accompany an abstract of 250-300 words.

2. Article should be of 1500-2500 words excluding footnotes.

3. The title of the article should be appropriate and relevant to the theme mentioned.

4. The article shall be original and unpublished work.

5. The article should not be plagiarized, and free from grammatical, spelling and other errors.

6. Co-authorship is allowed subject to a maximum of two.

7. Full names of all the authors, college/institution, contact number, email id and the course

must be given on the front page of the article.

8. The author(s) may follow any uniform method for citation.

9. The body of the article shall be in Times New Roman, font size 12, 1.5 line spacing.

Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, size 10 single line spacing.

10. A margin of 2 centimeters shall be left on all sides of the article.

11. Page borders shall not be used.

12. Participants have to present their article, along with Power Point Presentation on 19th

November, 2016.

13. Participants have to submit their paper to prestige.legalfiesta@gmail.com by 15th

November, 2016 with the subject “Article Submission”

PRIZES

Best Paper: Rs. 3000/- Cash Prize and Certificate of Appreciation

Second Best Paper: Rs. 2000/- Cash Prize and Certificate of Appreciation

All Participants will be given a Certificate of Participation.

ARTICLE PRESENTATION COORDINATOR

Prof. Ritupriya Gurtoo

(ritupriya_gurtoo@pimrindore.ac.in)

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – POSTER MAKING

RULES

1. Maximum of two participants from one college.

2. All participants should have Identity cards with them.

3. A participant has to complete his/her poster within 40 minutes.

4. The theme for Poster Making will disclosed at the start of the event.

5. Participants are required to bring essential stationery and colours with them. Chart paper

will be provided by the Department of Law.

6. The decisions of the judges shall be final and binding on all the participants

PRIZES

Winner: Rs. 1500/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate.

1st Runner up: Rs. 1000/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate

All Participants will be given a Certificate of Participation.

POSTER MAKING COORDINATORS

Prof. Deepa Shrivastava

Prof. Aniket Bhargava - +91 97131 53344

Being Legal - Fiesta 2.0 – EXTEMPORE

RULES

1. Students shall pick a topic from a draw of lots.

2. The student shall be given 2 minutes to speak on the topic.

3. A bell will ring at the end of one minute to indicate that only one minute is left to finish

the speech. Another bell will ring at the end of the 2nd minute.

4. Marks will be deducted if the speaker exceeds the time limit.

5. No objection shall be entertained as the decision of the judges shall be final.

PRIZES

Winner: Rs. 1500/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate

Runner up: Rs. 1000/- Cash Prize, trophy and certificate

All Participants will be given a Certificate of Participation.

EXTEMPORE COORDINATORS

Prof. Rupali Rathore

(rupali_rathor@pimrindore.ac.in)

Department of Law, Prestige Institute of Management and Research

(Affiliated to D.A.V.V. & Bar Council of India)

National Literary Festival

Being Legal

Fiesta 2.0

Come, think without the Box!

STUDENT REGISTRATION FORM

Name of the Student: _________________________________________________

Name of Institution: ___________________________________________________

Year: _________________ Course: ______________________________________

Events for Participation (Put before the event for participation)

Debate

Quiz

Extempore

Paper Presentation

Poster Making

Students Address: ____________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Contact (Mobile): _____________________ Email id: ________________________

Demand Draft/ Cheque No. _____________________

NOTE- Please Enclose the DD/Cheque with this application. Please include student

details at the back of the DD/Cheque. DD/Cheque will be in the favour of

‘Department of Law, PIMR, Indore’. Please post the form and DD/Cheque at the

address - ‘Department of Law, Prestige Institute of Management and Research,

Prestige Vihar, Scheme No. 74 – C. Opposite to Life Care Hospital, Vijay Nagar,

Indore – 452010 (M.P.)’

Signature of Applicant: _____________________

Date: _____________________

Place: _____________________