The third edition of the National Law School Debate - Junior was held from November 28 to December 1, at the NLSIU campus. 18 teams from across Bangalore participated at the tournament. The debates were held in the Asians Parliamentary Debate format, consisting of 2 teams of 3 members each facing off against each other. Each speaker could speak for a maximum of 6 minutes. The tournament commenced with a detailed workshop on the intricacies of the debate format and the basics of logic & argumentation. This was followed by 4 preliminary rounds held over two days, followed by 3 elimination rounds on the third day.
In the Grand Finals, KCBSE 1 proposed the motion against Suaveloquence. Both teams were from the Kumarans CBSE school. KCBSE 1 comprised of Ujval, Satvik and Rutwik, and Suaveloquence comprised of Anisha, Anjali and Tanay. The debate was won by the opposition, Suaveloquence, on a 6-1 split verdict. The motion was based upon a hypothetical scenario where the Core Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party came into possession of evidence that proved that Arvind Kejriwal had engaged in an isolated act of corruption while he was in the Indian Revenue Service. The motion was "This house, being the Core Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party, will suppress this evidence."
Anisha from Kumarans CBSE won the award for the Best Speaker as well as the Most Stylish Speaker, awarded to the participant with the highest manner scores. Sumedha from NPS Indiranagar, won the award for the 2nd Best Speaker.
The tabulation of scores can be found at the following link: The 3rd NLS Debate - Junior Tabs
Please note that tied scores have been broken by the median of scores, followed by the total manner scores, and lastly the highest individual round score.
The summary of tournament results is as follows:
Top 8 Teams (in order of break)
- Suaveloquence [Kumarans CBSE] (Winners)
- Inventure 3 [Inventure Academy] (Semi Finalists)
- Lawgical [NPS Indiranagar] (Quarter Finalists)
- Comfortably Dumb [Kumarans CBSE] (Quarter Finalists)
- Inventure 1 [Inventure Academy] (Semi Finalists)
- KCBSE 1 [Kumarans CBSE] (Runners-up)
- Courtroom [Christ Junior College] (Quarter Finalists)
- The Practice [Christ Junior College] (Quarter Finalists)
Top 10 Speakers of the Tournament
- Anisha [Kumarans CBSE] (Most Stylish Speaker)
- Sumedha [NPS Indiranagar]
- Ujval [Kumarans CBSE]
- Joseph [Christ Junior College]
- Anjali [Kumarans CBSE]
- Shreya [NPS Indiranagar]
- Shraddha [Inventure Academy]
- Aditya [Kumaran CBSE]
- Malini [Christ Junior College]
- Maitreya [NPS Indiranagar]
The Motions
- Round 1 (Prepared)This house mandates 50% reservation for women on the Board of Directors of companies
- Round 2 (Impromptu)
This house believes that schools that offer class XI and XII must compulsorily offer them as residential programs - Round 3 (Prepared)
This house regrets the Indian Prime Minister’s decision to not attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting - Round 4 (Impromptu)
This house will send Serena to Yeneles - Quarter Finals (Impromptu)
This house believes that the Government must publicize and follow a policy of not negotiating with hostage takers - Semi Finals (Impromptu)
This house believes that the government should give free vocational training to unemployed individuals in rural areas instead of the MGNREGA - Grand Finals (Prepared)
This house, being the Core Committee of the Aam Aadmi Party, will suppress this evidence.
We had a great time organizing this tournament, and we thank all participants for supporting this endeavour. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves, and we look forward to welcoming you to the next edition of the NLS Debate - Junior.
Warm regards,
The 3rd NLS Debate - Junior Organizing Team
