Partner, Samarjit G. Pattnaik invited as a Judge by JGLS

Partner, Samarjit G. Pattnaik was recently invited to serve as a Judge for the Semi Finals rounds of the ‘67th Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition’ organized by Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat.

This year’s problem ‘The Case Concerning the Gordian Gorge’, situated the parties before the International Court of Justice and, in doing so, required engagement with a defined set of questions in public international law, including the scope of intervention; the legal status of indigenous communities in relation to rare-earth mineral deposits on their lands; the meaning and function of “general principles of law recognized by civilized nations”; and the circumstances in which a State-owned enterprise may claim immunity from the domestic jurisdiction of another State for conduct alleged to have caused economic harm to that State’s nationals.