1. Report: NLS Debate 2010
The 9th
edition of the NLS Debate was organized from the 6th
to the 10th
of November 2010.
The NLS Debate is the sub-continent’s biggest parliamentary debating tournament and this year
saw 58 teams participating over five days in an intensive competition
The Debate Society, VIT University had sent 1 team comprising of three members. Yusuf
Roohnai, Prateek Patnaik and Gufran Pathan were representing VIT University at the 9th
NLS
Debate, 2010.
There were 6 preliminary rounds. VIT University by winning 3 of the 8 preliminary rounds
qualified for the next round of knock outs(novice breaks).
Quarter- Finals
Knockout Rounds
VIT University (Proposition) Vs Indian Law School, Pune (Opposition).
Motion- This house believes that reconciliation should never be an excuse to not prosecute
war criminals
Winner- VIT University
Semi- Finals
VIT University (Opposition) Vs Faculty of Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Proposition).
Motion- This house believes that people who choose not to vote for two consecutive
elections should lose their right to vote
Winner- VIT University
Finals
VIT University (Opposition) Vs Faculty of Law, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Proposition).
Motion- This house will disallow retired soldiers from joining private military corporations
Winner- VIT University
VIT University won the finals (novice break). The finals were against the Sri Lankan Team from
the Faculty of Law, Colombo and the Semis were against Faculty of Arts, Colombo. VIT
University beat both teams from Sri Lanka and won the novice finals of the 9th
NLS Debate
tournament.
Parliamentary debating is a format of debating that has a team (3 members) defending a
motion as the government and the other opposing it as the opposition. The motions (topics) are

2. given 15 minutes before the debate. Adjudicators, who themselves have to compete among
one another, judge the debate.
This dynamic form of debating requires one to be quick on one’s feet, engaging with the matter
brought up by the speakers and doing all this in as clear and crisp a manner as possible.
The following international teams had participated in the tournament:
1. Faculty of Law, Colombo
2. LUMS, Pakistan
3. University College, Lahore
4. Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
5. MMU , Mullana
6. University of Chittagong, Bangaladesh
7. Thammasat, Thailand
8. IIU, Islamabad
A list of all participating institutions has been attached herewith.

3. Participating Institutions: NLS Debate 2010
1. Faculty of Law, Colombo
2. IIT Bombay
3. RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
4. LUMS, Pakistan
5. University College, Lahore
6. NLU Delhi
7. NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
8. Kirori Mal College, DU
9. Christ University, Bangalore
10. NUJS, Kolkate
11. Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
12. RGNUL, Patiala
13. KIIT Law School, Orissa
14. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal
15. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
16. University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehra Dun
17. ILS Law College, Pune
18. Amity Law School, Delhi
19. XLRI, Jamshedpur
20. Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
21. BMSCE, Bangalore
22. Amity Law School, Delhi
23. Siddaganga Institute Of Technology, Tumkur
24. IISER, Mohali
25. MMU , Mullana
26. RMLNLU, Lucknow
27. IIU, Islamabad
28. University of Chittagong, Bangaladesh
29. Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
30. NMIMS, Bombay
31. Mysore University School of Justice, Karnataka
32. Nirma, Ahmedabad
33. IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand
34. NUALS, Kochi
35. Jindal Law School, Haryana
36. St. Xavier's College, Bombay
37. Lady Sri Ram College, Delhi
38. CMR Law School, Bangalore
39. Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi

4. 40. Vellore Institute of Technology
41. Thammasat, Thailand
42. MS Ramaiah Law College, Bangalore
43. NLIU, Bhopal