Constitutional Law Moot Court

The report covers the Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition 2011, held by the Moot Court Society of BRAC University on 11 and 12 November 2011, in which fourteen universities took part.

It sets out the moot problem: ‘According to the moot problem, article 2A of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh which recognizes Islam as the state religion was challenged by a writ petition issued by the petitioners for being in violation of the Principle of Secularism, Supremacy of Constitution, Fundamental Principles and the Basic Structure Doctrine.’

The report concludes: ‘The event brought a new dimension to mooting in Bangladesh and it was the first of its kind dealing with Constitutional law.’