The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law UniversitySchool of Excellence in Law
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Boardpresents the 20th
Pro BonoEnviroNational Moot Court Competition · 2026-27
India’s oldest national moot court competition devoted wholly to environmental law.
Organised byThe Moot Court AssociationSchool of Excellence in Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University
Online rounds12 and 13 December 2026
Semi-finals and Finals, Chennai9 January 2027
In cash prizes₹2,30,000
Why five colours?
This site is coloured by the five landscapes of classical Tamil poetry.
Sangam poets wrote of five kinds of land, the tinai: the fields, the dry land, the shore, the forest and the hills. Each has its own hour of the day. As an environmental moot from Tamil Nadu, we borrowed them as a colour key: each part of the site takes the colour of one landscape, and the moving scene behind each page heading is that land.
- மருதம் (Marutham)The fields at dawnRegistration
- பாலை (Paalai)The dry land at noonThe Competition
- நெய்தல் (Neithal)The shore at sunsetThe calendar and EnviroPort
- முல்லை (Mullai)The forest at eveningThe Green Code
- குறிஞ்சி (Kurinji)The hills at midnightThe awards
Every town is ours
யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளிர்
தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர்தர வாரா
தீதும் நன்றும் பிறர்தர வாரா
Every town is our town, and everyone our kin. Good and harm do not come to us from others.
Kaniyan Poongundranar · Purananuru 192Teams come from every part of the country, argue from their own campuses in December, and four of them finish in Chennai in January. Twenty editions on, it is still the national moot given over wholly to the environment.
20editions since 2006
₹2,30,000in cash prizes
5ever-rolling trophies, all new
24teams reach the oral rounds
How it runs
Five stages, one champion
Memorials and a research assessment first. Then online rounds in December, and the last four in Chennai in January.
EnviroPort today
Every desk, one portal
Where each desk stands right now. Open one to see what it needs.
Coming up
The next dates
The awards