KDU Mooters Snatch both Championship and Runners-Up Trophies of the Constitutional Law Moot organized by the University of Colombo, 2023

The Moot Team of the Faculty of Law, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University comprising of  Mr. Chandrika Manamendra, Mr. Kaif Sally, Ms. Dinara Abeyewikrema and Ms. Sidrah Yoosuf became the Champions at the Constitutional Law Moot organized by the Department of Public and International Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Team B from KDU gained Runners Up Trophy in the same competition making the history of Sri Lankan university mooting as this was first time that two teams from the same institute emerged both Champions and Runners- Up Trophies. Both teams had the distinction of winning the following awards.

•      Best Speaker: Mr. Chandrika Manamendra
•      Best Speaker Runners-up: Mr. Milinda Randeniya
•      Best Written Memo for Petitioner: KDU Team A
•      Best Written Memo for Respondent : KDU Team A
•     Overall Best Written Memorial : KDU Team A

The Final Round of the Moot was judged by an esteemed panel of jurists namely Justice Yasantha Kodagoda PC, Justice Janka de Silva PC, Justice A.H.M.D NawazPC, Justice S. Thurairaja all judges of the Supreme Court, Justice Bandula Karunarathne, President of the Court of Appeal, Dr. Jayampathi Wickremarathne PC and Dr. Mario Gomez.

The Vice Chancellor and the University Administration take immense pride in congratulating the KDU Moot Team for its great victory.