Oligopoly. Because Indian lit is an old boys club, the selected few earn in hundreds of crores, whereas the vast majority (say over 90%) are grossly underpaid. The reason why the select few can charge kingly ransom, is because there are very few alternatives. Simple rule of demand and supply at play here.

At the outset, a few things first -

1. His father was a senior advocate and an MP of Parliament. He comes from wealth, so this wealth is not the result of toil in one generation.

2. He is/was a sitting MP himself with deep connections in political and corporate circles, which helps him earn more than possible ways - brokering deals, getting good deals/investment options at a cheap rate.

3. His father's connections helped him become one of the youngest Senior Advocate of our times, plus he also rose from the backing of the Rajasthan Bar lobby.

4. His investments must have compounded to help him amass such wealth.

That said, please understand that he has, through his sheer talent and hard work, reaped the benefits of all the privileges available to him. He is one of India's finest litigators at present and a sitting MP who also fulfils his political duties. For me, personally, he is at a zenith of functioning, which is very difficult to achieve for mere mortals like us and no doubt an inspiration for the younger generation.

See..he is the top 1% of the top 1% of the top 1%. Earns in excess of 100crs. Even if you see his old myneta info for income, income has been in excess of 100cr for past 10 years atleast. Ditto is the case with other Sr Advs who may/may not be in politics - take Harish Salve, UU Lalit before elevation, Kapil Sibal, and any other person in the same league. Heck, even lawyers in the next league would earn in excess of 50cr a year. Some even from their early or late 40s. That's whag litigation is for you when you are successful. Now, compare the same with the earnings of the same tier of partners in law firms? Who would they be? The founding partners mostly? Of maybe the top 5-10 law firms? Are their earnings even close? Yes. Close. Close but on a lower level. Its hard to think of any law firm partner earning more than 100cr a year. So there you go, your top earning law firm partner does not make as much as the top litigation lawyer. Same is the case with the ones in the lower leagues. But compare the same, ie, in the same city. You wouldn't expect a law firm to be there in a t4 city/town. Ofc the advocate there would be earning peanuts and nothing compared to the average majdoor in a law firm. But compare the avg majfoor in a firm to an average litigation counsel? You'll see the litigation counsel start to outearn the law firm counterpart easily by mid-to-late 30s. Or max early 40s. Add the fact that these lit counsels are far more respected and have more goodwill and have much more avenues open to them - Senior Designation, politics, AG, Judgeship, etc. Does your law firm career offer this? Lol. Have been saying this for ages and people here still think one would earn more in a law firm..sure your law firm partner would earn in excess of 100cr a year, but by then the lit counsels would be earning atleast 5x of that. That's the case even for partner [equity] levels.

No, the fact that you've recovered academically after such tremendous losses is commendable already. I scored 91% and 89% in 10th and 12th grades, respectively, but people do not even open my CV. I get the internships by networking and working at a sheer volume that my boss recommends me for elsewhere. Get quality publications (multiple blogs, journal articles, or international journals) and just try to improve at a volume where failure becomes mathematically negligible.

I had 59.2 in 10th ( due to mental health issue and death of my father, mother and brother during covid ). 88% in 12th (arts)and have 9.4 cgpa in college 1 st year . Will it be a issue ? Right now i am regreting why i didn't studied more in 10th while i had time . Planing to do cs and publish research paper to strengthen up my profile . Any advice?

Simple answer, no.

There's way more nuance to it. There are different sides of the HC - you cannot have a single lawyer claim the "no 1" position blanket across. Would Sibal be a good choice for a criminal matter, for instance? Or a mat. appeal? Definitely no. Is he the "no 1" on the IP or commercial side? Debatable. Top tier, sure. But you cannot have a "number one" like that in real life.

Can apply to both under NRI and will get both by previous year cut off(s).

What's better ? Heard GNLU's growth in placements is much better than any other T1 NLU. They had 40 PPO(s) as much as NLS last year.

NUJS has legacy but 5 Acre campus and the drama that happened last year with VC, TMC and Student body is quite concerning, although I do admit I have read that they along with NALSAR have had the best placements. Don't know if NUJS can keep up with their performance after BSC LLB.

Please list your reason as well, I'll be grateful.

Not necessarily.

For high court practice, knowing the regional language ofcourse helps and not knowing it puts you at a disadvantage. But knowing regional language for this level certainly is not a sine qua non.

For lower courts, you cannot survive without knowing the regional language.

For law firm / in-house roles, doesn't matter if you don't know the regional language.

PQE 3 here. Currently in contract management and compliance (govt/IT sector). Planning to take up a data privacy role in-house at a GCC or fintech, given the DPDP enforcement timeline.

My worry is simple, after 2-3 years of privacy compliance work in-house, can I realistically move to a law firm's TMT, privacy litigation teams? Or does in-house basically kill your chances with firms?

I get that in-house to law firm move is hard generally. But DPDP is creating a whole new regulatory and adjudicatory framework. The Data Protection Board will need representation. Firms will need people who understand how compliance actually works inside companies. So can this be different from the usual one way situation?

Would really appreciate hearing from anyone who's been in DP/privacy roles (in-house or firm side). Which firms are even serious about building privacy practices right now? Thanks.

Then don't go there. This is not a place where you enter with the intent of earning money. Yes, alot of it is to blame on the education system because our education system is such that when we graduate, we don't have the requisite skills to know what to do. However, that being so, one should not join this field with the intent or purpose of earning money and saying something is very low a salary. First, there is no salary or a job here. Second, you work so you learn, and money comes thereafter. Yes its much different when you have a family to support but only when theh need it. To get into a firm for the sole reason of earning high when you dont need that finance for any genuine reason is sheer stupidity andkilling yiur career. You'd do and learn much more in courts than in a firm

Firms are not people, they do not deserve your loyalty. Partners always hide behind the curtain of the firm or the HR when they want to do someone dirty by citing policy, or other such constraints. The firm in question will also not think twice about sacking you if it sees no benefit in keeping you, or it sess better options being available elsewhere. Unless your partner is a legit person, I would say it would be naive to work the field with this perception. If the firm is looking for the best candidate, there is no fault on the part of the candidate to go look for better places of work.

When you say NLU alumni make sure you clearly state UG FROM NLU. otherwise the pg and PhD ones will start getting high hopes. Lol. It's only if your undergraduate degree is from an NLU do you get a chance. People having an LLM and PhD may get into tier 3. Not tier 2. Definitely not tier 1.

Not the one who wrote the comment you are responding to, but the fact you understood it as applying the "Tier 2" label to NUJS, when there is a prima facie arguable case (based on the language of it) that the comment did no such thing, reveals far more about your personal insecurities re: what seems to be your own university (NUJS), than it does about NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS or any other uni, for that matter.

Hello, as the heading suggests, I am looking to join a chamber in Hyderabad which pays decent, and by decent I do not mean 50,000- 1,00,000. I want a chamber which pays anywhere between 25,000 - 50,000, with a steep learning curve. I dont mind toxicity, or stress, I just want to join a prestigious chamber which looks good on my CV, opens up other good opportunities for me, and gives me a good amount of exposure. Thanks.