1. “Cartelised briefing system”? Sounds like you are a salty socialist who is upset that places at the dinner table are not given out to incompetents. Maybe skill up instead of buying into tired tropes about gate keeping and cartelisation? Competence is the only credo in this profession.

2. “Advocacy, ethics”? I do not know about you, but I am a hardcore commercial lawyer whose only credo is competence, intellectual stimulation, making money and trust from my clients. You are laughable naive young man.

VC has sent a mail informing that Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Tonga. He is an alum of the MA in Diplomacy, Law and Business programme at Jindal. His wife also studied at Jindal on the same programme.

Tonga is a small but geostrategically important country in the Pacific Ocean. China and Australia are battling for influence in Tonga, while Modi has also met with the PM on Tonga.

First, Concentrate on your studies, growth and development at the expense of everything else. It's easier said than done, but, as someone who experienced toxic institute politics at a different place a long while ago, I would say that that's your best hope.

Second, surround yourself with people who bring constructive thoughts, joy and hope into your life. Avoid those who are spreading toxicity.

Finally, it seems like your circumstances are, to an extent, at rock bottom. Therefore, adopt the Harry Potter mentality as he boards the train to Hogwarts. I forgot how Rowling expresses it exactly, but here is an (at least 50%, I hope) accurate paraphrase: whatever he must be going to would have to be better than what he was leaving behind. Concentrate on your post-university destination, and think in those terms.

I hope that this isn't 100% unhelpful.

Your reasoning skills are the ones that are severely impaired and can be credibly considered absent. @LegallyIndia, why is this not marked trollish? Casually implying all Haryana men are SA perpetrators is fair game now?

The woman concerned is reportedly an army officer, though I am not sure whether she is currently serving. As a father to a young girl myself, I can scarcely imagine the pain she must be going through. That said, it is important to be precise about responsibility. The university has implemented extensive measures to curb alcohol abuse on campus, including sniffer dogs, breathalyser checks, and screening equipment. The liquor vends in the vicinity operate on private land with local patronage and the university has previously succeeded in getting them shut down, but they tend to reappear. There are clear limits to the university’s authority in this regard. The accused is also out on bail, which is a judicial decision. In these circumstances, it is difficult to see how the university can fairly be held responsible.

Brian Leiter, the University of Chicago-based legal realist, once said that he was okay with banter, but he hated it if people defined banter as making patently false and rediculous statements about jurisprudence. I agree with him.

I would add one more bugbear for me other than Leiter's (which I share). That is this utterly mind-blowing tendency of lawyers (lawyers!!) and law students (law students!!) from the supposed Harvards and Yales of the East not knowing what 'discrimination' means, using that word inappropriately and being so utterly irresponsible, brash, careless, reckless and negligent in their use of language as to make this word almost meaningless. Please go back, pick up a book on equality law and learn what it means. Then talk about anything else. Or, don't use the word 'discrimination'.

Why are you literally lying? There are at least two senior professors teaching B.Sc. LL.B. exclusively. There are one LL.B. alumna, five LL.M. alumni, one Ph.D. alumna with foreign undergrad and postgrad qualifications, one advocate with years of experience teaching procedural law, and one person whose work has been praised by Baxi himself. Moreover, anyone who have studied at any good Indian law university knows that seniority or age is not a guarantee of competence when it comes to teaching. Stop parading your ignorance about your own faculty and try to learn from them instead.

You had equal opportunities. You have done very badly with it. Next recruitment season, you will realise that when you don't get any jobs. You should have looked into the syllabus, curriculum, difference in campus and hostels before signing up. The same teacher cannot keep teaching an increasing number of students. If you find a bad teacher, then complain against them. But you never do that so long as they are giving you inflated grades. So introspect first. No student can demand that a certain teacher must teach them. In subjects like Fam Law, Corp 2, CPC, you are getting better teachers than us BA peeps.

The logistics aren't only about travel, what you are demanding for is that one teacher teaches three sections. That's not acceptable to teachers, since none of them can offer electives or their specialised subjects. You could have raised all the other campus problems in the last three years. Even if you move to the main campus, multiple sections cannot demand to have the same teacher. NLSIU has five teachers teaching their five sections. Instead of harping on seniority of the teachers, focus on your study. The teachers can't do much anyway. You have got teachers whom the BA students would love to have, Corp 2 for instance.

An academic section staff sent a mail to all three batches at 10 PM stating that henceforth we will have separate teachers and the concerned professor will mark the entire paper (i suppose separate papers then for BA and B.Sc.). We were promised module-split so that things are equitable and all of us be it ba or bsc get to experience the senior profs. But out of nowhere they backed out citing logistical issues and "inherently different nature of both courses do not demand exactly same faculty". For all these years we have been constantly given Teaching Assistants or junior profs where on the other side BA is always doled out senior profs. We are only asking for mere equality, nay, we would be happy were you to give us even a single senior faculty. The condition is so bad that we literally dont even have a single senior faculty alloted to us. The sheer irony of teaching Art. 14 while arbitrarily ruining all our lives (we are paying significantly higher than ba people yet all we ask for is a fair share and nothing more, but are marginalised daily). The SJA is ▮▮▮ remember we exist only before elections. The new VC explicitly said that we'll shift to the main campus by Jan 2026; but now that is being shifted to July 2026. It is ludicrous that it takes 3 years to build two floors. GNLU and many other NLUs have multiple specialisations but nowhere are UG grads discriminated for "B.B.A." or "B.Sw" or "B.Sc.", but here at nujs we are treated as something lesser, not equal as our BA counterparts. The majority of BA, consequently the majority of General Body are apathetic to our cause. We live in hostels with quadruple sharing which feel like animal barn with no proper hygenic water, we waste half our day travelling in bus whereas BA people happily lead the campus life with quick access to all the basic amenities. We too deserve to be treated in a fair manner even if we cannot be accommodated on campus, atleast keep us in humane living conditions. This is the reality of NUJS and how minorities are subjugated. ▮▮▮ admin, ▮▮▮ student leaders and apathetic faculty and general body. This is not a post begging for validation but to say that No Matter how much you try to silence us, we exist. We exist, and we deserve equal treatment and opportunities. And we will fight for our just share!

Forget the legal community altogether; it is they who now serve as the principal flag-bearers of India’s grotesquely over-polarised discourse. A profession that once prided itself on reason and restraint has instead surrendered nuance at the altar of right- and left-wing tribalism, mistaking ideological loyalty for intellectual honesty.

Instead, I urge you to watch this supremely sensible Pakistani review—one that will likely unsettle India’s self-proclaimed liberals and neo-Sanghis in equal measure, precisely because it refuses to perform outrage on command:

https://youtu.be/XSqNvv-L_7A

Special mention to anyone willing to share this with Arfa Khanum Sherwani, who appears to have abandoned critical engagement altogether on The Wire, opting instead for a breathless call to boycott Dhurandhar.

Mods of LI: before rushing to adjudicate, do yourselves the courtesy of actually watching the review. Thank you.

Litigation practice without the active patronage of a senior is a fool’s sport. The Bar pretends otherwise, much as it pretends that merit alone determines who is heard, who is indulged, and who is dismissed. It does not. If judges do not recognise you as a “somebody,” then—especially in matters where stakes are high and decisions are quietly pre-cooked—you will be brushed aside with procedural politeness and substantive indifference.

Yes, your right of audience is guaranteed by your advocate’s licence. What is not guaranteed is the manner in which that right is received. Courtesy, patience, indulgence, and judicial elasticity are rationed commodities. They are dispensed not by law, but by lineage, reputation, and proximity to power.

This reality was made painfully clear to me some fifteen years ago. A now-retired celebrity judge—then a leading, second-generation senior advocate—was before a Supreme Court judge who had little appetite to grant relief. When signalled to wrap up, the senior did the unthinkable: he simply refused. He announced, without apology, that he would continue arguing. No junior could have survived such insubordination. But pedigree alters physics. The judge yielded, the arguments continued, and a conveniently favourable order followed.

The episode left behind an unavoidable question: would that latitude ever have been extended to me? Or to any lawyer without inherited authority, institutional insulation, or myth already built into their name? The answer, of course, is no. There is no level playing field. There never was.

At the Supreme Court, greatness is less often earned than conferred. Privilege is not an incidental advantage—it is the entry ticket. Without it, the honest options are bleak but clear: clear the AoR exam, attach yourself to a senior, remain useful, remain loyal, and survive on intermittent professional alms. Competence may buy you more work; it will not buy you power.

The system rewards obedience dressed up as apprenticeship, dependence masquerading as mentorship, and hierarchy repackaged as tradition. Those who pretend otherwise are either beneficiaries of the arrangement—or its most devoted apologists.

Helps you save so much money in the long run. Do you really care about petty benefits when you are getting paid so well? Honestly, the firm can just pay me well, I can buy my own food and fund my own lifestyle- the only thing which truly matters in the money being credited in your account at the end of each month.

Two men were carrying saffron flags. But multiples were chanting JSR. Then again a certain saffron firebrand of the Brotherhood was a close mate of national chowkidar (I say with all the respect). But the latter made the former PNG post Godhra riots.

So not all saffron can be attributed to who you hint. Not all Janta are Jokers although it is getting increasingly confusing and fuzzy. By your logic all Greens are thieves here. And Kindness Supremo even did a walkathon claiming such along with the merry men who later caused the Messi mess

Below is what The Wire has to say about Ashim Ray. Such a pity that such pathetic people govern NUJS today. During the CPIM years, the country’s top legal luminaries were on the governing body. And still the SJA won’t protest against Mamata! Shameful!!

QUOTE:

Mamata Banerjee has announced an inquiry committee headed by retired Justice Asim Kumar Ray. However, confidence in this process is low due to Ray’s past role in Mohun Bagan-Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) merger where he allegedly helped Swapan Banerjee, the chief minister’s brother to become the club’s football secretary.

“Asim Ray himself is a controversial figure. Choosing him is another mistake. When he was given the responsibility to resolve the deadlock at Mohun Bagan Club, this very Asim Ray further confused matters by announcing 'ATK Mohun Bagan.' Consequently, what kind of investigation will take place is predictable!” asked veteran sports journalist Shyam Sundar Ghosh.

https://thewire.in/article/politics/shame-screams-kolkata-messis-g-o-a-t-visit-turns-into-a-monumental-embarrassment/

Universe is limitless for now. Then there is multiverse. Who knows we are pocket universe in a supermassive black hole. Be that as it may, I guess NUJS is certainly one of the so called islands of excellence. Not my words. Some PM accidentally said so. So did many judges et al

Stage massive protests and strikes. With proper information (not like the accusations against NKC that were based on rocky foundations). Disciplined, regular, totally unbending in the commitment to bring everything to a grinding halt till stuff is sorted out. Look at the British junior doctors working in their state health system, the value of whose real term pay has gradually eroded since 2008, as source of inspiration.

Many accuse The Wire of a certain bias. But it has done a very good and indepth reporting on the Messi mess and Justice Ray.

This does not mean that accusations of bias were motivated or misplaced. But this is solid reporting. Even earlier it had done a great scoop on Meira Kumar when she was the opposition candidate for Prez. No other media including the political ones uncovered it.

Agree that SJA has no control over who gets appointed by state govt in the EC. However it was a willing tool when certain influential EC members wanted someone gone. I am not complaining against the eviction.

But SJA can demand and ensure that inquiries instituted by EC are completed in timely and transparent manner and those reports are shared in full with the GB. If the SJA makes serious allegations against those in authority then it should share the evidence with GB and not scoot and shoot when questioned by GB.

This SJA is ▮▮▮ and the brass must get an exemplary send off.

#NeverAgain

So why the hostility from LI readers when Jindal does the same? Jealousy?

https://theprint.in/ground-reports/indian-school-of-business-globally-top-ranked/2806256/

Out of these 58 lakh names, 24 lakh have been marked as "dead", 19 lakh as "relocated", 12 lakh as "missing", and 1.3 lakh as "duplicate".

The publication of the draft list is likely to intensify the political uproar in Bengal over SIR. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has opposed the exercise and accused the Centre and the Election Commission of using SIR to delete the names of lakhs of eligible voters ahead of the election.

The BJP, on the other hand, has alleged that Mamata Banerjee's offensive against SIR is aimed at protecting her vote bank that comprises illegal immigrants. "Mamata Banerjee is creating a ruckus as she fears losing power since the deceased, fake and illegal voters are being removed. Trinamool only has a difference of 22 lakh votes with BJP," Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2026-over-58-lakh-names-deleted-as-poll-body-publishes-bengals-sir-draft-list-9823287

I am a partner who lives in ghatkopar and my colleague who is a senior partner lives in Kurla. Bro- unless you are originally from Mumbai and/or have generational wealth or marry into wealth- there are high chances you will either live on rent in Bandra or Khar or buy a house in suburbs or central Mumbai. Even if you are a senior partner. This is true for majority.

This thread is almost 2 years old now and I am stuck in the same situation, with the current H1B requirements I want to know if doing JD from US would be a good choice, I don't want to go for MBA, as in no way I will be able to crack those heavy Maths and Quant based exams, LSAT though extremely hard, does not seem impossible, also what's the value of JD outside of US (in case I don't get my work permit) and in light of the same if LL.M would be a better choice (i have no plans to join Academia), I plan to work in Biglaw but don't want to risk it all on my visa permits, adding on - what if one pursues LL.M from a top European law school would that be a better choice for getting a well-paying corporate job outside India?

Just a general question - does LL.M make a difference in your employability even if one does it from a top university?

Please help, Thank You.

heloo, wanted to inquire about whether i should apply for L&L internship via RCC or should I wait for better ones, I have some questions

1. How is the work,

2. what is the best location to apply for

3. which teams are best, how is the GC team

Thanks

Hi. Being honest here. I am a 5th year law student from a certain NLU (easiest guess). Despite being a top ranker, I didn’t get any offers on Day Zero. I want to join a law firm because I feel I am too ambitious to not even try working at a law firm. However, because of my financial background, I will have to take a well-paying job even if it is in-house.

I am thinking of joining Adani and then later switching to CAM’s Ahmedabad office (GC/Projects team). Is it possible? Has anyone made a similar switch? No trolling please, I am genuinely feeling hopeless.

https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-updates/daily-news-analysis/supreme-court-expands-article-19-ambit

This ruling states that article 19 can be enforced against private actors. Is this true ? What would enforcement of this even look like in practice. would it enable courts to prohibit platforms from censoring people or individuals from commiting violence against individuals engaging in inflammatory speech ?

Hi, i am a 2.5 PQE lawyer, who is pursuing litigation and wants to switch to a Law Firm because i think if im putting in 15 hours of work, might as well make some money out of it. I want to go to some dipsutes team and i am not from an NLU. Any tier 2 disputes firms that pay decent? I have been working in an AORs office for 2.5 years so i know most of the SC practice and procedure. Thoughts?