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L&L boats of AP wall clocks too across all floors.
Late VS - Breguet
Late RKL - AP
Lit Senior Partners at L&L - Rolex
Imperial College - Bangalore Campus is also an example.
NFSU gets mentioned multiple times in an industry report by Deloitte, NASSCOM, and the Ministry of Electronics & IT.
https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-zone1/in/en/docs/services/risk-regulatory-forensic/in-rrf-indian-digital-forensic-market-report.pdf
NFSU intelligence search engine gets INTERPOL mention and praise.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/nfsus-intelligence-search-engine-gets-interpol-mention/articleshow/124881155.cms
Do you see better growth at Jiggles than say, a tier 1 NLU?
Relevant threads get lost since only the newer ones seem to be on top…
2. Obviously it helps get an international job - it's a U.S. law degree! (Unless you go to a totally trashy uni, obviously.)
3. Do you really wanna go to the U.S. under Trump? The environment is really horrible there RN.
I love law, so don't mind studying it extra.
2. Learn the language - take at least a year out to do this.
3. Make sure you are focussing on a practice area like DCM - not all practice areas, even in commercial law, are necessarily translatable.
NB: These are mere suggestions, no more.
Cannot believe that SJA is letting NKC slip away just like that. Sends a very wrong signal to his successors and the Root and Stem
Subtle details really add up:
- Made to measure over branded, consider bespoke button-downs or well-fitted Oxford shirts.
- Small accessories for character (if not already using), like tie pins, cufflinks, or pocket squares in muted tones.
- Shoes that stand out ever so slightly: double monk straps, wingtip Oxfords, derbies.
Can go on at length about watches, but let's keep that for when you get to PA.
Also, seniors in these HCs can be put in 3 brackets in terms of annual earnings.
1.Multigen. but have the the talent and proved themselves like AMS KS in SC, only couple of names
2.Multigen. carrying the legacy but mediocre at best but huge clientele due to father etc. Around 10-15 max
3. Self made/Govt. Favours/.
And what is the per hearing fees or these HCs mostly have per case structure.
Asking this here because on internet including LI we have no information about these High Courts though number of advocates in these states are growing at a very higher rate.
Please genuine answers only
For the majority of people, one year working/litigating is much more professionally and academically enriching than an Indian LLM.
Also the campus life sucks, LLM students are considered third class citizens on campus, some don't even get to live on campus like NLUD.
Cal and Bom Hc, in their OS, had an exam called the OS exam. This is what the BILS conducts today. Exam was to become an AOR in the OS. That made you an "attorney-at-law" and you would become a member of the ILS( there are two, one in calcutta, one in bombay, and the bombay one still conducts its exam to this day). With the AA 1961, all of this was removed vide an amendment around 1970. From then on, there were only advocates and these exams were not conducted. Cal Hc and Bom HC did away with it, but the BILS for its membership kept that exam. Its a shame the CILS did not.
The supreme court AoR system and their exam comes from this. Its called the dual system and you can read about it on the internet.
Today, to be an AOR in the OS for these two HCs, you just need to live within an area as determied by the HC/have your office there. For pleading, no such requirement is there. But yes, all the pleaders in the OS are instructed by the solicitors, ie the AoRs. So the dual system is still followed. You'll find an example in the Bom.HC OS orders in the appearance : Mr. Abc, a/w Ms. XYZ, i/b MNO law firm. Here the i/b stands for instructed by.
On a different note, with the Cal and Bom HCs being forced to do away with their OS AOR exams, its a shame and a hypocrisy the SC is allowes to keep their AOR exams. It should be done away too, or the HCs which had a OS exam should be able to conduct it like before. Mind you the HC OS exam was considered far more difficult than the SC AoR exam.
1. They are treated as appellate court lawyers who have never been to a trial.
2. They have middlemen who bring in cases from the rural districts.
3. Their scope of work is far, far narrower.
4. They don't belong to the city.
5. They don't have any traditions.
6. They are outsiders so as to speak.
Granted, these are all classist, and a relic of the colonial times. Lawyers leaving bombay for kolphapur shows this. In no way am I supporting the OS looking down upon the AS, but just listed down the reasons. IMO there is no reason to look down upon the AS. The AS has produced alot of great lawyers too. While I can't say for Bom, in Cal, the AS produced Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, hia grandson Chittatosh Mukherjee, CJ of Cal and Bom HCs, Manoj Mukherjee, J of SC, and many many more..
Call me what you want, but this ▮▮▮ came off as shallow and completely disingenuous to me...
A spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation commented that "Wikipedia's knowledge is – and always will be – human. [...] This human-created knowledge is what AI companies rely on to generate content; even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist."[28][29]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia
I know a few of HC and District court seniors who even don't know which act will apply to which situation, and they're having Chauffeur driven cars.
Law isn't the most important thing in this profession, may be the least important!
1. The CA angle- CAs are skilled professionals, especially in tax but a tax lawyer is not just a tax professional. There are many ancillary documents and agreements you need to know how to draft in order to do effective tax planning and this skill is lacking in CAs. Moreover when it comes to litigation, CAs tend to focus on each and every small detail that might help them so that they somehow get the relief from courts from their clients but in the process they focus less on drafting with precision and poise and rather focus on points in favour. Furthermore, the CAs are also lacking the evidence angle in search cases which makes them unsuitable in certain situations. But nevertheless as they dominate the profession and practice , they are in a position where the sheer quantity of CAs and their practice methods becomes the norm and hence heavy drafting without precision and unconnected points being on record is the norm. There is so much clutter in the tax litigation which makes it look daunting while in reality it isn't. (A lawyer can become a CA as well but a CA cannot become a lawyer unless he completely submits himself to the jealous mistress.) So to partly answer your question, YES, tax is not a lucrative career option for those who are not practicing it the way it is meant to be practiced.
2. Location- Mumbai is the best place to practice tax because of the number of cases and opportunities in advisory work but again 80% of this work is with CA firms. Second best options are Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. For learning the craft you need to join a good senior (not necessarily a designated sr adv), whether he/she is a lawyer or CA , it doesn't matter. Tax survives on logic all alone and in order to present the logic there must be clarity of thought and precision. But clutter is sometimes necessary to shroud the logic for pass through purposes. You will find good seniors in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore but be advised you cannot judge them from afar. You'll have to work with everyone for atleast 2 months each to adjudge whether they can teach you anything or just force you to mug up the sections from ITA or CGST. So interning is the key, but the actual learning will only start when you join a senior for full time atleast for 2 to 3 years. But in your case as you have mentioned you are keen to reside in Delhi so you can look for seniors specifically in Delhi
3. Knowledge building- Tax is an specialised field. Start reading from the day you decide to enter taxation and never stop ever. Apart from this re brush yourself with the fundamentals of economics, accounts, and commerce. Focus on accounting for 2 to 3 weeks before reading a book on tax. This will help you to understand the terms and not get bored while reading the provisions. Start with CA books so that you understand the application of provisions and then move to commentaries to deepen your knowledge on the intricacies of the provision.
4. Direct or Indirect- completely your choice, there is no bar that you cannot do both but it would be a difficult task to manage both in future. Another point is do not stick to a particular forum, that is to say don't just decide to practice only at HC or only SC. Tax practice starts from the day a transaction has to take place to the day it is approved by the gavel. Find a senior that practices from advisory level and also litigates (but if he litigates only till the tribunal level that is also ok, as most disputes are settled at the tribunal level).
4. Forum- I think this point needs more consideration. The writ practice is taking precedence in tax. As soon as the assessing officer or department messes up the assessees approach the HCs in writ and do not fight the case on merits to save themselves from a potential addition. If you join a senior solely practicing at HC or SC then 90% of the time you will be bound in drafting only and there is no scope for actual learning and most of the cases are referred by CAs or other advocates. Whereas, a complete professional can shape you from advisory to litigation so the forum carefully.
5. Tax as a career option- Sufficiently lucrative if you possess or develop the skills required out of a tax professional and tax lawyer. Tax is always going to be there. Yes the number of CAs in the field makes it extremely competitive but remember clarity prevails over the clutter.
Take an informed decision. Do not go with what everyone is saying. Take your own decisions and take responsibility for your decisions. There is sufficient work in every field but you just have to be good enough so that the work comes to you otherwise nobody will pay as a professional to do average quality work.