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OVN was later placed on the Ness Wadia Chair something that even NLS had forgotten about. Maybe some initial batches knew abt it because it had an endowment kitty of less than 30 lacs and that came in when either NRM or NLM were heading the law school.
NUJS gets established by NRM and despite 25 yrs of existence it still doesn't have the bench strength nor does the state. When a "son of the soil" was installed, he deepened the rot.
Again the Horsemen will take over just as they did during PIB reign.
Now what, a hollow chest thumping farce by SJA while the wheel turns to churn the same spiel in due course of time?
Credit to Messiah for clean up and subsequent fund raise. Dropping like manna from heaven. Not a surprise there. But it is our human nature, our fault that we forgot the original sins of the charlatans who now leads whitewashed lives in positions of authority elsewhere. Some continue and hopelessly hope that Messiah will eventually ascend elsewhere too.
Dream on. Not anytime soon.
NLSIU appoints assoc prof OV Nandimath as registrar, alum warns of judicial challenge https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/nlsiu-appoints-own-asst-prof-ov-nandimath-as-registrar-alum-vows-judicial-challenge-20130713-3830
NLS students go on media offensive vs ‘hostile’ admin, ‘Orwellian future’ sans VC • Regi denies at fault https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/nls-students-go-on-media-offensive-vs-hostile-admin-orwellian-future-sans-vc-regi-denies-at-fault-20190913-10849
NLS registrar OV Nandimath resigns post Sudhir appointment controversy
https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/nls-registrar-ov-nandimath-resigns-post-sudhir-appointment-20190929-10883
NUJS is a ▮▮▮ for discarded people, it seems 😔. #▮▮▮
I feel sorry for NUJS. Once had the most respected and scholarly people in the country as VCs (Madhava Menon, BS Chimni, MP Singh). In those days, it was deemed as a strong rival to NLSIU and was considered better than NALSAR. After that, it's been a continuous slide downhill and the absolute dregs of the world have been running the institute. The decline of the Governing Body is also pathetic: once A-list Supreme Court counsels were on the lost, now it's just an extension of the Trinamool Congress party office.
OVN is better than the current guy in one way: he can speak decently, without embarrassing the institute. But beyond that I don't see much improvement.
My prediction: OVN as VC will rehabilitate all the TLC NLSIU profs who have been forced to move out: Elizabeth, Ramakrishna etc etc. NUJS will be their post-retirement space. Politically, he will kowtow to whoever is in power. Right now, he will be with the TMC. If the BJP wins the 2026 assembly elections, he will side with them.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/nlsiu-protests-student-body-resolves-to-boycott-exams-in-wake-of-crisis-at-university
https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/nls-registrar-ov-nandimath-resigns-post-sudhir-appointment-20190929-10883
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/vc-row-nlsiu-students-boycott-class-not-studies/articleshow/71226276.cms
https://thewire.in/law/discontent-simmers-as-nlsiu-bangalore-students-end-protest-over-vc-appointment
https://thewire.in/law/discontent-simmers-as-nlsiu-bangalore-students-end-protest-over-vc-appointment
Thoughts?
Apparently the following were in the race, AKP, Sullu, Rathin B (NBU Law), ID (NLU Meg), Vij (MNLU Nag) among others.
But what about the financial chicanery, shady faculty recruitments etc? PIB inquiries got waylaid by NKC earlier and now this too gets hushed up in exchange for shoving out NKC? And what about his acolytes including the Four Horsemen who will now buzz around Nandi?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DP3h0LzD5dG/
Is C&M hiring from 2026 batch?
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- "Fears around pigeon-related health risks are exaggerated."
https://x.com/PetaIndia/status/1976636744649839064
anyways, i have a few questions to put forward:
1. what are the necessary qualifications? im aware of the need to have an LLM but is a PhD required aswell?
2. is the job market super saturated? like for example, if we take the example of STEM fields, most of the people who pursue their PG in pure sciences (ie. physics/chem/bio/math) followed by a PhD find it super tough to bag an academic position, inspite of being meritorious af... due to extreme saturation. is this persistent in the academic domain of law aswell? given, one is a passionate student with good grades, a decent number of publications and a zeal for teaching and learning.
3. what would be the average payscale?
thats all! thank you very much. please help me out!
SAM - Nitika.
CAM - Surbhi
Trilegal - Jishnu Sanyal
J.S.A - 0
KCO - 0
Do you really think NLS folks, esp the initial batches will ever give real stories if what went down when the Gods were helming it? How Gods played politics among themselves and in student affairs and how that impacted individual fortunes? Or how wards of certain big honchos were allowed to get away with terrible acts?
The same goes for folks from NALSAR, NUJS, NLUD, HNLU and the list cab go on.
Okay let's do an experiment. Why don't we create an archive of real stuff from both past and future in this thread? The hidden and hushed up accounts. Needn't always be the rotten ones. But don't glam up or whitewash.
For example, what caused NRM to be toppled by NLM and others at NLS? How did MoGo come and then get forced out? The Ahluwalia affair? VB and Temple? SKY invasion?
Was it all peaches and cream at NALSAR during FM? Is he really what his acolytes suggest? Why was he denied a third term and how? Just age? How was the inquiry against VS hushed up and Taus oversized role?
Tau politics at NLUD and its beneficial effects. Was he really a benign dictator? How did certain research centres flourish and get a free hand?
The Registrar at NUJS who took out over a crore from univ to purchase a fancy condo but was given an easy way out due to political connections. How Reds allowed a saffron VC and later the Greens did it too? Tales of financial chicanery at NUJS and how inquiries were killed off by successive VCs. Sexual trade offs between faculty and students, including PhD candidates. SJA (in)actions
The degree scam at NLIU Bhopal and how that shocking inquiry was hushed up by supposed saviour VC from NLS. The shenanigans of SS or his predecessors/successors and the whitewashed lives they lead despite eviction. The journey of GSB from here to NLUD.
How the critical dissent of a God was cleaned up in the GNLU review report that slammed Bimpa. How that God had earlier got his friend to accomodate a certain corrupt Registrar from NUJS? Reported sexual abuse hushed up despite HC intervention.
The alleged ▮▮▮ reign of of PJ at RGNUL and tacit support from powerful members of the Bench and VCs like FM. Student protests silenced and hollowed out
Alleged serious sexual abuse on campus but hushed up by successive VCs. The tortuous eviction of ▮▮▮ despite evidence. The hidden support of other NLU students in that eviction.
Trial has been a good adaptation of the Good Wife although K remains screechy. Crim J on Hotstar has been good thus far.
Dark humour like Murder Mindfully, a German series on NF was wicked.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, thanks!
I have a good profile, did not waste time at law school, and yet I am in this position. Have been unemployed for 6 months now. I am not even getting internships to at least get a leg in the door, everyone's ghosted me. Smaller boutique firms are also not responding. And the thought of having to do a job paying nothing at a Tier 999 (though even that's not panning out for me lol) is messing it all even more for me.
1. Intense product and market specific knowledge
2. Economics
3. Facts intensive - might also require forensics assistance to review 9999 emails
4. Always evolving
5. Logic over judicial precedent - this requires high level critical thinking
6. Two fields: enforcement and merger control - both have different jurisprudence
7. Merger filing requires knowledge of company law, FDI rules, etc
8. Enforcement requires knowledge of civil law procedure and crpc procedure
9. Sectoral laws: depending on your case, you’ll also have to study laws governing sectors i.e., SEBI laws, TRAI laws, RBI laws, etc
10. Number crunching and data intensive - requires review of industry to decide which metric should be used amongst production capacity, production, consumption, volume or value, etc.
Competition law as I always say is niche and vast.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/lawschools/nlu-consortium-expert-committee-invites-public-comments-for-clat-2027
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScs9XM-8hTp9j7nXpk9Z3CaHRFY1eNXuJYgFpQoKhonH6pT_A/viewform
Mods please merge
Is no one active on LinkedIn from their 200 member firm or everyone wants to keep their little firm a secret happy place?
If that's the case hmu on - 6lmaolmfao9@gmail.com
Would love to hear your views.
From https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/columns/mk-nambyar-a-constitutional-visionary-book-review
Basically Menon J- Nambiar- Venugopal- Gsanks.
And surprise surprise Menon J father if you see Gadbois was a zamindar, literally generational privilege and a practice of over 150 yrs is being inherited by him
We know elections aren't won in classrooms; they're won in the trenches.
Our legacy? Unmatched. Sibal, Jaitley, and the heavyweights who actually shape policy and power.
NLU hires? Sure, they're sharp clerks for the grunt work. But top firms tap them for filing briefs, not for litigation mastery or political chess. That's DU territory.
The legal industry has not promoted merit, they have promoted connections and nepotism.
How's his practice, and what kind of work does he do?
lit is just nepo games, been in lit for around 5+ yrs. and trust me as day by day i see my both lit siode and T1 copr frineds i cry i am about the age of marriage and how much diff. is for me now to get married.
no proper earning i do take up some matters but if i had gotten a chane to g back in time and reverse all this i would do at any cost.
i started with by listening to everyone's advice, with lot of motivation ( still motivated for that one day ) but its now on verge of collapsing.
Your partner will either think you are planning to leave to join the other turf or feel you are playing for the wrong team - he is valid in both his assumptions.
Play the game right kiddo.