Can this be a ground for commuting a death sentence? I thought factors were age of the convicts and nature of the crime?

In the present case, the convicts seem to be in their 30s, looking at images being circulated in the media. The crime consisted of violently raping and murdering a child (including penetration with a bamboo stick).

https://www.barandbench.com/news/calcutta-high-court-commutes-death-sentence-of-two-men-convicted-for-rape-and-murder-of-5-year-old

Your comment has a lot of value, but I don't think BA is that relevant.

1. In practice, whatever you have learnt in law school plays a small role. It's how much you put in, how far are you able to grind it. In a normal bail application before Sessions Court, how far are theories of Marx or legal writings of Upendra Back relevant.

2. A lot of legal work is compliance work, be it law firms or be it companies. You have to ensure compliance with law. A friend tells me that a Tier 1 law firm charges a lakh for their PSU and give legal opinion based on US judgments that do t even cover Indian laws properly. Another friend's relative who is a bigshot also wasn't happy with NLS grads of a Tier 1 firm, because they were asked to do compliance and they were doing overcomplicating things.

3. The other side is also wrong that you need a BTech for complex IP cases. You are arguing your case before a judge who isn't an engineer. The questions are about law, no matter how complex the subject matter is. These judgments involve a lot of economics, true, but even that economics is of a very advanced level. Most of the IP cases are simple trademark disputes, something for which not much of science is required.

4. Ultimately, I feel both line of comments are missing the woods for the tree. As Cardozo had said, most cases are trivial cases where a bad man wants to know how he can remain within the law. For very niche things, where there is a demand for barely 25 lawyers in the country, you can't train all 2000 students in NLUs. Similarly, the BA subjects are hardly relevant in actual practice, unless you are among those 50 people who argue exclusively before Supreme Court. Students are mature enough, they can start directly with law, and the degree can be shortened to 4 years.

Can anyone with experience answer my query please ?

Can our masters and PhD be in different subjects ? How will affect my academic career ?

If my LLM is in constitutional law and I want to pursue my PhD in public policy, is it acceptable?

Also, will I still get to teach in law Universities without a PhD in law ?

I have a LLM and NET, so will that be enough for NLUs, provided I have a PhD but not in law ?

Help ??!

Would it be advisable for professionals working in corporate law to pivot to another practice area such as real estate, intellectual property, or commercial contracts? Also, what is your opinion on starting an independent corporate legal practice after gaining around 3 years of experience?

Some teams have absurd attrition. It can't possibly be because everyone who joins such teams is incompetent. So what incentive do partners have to be better managers?

Side note: Why on earth doesn't Trilegal have management training for SAs and Counsels? They are, in effect, managing Associates and Senior Associates. For a forward thinking firm like Trilegal that has done quite a bit in other areas, this one seems like a no-brainer.

I'm from a "top three" uni myself and every single person I know from SLS, Christ etc who has managed to get even an internship alongside me at T1 firms, let alone placements, has done several months of internships at different firms ranging from T1 to T2 to local & boutique ones, across different areas of law coz they can't afford to be picky. Moreover, a lot of them need to do 6 month long post class internships to get placed unlike us who only need 1-2 internships or even just DayZ and post DayZ interviews to convert at a T1 firm. So maybe stop running your mouth about this and cooking stuff up; it's more likely that you have nothing while these kids have loads of internships (and just haven't filled out their LinkedIn or wtv).

I think your response is a bit premature and you need to take a step and calm down.

If this is jsa or for that matter any firm, in my experience at rcc, firms do not respond unless they need something from the college/student. A lot of them go awol until the very last minute. Take for example tri internships, once they confirm, unless an rcc member calls and follows up for whatever reason they do not get back to the student until the time of orientation. It's the same case for a lot of firms, sometimes they may not even pick up our calls and go completely awol, but in my experience they always pull up at the last second.

You still have a year left till you need to join, if you're from a t1, I'm assuming NLU, a lot of the rccs across the NLUs work similarly, they would either be looped into the ppo offer, or the ppo offer was routed through them, or if as the firm requested you to sit out the placements, rcc might've been involved in procuring the undertaking. If your rcc has failed to do any of the above, then frankly raise hell.

But first and foremost reach out to them and ask them to get in touch with the firm, firms often discourage students reaching out to them

Buddy, vague assurances of a PPO are NOT a PPO. Maybe should've kept your RCC in the loop or been clear about the steps from the beginning, demanding a PPO in writing which you confirm via email, and you wouldn't have been in this situation. Maybe learn about the process before trying to get others to fuck up their own PPOs by sitting for placements against express instructions of their firms, m'kay? 😘

No sorry, this doesn't make any sense. If you've actually got written confirmation that you are GIVEN A PPO (not some vague assurance that you might be considered or you will be interviewed for one), you're usually asked to respond to the same in writing CONFIRMING that you're ACCEPTING the same. Once you do so, you'll be bound not to sit for any other placements and if you do so, your PPO will be revoked. This is how it works at every T1 firm and with every college. So please don't come in here and try to mislead people saying "oh, don't trust the PPO offer, sit for other placements" because that's the procedure followed and can have disastrous consequences. Maybe blame yourself for miscommunications/misunderstandings about something this important, i.e. they never actually offered you a PPO in writing and just told you not to intern elsewhere?

Anyway, what are you even reaching out to them for once you have confirmed the PPO (i.e. what are they ghosting you about)? If it is about the internship, again, have never heard of anyone from a T1 uni being asked to do a rolling internship for a year. If it is about a one month internship or about location etc, maybe they need more time and they'll tell you a few months later. Have never heard of this happening to anyone else.

As a first gen law student studying at a good NLU ( interested in taxation ) & might pursue LLM in International Taxation from an UK university, what is the scope of taxation law in India if I am intending towards getting into law firms,

Also in after 9-15 years of practice ( standard time to make partner in my research ), what are the challenges one faces while getting to that post of partner are there instances of people are working for years and still don't make that position?

So I got a tier 1 , (not Nls or Nalsar) but I don't know why I don't have good feeling about it , maybe its far away from home and my parents are leaving or maybe I never really wanted to do law but just liked the concept of CLAT as an exam(I m a fool ik because I even took a drop for it)

please someone help me out with a fresh perspective

Is it possible to switch from an in-house role at a tech start up to TMT teams at law firms or teams that deal with data privacy ? And is there anything that one could do that potentially increases their chances of successfully switching to such teams ? Or other data privacy focused roles in the legal industry ?

Hi I am a a final year student, super close to day zero, I have a very weird varied experience in terms of internships, I have done Real-estate, Disputes, IPR, Corporate, Indirect Tax. all in tier-2 firms, I still remain very confused as to which area to choose, but the bigger question rn for me is that generally when companies come over for placements they look at a more streamlined CV, mines all over the place, so if they ask me something about it what do you think should be my best answer adding all of these experiences up ?

In just the last one year, Gsanks appeared in the Jet Insolvency for Jet, Byjus for an OC, and yesterday was a fantastic performance in the gaming and casino matters before Pardiwala. So you don't know what you are talking about if you say he doesn't do commercial matters. As for KKV being a godfather, that's true of many others who don't match up to Gopal as well - Parag Tripathi, Jaideep Gupta, Guru, Uttara, Liz are all from KKV chambers and all made senior. KKV did nothing special for Gopal

Coming to KS not promoting his sons, that's plain nonsense. As they started, Amit and Akhil had offices in Jor Bagh and Chanakyapuri. How do you think that happened? They both got designated very young, and even now Sibal has convinced Justice Varma to engage Amit to represent him in the impeachment.

This post should be marked as trollish.

Both Amit and Akhil have a top notch commercial litigation practice at DHC and SC.

It's probably that they are not that involved in political cases which becomes a good media masala unlike their father and they became seniors quite young, so KS not helping them seems hilarious.

Hey, recently heard about personal remarks by HR on one of the retainers at ▮▮▮. “Lagta hai ki pit k aayi ho, but aaj kal ki padhi likhi ladkiyan to pati ko khud hi peet de”. Also “shadi k baad to kaafi dull lagne lagi ho, kajal ya eye liner to laga liya karo”

What’s happening in the small set-up?

Legal sector liberalisation is excluded, right? SILF’s arguments were accepted? Too late for Gen X, Gen Y and early Gen Z to benefit anyway, but any hope of late Gen Z and Gen Alpha grads starting their careers in the Delhi offices of Clifford Chance etc? The last Gen Z batch enters law schools in 2026 and graduates in 2031, by my estimate. The first Gen Alpha batch enters in 2027 and graduates in 2032.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pm-narendra-modi-lands-in-uk-long-awaited-free-trade-deal-expected-today-10-points-8936421

I know that the first is issued by the local authority while the latter by the Court.

In Mumbai most Advocates suggest to apply for Letters of Administration and not the Heirship certificate.

Can anyone please explain why is it so?

What is the practical difference between the two, and which would be more beneficial?

It is mid 2025 now.

Whats the Lit scene like in Chennai. specifically,

1. What are the starting salaries for freshers in the various law firms in chennai ?

2. What are the starting salries for freshers with senior counsels and independent lawyers in chennai ?

I was a dayz hire so I don't have first hand experience of this, but all the PPOs who I've talked to have said that they usually had confirmation/rejection within a week, with the average being about 3 days. This is for the bombay office, I have no clue if the timelines at other officers are different.