The Calcutta High Court has cleared Prof. (Dr.) Nirmal Kanti Chakraborti, the Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata, of sexual harassment allegations. The court found no credible evidence to support the claims and upheld the Local Complaint Committee’s (LCC) decision to dismiss the complaint, citing the time limitations outlined in the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013. The complaint was filed on December 26, 2023 by a faculty member, who accused Prof. Chakrabarti of making inappropriate advances between 2019 and April 2023, allegedly linking professional benefits to personal interactions. The complaint was filed only after the enquiry was initiated by the Executive Council into her on December 21,2023. Under the POSH Act, complaints must be filed within three months of the last alleged incident, with a possible three-month extension in exceptional cases. The complainant, however, failed to justify the substantial delay in bringing forward the case.

The court highlighted that the sexual harassment complaint was filed much later than the statutory deadline. The delay, coupled with the absence of credible evidence, led the LCC to dismiss the case. Further, the complainant’s own communications with the university’s Chancellor did not mention any claims of sexual harassment, casting doubt on the veracity of the allegations. The complainant also failed to present convincing evidence to substantiate the claims. Furthermore, prior to the harassment allegations, the complainant had faced administrative scrutiny for professional lapses, including failure to complete a university project with NFCG and not submitting necessary financial documentation. Additionally, the complainant had undisclosed business ties, being a partner in Effulgent Educators LLP, which raised concerns over a potential conflict of interest when managing a university course. The court also pointed out that key decisions, like withholding promotions, were made by the university’s Executive Council—a panel of respected academics and jurists—not by Prof. Chakrabarti acting alone. This weakened the claim of the Complainant that the Vice-Chancellor had exerted undue influence over administrative matters.

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Have recently switched from a T2 to a T1 firm/team. Pay wise it's a down grade of 5k/monthly after taxes and everything but otherwise the learning curve is much better, the team is much more supportive in comparison to the last one and I am really enjoying the work.

Just wanted to ask was this a right decision or not?

The guy speaks well WHEN he is talking sense....otherwise most times he just spews his own twisted version of a larger right wing agenda that range from the idiotic to the downright assine (at times). He can scream and shout all he wants but he can NEVER match the genius of RFN.

“It’s very unfair. When members of a particular institution say that this institution has gone downhill after my exit that I think is too much of a statement to me. And two, some of his statements both on history and especially contentious aspects of history and let’s say his specific points on the Ram Mandir case are as inaccurate as they can get. To say that there were no findings whatsoever from the Supreme Court on the existence of a temple underneath the disputed structure, call it only the disputed structure and nothing else, is false. It’s provably, demonstrably and patently false.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_IzaC2lpmo&t=1943s&pp=2AGXD5ACAQ%3D%3D

What if they don't have generational wealth? Do you really think of the world in these binaries where either people are monopoly men or theyre slumdog millionairre? And that somehow is supposed to map on to trans-cis status? There are trans billionaires yknow- martine rothblatt, jennifer pritzker, caitlyn genner, many of these men come out very late in life after having enjoyed cis male privilege their entire lives. Most non-binary identification among youth are kids from comfortable middle class / wealthy families. Should they get the quota?

Paint a picture for me- what do you imagine when you imagine a transgender 18 year old?

In the same boat buddy, 3rd Year but Mid tier NLU.

What I've observed is that :

1. The worthiness depends on what you want in life. I know you must be confused between corporate law, litigation, and judiciary, as all of them are entirely different in terms of lifestyle. You need to decide what you truly want at the end of the day.

If you want to settle in big cities and are attracted to the money (which, after deductions, isn’t as significant as it seems), or if you want to contribute to society, it all depends on your aspirations and the background you come from.

2. Yes, it is somewhat difficult to reach the High Court this way, as far as my knowledge is concerned. If you join at the age of 23–24, the chances are that you may end up at the High Court. But becoming a District Judge is almost certain.

3. I’ve just started my preparation. It depends on whether you opt for coaching or self-study. Coaching helps streamline things to some extent, but either way, it usually takes at least a year to prepare thoroughly.

Just a tip:

Don’t base your decision solely on LI posts. Think deeply about what you want in life. Many graduates from Tier-1 NLUs also join the judicial services. For instance, in 2024, a NALSAR alumnus was selected as a Judicial Officer in Haryana. I also know someone from NALSAR who is now a CJM in Haryana. Also there are many toppers from NLUJ in RJS, from NLIU in MPCJ & DJS.

Don’t let your batchmates’ decisions influence you. Instead, focus on your background and what you genuinely want in life.

(This is what I've learned, and my observations from it.)

Yes, true. Britannica was founded in 1768, so it comes with all the right-wing, toxic biases of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It’s really in the 21st century that the world has become more civilised and enlightened, with the hegemony of the right being challenged. This makes Wikipedia a better encyclopaedia, because most of the editors were born in the 21st century, like us. Our generation is mostly free from the racist, colonial and patriarchal biases that were present in 20th century people.

At the end of the day it's your calibre that sets your career, not the institution. If you slacked off in your 5 years there, it's your fault. The institution can only give you a tag, the rest is upto you. This is not IIT where placements are the norm. The legal field was never about this placement stuff. So, if you think it's committing career suicide then it's on you, that you failed to utilise your efforts and time. Btw many non-nlus are eminent lawyers and judges. Didn't see them complain about their career suicide due to institution.

I am from NALSAR. Do not take admission if you are a person who is not fine with living in an almost remote village with extremely poor connectivity with the city, with people nasty as f, you will have to live there 24*7. Rest is fine if you are fine with living in such remote places with limited amenities, you can, it's a good place.

Also, regarding left wing, yes it is very much prevalent here, to the extent that Hindu phobia also is there.

Adding on to say, the logic generally with graduate school is that if you are applying to get a job in the private sector, you are unlikely to find funding. If you are applying to become an academic or a researcher or work in the public sector, you might be able to find some funding. The expectation is that if you are going to get a private sector job you will soon make back all the money you spent on graduate school. And for these universities- thats not an unfounded expectation. I havent heard of a yale grad being jobless. Most who want to move to private sector get scooped up by white and case. Ditto for the other schools.

Many of the programmes I've named, except maybe Harvard, offer considerable money to students. NYU's legal theory programme provides a stipend of 25K USD to its students, SPILS at stanford waived off much of the fees for some folks I know. Yale helps any students who are accepted with considerable monies too- one graduate told me almost the entire fees. If you get into the tech law programme at stanford you will get a job in silicon valley. The oxford BCL as well- its difficult to get funding, but most of their graduates seem to have no trouble finding a job. Many of these programmes focus on developing younger academics. So if you want to practice, you need to carefully look at which programme would help you.

Bruh wtf, I'm a first year student at gnlu and there is literally next to 0 PI culture here, and I would know because I spent an year in RML before coming here.

I'm not part of any GNLU PR if there is one, this is just based on my experience and my observation of the experience of my batchmates.

Let me try and reason this out. First, if you are someone who is looking at their phd as a 'stamp', there are two extreme outcomes - the best brands and the regular ones. Now, if your intention is to get a stamp, a pedigree and a symbol you should obviously try for a good university. That also automatically checks many boxes. A good branded university usually will give you exposure, research grants, collaborative exercises like publications etc. It will also (possibly) give you a good guide who will teach you stuff. I have seen people who average publications but reaching great places because of their phd. A lot of top profs at NLS and NALSAR have regular publications in peer-reviewed journals but their phd is from the best univs in the world.

Second, you are looking to genuinely make something out of your phd. This again is subject to multiple permutations and combinations. More often than not your phd applications are strengthened by the fact that you already have some publications. So, I am assuming that you wouldn't need help with publications as such. Here, if you are already publishing, care or scopus, I think the univ won't matter. I know people with decent phd's but better publication record.

Third, if you don't already have publications and want your phd to do things for it. I don't think it will work this way. Here, if you have enrolled in a bad univ, you won't get enough opportunities and if you have enrolled in a brand, people will get to gradually know you for your research granted that you work towards it.

From the perspective of recruitment nothing concrete can be said. On pen and paper, if you have someone from Harvard with a phd and no publications, it might seem more of an achievement than someone from a TLC phd with 3 Care Listed ones. The game suddenly will change and perhaps be levelled if the second person has 3 scopus.

Crap! I wrote a lot. Sorry.

CLAT was never what you seem to think it was. No one ever has “has achieved jackshit in this crap you call an exam” - any actual achievements are only a consequence of efforts once you’re in college.

CLAT has always been a test to filter for English speaking children with good time management skills and a quick mind - that is the most charitable way of putting it. Ages ago, I cracked CLAT simply because I figured out the time management part of it.

If your batchmates cracked it with just 15-20 days of prep and you required much more, it may perhaps be a comment on you. CLAT, in the worst of cases, doesn’t need more than 1.5 months of a few hours of prep assuming the test taker is moderately aware about the world due to which the GK section isn’t an issue for them.

Hi guys, I have my college from 8-12 and then have my internship at a tier 1 firm and of late I have been feeling unfit with my weight increasing as well because of my lethargy which I think is also affecting my work and focus.

So quick question on how others in my situation handle this situation should I work out in the morning and then do college and then work or go to gym after work (can’t put a time on when it will be end but let’s put it at 9PM on average every day) and what would be the suggestions of others? Thanks!

One of the best places to start your career. Lean team allows you to be much involved in mandates but the firm is past its prime and pretty much everyone lives in a bubble. All the shit about cutting edge work is all branding and marketing with less substance. Still can give it a shot for the first couple of years of your career.

This is true. Have offered this to recent campus hirings at NLUD. But trust me you can get a max of 2.5-3 of the 5 lakh component and I am damn sure they will come up with some complex clause that will not allow you to leave before 18 months or something without losing chunk of money.

Go for Fintech over TMT, better scope and exit options

Telecom is bland, media is IP heavy, gaming has a bleak scope in india. Technology is essentially a bit of IP and Data

If the dpdp comes within the next 2 years, we will have to wait and watch how it is implemented. Unlikely the hype will live for long.

Nah any NLU below and including RMLNLU is horrible. They barely have any placements. This year only 24 people got placed from RMLNLU and out of which 10 were placed with lawyers. All my friends who opted for RMLNLU,HNLU and NLUO got placed, but the starting salary they got is barely 25-30k, so much for being from an NLU. Its high time people should realise any NLU apart from top 5 is simply not worth it. That drug den of a college is a shithole and i guess its as good as RMLNLU.