Are you really saying no one would ever defend sudhir if they werent in his employ? youre honestly making a fool out of yourself. There is no further proof anyone needs to provide of your complete lack of objectivity than the fact that you assume that every opposing view point is because of corrupt monetary motives.

I believed in everything till you said you and your wife have stock investments worth 10 crores. Even with 10 years of judgeship you won't have earned more than 1.5 crores. So how come you would have investments worth 10 crores when your wife, who would have made a little more in the same time period, would have amassed 10 crores? Dont bluff uncle.

It will be a good decision provided you build a good practice in the High Court. You must be knowing lots of advocates at places where you have been posted. Request them to feed you with High Court work, especially appeals. Try to get government empanelment. Appointment in Advocate General's team would be great as you will develop connections with senior government officials and their political masters. You will be 47 when you become eligible for High Court judgeship. If you become HC judge at 50, you can enjoy lordship for 12 years! Best of luck!

Us issued a mandatory social media history of past five years to get US Visa. And what do you mean by you've said the same thing said by students at Harvard and Columbia. Those students are natives of Usa meanwhile you aren't. You can say Bye Bye to that Visa, since usa is quite strict in that sense.

that's the hypocrisy right, criticized USA but for pursuing education go to USA.

Criticize the government of the day, but be the first in taking all relaxation and benefits offered by government of the state.

Anyways, they might check it out so its better to delete it, they carry out proper background check before giving visas.

Okay, but does that work? does the system of only requiring disclosure at enrollment actually work to help prevent people who have committed offences involving moral turptitude from becoming and representing themselves and others as lawyers?

What is jurisdiction? Jurisdiction is about whether they can- not about whether they should. They absolutely can, regulating legal education is perfectly within the BCI's mandate. Youre saying they shouldnt- thats about policy.

Hi,

I am an A0 recently started at a T1. I feel depressed and tensed and this is affecting my work.

I wanna take a break for a month or two and then start somewhere else fresh.

Should I do this? Or would a break look very very bad on my CV and future career prospects?

Genuine advice, leave your home and go to Delhi. Try to find a job while you are there. If you can survive in Delhi for internships, don't lose time and start. Visit lower courts, heights courts, keep sitting there entire day and try to figure out who is hiring. I did the same many, many years ago and now I am doing well. I also felt bad (not suicidal) but there is so much to life, please don't have a myopic view.

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The above news is a few months old, but I just realised now that DYC retires before the NUJS VC retires. Did anyone else spot this??? So is this a coincidence, or is the WB govt planning that the appointment of the new VC does NOT take place during DYC's tenure, given that:

- DYC could seek a merit-based nomination and remove the 10 year professorship requirement

- DYC could nominate a top-tier SC counsel to the search committee, or an academic he is friendly with, such as Sudhir Krishnaswamy. This could complicate matters because they could pitch for Gen X candidates in their 40s who are NLU alumni, have foreign degrees etc, as opposed to mediocre people from TLCs in their 60s.

In contrast, maybe Gawai will take a more hands-off approach and defer to the WB govt? Or am I reading too much into this and seeing conspiracies where none exists?

The other things to take note of are:

- The role of Dipankar Datta. He is currently the only Cal HC judge in the SC, because the Modi govt is delaying the appointment of a second judge. What role will he play? Will Gawai leave the task to him?

- The role of the Cal HC CJI. If he is nominated to the SC, will the govt step in when a powerless acting CJ is appointed? This is exactly what happened the last time.

- The role of Kishore Datta (and, by extension, his former senior and mentor TMC MP Kalyan Bandopadhyay) and Sanjay Basu of Aquilaw. Will one of them, or both, be on the selection committee? Datta was there the last time and took charge of the whole process. He had also appointed a TMC spokesman to the panel (a non-lawyer), who was removed after the SJA objected (Kian had covered this).

- The SJA had written petitions the last time. Will they do so again? One difference between then and now is that the TMC govt is a bit jittery after the RG Kar protests.

Interesting times ahead!

nope, the real deep state in India is the LBZ people, govts change but the people in power do not change, half pant walas may believe in a cause but deep state always looks after its own interest, in the last ten years or so many people in the LBZ have turned to/into half pant walas but they still are only fighting for themsleves. Just like the orange guy who wanted to drain the swamp our man on the white horse had declared that LBZ out, but nothing has changed.

Team Sanjeev has the single AOR Sanya Sud who pretty much does all SC filings including those of MMS when he was in saraf. Work wise, he should be able to absorb everything for the firm.

It's also firm wide knowledge that Sanjeev did work from other partners and MS's clients.MS generally had clients of his own, which I am sure he will take with him

The discretionary bonus things is a sham. That was used as a tool to promote favouritism. Only the people who sucked up to the partners/seniors got the extra money. And guess what the funny thing is - the people who got the extra bonus still left the firm and now the partners were left with the people who they underpaid and they are on their way to quit soon (or already have). Karma hit them really hard.

Dont worry all the people in this world is faced with challenges and tested by nature . Have family support with you , keep your stress low by daily run exercise for 20 minutes .. think logically and with common sense and ask yourself why u didn't get the job or call for interview . U might know the answer.. don't panic .. u can do good only when u don't panic even if outside troubles are collapsing move through friends for job..it's a test by nature nature will give u solution in various forms until you pass the test by choosing the options .

He is right. The Indian middle class needs more money at its disposal, unlike the middle class in the UK or Australia or Canada, because:

- You need to pay for expensive private healthcare. No sane person would go to a government hospital for treatment!

- You need your own car in India and to burn expensive petrol everyday. Or Uber. Because you can't use public transport in India.

- You need to send your children to expensive private schools in India, because government schools are crap. After that, only 1% of government universities are any good. But getting admission is very tough and on top of that there are caste, EWS and domicile quotas. So then you have to look at places like Ashoka, ISB, Manipal and JGLS, which cost money.

- Then look at luxuries: it's very expensive to eat at nice restaurants and stay at good hotels, because of high GST.

- Finally, Mumbai house prices are like Manhattan house prices.

So yes, 50 lakhs pa and 30 crore FIRE target in Mumbai seems right.

I graduated from CLC, Delhi University a few months ago and have been struggling to find a job since then. I've applied to over 500 places, mostly law firms, but haven’t had any luck. I was hoping to get into IPR or General Corporate. I’ve tried everything—emailing firms, applying through websites, following up, messaging people on LinkedIn, and even contacting HR directly. Nothing worked.

However recently, I got an offer for a data annotation job with a ₹4 LPA salary on Naukri, but I let it pass because it was unrelated to law, and I worried it might be undermining my education so far. Plus the salary was on the lower side. That said, I’ve started wondering if I made the right call. What if I never find a legal job? It’s already the 3rd month since graduation, and I haven’t even gotten a single interview yet.

A distant relative suggested I work under an advocate for a few years and then move to an in-house role later, saying it might be easier to start with litigation. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Would working with an advocate really help me get into an in-house position eventually? And if so, what kind of advocate should I be looking for?

I’ve also started contemplating about giving up on law and switching to another field altogether. But if not law, then what? I don't have any particular aptitude/interest elsewhere.. plus I'm already 25. My folks are also not too supportive.

Any advice or suggestions on this?

I've messed up greatly and made studying my last priority which has led me to this situation. Now, I'll have to get 9/10 GPA for the next 4 semesters or next 2 years, only then will I barely make it to the top fourth, and getting 9 is something only those who drown themselves in books and studying get.

I'm ashamed and angry at myself, that it was so easy, and I could've gotten good grades each sem yet I chose not. It's such that, the students around my batch rank can't even frame sentences properly(and other reasons by which they have this rank) and I feel like I could've easily done better but now I'm here.

I've started taking studies seriously this semester, and I'll really appreciate any advice, especially these questions:

1. Can a student in the bottom fourth of the batch get a placement in tier 1 firm? Or, if they reach the top fourth or the top half, is it only possible then? On which basis should are placements done?

2. Studying tips to get the highest grade. How many hours do I need to study? How should I study? I've started properly reading textbooks like pollock and mulla etc but what else can be done?

3. How much is moot court valued? Even though my grades are low, I've done about 4 to 5 moot court competitions, because I liked doing them more as to me, they involved more critical thinking and I like the fact you draft everything by yourself and there's no one to help you, whereas in studying for grades you're mugging topics up to write in the exams.

Thank you.

The first semester is almost coming to an end, but MNLU Mumbai is still doling out vacancy seats. This shows state NLUs' desperation for the revenue generated from student fees merely to stay afloat. Just a few months back it came to light that MNLU Nagpur was not able to full salaries to its faculty. These are not one-off incidents - that too in a state like Maharashtra. Where is this going?

Precarious financials at all NLUs.

The thing is, even at the humongous fees they charge MR and AMS are chock full of engagements. Just look at their daily list. My estimate is that they make up to 2 Cr per working day of court. Even if averages out to 1.5 Cr., I am taking it as 30 crores a month taking only 20 working days. Then you take away the summer vacation, winter vacation, holi, diwali, dussehra breaks, it works out to around 270 crores. There will be High Courts to go to in the vacations etc. but I'm taking that as part of average.

salary is peanuts from what I have heard. Whoever works there either has contacts in the profession or comes from affluent families. All his associates drive their cars to the workplace despite being paid something like 15-20k at the most. The work hours are also hectic, 6 days a week, court hours and then work at chambers till 1 AM almost daily. Saturday first half is off. Since Mr. Mohan primarily practices in district courts, there are no vacations either. But yeah, if you are really inclined towards criminal law and do not need to worry too much about money, it might be a good enough start, though surely not a great one.