Litigations in Delhi, please help me with the following:

1. Is it mandatory to do verification during the ongoing verification process? I was enrolled in 2016. Haven't been to courts in the last 2 years.

2. Is there an introduction of proximity cards in the Delhi High Court also like the Supreme Court?

Basketball, Frisbee, Tennis and Football - lots of people play and we have the infra on campus.

Everything else - there is no infra on campus. Overall not much of a culture, many people are nerds who don't step outside hostel-library-academic block. Those who play have a good community.

BCI Rules don't randomly allow BCI to suspend all convicted criminals. Only "offences of moral turpitude" carry disqualification under the advocates act. The circular is simply overbroad: it covers not only all criminal convictions, but even pending cases! There is no way this can be a reasonable exercise of the BCI's powers.

In any case the disqualification only applies where a law graduate seeks to enrol as an advocate. It is no ground for withholding a degree. Education cannot be withheld to anyone interested irrespective of their criminal status - many individuals in jail in fact undertake educational courses through distance learning as part of their reformation. This circular is wholly illegal.

Biometric attendance, CCTV surveillance etc will fail the test of proportionality under the Puttaswamy judgment on at least two grounds: there is no legal authorisation, and therefore no legitimate purpose (Advocates Act only authorises BCI to maintain "standards of legal education" which is a far stretch); and these are not the least invasive alternatives available to maintain attendance (or prevent fraud).

Don't crib about not being from NLU. I am myself from a Tier 3 law college and I got three job offers right after college. A lot depends on your merit too. I got into a firm, a really good Senior Designate's chamber at SC and at a MNC. I went with the senior counsel because its beneath the dignity of a lawyer to get a job. Law is a noble profession for a reason. I pity those corporate babus who slave off at firms, don't be like them, bro. There is a thrill in practising law. The rush it gives you is something different. I suggest that you start practicing. You'll earn nothing now, but soon you'll do good. My mom began her journey as the second woman in the district to enroll, and she ultimately thrived. Believe in yourself and don't become a corporate lolyer. They are up to no good. Dont waste your degree by getting a job, practise.

I'm a 5th year law student, and I'm super stressed about placements, I don't come from a big shot law school which great placements, so I'm on my own to get a job. I'm interested in joining a law firm's corporate team/ or an MNC/ or anywhere they'll take me at this point with decent pay. I've done some good internships at T-1 places but I couldn't convert it into a call back/ppo. So my question is, 1) are there any firms that would take people directly for assessment internship before doing an internship first? and 2) are there any good MNCs that would hire freshers because from what I've researched, they don't so if there is some place like that please do help me out. Thanks - From a non-NLU law student struggling with placements.

Let’s not trivialise anyones life.

The truth remains, the EPs have built their ivory towers on top of multiple sacrifices by their associates. And yes, such sacrifices include ones life. From Bengaluru to Delhi, associates have already laid down their lives.

Yet, the top of the pyramid remains flooded with resources and the bottom of the pyramid, as always, remains significantly divided.

For all who have been sleeping under a rock!

Few of the BigLaw firms have already faced the same situation EY is facing today.

From 2015 onwards atleast 4-5 associates have passed away due to questionable circumstances. And yet, nothing has changed.

Even recently a tier-2 firm lost one of its senior associates in mumbai. No one will ever speak up.

Get back to work now!

Seeing the public sentiment against bad working hours and toxic work culture at BiG 4 and allied companies, who will bring it up first for law firms? Will it be culled at the outset given the influence most partners have in the market?

Time to start an association of law firm employees

it's a bit of a doubt but generally these things don't translate unless you become a prominent member of the lawyers wing of most state parties/get very close to that particular senior. But these seniors do usually have tons of juniors who are just party nepo babies (my personal experience from P Wilson's office, don't take this the wrong way). If you can put in the efforts and have the charisma/backing that you need to succeed in the political world, it's a really good choice, but if you're lacking in those aspects, it's maybe not going to be the best path forward. Just my 2 cents though please feel free to prove me wrong

Career? Yes. Your chamber? Maybe.

Elections? Maybe not.Kaafi log pehle se line mein hote hain. Multi generational politically connected, asset rich people who are clamouring for a ticket. Unless you have found the limelight at the national level (good or bad reasons), or are a washing machine for the party, or above all, are a phenomenal speaker, political entry is difficult. Yes, your role will teach you the unwritten rules. But maybe temper your ambitions, and truly be in the game for the people, and a ticket might be possible in a decade or two.

I am currently in my fourth year at a tier 3 NLU and have been focusing my internships on boutique firms. I wanted to know if I should pivot toward tier 1 internships or not.

*I have not done a single Tier 1( sadly didn't made the cut).

*Should I take this opportunity for beginning my journey into tier 1 firms?

I think nowadays people underestimate the amount of time work takes (including things like travel). Everyone expects high salaries but aren't ready to put in the work. When I say put in work, I don't mean pull all nighters every other day, I just mean the normal 10-8/9 (yes, the 'normal') which for is not considered 'normal' anymore.

If you're fine being in AC most of the day, Kochi is a good city to retire. Some favourable factors- less bothersome people, lack of industry so not that much pollution, access to good health infrastructure including palliative care & decent law enforcement. Negatives are - if you want to set a side business, it will be a little difficult, many locals don't know a word of Hindi/English so you'll have to learn a little bit of Malayalam even if they don't mind people not speaking Malayalam, many houses being built on low level so may get flooded at times.

For quality of life, OP should note local cuisine is a hit or miss - not everyone likes spicy food. The seasons are too hot or too cold. Also the OP hasn’t mentioned social life, but most of Nagpur’s bright young population has moved out to greener pastures. If one can get past these, Nagpur is a decent place to live and even retire.

You have to remember that any kind of university education is, at the end of the day, a means to an end, and not an end in and of itself, unless you mean to retire, in which case it can be. Therefore, assuming you don't want this graduate level education purely for the aesthetic pleasure of learning new things prior to retirement, one must ask: what are your goals in the short, medium and long term?

Pls report this to the State Women’s Commission. Approach the Bar Council of your state. Also it is the era of social media. Pls go public and hammer and tongs. No matter how powerful, social media and even the real media can create a powerful impact. Pls don’t be scared. They cannot get your license cancelled just like that. Also pls file an FIR. You have every right to do so. You are an advocate. Don’t be scared. Read the law and prepare yourself if you feel they will come back at you hard. Caving in will allow the junior to do this and worse to others in the future just like he did it to you after your friend. Both of you should act on it.

Moderator removed so much info from my post and people are not even getting what im going through. You guys don't understand that creep is a junior of a lawyer whose husband is an extremely affluent lawyer and they support the guy wholeheartedly because they both belong to the same caste. I'm OBC, they would destroy my life if i'll try to do something against that creep.

Police do not care about such trivial stuff, especially when lawyers are involved. That guy comes from a very affluent background and he's the favourite of my senior who herself is from a very affluent background. Both she and her husbands are politically affluent lawyers. They can file FIR against me if i try to do something. Moreover, i am from one of the worse states in this country. I feel so weak.

Easy for you to say, at HC they have put up posh complaint boxes right below CCTV cameras to ensure they can identify complainants even before it is processed. And nothing will come out of a posh complaint as those people are very from very affluent background. Even this page wont publish their names because of backlash so you can understand. I thought this page can help me but i was wrong.

Daily with both veg and non veg options - stuff like sub, pizza, chaat, momos, noodles, pasta, pav bhaji, etc + fruit + something sweet at times as well. You also get the usual tea, coffee, bread + jams and butters, vending machines, coconut water and different infused waters.

I want to get out of law firm as early as possible. But how much of time is acceptable. 1 year ? I don't want to wait for 5-6 years of PQE but I don't want to appear as a quitter as well, (and I am not, but we all know why most young folks quit law firm and go in-house). I am looking for traditional in-house places like ICICI bank, Axis Bank, ITC, Vedanta considering they hire freshers as well.

Also is there any other way to try applying apart from personal contacts and linkedin cold messaging.

There is enough opportunity in both. A friend of mine is a tax lawyer doing litigation in Calcutta. Took him about 10 years to build a strong practice but today he is making as much as a partner in a Tier-1 firm in Mumbai with the same experience and this is only the beginning. He would earn very little in the first 2-3 years of his practice but did not give up.

https://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/why-young-indians-are-at-risk-of-a-heart-attack/20240928.htm

Really scary! We see people in their 30s and 40s getting heart attacks and dropping dead like flies these days. Though they say that it's because Indians have bad genes and are more exposed to pollutants in the air and stress compared to Western nations, my own guess is that it may be a side-effect of having Covid, because there is probably at least a 40 to 50% chance that Covid was a bioweapon leaked from a lab.

Anyway, probably best to give up smoking, alcohol, sugar and fatty foods entirely.