Compulsory counselling? Do you even know what you are talking about, or what the term 'counselling' means? Or what the implications of a policy making engaging with such a process mandatory are? Please educate yourself before randomly making suggestions.

Advocate all you like for universities to have more qualified, empathetic, counselling staff - that I 1000000000% support, but please don't advocate for mandatory engagement with counselling. There are people for whom engagement with what is purported to be a process of counselling has caused great difficulties and done more harm than good.

The universities are situated within societies that bring with them all the issues affecting communities and their residents. The NCRB report states that there are 26 cases of student suicides every day, which means one student takes their life every hour. This is tragic. It's disheartening to hear that a first-year student, who had barely spent a month at the university, felt compelled to take such drastic action. This situation speaks volumes about families and parenting in general and is part of a larger problem. In law schools, academics are smooth, with hardly anyone failing. On the other hand, failure rates are higher in traditional colleges, where such instances are rarely seen. The students in TLC have better resilience and coping mechanisms.

See, let me speak frankly - this is not the time to speculate or spread rumours. People are not well here on campus (NLUD) because of 4 student deaths in the last four months (1 accident and 3 suicides). Everyone is shaken. People who would never even think about taking such a step are now having these thoughts over and over again (because they have heard so many repeated instances in such a short span of time).

There have been no protests against the administration even after 3 students have committed suicide in last 3 months. Students are just not well to even do that. Everyone is devastated.

While the administration had created an environment that forced the first two students to commit suicide (because of academic reasons i.e. detention or year repeat) the third (most recent) incident is entirely because of the student's personal reasons back his home. He joined just 2 months back and wasn't suffering academically. It was because of purely personal family reasons and therefore I would request you all to please stop spreading rumours about the latest incident.

As far as the first suicide is concerned, most of you have not heard anything about it because the university, despite student demand, never acknowledged the incident. He committed suicide because the university was forcing him to repeat the year twice or thrice.

The second suicide happened because of the same reason. She was detained and forced to repeat the year.

And just to tell you all, around 10 more people were asked to repeat the year who were all considering taking harsh steps. We begged the vice chancellor to use his extraordinary powers and hold special repeat examinations so that these students are not forced to repeat a year. But the VC did not agree. We told him that they are suicidal and consequences would be harsh but still the VC did not paid any attention.

It took the two suicides for the admin to take the issue seriously and bring a no-detention policy in the university by which all students can clear their backlogs before they are awarded their degree & thus no one would be detained in a year.

The latest suicide is not because of any failure of administration but the first and second ones most definitely are because of the inactions of the administration.

The student culture is also at fault because everyone is so busy in themselves, their internships, their moots, their publications, that nobody pays attention to the ones who are not able to cope with such challenges. Had we been more proactive in helping students who suffer academically and not just our elite friend circles, the first two suicides could have been prevented, which could have in turn prevent the third suicide.

I am disappointed and heartbroken looking at the student dynamics here. People have their own eco chambers and only a handful of people somehow occupy the self-righteous positions of narrative/agenda setting in the college. These folks work in the comfort of their elite woke friend circles and make all others isolated and ostracized. Difference of opinion is one thing that they ostracize people on. Further, nobody gives two f*cks about people from marginalized tier 2, tier 3 city students who may not have had equal access to such activities that have been portrayed as cool in the university.

Hopeless.

Hello, I'm preparing for the MHT-CET and would greatly appreciate any tips or guidance you could offer. Could you please share the most effective study strategies, important topics to focus on, and resources that would help me excel in the exam? Additionally, any advice on managing time during the preparation phase and the actual exam would be very helpful. Thank you!

Muktsar (AIR 1 NEET 2017), MBA student at IP University, an IIT G student, students of various NLUs–the recent case being of a first year student at NLU D–all committed suicide in a span of less than two weeks. This is shocking and tragic. What could be the reason for college students committing suicide? Of course there are general reasons like depression due to family issues, etc etc but is there a way college is actually exacerbating the already bad mental situation of college students? What could colleges change to bring this growing number of suicides down significantly?

All the people out there kindly understand that this is not a single issue that sparked protests there have been a myriad of misogynistic comments by the vc and his paternalistic attitude. Please refer to this - https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/protests-erupt-at-rgnul-over-vcs-alleged-misconduct-students-demand-resignation

Can we please stop these BS comments by self-appointed moral guardians and commies shaming students who can afford flights as “privileged”? In the West, it is a very normal, middle class thing to take a flight. It is actually cheaper than a train in many European countries. In India, it’s more expensive because of taxes, but is still worth paying for instead of taking filthy, slow, overcrowded and unsafe trains.

Another thing is the tendency by Gen Y to shame Gen Z. As India progresses, each generation will naturally get more prosperous. As Gen Y become parents and give birth to Gen Beta, their kids will be even more “privileged”.

High time to end the preachy class/caste comments here by wannabe Marxists who most likely are (or will soon be) working for CAM, advising Adani and buying luxury watches.

Rant over.

Very well put. Fully agree.

Moots teach you how to research, how to frame a problem statement, how to draft your arguments, how to look for and cite sources, how to apply the law to facts, how to read, interpret and rely upon / distinguish case laws, how to present your submissions, both verbally and in written form, and most importantly (if you’re speaking) how to articulate legal arguments. It definitely helps.

Experience gained from mooting gives you an insight into certain practical aspects of the job, whatever that may ultimately be - not everything you learn will help you in a corporate law firm job, and actual litigation work / appearing in courts is nothing like mooting - but it’s a valuable experience nonetheless and I’m thankful everyday that I mooted in law school.

1) Supreme court- 3 lakhs per appearance (notice issue)

2) Supreme Court- 6 lakhs per appearance (final hearing)

3) Delhi High court (notice issue plus stay)-3,00,000

4) Delhi High Court (final hearing) - 5,00,000

5) Outstation High Courts- 4,00,000 (notice issue)

6) Outstation HC - 7,00,000 (final hearing)

7) Tribunal - CESTAT Delhi- 5,00,000

8) Outstation CESTAT bench- 7,00,000

9) APTEL

Appearance- 3,00,000 (notice issue plus IA hearings)

10) APTEL Appearance -5,00,000 (final hearings)

11) Additional conference - Rs 50,000

12) Settling petitions (appeal/writ/ SLP) - Rs 2,00,000

13) Written Opinion -5,00,000 (could go up depending on complexity)

14) Oral opinion- 3,00,000

15) Appearance before Departmental authority - same as that before the CESTAT ( in Delhi / outstation as the case may be)

16) Appearance before CERC- 3,00,000 (notice issue and IA hearings)/ 5,00,000 (final hearing)

17) Appearance before State Commissions- 4,00,000 (notice issue and IA hearings)/ 7,00,000 (final hearing)

Clerkage 15% plus OPE

Hi everyone, I am planning on moving to Dubai by the end of this year/early next year.

I would love to get insights from those lawyers who have made this move and what sites would be best to use for the job search.

I would also love to hear any other insights!

Thank you.

Looking at the surge of unrest and suicide in law schools, law students and alumni may suggest some solutions:

1. Law schools have counsellors already. All universities have -counselling also available.

2. BCI and UGC define curriculum, attendance and teaching hour needs.

3. Co-curricular activities exist in all places.

4. Places like Jindal or NLU D have the most liberal hostel hours.

5. Teachers and admin cannot really stop students making their rights based groups. These are to be moderated by student council largely.

Look forward to suggestions which may help students to place before all universities for a good policy. We must also note, not all law schools have the requisite funding. So what can they do then?

I have an interest in both of these practice areas and want to compare which I should get into. I'm BO 2025 and have done internships for both types of teams.

Can someone suggest the best law firms (teams) to work with in Bangalore for TMT and for M&A/PE/VC work and also talk about the A0 pay, culture and the type of work these teams are doing?

That would be super helpful, thanks!!