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I do have some research papers too. But am not from an NLU background.
Any suggestions would be very useful to me.
Thanks
My seniors who graduated last year said job market was bad.
P.S. From a growing T2
It would also be helpful if members could share insights regarding the approximate salary ranges offered in such offices, or generally in Bengaluru, for fresh law graduates and advocates with one to two years of litigation experience.
Additionally, I would be grateful if anyone could share their experiences regarding the working environment in these offices, particularly from the perspective of female juniors such as the office culture, mentorship opportunities, professional growth, work-life balance, and overall inclusiveness.
As someone relatively new to the Bengaluru Bar, I have found it challenging to understand the civil litigation landscape and identify practitioners known for mentoring juniors. Any guidance, recommendations, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Any thoughts, views, and opinions would help a ton.
Basic info - no fee, but eligibility limited to top 5 students who apply per law school and they may offer internships.
Someone please tell!
https://www.barandbench.com/news/senior-advocate-surojit-nath-mitra-appointed-new-advocate-general-of-west-bengal
Can someone please shed light on good general corporate teams in Delhi and NCR that i can consider. Can be a tier 1 or 2 but pay should not be very less considering i am switching from a T1. Please share the names of partners, something you like about their team and something that is a red flag to look out for.
Thanks!
This was horrifying to read. Hope you’re in a good place now, OP
Now, the real fear was about the NRC. Everyone thought it would make Muslims stateless. BJP did an NRC in Assam and learned their lesson real quick, that it was a stupid idea. Honestly, CAA was tame and nothing to be concerned about; there were hardly any beneficiaries to begin with. Now, some people will talk about Ahmadiyyas, but again, they could get citizenship in five more years. If surviving persecution was the point, then it was achieved. A state with 80% of the population belonging to one religion can never be truly secular in reality. The nation exists outside of Supreme Court halls as well.
And let me be clear, CAA was not a criterion for citizenship. It was fast-tracking it; there's a big difference between the two. Just go and check what the dadis at Shaheen Bagh were actually protesting about. They were saying CAA was a programme to deny citizenship to Muslims. That is factually wrong. A shit ton of protestors had a complete misunderstanding of the law. Some media houses blowing the fuck out of it didn't help much. The whole thing was mostly based on a slippery slope argument. "CAA alone is fine, but CAA plus NRC will target Muslims." The NRC never came. The slippery slope never materialised.
CAA and NRC would have made Hindus stateless too. How do you think a Hindu would have proved his citizenship? The average Indian doesn't have documentation going back generations. That is why BJP buried the nationwide NRC after Assam blew up in their face. It was an everybody problem.
Now, the actual problem none of us is trying to solve. Today, a person can get a passport in this country with nothing but an Aadhaar. For the non-tatkal ECR category, you need Aadhaar plus one other document, which can also be obtained through Aadhaar. As you can see, if an illegal immigrant enters, all they need is an Aadhaar and a document from Aadhaar. PSK is processing them like normal paperwork. They are not even able to do passport verification and issuance properly, how do you expect them to pull off a citizenship verification exercise for 1.4 billion people?
The Supreme Court has never stayed this law. Seven years, 240-plus petitions, not once. The Section 6A judgment from October 2024 upheld Parliament's power to legislate on citizenship and accepted that classification based on specific historical context has rational nexus. The legal principles from that case favour CAA heavily.
Even if the government tried pulling something even remotely comparable to making Muslims stateless en-masse, the nation would burn, and they know it better than anyone. 200 million Muslims embedded in every layer of this country. India's political system has a self-correcting mechanism built into sheer numbers.
BJP's political apparatus just wants to rule. They are not even Hindutva in the way you believe they are; they say whatever gets them the seat. They are very shameless about it. Look at West Bengal. In 2021, full polarisation, got destroyed. 2024 Lok Sabha, dropped from 18 to 12 seats. So for 2026, Modi starts eating jhalmuri at roadside stalls and doing boat rides on the Hooghly. Mixed the infiltrator narrative with anti-incumbency. Result: 207 out of 293 seats. In the Northeast they don't campaign for beef ban, they campaign for development. They use Hindutva in the Hindi heartland, because that's what helps them to win.
You are bottom of the rung. Be prepared to be treated like royalty on day 1 and like shit once that day ends.
The rotation program sucks.
Veg food. Cringe dress codes. One samosa, kulfi per person.
No offside. Some Partners begrudgingly pay for the one diwali party that no one else pays for.
Its Noida. Safety is a final destination movie in real life.
You have clear right-wing takes on the economy and these are being upvoted, e.g. low taxation, more privatisation, more spending on physical infrastructure rather than welfare etc. Plus glorification of capitalistic phenomena like buying luxury brands and watches.
You also have comments criticising caste reservation. Plus comments criticising so-called “Muslim appeasement” (which is a trademark right-wing term). Plus subtle (and unsubtle) hostility towards LGBTQQIP2SAA++ rights. Such comments would earlier get hundreds of downvotes, but are now getting upvotes.
In recent comments I have seen glee over the BJP wining Bengal, as well as glee over Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims being deported by the new Bengal govt.
Generationally, the contrast seems to be between early Gen Z students/grads and late Gen Z students/grads. But I feel the dividing line could be Covid. The Covid and post-Covid generation spent their most crucial formative years online, in an era where the West has shifted right and India too. The toxic online discourse has possibly radicalised them towards the right.
A very good learning place for young professionals
Work is hectic like any other law firm but honestly not even a single person is nasty or toxic
Everyone is sweet and consoderate right from the partner to counsels to SAs to associates
Just negotiate your pay well and you should be good to go
imma thinking of applying to firm and who is good in long run NN or MB
On a different note, the reverse of this is exactly the argument given by all the paws loving students who protest if any dog is removed from their campus