A quintessential gentleman, he truly was the best person I had ever known. Unrelenting in matters of principle and unforgiving in court, above all, a man of utmost bravery- never hesitant to call a spade a spade. It's a loss to the entire fraternity, and for me, a loss that is inexplicable altogether. An excellent Counsel, an exceptional mentor, but above all, a great human being. May his soul rest in peace.

This is a news report from a Bengali channel on his passing, but you can press CC and read the English captions. The report says it was on the basis of his arguments in RG Kar that some important instructions were issued by the SC. The report also says he appeared in other important cases, like the Kamduni rape-murder case (which Mamata had infamously dismissed as a "small incident") and the school teacher recruitment corruption case (over which multiple TMC politicians have been arrested and Abhishek Banerjee is being questioned).

May Ahura Mazda bless the departed soul. He may not have been felicitated by international magazines, but he was a true human rights defender and someone worth emulating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaHRbyGhLUw

Here's a video of him arguing the case and exposing how evidence was contaminated. Look at Sibal and Menaka's reactions on the side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXx1USYYWUk

Suvendu Adhikary had remarked that if even a firecracker explodes in Gaza, then India's liberals are out on the streets and social media. But they turn a blind eye to thousands of atrocities in Bengal under the TMC. But not this man. While certain elite law grads became limousine liberals in Delhi's champagne party circuit, he chose the toughest practice area in the toughest state.

Salute you, Sir.🫡

People working as assistant professors, can you share your experience with the job. How did u land that job, whats your work environment like, how much do u get paid, also any tips on how to get a job while doing phd with net already cleared. And also what to expect from the job.

Thanks

Yup 😐🫤

Just wanted to share my experience so that other girls take the utmost precautions and care with him. Since his name isn’t published, just keep in mind to never go alone to a male advocate’s office without a trusted family member/friend, always inform your parents or whoever you trust the most about your location and other details and don’t make the mistake I did and have your phone away from you. I kept my phone away and took my notebook since they taught us in our college that you should never have your phone out in front of visiting advocates who take guest lectures, even for taking notes on the notes app. I still feel that if I had my phone in my hand, he wouldn’t have touched me as aggressively. I still remember his claw-like grip that got harder to remove after each time. It was like a sick game wherein every time I would pry open his fingers to remove his hand, he would start again after some time. At first the time duration between 2 such attempts was a few minutes, then it got reduced to a couple of minutes and then a few seconds. And each time his grip hardened and became more and more difficult to remove. I remember thinking about the words: “talon like grip” even in my dazed, confused and immobile state when I was frozen with fear. I still remember how bad my breastbone and the bone under my shoulder, directly under my underarm and directly parallel to my breast hurt. Have you ever had an injury where you fell down and directly hurt your bone, without any tissue or fat to soften the blow? Like on your knees, elbows, it hurt that horribly after the repeated gripping. And this was one of the actions that ring alarm bells in my head. He was gaslighting me to accept and feel that this was something normal and his hand placement on my thigh, closer to my waist, since I had the notebook on my thigh, was something normal. Like for the first few times, when I didn’t even register that he was touching me inappropriately since I genuinely thought he was merely missing the notebook, I removed his hand in the area between my waist and my thigh and pointed to the notebook and offered him my pen if he wanted to make any correction. It’s only after the couple of times did it strike what was happening. In my dazed and bewildered state, I gaslit myself into thinking his hand was slipping from the notebook but what really snapped me into reality was when he gripped my breastbone and was slowly inching towards my breast. My brain which had almost shut down thought about why was he touching here? My pen and notebook are here. And slowly it dawned upon me. I later understood why his hands were positioned the way they were. So in his home office, his desk and the two chairs in front of his desk are directly across the glass door which directly looks on to the living room. I could see his daughter, mother and wife sitting on the sofa almost directly in front of me. And I assume they could too. The sofa in his office, on the other hand, is placed at the end of the room, many feet away from the glass door entrance to his office. And one can’t see directly onto the living room since there’s a lot of room in between. So he asked me to go and sit on the sofa so I’d be comfortable. I remember saying that, “It’s okay Sir, I’m comfortable here”. He requested again to which I said I really was comfortable and back and forth a couple of times. At that time I felt this was odd since there was no logical explanation or reasoning but he was being very insistent and persistent so I went and sat on the sofa. I remember being a tad bit annoyed and confused since I was comfortable in that chair and my bag was in the next chair and when he got up from his chair behind the desk and motioned me to go across and sit on the sofa, his posture and body language was very intimidating and assertive and I somehow felt I shouldn’t anger him by repeating myself again. I didn’t like that my bag stayed on the chair. I wanted it next to me since it had my mobile and all but I kept it to myself since I was a little afraid. He motioned me to sit and I remember he asked me to sit in the furthest corner of the sofa. Now that I look back in hindsight, I realize that it was the point farthest away from the door. At this point I had sat and he was standing so there was this physical intimidating presence as well and I felt I should just do as I’m told. He sat down next to him. I was seated to his left. He crossed his arms one over the another. He made the bullshit correcting my spelling excuse. And with his left hand crossed over his right hand, he started touching me with the fingers on his right hand. Looking back in hindsight, I see why. He removed me from a position where I could be seen by anyone roaming around the house to the farthest corner of his office where one couldn’t peep through. He used his hand to cover his other hand and aggressively touched me with the fingers of his hand so that he could retract his hand immediately if anyone suddenly came and it would be that much harder for someone who had just entered the room to figure out what was happening since it would look like me with my notebook out on my lap taking notes, him on my right with his hands crossed dictating supposed “notes”. His servant had come bearing a tray with water glasses and his posture had immediately shifted and changed.

The advocate’s name is ▮▮▮. Kian can’t publish the name because of the reasons stated in the comment made by Legally India and I totally understand why. Guy’s even uglier on the inside than on the outside if that was even possible lol. He has ▮▮▮ daughters: ▮▮▮. ▮▮▮ now practices in the ▮▮▮. One day I hope I can out his details publicly or ▮▮▮, either of the two.

Hi Kian,

OP here. Since my account was not published, I had felt a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. I would constantly refresh the website after I submitted my experience to see if it was published or not. After multiple months, it just made me relive the trauma and feel extremely disheartened so I stopped searching if my submission had been published. To be honest, I stopped reading Legally India completely unless I searched something and it appeared on the results page. I used to read your website religiously before 😅

Since the last 3 days, reading about a rape triggered memories of this horrifying event and I went through many different accounts of sexual harassment that were reported on your website. I just had a gut feeling to do so. Idk why since we read about many such cases but I had a very strong urge to go through all sexual harassment accounts reported. It makes sense now. I was going through each result and just randomly clicked on the link lower on the search results page and I was kinda shocked but also pleasantly surprised to see you had finally published my account. I realized this was my account as I started reading this. And despite feeling that I was over this trauma, I broke down and started crying.

I totally understand why you took so much time 😅 since journalists have to verify their news. You must receive a flood of emails and messages every single day and I can see why you took the time to publish it. I completely understand why you didn’t publish his name. I just wanted to highlight this to warn other girls who might want to intern or work under him. To warn them of his predatory nature and to advise them to ALWAYS take someone with them if they ever were to go to his office or home-office. Be it your parents, friends, classmates or just go in groups since there’s safety in numbers.

I was thinking of making this public with his and my identity both, all the proofs, receipts, screenshots, witness statements, everything. But I was talked out of this again by a family friend saying she wouldn’t advice women to do that. At that point, I was very attached to her and looked upto her for all kinds of advice and followed her what she said for everything so backed down.

Thank you for your kind thoughts, advice and suggestions. Yes, I have grown to be a more confident person. Mostly on account of the sheer rage I felt after going to therapy and working on myself and understanding that this was not my fault at all. And working on different sexual harassment/assault/abuse/rape cases over the years.

Thank you for publishing this. Seeing my submission up her made me feel supported, better and lighter. 🙏🏻🧿😇🦋🪷

For whatever reasons even if this is moderated or taken down by LI, for reasons true but irking the people talked about it otherwise - i can say this is by far the best and most accurate description of what the place has become after Ashit took break! This used to be great team but see the apathy - what it has become!

If this is the firm I think it is, i think they had removed the person as an associate and then after the victim/ complaining person left, hired him back AND promoted him.

If it's the same firm, a certain ▮▮▮ firm, the women management should be ashlee of themselves and everyone should avoid working with that firm.

This is a good call, and I support this wholeheartedly. The Delhi High Court need not be burdened with low-stakes original side matters, which could very well be dealt with by younger and more capable minds inducted into the judiciary through a competitive examination that is already in place. This will also reduce the cost of litigation for many litigants and speed up disposal, as most matters are heard at least once every month in the lower courts. A good judiciary, coupled with a system of checks and balances, will ensure that this works for everyone- and it will, if we put this infrastructure to proper use.

Those mourning and protesting this reform are doing so out of greed and short-sightedness. They fear that it will compel them to reduce their fees and travel more extensively for their matters. What these people fail to realize is the opportunity this creates to negotiate for stronger video conferencing infrastructure in the lower courts, and the fact that a more functional legal system will encourage even those outside elite economic brackets to use litigation as a means of resolving disputes and differences. That, in turn, means more work and greater turnover for the legal profession as a whole.

The advent of AI has, in any case, made it clear that court practice will, going forward, primarily support those who can operate on a high-volume, high-turnover model. High-margin, low-volume work, such as high-stakes EPC arbitrations, BIT disputes, investment arbitrations, and similar matters will remain concentrated among the top 1%. Even that space will almost certainly be disrupted by AI, if it has not been already, leading to lower costs over time.

This reform is therefore the need of the hour. We certainly need more reforms. The alternative was either this or the creation of a new appellate court between the High Courts and the Supreme Court, and this appears to be the more prudent choice.

Next reform: legislate PILs out of existence, and reserve the Supreme Court strictly for writ appeals and second appeals arising from original side matters. Believe me, if we reduce the burden on the Supreme Court by even 60%, the existing situation, where admission hearings resemble a game of Russian roulette, will come to an end. The need to engage senior advocates for admission hearings at fees of ₹15–20 lakhs plus plus will diminish because benches will finally have more time to engage meaningfully with the issues raised in each brief, both in chambers and in court.

All of this will help restore society’s faith in lawyers, judges, and the legal profession. Stupidities like the “Cockroach Janta Party” will remain where they belong, as memes, at best.

Own up to your mistake. Do not lie to your Partner. He may yell at you and even fire you but he will find sulutions.

A lost job is better than Partner and Client filing a complaint of professional misconduct.

Even to file an application, you need the client's permission.

Made a big mistake at work :(. So i work in this firm we all have different clients assigned. So for one of this client i was appearing in district court of delhi, filed vakalat, WS and affidavit of submission/denial, all good then due to some issue this matter got deleted from my internal MIS. Due to i didnt have record of this matter and didnt appear in subsequent dates for like 3-4 hearings. So the judge passed order and our defense is now struck off. Currently the other opposite party's evidence is going on.

Now this is like one of the most premium client of our firm which pays big but recently relationship between the client and our firm has not been much good. If this thing gets our that their defense is struck off and proceedings are running ex-parte, my partner will surely fire me and id be left without job so i cant even tell him about this.

The client doesnt have inhouse legal so they havent figured it out, and issue is i dont have any SA, PA like other associates in my firm, as i directly work with Partner so can only report to him. But i can never reveal this to him.

So what can i do, i know i can file Order IX Rule 7 app. to set aside the order but would this even work after multiple absenses in dates and defense struck off. I fear the judgement be passed against us as our written statement and arguments wont be considered.

Without this job i wouldnt have anything to earn, really made a big mistake, any thing i can do without firm knowing about it? If even application is allowed how much cost may court impose as i would have to bear it out of my own pocket.

Not that it's easy being a young advocate in DHC (and as much as I hate playing the first gen lawyer card, the issues are there).

Recently appeared in a matter where the other side had not considered our client's settlement proposal and they brought a senior advocate of considerable standing - because the judge (very well known to take up each and every matter and is extremely irritable) had indicated on the last date that he will hear the matter - to seek a date.

Despite dictating the order and saying that the other side will consider the settlement and they are seeking a date, the order uploaded records that it is at MY request that the matter is adjourned ! Clearly not what transpired ... and is it because it cannot be recorded that the senior advocate actually sought a date ??!

So pissed and absolutely ridiculous. The client and seniors have advised not to file an application since it'll piss of the judge more ... but how unfair. Can't even have a good honest practice without seeing these instances of systemic bias and unfairness.

Bang on. Probably also explains why the members preferred not using Sechthey as AoR and **** irony overload *** chose Trilegal instead to represent them (a firm that runs on the steam of associates and partners, many of whom will probably never get a Delhi Gymkhana membership in their lifetime, even if they paid the ₹20+ lakhs and waited) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Dynasts zindabad!

do anyone know about manan chandrashekhar nls graduate he is co head finance dept in kirkland ellis hong kong possibly annual compensation more than 11 million dollar as avg pep is 10 million for kirkland and he is co head right next to head of practice also dealmaker rain maker what is his current age how he get into kirkland after graduation from nls

Just had a poor interview tbf, really messed it up and had a couple really dumb answers cause i was nervous and trying to be oversmart, luckily had another ppo interview with another firm of similar stature but the most important thing I learnt was to not overcomplicate it and to keep my answers simple and not try to be oversmart.

Don't bother if you don't have connections at this tage. I hate to be this blunt, but t1 firms won't give a rat's ass about 20 cr deals as mentioned above, these are far too small to ever be able to afford even heavily discounted t1 rates.

if you dont have connections, network, build some references, present yourself well to clients of your firm and try to get to a point where you will know someone who can bring business around 7-8 year PQE. It also does get easier with experience as your childhood friends might move into senior positions, you handle client meetings etc, you build a network naturally if you present yourself well and do good work.

among DU 5yr law and CNLU Patna which one should I prefer? considering that I am a first-generation lawyer with no connections at all and thus I would be relying on securing a corporate PPO (not tier 1, I just want a tier 2 or a boutique) to payback my education loan. I don't think so that I will give clat again because of its growing unpredictability and competition.

I am getting mixed reviews about both like-

1.DU 5yr law

-PROS- location advantage, huge alumni and even having considerable alumni in tier 1 and 2 law firms in Delhi. Its 5yr law placement and internship committee also recently organised multiple sessions in which maybe almost 10-20 tier 1 and 2 law firm partners and reputed AORs all came in just a week. And low attendance strictness, so can intern for one or two months more than other students in a year.

-CONS- would cost me same as CNLU Patna because of living expenses as there are no dedicated hostels. secondly there are almost 3000 students enrolled in each year at 3 yr programs at du, so I fear that I would be considered part of the same crowd in front of law firms while applying for internships even given the fact that 5yr program just has 120 seats and almost having the cutoff same as tier 2 Nlus.

2. CNLU Patna

-PROS- Govt exam culture is too strong because of up bihari culture of pursuing stable govt jobs... and if I am not wrong it has almost 150-250 judicial officers under its belt with almost more than 100 students of CNLU Patna qualifying for Bihar judicial exam this year alone. Also, some of its Alumni has cleared UPSC so there are also some grade A officers under its belt. Not to mention that almost each year certain number of its students are also appointed under State ministry of law. It has also seen growing support of Bihar Govt and especially IT ministry by sponsoring its various moot competitions and research centers.

-CONS- Corporate culture is still underdeveloped, and if i am not wrong it has almost only 5-10 on-campus placements and 15-20 PPOs every year. But corporate culture is increasing under the administration of Faizan Mustafa. I stalked there linkedin account and saw that they recently introduced various tier1 and 2 law firm partners and SC advocates as a part of their career counselling commitee and various other committees.

So, the core question here is what I should choose a high rewarding but risky gamble like DU 5yr law Vs. a comparatively stable option like CNLU Patna

The Dialogue has ▮▮▮ staffing issues and HR policies because there's simply no HR there. The research associates themselves handle all the HR work. This leads to poor co-ordination and delays to get certificate & stipend. I had mailed them 20+ times to get a reply 3 months later. Trust me, you're not missing out on anything by not getting a reply from Dialogue.

Look for better alternatives such Vidhi, Koan Advisory & PRS.

At least write your query as if you're not half drunk! That's the least you can do while inquiring about serious matters like internships. If you can't do even that, then why would others take your query seriously either? To answer your question, Dialogue takes interns every month. However, they don't always respond to the applications unless they select the applicant for the next level of scrutiny.

Audit should also be done of the various "artworks" done using state funds such as the eyesores "designed" by the former CM and those she inspired. One got removed recently from the Salt Lake stadium. An inspired Bose installed a Messi which is now swaying to be a further disaster. He also installed several questionable "gates". Salt Lake islands are dotted with "inspired works"

These need proper audits because funds from MLA LAD and state finances were involved. Also like to know which inspired lot were the beneficiaries of this largesse beyond the smokescreen called PWD, WEBEL and ilk

What about initiating a serious investigation into the PSC and College Service Commission scams? And the former CM herself mentioned that there was a massive recruitment scam in the Forest Dept under her own minister Rajib Banerjee but all was forgotten when he the prodigal son returned.

Also what about the Fire and Emergency Dept scam perpetrated ▮▮▮ and later ▮▮▮?

Kamduni files will likely open. Victim family and friends meeting new CM on Monday. Interestingly, one of the suspended IPS officers, Vineet Goel, was CID honcho handling this ghastly incident. Later Phiroze Edulji who was actually the defence counsel in HC named Goel as "the man" who single handedly ensured the deliberate burial of Kamduni case. Prosecution did the rest.

All the regime friendly police officers at all levels and their ilk in the state administration, prosecution and even judiciary should be exposed. No persecution but definitely prosecuted wherever evidence is strong. Departmental proceedings at least to begin with and not the meandering variety.

I don't know how long the state BJP will be able to stonewall the eager beavers. They have municipal and panchayat elections coming up.

Also the eager beavers, chameleons are in talks with Congress. Green may implode and a significant faction may join up or "return" to Congress. That's a headache for BJP

The new govt has directed audit of all cooperative banks in the state. Good move. Would have been better had they got NABARD and RBI involved. WBAS like other state services have been hollowed out by the Greens so not sure whether they will clean the pipes well.

But yes we shouldn't just have a regular audit. But a forensic audit.

I remember that The Statesman then still fighting strong had done a series on how the Left was refused loans by PSBs for purchasing state transport buses. Then a big lot was bought via various WB based cooperative banks, which were led by Left apparatchiks. It was a scam but no one did much because everyone was involved. Greens furthered this trend when they took over

how’s the disputes team in mumbai office in terms of work culture & environment?

also how are the team members and partners to work with?

i heard mentors are assigned to interns how are they?

is it worth travelling to mumbai for the internship experience, or is delhi better?

Hi, as the headline says I'm doing banking Litigation Inhouse, and dealing mostly with retail loan recovery related work, dealing with laws like SARFAESI, RBB Act, a tad bit but not much of IBC, Arbitration etc.

Need genuine advice on how to go about it and names of firms where it will make sense to switch atleast for a stepping stone?

P.s if you get the urge to says don't switch or something similar, please quit! Thanks!

Considering interning with the competition law tea at indus law, delhi in my 7th semester (october 2026). Please share any leads with respect to conntact or any other advise if it is worth the experience and from a hiring pov. Alternatively, is the dispute resolution team at the delhi office better in terms of hiring?