I tend to miss work most days. But I actually don’t. I go to work. Should I be penalised when I go to work because of my tendency to miss it ? The dictionary definition of “tends to “ is to be likely to behave in some way- we don’t punish people in criminal law because they’re likely to do something. We punish them for something that they have actually done that is blameworthy.

This language isn’t used in any other criminal provision. Repeat offenders don’t have their sentence mitigated and some times have repeat offences be punished with a heavier sentence- but this provision doesn’t do that. It doesn’t ask for previous convictions.

We don’t punish people in criminal law for other crimes they’ve committed other than the indictment before the court. This is called the doctrine of full proof.

Tends to cause emotional abuse is what exactly ? Misgendering? Tends to do financial abuse is what ? An employer being late with the check? Borrowing money and being late to give it back?

In any case the original point still stands. Gross misstatement to say the 2019 enactment or the 2026 enactment criminalises rape or that it awards a lesser punishment for it. The section criminalises tendency to do a number of things (this shouldn’t be a crime) and then awards an outsized punishment for that tendency.

If you genuinely are skeptical of pursuing law not because of job but your lack of interest. I would say please leave immediately since it won't get better. If it's job related, you will get one soon, don't worry. But if you have no interest in law anymore then please leave. I hated law by the 5th year and started preparing for CA. Took me 3 years more but now I'm 10 years into the profession and I'm much happier doing the job of a CA than a lawyer. Remember that the next 20-30 years of your life will be spent working atleast a minimum of 50% your day. So you may not love but if you atleast like the work, it will do. Litigation, judiciary, corporate nothing gets better if you don't atleast like things.

I mainly want to do MBA because my personal experiences in this industry have been bad. I don't know how things were like back in your time but the hiring practices have also become increasingly opaque. Nevertheless, thank you so much for the detailed reply. I will try connecting with folks from our college on LinkedIn. Thank you so much, senior!!❤️

It really just depends on the chamber in question. If you are already acquainted with the advocate in question just call or message them regarding your desire to join their chamber. They will inform you about their process, if any. However, if you don't know the lawyer, then cold mailing would be best. You can message or call them if you don't get a reply despite following up. Also try to see if you have any common connection who can introduce you to the lawyer in such cases.

Ashish Gupta , very good mentor with a sound knowledge has a lot of work in arbitration, NCLT, APTEL. Team is great and no one was any Attitude problems, a very welcoming team.

If not Ashish, then Ajoy , great guy but has his quirks. Team is solid, good knowledgable seniors , great mentors and great human beings.

Shashank is a very sweet partner but team is ▮▮▮. Same for Swati, excellent human being but team is cut throat ▮▮▮. The downside to these teams are that no one will guide you, but everyone will throw you under the bus, more like survival of the fittest and also very narrow and repetitive work. If you going there be ready for the worst.

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VP - no idea since have no contacts there.

Shailaja - V good team to learn but again ▮▮▮ cut throat

Anup rawat - great guy and even more great if you’re a cricket lover. Jokes apart, good team and man gets very solid work in IBC, CHECK out latest reported judgments on IBC, you’ll know.

Dave Robinson - good jollly guy but not seen his team much, so can’t comment but one partner muzzamil he’s v good

So my top 3 (not necessarily in order) - Ajoy, Ashish and Anup.

All the best

So if one wants to learn and not earn , which is the best team to join, pls help me. A team which has a lot of good work where one can just keep his head down and work, keeping the toxicity in mind and also which individual partner will guide and groo, amd focus on preparation. Thanks a Ton.

Have had an opportunity to work with them over some of my earlier years at AZB, and I vehemently disagree with a lot that is said about them personally -

first, the bad - comments are correct to the extent that primary work is WC & L&E (which btw are the biggest pain points for MNCs to navigate in India); They have a very big client that is at the forefront of a lot of issues in e-commerce, so the understanding that this team has (especially Sumit Ghoshal and Rachit) regarding that sector of the law is unmatched.

The good - both Rachit and Rohan are extremely nice people, super accessible and easy to approach. Rachit has low patience for ill-thought out research, but is uber receptive to well-done work. Rohan is one of the nicest people I've met in this industry, and has tracked data privacy from the get-go.

Tech practice in India itself is largely championed by MNC issues. A lot of criticism levied here can as easily be said about a lot of other people.

This year they have crossed all limits. Bonus payouts have been measly. Only those partners who have sucked up to the max have gotten good bonuses. Teams that have done good work throughout the year to bring accolades to the firm have been screwed. April is going to be brutal. The greed of those on top sees no end.

I may very well be wrong here, but to be the devil's advocate, the partner is not going to work on the transaction document and instead is going to spend his energy getting work for the team and vetting the documents before it goes out to the client. The client actually pays for this. Also, the partner was also an associate once, and I believe has done his share of grinding. You (right now in your griding phase) will also become a partner, and your role will then be to delegate and vet the work that your associates do.

That said, the bonus policy is just arbitrary and unfair, and that cannot be disputed. Work can get very intense, and the team should try to be as accommodating as possible until the work gets done.

Just a question, is this only for a certain team or is it a firm wide poicy?