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>Women in India did not wear blouses before
As for this. That's partly false. A huge part of North India especially Northwest indeed wore blouses / it's precursors known as sthanapattika. There is evidence from Mauryan era itself. And even in regions of India where it was not worn, back then they didn't consider the breast as a sexual organ. But now it is, and people have to cover it properly for decency sake
Chaps, please think out of the box. Don’t let the two ▮▮▮ ruin your careers. They almost ruined mine. Don’t wait to hit rock-bottom before you exit.
What hurts the most is not the decision itself, but the way it unfolded. We should have heard it from the firm's leadership, not from outsiders. The silence has been disappointing.
ELP has been a great firm and it's painful to see it reach this point. This wasn't a firm built only by RS and VN; it was built by many exceptional lawyers over the years. Back in 2008, it genuinely looked like it could become what Trilegal eventually became.
Much has been written about M.P. and less I say, the better. In these times, ELP needed a strong and pragmatic leader.
As for TNT:
RJ has the books and the client relationships. Time will tell if he can go one level up and what will the power equation in the new firm.
The trade practice, in my view, has never lived up to the stature it claims. I struggle to recall many marquee trade investigations where ELP was genuinely at the forefront, except recent Saudi investigation. There has certainly been plenty of visibility through webinars, but that is not the same thing as market-leading practice. Doing climate change webinars all the time, writing 'Customs' on bio doesn't really mean you are thought leader. The number of phishing scams that happen, any other IT head would have been fired.
On NS, I have reservations whether he could become a partner in any other firm ALONE. Jaa-kheer-kha.
Let's hope they are together - I have my doubts though.
"Welcoming AB CD and WX YZ to the ELP Family.
AB CD | Chartered Accountant - International Trade & Customs | Mumbai
AB is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is currently pursuing his/her law degree from ▮▮▮ college.
Prior to joining ELP, s/he completed his/her articleship at ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮ & Co., gaining experience in accounting, taxation, and financial matters. S/he also assisted in ▮▮▮, gaining exposure to trade and regulatory matters.
▮▮▮."
WX YZ is a stenographer and not relevant for this discussion. Also, I have substituted AB CD, WX YD for the real names of the two individuals and tweaked the gender pronouns.
I assume ▮▮▮ . However, until now, ELP never took on a CA other than in its tax team. A CA without a law degree working for the Tax team would be on the rolls of ELP Consultants LLP and not ELP, the general partnership, which is the law firm. Now, for the first time, a CA is being hired for a full-time role, in the trade practice, which, until now, had only lawyers. Proper lawyers who have passed the AIBE.
I guess, as the Trade team prepares to either join Dhruva Advisors, a CA firm, in direct breach of Bar Council of India rules, or be part of a ▮▮▮ law firm owned and controlled by Dhruva, which would also be a violation of BCI Rules, these practices will be par for the course. Sadly, THEY will probably get away with this.
Dear AB CD, please do not consider this to be a personal attack. We are merely trying to protect the legal profession. After you get your law degree and pass the AIBE, you are welcome to practice as a lawyer.
NLS and NALSAR got it!
As for which ideology allows speech like that - the same that allows you to call people brain dead. It’s called liberalism.
Asking because I rarely see the likes of Ashwath Rau or Akshay Jaitly speaking up on political issues. I assume they were left-wing in college, like the majority of NLSIU students are?
There’s just no winning with some people.
Sudhir is so removed from this controversy you might as well blame him for everything in the world at this point. Why is there inflation ? Sudhir. Why is there global warming ? Sudhir. Why are movies bad lately ? Sudhir. Why are there too many ads on the internet ? Sudhir. Why is my coffee too hot ? You guessed it - Sudhir.
Poster above is ridiculous - why should Sudhir take responsibility for other people being ridiculous ?
Sudhir actually had an easy path of postponing the convocation. He could have scheduled it later after Surya Kant retired.
Before anyone recommends, no I am not desiring of pursuing an MBA or LLM or other higher education pursuits.
I was contemplating giving SEBI/RBI legal officer exams since they start with a high payment. If not, then maybe after some years of slogging, join some in-house/bank as an in-house counsel.
Please give me suggestions on the above 2 choices and if there are any other options? Please note: Money matters a LOT for me but WLB will he my prime concern down the line.
Apologies for any inconvenience in any case, and we have added a 'start new conversation' button for you now - that was a good point, we had missed this.
The homepage at https //www.legallyindia.com/ should not be fundamentally different to what it was before, and is now mirroring what appears on the actual conversations homepage at https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/home (without the menus and filtering buttons and the like).
This 'convos' area of the site, has not changed though and is expected to be the main way of interacting with these forums. Ultimately, we are considering making the actual convos homepage ( https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/home ) the actual home page at https://www.legallyindia.com/ .
However, we are not yet 100% sure whether there is functionality or the layout in the old home-homepage that people would miss, so we are taking it step by step, so more feedback would always be welcome.
Would you and others be ok if convos/ became the home-homepage?
Then the random articles and snippets at the bottom of the page are clearly just AI trying to make sense of whatever was in an admittedly historic code repository?
Can we have a poll to see if we can revert to the previous page? I fully agree that a revamp would do well, but a half-hearted AI slop attempt should not be shipped when it impacts functionality to this extent.
You evidently don't want to be a lawyer if you want to start your career with studying for competitive exams on the side. Cramming for competitive exams on Saturdays while you spend the rest of the week masquerading as a lawyer isn't going to help with exam prep or with your legal career. There's a reason why sensible people take a year off to study, even those with financial constraints. Also, you're taking up space that could've been occupied by someone who is genuinely interested in a career in law.
From the firm's / chamber's perspective: Why would they want to invest a couple of years of training and compensation in someone who has their focus divided and is likely to run off to take a punt at a competitive exam?
How s the work culture and growth.
With BJP now in WB any chances of more TQ firms coming in Kolkata in next 2-3 years.
Please anyone
Trilegal top band is 35
KCo top band is 36
May be very soon S&R will also change the fixed and bonus split ratio in the pay. Right now the split is favourable to the lawyers as the fixed component is more.
https://x.com/pbhushan1/status/2094632198725116295
Alternatively, should I refuse to serve a notice period outrightly because I know she doesn't pay for notice period?