There is no such written rule of 10years. No where it written . Had that been so jindal wouldnt have rajkumar till now. But generally in state and central univ. The vc is appointed by political executive which you know changes ..different govt. Different ministers n soo on....that's why people would rarely get extensions ...however in nlus if chief justice wants then the vc can have 3rd term also..

I also admit that not everything has gone as planned. Butt you can't transform the way things have worked overnight. The mere fact that something like this has started is down to Sudhir. The fact that an Oxford-style tutorial system has been introduced and implemented is the key. Soon, things will be modified and better. That is why a ten-year stint isn't enough. We cannot return to leadership through mediocrity come 2029 September. We need a proper successor to him, who will be able to carry on.

I actually feel sorry for you on this one. Trouble is... sarcasm doesn't work on two categories of people: (i) those who don't understand what you're talking about - the category to which this incoming student belongs, most likely (I haven't yet met a yet-to-start law student knowing who Paul Craig is); and (ii) those who don't give two fucks about your poor attempt at a joke (me).

"Hostels could've been easily built"

Bruh the land only came to us last year. Do you know how long approvals and construction takes in this country? That too with tendering and other processes which are necessary in public institutions. Hostels won't be ready till 2030 at least

Is SLS Pune worth it? In terms of placements and faculty?

I'm from a middle class family and most probably won't have to take a loan. But it's still a huge investment for my family. I'm also a first generation lawyer. Most people are saying that it's not worth the fees. But why?

Please give your honest opinion. I'm really confused, so PLEASE HELP 🙏

Hi, can you please suggest places that are likely to hire people with 1PQE>, for in-house roles, as a switch from law firms!! Any suggestions for companies that are likely to welcome such?? Also, if you could provide a strategy to do so, for someone looking to work in trademark/ip matters!! any suggestions for Bengaluru, Indore, Kerala, Ahmedabad?? For a start!!

Its down for many reasons. Mostly the shit shape of our economy and its outlook.

1. There is no more cheap money. As the reserve banks raise interest rates a lot of reserve banks follow suit. With Inflation targetting, rate increases into the future is also baked in. Many lawyers here have only seen the era of cheap money. The era cheap money began from 2008 and somebody had to finally bite the bullet. India was a beneficiary of cheap money.

2. India is not an FII destination during the AI boom build out. All FII chasing returns are there investing and finding deals in AI. So not many stock deals either. Speculative fast money spent a lot of time in emerging market in the decade before, not anymore in this geopolitical environment. That money is going home - for some time too.

3. Even FDI for India is net negative with more outbound transaction with indian conglomerates investing more abroad for markets abroad. India conglomerates within its business families continue to run safe margin based businesses and not risk based business - there is no appetite for risk, be it R&D spend or aggresive expansion. Good sectors with potential like pharma continue to remain bleak too. Sun pharma went for its biggest acquisition abroad.

4. As the Rupee depreciates everything technically is cheaper for someone entering India but one sees India loves to protect its champions. Look what Tesla or BYD faces. Protectionism in the right places remains rampant in India and its alive to the point where genuine foreign interest in India has died. Minimal investments from foreign companies and many exits.

5. Indian manufacturing had a false start post covid in the 1+1 era. China managed to keep the +1 within ASEAN countries. India's hostility with China ensured this as we faced strict rare earth ban. Chinese supply chain controlled ruined an Indian rise in manufacturing. I dont know if the governement Press Note 3 was also a great idea as China knows how to hurt us more. Many chinese companies were hit with tax and fema violations that reeked of blowback. Not a good look. You always want predictability.

6. The geopolitical sceranio in the Trump 2nd term has been disastrous for a staid India. India faces a perpetual energy crisis, India lost access to Russian oil briefly which was a hedge in more ways than one. All of this means Indian consumption especially rural is down. India has handled Trump poorly hands down. I dont think anyone else would have done better - but that has definietely pushed to the back of the line in many things.

7. On top of that India is staring the bad end of a trade deal. A trade which we know is coming but India like fools didnt make a deal early and hung it out so late - it committed right before a court in the US ruled it all out being outside of Trumps powers, meaning sign up to any deal has no real value. This trade limbo has meant many bad consequences. A Ford re-entry died. It also means India agri wont have much time left to be subsidized.

8. India's genuine moat - IT sector - is slowing as the python of AI strangled before swallowing. Indian IT is the sole reason India didnt have the issues facing Sri Lanka, Pakistan or Nepal. Indian IT helps India keep its neck above water with balance of payments issues. This is going to be the biggest issue down the road. A lot of Indian middle class rose from this sector. This sector is struggling. A switch to more AI on foreign LLMs means the wage advantage is lost, as companies spend forex paying for tokens. The GCC play is not going to replace this moat either.

9. Even big projects have started to slowdown. The recent news that India is not going to buy Japanese trains for its HSR lines is actually a story about the govt straining its budget but has been shared with media as some sort of great indigenizarition measure. There is a genuine drawdown in terms of grandiose projects, because we dont have room on our balance sheet as our fiscal gap widens from the target.

10. The taxation policy remains punitive with state capacity means money is squandered. Tax admininstration remains poor, while direct and indirect collection has gone India's complexity index remains high. On the ground GST is a disaster worse than the government lets on - it is a genuine pain to get input credits back making it worse than the old excise and VAT regime.

11. India reforms have slowed down. Between IBC, GST and slow water down DPDP, a lot of novel legal work has already been squeezed out. IBC pushed restructuring work - that pipeline is slowing down as the NPA's have been cured. This has helped banks, but Indian banks wont get into another funding frenzy anytime soon.

12. The immigration pipeline out of India is also breaking apart in the face global anti immigration wave. How does this impact M&A? As companies are forced to become efficient wage efficiency is still deprioritized. They rather invest into AI/ Robots. This means offshoring to India is down. Look at a company like Honeywell which is downsizing and moving plants back to the developed world. Reversing offshoring kills many possible deals involving small and medium sized Indian companies who would have been offshoring targets or its suppliers.

All in all that is a dozen reasons - these many cuts - slow our economy down. The government and opposition should be shouting from the rafters about it. Instead our government is focussed on breaking opposition parties for a re-run at the delimitation amendment project to secure its reign for the next few decades. All of this means deal pipeline for M&A becomes a trickle.

I am seeing certain feminists sympathise with Siya and suggest that she was forced ro marry him and lied to. But the facts are clear:

1. She apparently already knew he was bald. So not a secret he hid. They weren't yet married, so she could have called it off.

2. Re forced marriage, she already had a bf, so this is not some shy village girl. She could have told her parents she doesn't want to marry.

I am so sorry. Why would you not go after your partner once it was clear you were being kicked out? You didn't have anything to lose then, should have made a public mess out of it.

Also, since you mentioned the term "managing associate" is it one of those 3 lettered acronymised firms which is not a big 6?

Hi everyone,

I am a penultimate-year law student, and I got shortlisted for an interview with AZB. I don't know what type of questions they ask, whether questions from the CV and past internship experiences or whether they test corporate law concepts and awareness about the latest developments or not.

Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hi, i have recently done LLM in IPR and I'm working in litigation ( does not have IPR in it). My aim for litigation was due to that 3 year practice for civil judge exam. But I have to think of the future and other possibilities. So if things don't work out will I have a problem from going from litigation to IPR after few years because there will be a gap in my LLM and IPR related work. I already had a year Gap while I studied for upsc but i decided to stick to legal field.Please advice me regarding this as I'm already slow then my peers and I'm feeling a bit anxious about my future path.

How are Jafar Alam and Vishrov Mukherjee, and what are their teams like? Are they good people to work under, and would it be worth applying to them?

I've been practising before the DHC for the past year, but not with a particularly large chamber or a very seasoned advocate, and I haven't worked on energy or electricity matters. Given that background, do you think either of them would still consider me?

Hi everyone.

I am a 5th year bba llb student and i have plenty of ipr internships and as it has become my niche, i wanna know how is the scope in this field. I have heard that its not as rewarding as other fields and i am very stressed now. Should i try to get corporate internships or should i countinue with ipr. Please let the know the salary of firms like remfry and sagar, anand and anand etc. and how to get recruited there.

OP here.

I have decided to go with NUJS.

In case someone in the future faces this dilemma, my reasoning came down to this -

1. Hostels get better after 1 st year
2. Slightly better placements
3. Slightly smaller batch size
4. Better faculty
5. More autonomy + More active student body
6. Better location and connectivity

I'm BO'31 too, I had to make this decision in after CLAT results last December. I eventually stuck with NUJS, though I've definitely had second thoughts since.

In its current state NLUJ is definitely better, and while NUJS has "legacy", the multitude of problems its currently ridden with (infra, VC, admin etc) might not be worth justifying for the sake of "prestige".

One can only hope that the new administration does this university some good. This institution has immense potential but is currently punching way below its weight.

Hi everyone,

I am a penultimate-year law student, and I got shortlisted for an interview with AZB. I don't know what type of questions they ask, whether questions from the CV and past internship experiences or whether they test corporate law concepts and awareness about the latest developments or not.

Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

If people come from broken homes, their leadership tends to be very broken and over-compensatory. Look to be mentored by balanced people always or you risk becoming versions of them. Something you will realize as you grow up. That sense of stability in a functional family translates into better leaders. These people can manage a team and raise better families. Others get pets both at home and office and treat their team like an expensive petting zoo.

So, I left my first job after 6 months. It was a tier 1 law firm, but my immediate senior was really toxic and I just didn't liked there. I was crying at office and at my home and to my family. Now, I am working with a tier 2 firm with a sort of tier 2 practice only for the past 2 years. Now, I am looking to switch to a tier 1 again, hopefully a better and good one.

Did I made the right decision?

If they have been offered VCship of an NLU, or Dean-ship of a private law college like BITS or Shiv Nadar or Bennet, then I have nothing to say. Congratulations and good luck to them.

If, on the other hand, it is because they were victims of politics, then that is indeed unfortunate. Not taking any names, but a certain person (who is not popular with students and is quite biased) has been given too much power.