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Since SJA in this and other issues as well has proved to be a self serving medium for an entitled brass, bin it. SJA does not exist in the NUJS Act. It is merely a creation of the founding VC and the monopoly has been allowed by the admin. Refuse it and have your own thing. Stay united.
While you all get the sack, guess you gets to enjoy the gravy? SAK.
Iam currently a first year student at SLSP and gave CLAT 2026 the three questions i have in short from everyone is
1. Is there any Impediment if one starts law school at 20 )social, career progress, ageism in law school, placement preference)
2. Is it worth leaving SLSP for greener pastures are they actually greener? Context SLSP has swelled its batch size to over 600 and is not faring well administratively or academically there isnt much exposure overall disheartening.
3. NLUJ being closest to home will have a little bias for me but is it the best out of the three?
All opinions appreciated
Thank you
Please at least verify the judgment and read it in depth before trusting any UPSC tom-dick-harry money sucking coaching's webpage.
Calling any criticism of a closed briefing circle “socialism” is a neat trick. It saves you the trouble of explaining why the same surnames keep winning musical chairs. Observation, sadly, isn’t ideology.
And if your only creed is money and stimulation, fair enough—but sneering at ethics while demanding trust is like mocking brakes while insisting you’re a great driver. Bold. Brief. Usually ends badly.
But do carry on evangelising. Faith, after all, is most useful when evidence is in short supply.
The only difference is people don't accept bsc llb as the same thus not very concerned about them.
Wonder who's this celebrity judge?
I would really appreciate ANY advice whatsoever, but please be kind, I don't want to come off as entitled or anything, I'm just geniunely confused.
I've often seen multiple Associates etc. with an LI tab perpetually open on their laptop but wonder if this practice permeates all the way to partners and up and whether this has had any notable occurrences/side effects till now?
Bad days comes but it depends on the surviver how much time it remains
Why can't you just say "white" and have done with it, you massive creep?
Anyone. And I mean anyone including senior practitioners who say this is a great place to work at. .... My dear. They are getting their fees on time or your senior doesn't want you. Oh and the most important part. .... They have never worked under the same roof. The grass is always greener on the other side and I beleive ya'll should really send your own kids here without these guys knowing it's your kid.
Do not go for anyone's birthday here SPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE POLITELY invited. If you want to ... Go at your own risk but please .... Do not take a thing to Eat or Drink. Preserve your dignity. If you eat something here even by accident at a group gathering specially birthdays MAKE SURE you are paying it or make a public announcement that yes you have eating something from the table and also paid for it upfront in front of everyone regardless of their designation.
PAY : Take the Seed off that pea nut. No my friend. You don't get what's left ( the bigger pieces of the nut you get the chaff ) You will be working your arse off In excess of 18 hours at times here with nothing.
CONVEYANCE : Travel by local train ( cab, Olas and Ubers are beyond their budget, late night cab sanctions... Don't even think about it. Not even at the railways station. Apparently their aukad is toooooooooooo high ) reimbursements ( if they feel ) after a month and a half.
Offer Letter : Don't ask for it. Kaam baaki hai.
Letter confirming Appointment : Whats that ?
Rest is upto you boss what you wanna do here with your life and future. ( If you think you have one ). There's a lot more curses people have thrown and believe me people are ready to suffer to throw curses and theres a whole lot of it coming their way in this lifetime.
2 weeks through reference/cold mailing.
3 weeks through competitions
4 weeks through placement cells
Tonga is a small but geostrategically important country in the Pacific Ocean. China and Australia are battling for influence in Tonga, while Modi has also met with the PM on Tonga.
Let's discuss this.
I would add one more bugbear for me other than Leiter's (which I share). That is this utterly mind-blowing tendency of lawyers (lawyers!!) and law students (law students!!) from the supposed Harvards and Yales of the East not knowing what 'discrimination' means, using that word inappropriately and being so utterly irresponsible, brash, careless, reckless and negligent in their use of language as to make this word almost meaningless. Please go back, pick up a book on equality law and learn what it means. Then talk about anything else. Or, don't use the word 'discrimination'.
Instead, I urge you to watch this supremely sensible Pakistani review—one that will likely unsettle India’s self-proclaimed liberals and neo-Sanghis in equal measure, precisely because it refuses to perform outrage on command:
https://youtu.be/XSqNvv-L_7A
Special mention to anyone willing to share this with Arfa Khanum Sherwani, who appears to have abandoned critical engagement altogether on The Wire, opting instead for a breathless call to boycott Dhurandhar.
Mods of LI: before rushing to adjudicate, do yourselves the courtesy of actually watching the review. Thank you.
Second, surround yourself with people who bring constructive thoughts, joy and hope into your life. Avoid those who are spreading toxicity.
Finally, it seems like your circumstances are, to an extent, at rock bottom. Therefore, adopt the Harry Potter mentality as he boards the train to Hogwarts. I forgot how Rowling expresses it exactly, but here is an (at least 50%, I hope) accurate paraphrase: whatever he must be going to would have to be better than what he was leaving behind. Concentrate on your post-university destination, and think in those terms.
I hope that this isn't 100% unhelpful.
2. any dress code that the firm follows - formals
3. till what time do the people work there? - depends from team to team
4. are 2nd and 4th saturday off? - all sats are off
https://theprint.in/ground-reports/indian-school-of-business-globally-top-ranked/2806256/
The publication of the draft list is likely to intensify the political uproar in Bengal over SIR. Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has opposed the exercise and accused the Centre and the Election Commission of using SIR to delete the names of lakhs of eligible voters ahead of the election.
The BJP, on the other hand, has alleged that Mamata Banerjee's offensive against SIR is aimed at protecting her vote bank that comprises illegal immigrants. "Mamata Banerjee is creating a ruckus as she fears losing power since the deceased, fake and illegal voters are being removed. Trinamool only has a difference of 22 lakh votes with BJP," Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2026-over-58-lakh-names-deleted-as-poll-body-publishes-bengals-sir-draft-list-9823287
So not all saffron can be attributed to who you hint. Not all Janta are Jokers although it is getting increasingly confusing and fuzzy. By your logic all Greens are thieves here. And Kindness Supremo even did a walkathon claiming such along with the merry men who later caused the Messi mess
QUOTE:
Mamata Banerjee has announced an inquiry committee headed by retired Justice Asim Kumar Ray. However, confidence in this process is low due to Ray’s past role in Mohun Bagan-Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) merger where he allegedly helped Swapan Banerjee, the chief minister’s brother to become the club’s football secretary.
“Asim Ray himself is a controversial figure. Choosing him is another mistake. When he was given the responsibility to resolve the deadlock at Mohun Bagan Club, this very Asim Ray further confused matters by announcing 'ATK Mohun Bagan.' Consequently, what kind of investigation will take place is predictable!” asked veteran sports journalist Shyam Sundar Ghosh.
https://thewire.in/article/politics/shame-screams-kolkata-messis-g-o-a-t-visit-turns-into-a-monumental-embarrassment/
Just a general question - does LL.M make a difference in your employability even if one does it from a top university?
Please help, Thank You.
1. How is the work,
2. what is the best location to apply for
3. which teams are best, how is the GC team
Thanks
Yes, your right of audience is guaranteed by your advocate’s licence. What is not guaranteed is the manner in which that right is received. Courtesy, patience, indulgence, and judicial elasticity are rationed commodities. They are dispensed not by law, but by lineage, reputation, and proximity to power.
This reality was made painfully clear to me some fifteen years ago. A now-retired celebrity judge—then a leading, second-generation senior advocate—was before a Supreme Court judge who had little appetite to grant relief. When signalled to wrap up, the senior did the unthinkable: he simply refused. He announced, without apology, that he would continue arguing. No junior could have survived such insubordination. But pedigree alters physics. The judge yielded, the arguments continued, and a conveniently favourable order followed.
The episode left behind an unavoidable question: would that latitude ever have been extended to me? Or to any lawyer without inherited authority, institutional insulation, or myth already built into their name? The answer, of course, is no. There is no level playing field. There never was.
At the Supreme Court, greatness is less often earned than conferred. Privilege is not an incidental advantage—it is the entry ticket. Without it, the honest options are bleak but clear: clear the AoR exam, attach yourself to a senior, remain useful, remain loyal, and survive on intermittent professional alms. Competence may buy you more work; it will not buy you power.
The system rewards obedience dressed up as apprenticeship, dependence masquerading as mentorship, and hierarchy repackaged as tradition. Those who pretend otherwise are either beneficiaries of the arrangement—or its most devoted apologists.
Any Course or association that we need to join?
2. “Advocacy, ethics”? I do not know about you, but I am a hardcore commercial lawyer whose only credo is competence, intellectual stimulation, making money and trust from my clients. You are laughable naive young man.
This ruling states that article 19 can be enforced against private actors. Is this true ? What would enforcement of this even look like in practice. would it enable courts to prohibit platforms from censoring people or individuals from commiting violence against individuals engaging in inflammatory speech ?
This does not mean that accusations of bias were motivated or misplaced. But this is solid reporting. Even earlier it had done a great scoop on Meira Kumar when she was the opposition candidate for Prez. No other media including the political ones uncovered it.
But SJA can demand and ensure that inquiries instituted by EC are completed in timely and transparent manner and those reports are shared in full with the GB. If the SJA makes serious allegations against those in authority then it should share the evidence with GB and not scoot and shoot when questioned by GB.
This SJA is ▮▮▮ and the brass must get an exemplary send off.
#NeverAgain
I am thinking of joining Adani and then later switching to CAM’s Ahmedabad office (GC/Projects team). Is it possible? Has anyone made a similar switch? No trolling please, I am genuinely feeling hopeless.
For those who couldn't get reference
Three years ago, I joined with such high hopes, excitement, and a clear goal in mind—but now, it feels like I'm on a sinking ship that's deteriorating day by day. We need urgent, immediate intervention! Almost every day, we're bombarded with endless "mail wars," and petty outrage that leave me deeply uncertain and anxious about my future career.
How much longer can we endure this chaos ?
Any Suggestion how to survive in this?
Tf no they dont
Hopefully MBs will also strengthen their in-house teams now
“This verdict may surprise many people, but it did not surprise me. As early as 2020, I began to feel that something was not right. Even the prosecution noticed changes in the way the case was being handled, especially when it came to one particular accused,” Bhavana wrote.
While the case was assigned to judge Honey after Bhavana herself petitioned for a woman judge to hear the case, the years that followed had seen the prosecution and the survivor allegedly face hostility from the court itself.
In a statement published on December 14, Bhavana listed six reasons for why she lost faith in the trial court. She wrote:
* “My fundamental rights were not protected. The most important evidence in this case - the memory card was found to have been illegally accessedthree times while it was in court custody.”
* “Two public prosecutors resigned from this case, stating clearly that the court environment had become hostile towards the prosecution. Both of them personally told me not to expect justice from this court, as they felt it was biased.”
* “I repeatedly requested a proper investigation into the tampering of the memory card. However, the investigation report was never given to me, until I kept asking again and again.”
* “While I was fighting for a fair trial, the accused filed a petition requesting that this same judge continue to hear the case. This raised even more serious doubts in my mind.”
* “l even wrote letters to the Honourable President of India and the Honourable Prime Minister of India, expressing my concerns and seeking intervention!”
* “I requested the court to conduct the proceedings in an open court, so that the public and media could be present and see for themselves what was happening. This request was denied.”
She further said, “Over the years, I approached the High Court and the Supreme Court multiple times, clearly stating that I did not trust this court. Every request to move this case away from the same judge was dismissed. At the end of the day, this verdict made me realise how strongly human judgement can shape decisions. I also know that every court does not function in the same way.”
https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/six-reasons-why-i-lost-faith-in-trial-court-bhavana-reacts-to-actor-assault-verdict
What genuinely baffles me, however, is that the film has remained in theatres for over a week. That simply doesn’t happen unless a film holds its ground on first principles.
Which made me think—why not ask the legal community for its views? Surely, we understand better than most the distinction between hate propaganda and meaningful entertainment or storytelling.
Let’s discuss!
now insider stuff: all UK unis have an excel sheet which has different Indian unis pegged at diff entry %, for most NLUs it is 60-65% (except for oxbridge), I am surprised that KCL asked you for 67% (which is a bit odd, usually they ask max 65). anyhow, follow my advise above and you should be fine
If calling out a cartelised briefing ecosystem is dismissed as a “child denied a toy,” that says more about how normalised gatekeeping has become than about the critique itself.
Also, treating “duffers and dalcops with contempt” is an odd credo for a profession that still pretends to value advocacy, ethics, and open competition. But perhaps contempt is the only language that sustains closed clubs.
You’re welcome to disagree. But sneering is not a rebuttal — it’s an admission that the discomfort struck home.
I'm 22 and am enrolled in a local college.I took 2 years of drop post school and have been in this college for a year now.I appeared for this year's clat and am scoring around 97.Should I leave my college and join a T1 or should I continue here?Any suggestions would be appreciated thank you!