Lumiere's Indirect Tax team consists of 2 associates and a "Director" (Mr. Deepak Thackur, AOR). The Direct Tax team consists of 4 people.

Significant litigation by both teams. They don't hire freshers though. Pay is well as the associates left LKS and shifted to lumiere.

Yeah, I mean. The tide is turning. The insane idea that productivity would go unchanged for all professions when people worked from home is finally being called it. Who do people think theyre kidding? its one thing to be dishonest to bosses, but folks are dishonest to themselves and each other.

I'm not even left-wing. Show me this abuse you speak of. I dont care about partisan allegations of misdeeds of judges, I dont care who does it more I just want it to stop- If left wing judges have done it it was wrong and its not a licence for the other party to sell out the country more, if theyre so opposed to corruption they should litigate corruption cases more instead of destroying the offices of the Lokayukta across states.

This issue isnt partisan. Both the left and the right should want a supreme court that is not beholden to the government of the day. One day the BJP might lose elections again- would you be happy then if judges engaged in similar corruption by passing pro-congress decisions hoping to get post retirement jobs? This issue is only about preserving the constitution and the independence of the judiciary and I dont know who in their right mind could oppose it. Why do you like corruption?

My college's Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC) (Tier 3 NLU) has invited applications for internships at Priti Suri & Associates and Phoenix Legal. I am in the final semester of my 4th year and my last internship was with a Tier 1 law firm. I want to know whether these firms are worth applying to in terms of the quality of work and future job prospects. Based on my rank, I am likely to secure both internships, but I will need to choose one. Given that my areas of interest are Corporate and Real Estate, which firm would be the better choice?

Damn! Some classy stuff on that page!

As for the 'institutional preference' question, both law and medicine are professional degrees. Distinction between PG medical courses and other professional postgraduate degrees is an artificial and silly one and things should not be thought about at all like this. All best wishes to Sudhir and team for this new direction.

Hello everyone!

I am a final-year law student graduating soon and looking to join a chamber in commercial disputes in Mumbai. I am particularly interested in arbitration, insolvency, contractual disputes, and company law matters. Keen on working with seniors actively arguing before the Bombay High Court and NCLT. Open to both established and upcoming chambers, especially those providing good exposure to drafting, strategy discussions, and court appearances. If you have any leads, suggestions or personal experiences, or can connect me with someone, please drop a comment.

I am a A3 at a t1 firm in Bangalore and have reacntly been very enticed by the prospect of owning a Fortuner . I have 20 Lahks saved up and 10 Lahks in mutual funds( I usually dont use my salary and live with my parents). Is it worth it or not?

yours faithfully,

A3

It is essentially because Ashwath and his team of senior partners and partners run a firm within the firm (i.e., bombay office of AZB). There mandates, rates, bonuses are all different from the rest of the firm. And the snobbery of the lowliest of associate from any of the teams operating under Ashwath. FFS. The team members behave as if they're minting the money and servicing clients' requirement singlehandedly instead of Ashwath.

He quotes abysmal rates to clients to keep generating work and outsources cheap mandates to other partners. Further, there is no scope of anyone else to grow. A person gets a client to AZB (Bom), they will be quoted sky-high rates, so much that the client will leave and the lawyer bringing the client will also be left shamefaced. Whereas existing bigshots (Ashwath et all) will bring mandates at rate cheaper than KCO, and no one will bat any eyelid.

Further the existing SAs, Counsels, Associates will be fed classist bullsh** that you're better than every firm in the market because yo do quality work not quantity based work. I mean anyone can see the VDDRs prepared by AZB (Del or Bom). Horrendous.

Kisi tarah dukaan chal rahi hai. Kab kya ho jaaye pata nahi.

So download this act called, Income Tax Act and try cntrl+F Input tax credit. Once you figure out that there is no mention of the same, you would have realised that your question has a fatal flaw. Then if you were still interested in doing some research kindly do the same, it is not that difficult to file your own ITR. But I feel you should hire a CA. Don't do kanjusi for a couple of thousands

"Institutional Preference" will now be given to NLS BA students for the 3 year and MPP courses.1 Why is this implemented at NLSIU, and is it even legal? In cases such as State of U.P. v. Dinesh Singh Chauhan, (2016) 9 SCC and Yatinkumar Jasubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat, (2019) 10 SCC 1, institutional preference was permitted only for postgraduate medical courses, which have historically been treated distinctly by the courts. Can this be legally justified for a regular B.A. course?

1. https://www.nls.ac.in/programme/b-a-hons/ control f "Institutional Preference"

You have too many things on your mind, dear fellow. You need to cut the clutter first. If you are looking to join a good under-graduate programme in social sciences, you have NLSIU, the usual suspects in DU North Campus, TISS Hyderabad, Ashoka. There are other good options like Jindal, SNU, etc. but who are also over-priced (my view) for what they offer. Better alternatives are available which do not require that much money at the cost of greater competition. But (fair) competition is nothing to run away from. Also, a pro-tip, do not compare yourself with another person. Never. You mentioned the student who was recently awarded a scholarship. Good for her. But do not blindly rely on her and others’ academic/professional journey to dictate your own. You are on your own time and your own path. Learn from others but do not strive to become like them. Become your own person (yes, the cliché is true). Figure out what you want and what you absolutely do not want. Then decide four or five places where you can go and do what you want, meet interesting folks, work diligently and scrupulously, and you will have a good career and a clean conscience before you know it. Feel free to reply to this message with any other concerns or doubts you may have. All the best in whatever you decide, dear fellow.

bro in law, anything except corpp law( law firm) have immense struggle. due high nepotism unlike medical if someone struggle through UG, PG and PG/MS one can really have a decent or excellent career depending on skill. alternative of corp is litigation, research, academia and policy. In litigtaion getting good chamber and salary is very difficult if your are not from influential family( nepo) or tier1 ( that too also serves as connection). avg salary in delhi chamber are 20-25k if one find a decent senior or chamber (No fix working hour even on sunday). in policy few centre are good but they take it from top college provided if one has good writingskills

This is a must step. For the first time, SBA is taking a firm stand, otherwise, the previous and to some extent the current president also worked for their own interest. One of the presidents just wanted to satisfy his self-ego and in that process jeopardized the interest of the whole student body. Thank god he is not there anymore.

the 'training phase' lasts for two years and is 'low paid', you have to remember that LLB is taught for three years in the UK (straight after leaving school), so these two years are seen as practical training/apprenticeship.

After qualification the salary structure is one of the best in private sector, leaving a few finance jobs.

https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/law-firm-salaries-compared

https://www.thelawyer.com/trainee-newly-qualified-salaries-uk-law-firms/

https://www.rollonfriday.com/inside-info

Okay this seems to be a very confused thread.

You cannot "start your career as filing lawyer in SC". Being an AOR requires at least 5 years' experience. Secondly, an AOR is not supposed to be a mere rubber-stamp. Unfortunately, there are some into such practice, but that practice is frankly looked down upon.

You can still argue in whichever forum, so why your question assumes a dichotomy between arguing in HC/District Courts or simply filing in SC is beyond my comprehension. These things are not mutually exclusive. And you also miss out on another possibility: argue in SC!

Irrespective of all of the above, none of these are the reasons for the "AOR concept" to be abolished. It does not exist to create a "charm" as your post presupposes. The reasons for the AOR system to be there continue to exist as on today.

In a dramatic escalation between students and the administration, the SBA of NLSIU has fired a blistering broadside at the university’s controversial attendance policy.

The SBA didn't mince words in a strongly worded communiqué to the S.B., branding the attendance policy “draconian.”

I have a drop year, I was a med reject (sorry but saying it bluntly) thanks to the NEET scam (had a 642 out of 720 which is definitely good but not for this year). My interest towards med has dwindled and I have had a interest in public policy and polsci including law.

I have filled MHCET law but am unsure if I should pursue law as a career. Even GLC Mumbai (the topmost college of MHCET) has zero college life and have no idea of what to expect from law as a career (first gen).

Sure about that I don't want to go for corporate (if I had interest then I would have gone for IPMAT or JEE or would have considered law seriously and would have not missed CLAT) but into public policy or litigation or judiciary (have not much idea about it and only DJS seems to be the right option as delhi rewards you for being in the government services+ Rohini is miles better than Begulsarai or Nanded)

Should I give CET law and go for 5 year? Or go for a english/polsci/zoology/biological science/liberal arts degree in DU/IISER/Ashoka or any UG for that matter and then write the NLSAT and DU LLB exam? Can we go for law abroad in the commonwealth countries or in the US?

Or if we go for a LLM after LLB (3 year) then? A girl from NLSIU (3 year) ended up in Oxford and she was a LSR grad in polsci. So something like that-might help in practising in the courts?

And even if I decide to go for corporate (which I am sure I won't) then will I have the option? Please help.

Before you go for a muscle car, please read:

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/jeremy-clarkson/clarkson-american-muscle-cars

and then figure out in which Indian city you can drive around in one.

Personally, I'd go for a Mustang or a Dodge Charger.

Hello, I intend on taking up a course to improve my knowledge on the working in the M&A and PE/VC industry. So there's LLM from Jindal, there's this course from EBC 1-Year Corporate Law Mastery Programme (Diploma) and lastly this course from The Legal School on M&A PE/VC (came across this one through a friend, unsure of its legitimacy). Please help me choose. I'm currently working inhouse and want to improve my knowledge on Companies Act and transactions in all.

GNLU's recent conference on business law and policy has been an absolute nightmare.

our paper had been selected to be presented at the conference.

then these people took over 1K each from me and my co-author for registration (fair enough ig)

after this we got a mail saying that accommodation, despite the crazy reg fee, would not be provided to us. If we need accommodation we would have to pay 1000 PER PERSON PER NIGHT.

am i being crazy or is this unreasonable? most conferences i feel have the decency to provide free acco to their participants. lmk guys

Looks like a new comer to Mumbai...i had the same feedback when i first landed in Mumbai in 2016. Having lived in Delhi/Gurgaon for 4 years (and Lucknow all my life), I felt that the city was very rude. The cabbie, autowala, every person on the road seemed rude. Now that I have lived for 9 years, I realize that the "rudeness" appears primarily because of the Marathi language. While conversing with Mumbaikars/Marathis, (especially when you are coming from the city of tehzeeb) you feel offended in every conversation and soon conclude that the people are rude. Trust me, its not like that. The interesting part about the language is that it changes from city to city - Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur, every place has a different tone. Mumbaikars are nicer than Pune. I had the opportunity to live in Pune and didn't like it for its shitty/so-called development, randomness in everything and pathetic local interactions (rudeness level same as Bangalore!). I hope I was able to give some perspective. Give some time, you will stop hating (if not like/love) this place.

If I go by this website and the critics here then no firm and no team is worth joining. All are the worst in the industry. Then I check linkedin and many people are working there for many years without much cry. Does this mean the worst of the profession arrive at this platform?

This is nonsense. As per rules, Foreign law firms are only going to advise on foreign law aspects. The way this hits law firms is that these corporate sweatshops will have to pay better and give more humane conditions else talent will move to foreign law firms. Individual practitioners are no where hit by it.

Work culture at the AJC Bose Road (Corporate Office) is pretty bad, unless you're a Bong who would fit in well. Professionalism isn't their forte. A certain senior associate is known to be loud all the time, and always got problems with juniors. Partners take hours to have their lunch, while loudly discussing unrelated topics among themselves. The receptionist, ▮▮▮, was a complete pain in the arse for most interns.

Pay differs, depending on your university. They offered us 16.5 LPA packages, which is genuinely good for Kolkata, but I doubt they shell out anywhere as much for non-NLU grads.

Work-life balance may be slightly better than Delhi/Mumbai based law firms (although Saturdays are working), but again, comes at a cost to learning and professionalism.

If you're culturally very much Bengali, have a place to stay in Kolkata, and not very ambitious right away, F&M may be the place for you. If not, then seek opportunities elsewhere.

It's a good old legacy firm with all the trappings of one. The culture isn’t too corporate, and the hierarchy isn’t very rigid. In terms of pay, they specifically offer NUJS graduates significantly higher salaries, though I’m not sure about their policy on NLU graduates more broadly.

KCO’s only big problem in the long run is reporting to multiple partners in the cluster. Cannot go on a leave without intimating all of them, even then if one denies you fucked Bandwidth is never taken care of because every partner cares about their work getting done. Huge problem in the Mumbai one must be similar in Delhi

The basis for entry is the India-UK FTA, which has been stalled for several years by five domestic lobbies in India:

- SILF and desi law firms

- Desi accountancy firms

- Desi car manufacturers

- Desi whisky manufacturers

- Desi chocolate manufacturers

There is also the Adani factor with respect to legal sector liberalisation. IYKYK.

Anyone who is doing a PhD from NLUO, could you please provide some details on the course. I'm skeptical about the university administration, however they're providing 30K per month for PhD, which no NLU is providing. As a non-Jrf, Should I join ? Is it worth it for the next 3-5 years ?