Successful GC candidates (60K) outnumber successful OBC candidates (36K), SC candidates (16K) and ST candidates (3K).

The pass requirement for both GCs and OBCs is 45%. For SCs and STs it is relaxed to 40%.

So GC > OBC + SC+ ST and OBC>SC + ST, despite a higher cut-off.

https://www.allindiabarexamination.com/img/PressReleasedated18.07.2026.pdf

Hi. I failed in 8 subjects in a top 3 NLU. Graduated with 4 job offers, including two T1 law firms. It can still work out.

First off, make sure that you absolutely kill it in every possible subject next year. I got a nearly full GPA in the next semester, and that clearly helped. You have to use that to build a believable narrative so as to say that while you had to take some time off due to a certain emergency, your command on the grades reflects that there could not have been an academic reason for this.

Then, just make sure that whenever you intern and wherever you intern, you make the absolute most of it. You ought to be so good that the question of checking your marks does not arise. If you don't wait for Day Z and get a PPO recommendation from your internship, noone will care about your marks.

All the best. :)

Why are Senior Advocates so resistant to appearing before trial courts, even newly designated ones like Swathi Sukumar and J Sai Deepak (who are protesting)? Is it because it's a hit to their ego and people will gossip that they appear before trial courts? Or because of billing rates?

This is being driven by the IP bar with foreign clients, but it's actually great for clients. The standard practice is that you bill Microsoft 10-20 lakhs for a Delhi HC suit, plus another 15-20 lakhs for 2-3 Senior Advocate appearances. Now, you can bill Microsoft the 5-6 lakhs for a district court suit, plus another 2-3 lakhs for 2-3 appearances by a non-Senior Advocate, or a younger Senior Advocate willing to swallow his/her ego and appear before the district court.

Microsoft will still get favourable orders in straightforward copyright cases (which are the majority of cases). For complex cases (which are not that many) they can still go to the HC with higher fees.

So a HUGE saving for clients. No problem. Bring it on.

Needed help with the corp mna teams in Bangalore at trilegal.

How are the partners? Is kosturi Adhunika etc good to work with? How is their team?

also what all work these teams do? Is it pure transaction work or gen corp heavy?

Thank you in advance for all the inputs.

Working in a Tier-1 law firm or the legal team of an MNC in India means that even if you are not as capable as your peers, you will still be valuable in the future hiring market. That is the reality. A Tier-1 law firm or MNC tag will help you for at least 3 years after you exit these places, and it brings you credibility for a lifetime.

​Consider it like this: a bottom-of-the-barrel LLB student in NLSIU/NALSAR versus the top student in an unknown college in West Bengal. Who will have more hiring opportunities?

The bottom-of-the-barrel student from NALSAR, not the best student from West Bengal. The NALSAR LLB tag will help you for the first 3 to 5 years after you graduate, and it gives you lifetime credibility throughout your life. It is unfortunate, but it happens.

You talk to an external recruiter, you will understand this better.

How can law students afford pubs, bars and cafés? Unless they are from JGLS, Symbi or some expensive college..

Most lawyers I know started going to these places to 'chill' after getting a law firm/in house job or 7PQE in litigation. As a student how are you getting such money?

The Legend of the "Simple" Tax lawywe
He dreamt of courts, of robes, of fame,
A litigator! his proud claim.
With confidence both bold and ample,
He'd always say, "Let's keep it simple!"
Yet every file grew twice its size,
With notes, annexures, and surprise.
The "simple" path we'd hoped to see,
Became a legal family tree!
When hearing day would finally come,
We'd think, "Today's the beating drum!"
But somehow fate would intervene...
"An adjournment!: the favourite scene.

Hi, OP here. My general plan (because the specifics have been very difficult for me to get) is to use the LLM (this roughly translates to networking, work under professors or intern with tech policy places in wherever I end up) as a way of finding myself a job in the field. My greatest concern of course here is if what I've laid out would let me get a job with a sponsored bar (I'm having trouble determining what degree of "excellence" makes it worth it to hire me, I'm hoping the B2-C1 proficiency plays a role in this).

If not strictly policy or research I'd still want to use that experience to pivot to regulatory or advisory law firms there that do this sort of work (this is more thought out of them having the funds to sponsor me). The reason this is a little uncertain is largely due to my lack of on the ground information regarding Brussels or Netherlands (honestly struggling to narrow it down to one).

This is just "in the air" plans, but I'd consider a PHD only for largely 2 reasons (I'm hoping it's clear I have a general interest in research by now), universities have the ability to sponsor candidates and secondly most of these universities have centers of research in Technology law & policy where I'd also be able to work on this. I do realize that getting a PHD is stupendous amounts of work so this is a pretty "in the air plans".

If all hell broke lose and everything I've thought out of is full of shit I would pivot to any array of job (I don't mean minimum wage because that wouldn't serve any purpose) which staying there I realise is more "in demand" and that I had an access to, whether that be on transferability of skill, connections, luck or otherwise. (this if of course a horrible scenario I really wouldn't want happening, but then again I'm taking absurd risk in this climate).

I hope that gives you an idea ? (sorry I'm a little lost, I'd appreciate any help).

Well, that ends it then. All those fake reels by elite NLU/Jindal girls caked in makeup, saying “Day in the Life of a T1 associate/Supreme Court junior.” Trying to show that their work is chill and they have ample time for gym, pickleball, Netflix etc.

TBH it was getting out of hand. I saw a few such reels and got bombarded with hundreds later. Something similar perhaps happened to one BCI uncle and he decided to out a stop to it.

Also conveys a misleading impression that law firm/chamber life is very relaxed. Only true for nepo babies.

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/bci-prescribes-code-for-law-interns-social-media-posts-on-internship-no-more-day-in-chamber-lawyer-life-type-reels-541795

In addition to his comment, I want to point out one thing. The IP lawyers are saying that Delhi High Court has delivered great judgements by virtue of being a first instance IP court. But then many others can argue that then the Delhi High Court should also hear tax, corporate and consumers matters at first instance, instead of tribunals!

https://x.com/grumpeoldman/status/2077762027490259139

Would it really be such a bad thing if NUJS is merged into Jadavpur University, as someone says here?

The campus stays the same, while NUJS receives more funds and it becomes an IoE. NUJS could also receive more parcels of land. There is a plot belonging to JU just next to the campus.

Are the recordings still available? Whoever leaked it should have leaked it to WikiLeaks, rather than these social media platforms.

To the question itself, I don’t think that Jindal is going through a financial crisis. On the contrary, they are making a lot of money. The question is whether this is being allocated for faculty and student welfare, or whether the money is being diverted to Jindal Steel. In other words, whether JGLS is being treated as a subsidiary of Jindal steel, rather than a nonprofit University.

I really don’t know why the moderator marked this post as trollish. I really wish the moderator set aside his ideology and look at things neutrally. If students of a certain university consistently oppose a political party, do you really expect that political party to have sympathy towards that university?

The post says: “The role has two sides: engaged work with the State Government, and independent legal and policy research”

While it’s possible that Arghya could eventually become for Swapan Dasgupta what Prashant Kishor was to Abhishek Banerjee, I think the immediate need for the govt is for an organisation that can help with the following:

- Drafting a UCC for the state

- Drafting policies for eviction of hawkers

- Draft policies for land use and new projects

- Draft pitches for investors

Given that governments in Bengal tend to serve for a long time, and that the TMC is finished, this will be a major revenue source for Vidhi for at least a decade.

Failed engineers in IIT kgp? This shows how dumb IQ you have indeed. With this dumb IQ you are presuming to match with kho guys? They eat such dumb fellow in their breakfast everyday. First know about IIT kgp standard then speak non sense.

PS- I am only talking about engineers there as this poor fellow has some prospective of it.

So I came across a couple of consultants who claim they can place you in legal jobs - inhouse and law firms by charging a small fee upfront and a success fee post you get placed. Thing is they won't tell you anything about their procedure or roadmap until you enroll. Are they genuine?

Hi, I just got an email saying I am being held back from being promoted to my 3rd year in a tier-1 NLU because of a 1st-year course I failed. I now have 6 months "freed up" before I can rejoin the uni. What can I do to compensate for this setback so that these months are not a waste?
Also, I am riddled with shame since an academic failure of this sort is a new experience for me, so I need to fill up my schedule for the next 6 months so I don't spiral. How will I ever fit in with my peers anymore, though? Is this year-back situation normal/ common? Surely this won't completely ruin my career/ internship prospects, will it?

My impression of ELP offices:

Delhi Non-Tax Disputes: Tier 1 practice on Instagram, ▮▮▮

Delhi Tax Disputes: Headed by "the legend." ▮▮▮.

Mumbai Non-Tax Disputes: Some young, promising names, but time will tell how they perform. With Naresh Thacker and Jeetu's departures, the practice will take some time to find its footing

Mumbai Tax Disputes: Both are, ▮▮▮

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Time will tell how these practices eventually shape up.

Hi, i am 5th year student at T2 NLU. With decent internships and assessments lined up - i dont feel like telling this to anyone, as i think some people of my college who know people at the firm i am going to intern would tell some random shit about me, even though there is absolutely nothing that can affect my CV/Career - no disciplinary action nothing absolutely. But i fear that this may end up me losing the job.

Is this even possible or its just a random thought?

I am thinking of shifting to an In-house position but all the positions require prior experience or knowledge in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. I have only ever worked in litigation. Can someone please give some relevant resources that I can go through to get a working knowledge enough for a job-interview.

But the point is ELP doesn’t give great annual increments. And the bonus is doled out in two tranches, 40% in April and 60% around October - a system that effectively makes it difficult for people to switch to a different firm because the amount of money locked-in till end of the year. I would rather have a system that at least offers decent increments and bonus in one go every year.

Jadavpur U (another state university) gets ₹250 crores from the state government, in addition to ₹1000 crores from the central government, while WBNUJS (a state university as well) gets a meagre ₹4.55 crores (less than the price of an upper-middle-class apartment). At this rate, WBNUJS will be better off if it is subsumed within Jadavpur U as its Law School.

Vidhi is pretty much the only decent think tank still in business, as the Modi govt has shut others down. But it’s very interesting that they would choose Kolkata for their second office.

The new BJP govt has huge plans for the state and will presumably need assistance to make presentations and speeches, plus drafting policies. Any coincidence that Arghya Sengupta is originally from the city? Did Sanjeev Sanyal and Swapan Dasgupta encourage Vidhi/Arghya to set up shop? Any possibility of Arghya himself becoming a minister or advisor or Rajya Sabha MP?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vidhi-centre-for-legal-policy_hiring-researchjobs-publicpolicy-activity-7483803827263979520-Fwp2

The Vice Chancellor of Jindal Global Law School held a faculty meeting with the law school on March 2026, whose edited recordings had been recently leaked on Instagram and Twitter but have since been deleted and/or taken down. Toward the end of this meeting during Q&A, one of the senior-most faculty members in the humanities side had posed a direct question to the VC about whether JGLS is undergoing a "financial crisis" as faculty were being continuously being deprived of services contractually provided to them by the university, new faculty were not provided housing accommodation by the university, salary increments were low, free internet services were withdrawn, all university exams have been shifted to remote mode (no handwritten and physical on-campus exams) and how HR seemed to be manipulating payslips/tax related documents. In the recordings, the VC took offense to the question and said that the faculty were provided too many privileges that are being rightly withdrawn and that no other university abroad offers such privileges. He obviously did not address the concerns (the elephant in the room). Beating around the bush, he targeted the senior faculty, a minority, who raised her grievance in front of hundreds of other faculty members and said that in case any of you are unhappy with the university for any reason, you are free to leave. He said that "we" do not want unhappy faculty in this institution. In fact if a faculty wishes to resign today, he is happy to have HR waive the notice period for them and help them step out tomorrow. Is this how the leader of India's supposed number one law school should be treating his fellow faculty? Is there any space in the law school to voice one's grievances?

I also gave an interview today. I am from a tier three nlu with the single digit batch rank. The interview was mostly technical based on CV. I dont think it went extremely well.

Btw I had gotten the first internship after directly applying on the internship email on the website (Ik it is hard to believe), impressed the partner and team got a call back, call back went well and got recommended for an interview.

I am not sure if I have good chances. I answered all the basic law related questions well, some more technical, I could not.

If anyone can help me, if I would get it or not then it would be helpful

I'm interning at a law firm, it specializes in Capital Markets and Transactions. From A0 to Associate Partners, everybody here relies on chatgpt. They tell the interns to use chatgpt. It is so scary if somebody wants to do a manual research because they ask us to "start with AI search and then back track". What are your opinions?

these law firms are totally insane; they give away internships through contacts like anything! And if they are to shortlist students then all of a sudden what matters the most to them are ranks; and then they also look for good tier-1s on the cv, which yet again is through connections (in a lot of cases).

like SAM is totally totally okay and happy with a Rank 40 joining internship via contacts, but if its a rank 16 w/o any connections/applying through the college you stand no chance, bcoz only top 10 deserve it right!

so sick of these firms

I joined Rise Legal as an intern, and it was a terrible experience for me. They pay freshers only ₹25,000 as associates while expecting them to work under immense pressure. The work environment was full of gossip within their small team, which made it even more unpleasant.

I had travelled from my city to South Delhi for this internship. Then, without any proper notice, they asked both me and my co-intern (who had been working there even before I joined) not to come to the office anymore. They also withheld our internship certificates despite all the work we had done.

What even... They don't do "GC". They do a lot of DCM work, and also play second fiddle to the ECM teams at SAM when it comes to BFSI clients. Also some fintech work - publicly a lot of fintech PR from their side, but that will be a fraction of work done, though fairly interesting. Also not a small team by any means - easily around 20+ members when I worked with them a little while back.

If you are looking for pure pure projects - then only TL (Neeraj and Nayantara), KCO - Neel and Divyansh and the smaller firms with Govt work would fit the bill.

Most others, including Avirup, Deepto, Arun etc are either more focused on M&A or Land or something to do with projects/ infra

So i have graduated from a t2-nlu (bo'26) and i have been applying at several positions but good firms (in terms of work and not work culture) require people with PQE and i get rejected without even being interviewed. Does anyone have any suggestions of any law firms which are currently hiring freshers and for whom the recruitment cycle isn't over yet.

Fewer Marwaris in law than others, as they are traditionally a business community and doing well there. Same applies to baniya caste people from other states. Among other communities and castes the number is heathy. Many Shudras and Yadavs now in law, post reservation for so many decades.

But Muslim representation is low relative to their numbers. Even there it is mostly the higher caste Muslims and not the pasmandas.

Hello, got an internship in saraf and partners (disputes team) in hyd, not mentioning specifics as dunno whether they’ll figure out the poster :) kindly provide insights as to work culture etc. considering the fact that I’ve another internship lined up as well but its an in house role, thanks

Whether the allotment of hostel seats to SC, ST, OBC, and North-Eastern students at Central Universities without statutory backing under a Central law is legally justified, or whether the same is unconstitutional as the Indian Parliament has never enacted any such law; whereas the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (a Central legislation), mandates recognition of hostel accommodation as part of community life

Moreover, do you believe that the time has come to scrap reservation for SC, ST, and OBC with regard to hostel accommodation and honor the Central Acts such as the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the National Trust Act, 1999?

https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2026/07/question-of-fairness-in-hostel-allotments/?success=1

The proposed increase in the Delhi High Court’s pecuniary jurisdiction from ₹2 crore to ₹10 crore will make the Court inaccessible to many litigants and dilute its role in developing intellectual property (IP) law, leading senior lawyers have said.

Senior lawyers Chander Lall, Pravin Anand, Rajshekhar Rao, Shwetasree Majumder, Swathi Sukumar and J Sai Deepak said that the proposal should be reconsidered after consultation with litigants and lawyers.

Senior Advocate Chander Lall said that nearly 70-80 per cent of the country’s IP litigation was filed before the Delhi High Court because litigants considered it their preferred forum.

“The Delhi High Court is today about to become an elitist court,” he said.

https://www.barandbench.com/news/senior-lawyers-say-10-crore-pecuniary-limit-will-make-delhi-high-court-elitist-hurt-ip-law

https://lawbeat.in/amp/news-updates/united-we-have-a-voice-dhcba-president-sr-adv-n-hariharans-appeal-to-delhis-ip-bar-amit-strike-1612874

Have been seeing a lot of ads of Neemans shoes, which look formal but apparently feel comfortable like sneakers. Need to know if it is actually worth buying or not. If any litigators wear it to court, could you please give honest feedback about the durability and comfort? Don't want to waste my money based on ads alone.