The two writs filed by the AP in Cal HC are:

WPA/10583/2024 (before Justice Kaushik Chanda pertaining to WBNUJS/VC inaction on SH matter)

WPA/3644/2024 (before Justice Jay Sengupta pertaining to police inaction on the SH issue)

Very likely both will come up for hearing this week.

The writ filed by a former Accounts Officer pertaining to leave encashment (following his retirement) was disposed in March 2024. Justice Kaushik Chanda in WPA 2599/2024 directed WBNUJS to take a decision concerning the representation made by the ex-AO to NKC, who was accused of inaction, non-communication and stonewalling. Ironic, because that is what the AO used to do as well!

The ex-AR Admin matter concerning SH as well is in limbo following the transfer of the concerned judge to Telangana HC. That's WPA/16208/2019. Will be interesting if he were to return to campus.

Hi! I am a 2023 graduate. I worked in a small contract - compliance company for 7 months till January of this year. But I want to make my career in dispute resolution. In my law school, I have done internships in this field - one Tier 1 and other Tier 2. I want to join tier 1 or tier 2 firm as dispute resolution associate. So, what can be the way forward? Should I apply for internships again at tier 1?

Hey. I have advised on something like this before. Ideas are not copyrightable, their expression is. It will be copyright infringement if they copy something that you made, including any copyrighted (doesnt have to be registered) images, artwork, visuals, script etc that you provided. However, usually pitches only have ideas and roadmaps on how something will be done, including costing, casting etc. Doing it in the same manner will not necessarily amount to copyright infringement. Advertising industry works on trust and an omerta, and also advertising agencies also assume a certain element of risk while giving pitches.

To put it another way: Will the NLSIU brand name place me ahead of such graduates in the job queue?

In the UK, are law firms more in awe of the NLSIU tag than a tier 2 tag? Does NLSIU get more TCs than such colleges, because it is more respected?

In India, I guess NLSIU is more respected? I hardly heard of any CAM/SAM partner or associate with a UK tier 2 LLB. Even in small law firms you don’t see such people much. Or could it be that such people don’t return to India and prefer to work and settle abroad?

Please let me know the Salaries and the nature of work. I want to know about the scope in the corporate and capital market teams in the respective firms. Will working in these firms benefit me in the long run? How are working hours like in these firms? And most importantly please name nice partners to work under (interesting work, no shouting, little bit spoon-feeding). Thanks

The issue isn’t the law but enforcement. If someone copies whatever you have, it’s a huge hassle and expensive to sue. Also, barring a few judges in elite High Courts most are clueless about IP law. You’d have better luck hiring a few local goondas and telling them to beat up whoever steals your ideas.

There is a person in NALSAR who faced the same issue, Tier 1s rejected them again and again, he has taken an in-house role to my knowledge. Another person with a growth issue however still got the job, it may depend from office to office and team to team. But I'd suggest you give it your all anyway, more power to you!

In this discussion for his YouTube show, Dil Se, Kapil Sibal hosted Faizan Mustafa, Najeeb Jung and Arfa Khanum Sherwani. They have unambiguously called out the present dispensation for systematically ostracising the Muslim community in India. Najeeb took a step further and prescribed "affirmative action". This discussion offers much to unpack and discuss - https://youtu.be/9VAa7LfbRvo?si=sB4OkmBQ6qD6eeSx

work profile of irs depends on the department they are posted in you can always change your department depending upon the kind of work you want to do the work differs from research to investigation to raid to adminstration you also have the privilge to go on deputation to different bodies such as ed, cbi, dri,

NLSIU and NALSAR alumni are teaching in the best colleges. That’s because there has always been academic rigour in these two law schools and their best and brightest students have pursued careers in academia, rather than just law firms. Other NLUs are catching up and looking beyond law firms, but they will take another decade to catch up.

Hi everyone! I'm currently in the process of interviewing for S&A for their A0 position through my college placement cell, Does anyone know the time they take to finish hiring? This process has been ongoing since Dec 2023 and I'm yet to receive an email scheduling the technical round. If anyone has any idea about this, please shed some light on it. TIA

Hi! So I recently got my internship sorted at a boutique law firm in Barakhamba and am supposed to report there on 1st May, however, because of some changes in circumstances I have to go hunting for PGs for a month there. I have a basic idea about Delhi but I have never booked a PG before. Can anyone here please suggest some nearby areas in which I should look for PGs and also on what forums should I do my research to look for the same? Also is it feasible to physically PG hunt and pay up on the spot? (I shall be reaching Delhi on 30th April)

I am a male, and my budget is 9-10k including food. Thank you!

as per the notification at least 50% of all clerks are to be recruited through exam the rest will be recruited based on personal interviews by judges, the move is to check the process for the next couple of years and then choose the percentage to be recruited through exam; they are also thinking of having research clerks recruited for HC through this, though the choice of interviews will not be given. If it can be done then it will be the first all india some sort of judiciary related exam and recrtuiment. The only problem is, like most things in India, these are person driven initiatives without systemic support, as soon as the person superannuates the entire thing goes into backburner and we regress to the path of least resistance and general stupor.

Such a comment could only have been made by an ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮. Why will I spend 2-3 years of my Organisation's time in giving our knowledge and the best training possible to someone, if i do not intend to bring them into my fold and have them eventually join my partnership? If the juniors are not happy, they will leave and join my competitors, equipped with all the brilliant training they have received from me. Is that not the most foolish thing i could ever do? I suggest you think analytically before responding. Suggest you also refrain from regurgitating the tripe that dullards on this forum spew like an automaton.

I am a student at a well-known law school. In my last trimester, I observed that senior students possess PDFs of numerous law books. I find this concerning from an ethical and legal standpoint. As future lawyers, shouldn't we uphold the principles of respecting intellectual property and refrain from piracy? I am contemplating writing to major publishers to bring attention to this issue. Would this be a prudent course of action?

Indian Ivy League: NLSIU, NALSAR and NLUD, as demonstrated by law aspirant preference and NIRF rankings.

Magic Circle: CAM, SAM, AZB. Trilegal, JSA, Khaitan & CO, as demonstrated by perception and volume of deals done.

Would this be an accurate categorisation?

Hi. Op here, thank you so much for this response!! I was thinking the same thing because I can practically do ui ux without a degree, so why not give law a shot. I know the grass will always be greener on the side and stuff so I will actually try law for my piece of mind, if i do well then its good and if i dont, ill leave immediately.

Here is an informative list of TMT law firms from an earlier thread on Legallyindia:

1. Trilegal: Rahul Mathan at the helm ensures a lot of government work but he is less active on client work than before. ‘Statesman’ status. Generally a very well regarded and busy team. Nikhil Narendran, Jyotsna are good partners to work with. Nikhil is particularly focussed on telecom. Jaideep Reddy for fintech/crypto. Team is nice to work in.

2. CAM: Arun Prabhu is good. But the practice is not the same tier as Trilegal.

3. Ikigai: Cutting-edge work in a lot of new areas like AI, metaverse, blockchain. Works with almost all big-tech companies, especially in social media, ecom, cloud, satcom, fintech. Strong data practice too. Anirudh Rastogi is the managing partner, known for emerging tech/blockhain, Nehaa Chaudhari for policy/data, Aparajita Srivastava for fintech. Sreenidhi Srinivasan for data.

4. NDA: old tech and media practice with good clients but several good lawyers have left or are leaving the firm. Better work-life than at other big practices. Works in a lot of new areas of tech like crypto, drones etc. Gowree Gokhale is good for media and gaming. Huzefa for new areas. NDA puts a lot of writing on areas of tech.

5: Indus: It is a gaming and entertainment practice led by Ranjana Adhikari from NDA. Well known partner but in the gaming circles.

6. Spice Route: Key areas are fintech and data. Mathew Chacko heads up both practices in the Bangalore office. Mumbai office doesn’t do as much tech. Do a lot of vc investment work in tech startups too, headed also by Mathew. Senior Associate Aadya Mishra also known for data work.

7. Saraf: Building it out. Too early in the game to comment.

8. SAM: low key but good TMT team with big clients. Sahana Chatterjee does a lot of TMT policy work. Tejas Karia’s team does TMT litigation for large clients, but can be quite routine for the most part.

9. TMT Law Practice: Abhishek Malohotra has an established telecom litigation practice. His team also does gaming and data.

10. Anand & Anand: been building a tmt practice, but still best for IP aspects of TMT.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is Shashi Tharoor's main challenger in the Thiruvananthapuram seat.

https://www.barandbench.com/news/lok-sabha-elections-pil-before-kerala-high-court-alleges-bjp-rajeev-chandrasekhar-filed-false-affidavit

I work in the BD team at a T1 firm. Tbh, the T1 firms have maxed out their growth. Last 2/3 years have been dominated by boutique or regional firms. Clients have immense pressure to reduce cost hence small size law firms run by ex-T1 firm partners who can do same quality of work at lower rates are being preferred. There’s literally nothing working out for big law firms in India- they have no value to offer. Only the heritage clients (friend clients) will stick to such firms. On the top of it, the attrition rate at all the law firms in India have been unprecedented.

I'm a 2nd year law student in Bangalore. I have observed I'm not good in academics and extra curricular things. So the best way to get some extra edge is through internships. But the issue is I can not speak local language. So it will be difficult to intern under trial and even high courts. As they prefer who knows local language. Please if someone can guide and suggest some tips. What are the places where I can intern and how to ask them for this? Also I'm looking to work on a long-term 1 and 2 year. I don't care about certificates and things I just want to learn.

P.S- My college get over at 12:30p.m.

I'm a 2024 grad. I have okayish internship experiences of various decently ranked firms in the M&A, PE,VC domain. However i couldn't get a ppo from anywhere and now I'm having an opportunity to join an in-house team of a fairly big industrial machinery manufacturing company, it has general corporate related work. I eventually wanna end up in a top tier law firm's M&A, PE,VC team someday.

Is this job the right decision for me or will it be a detrimental factor ? I'll eventually switch to some law firm in an year or so.

Well, after seeing what has happened in Surat, these words ring hollow. It's an absolute joke that BJP can get away with these sorts of actions and no one has the spine or more appropriately, the resources to speak out against them. Democracy in India is just behind what it was during the Emergency, dead. The grounds on which Indira Gandhi was disqualified as a MP would be considered frivolous and ignored when it comes to the ruling party now.

There is no fixed process of hiring that P&A adopts. This one person in disputes hired aggressively for several years. While most of the good people left sometime back. That one person has left (or rather was asked to leave) last year. P&A has not been hiring much since then. Rather, they have been letting people go to decrease the headcount to probably make the firm profitable.

So now NUJS is facing four cases from current and former employees in Cal HC. In 2019, the ex-AR Admin went to Cal HC against his termination on a SH complaint by the PA. Recently, the former Accounts Officer hauled NUJS to Cal HC for some payment issue. Now an Associate Professor has alleged SH by VC and has gone to court.

Interesting times. What is the SJA doing?