Those ₹100 crores that he spoke about in a news interview over 10 years ago surely didn’t come from public interest litigation… unless he was serving George Soros and other anti-India vested interests. My comment is actually doing PB a favour by giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming that the entire amount came from the late SB’s thriving legal practice.

The bigger tragedy is how readily people buy into the Opposition’s spiel without bothering to read the constitutional provision at the heart of the issue.

The 52nd Amendment, enacted by Congress itself, was specifically designed to address the “Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram” farce. In doing so, it expressly recognized that where two-thirds of a legislative party decide to move together, they are not liable to disqualification.

So what we’re witnessing is not some constitutional aberration. It is a scenario expressly contemplated by the Constitution.

Yet, if one spends enough time consuming the propaganda being rushed out by Newslaundry, The Wire, and the weekly sermon circuit of Kapil Sibal’s liberal baithaks, one could be forgiven for thinking that the Constitution says the exact opposite of what it actually does.

You may dislike the politics. That’s entirely fair. But presenting a constitutionally recognised mechanism as some great ethical outrage is not constitutional analysis. It’s partisan disappointment masquerading as principle.

Hello all! I am a recent graduate from a T-2 Nlu and I was unable to secure a PPO from any of the firms while in law school. I have been applying since past 2 months as well but have got no response and even an interview from any of the firms in my practice area. I am now considering to start into litigation in Delhi but I don't know how to move into it, foremostly? and secondly, if I even will be considered by any of the advocates directly since, for the last 3 years in my law school, I had only pursued internships in the General Corporate and Capital Markets team and am now totally out of touch of basics of litigation like drafting, filings, etc. I desperately need some guidance from the seniors over here to understand what can I do to get into it? My preferences for litigation are primarily either Tax litigation or Commercial Litigation such as IBC or other NCLT matters.

Hi everyone,

I'll soon be interning with DSA Legal and wanted to understand the kind of work interns are typically exposed to there.

I've come across mixed reviews. Some people mentioned that the firm has a dedicated corporate team and offers relevant corporate law exposure. However, a few former interns shared that despite joining with an interest in corporate law, much of their work involved matters under the NI Act, and related litigation work.

If anyone has interned with DSA Legal recently, could you please share your experience regarding the nature of work assigned to interns, particularly those interested in corporate law?

My primary goal is to build a strong foundation in corporate law, so any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

As an intern who actually interned there, here are the answers the OP is looking for:

1) the interns get to work across the board on all live matters, so the exposure can be diverse.

2) yes, the firm only has one office in Blr. There are no other offices anywhere.

3) there are a few very small investments (mostly 1 Cr), but most of the work in general are agreements (however, across different sectors so that was fun)

4) dispute resolution is not that much. There was one Dubai arbitration 4 years ago they talk about all the time. And one in Singapore recently. Otherwise, there are one or two small arbitrations going on locally but not much to do here.

All in all, it is mostly a general corporate firm with little bit of investment and disputes related work here and there

As a neurodivergent person who went to a tier 1 NLU, a lot of people here are neurodivergent and can thrive here as well. Let's not reinforce negative stereotypes, the journey and experience in an NLU might be different for a neurodivergent person but doesn't mean that a lot of opportunities are inaccessible.

Every draw back mentioned here is something neurotypical and neurodivergent is going to have to deal with. That said not every NLU is going to provide the same level of mental health support, and it would be wise to inquire with alumni and students to understand the level of support your child might get there.

The Constitution is not a physical law of nature like gravity or thermodynamics. It is a man made document reflecting the ideologies of the framers and their understanding of what the nation ought to be. Times have changed, and the present population through a popular mandate will amend the Constitution the way they deem fit. That is the very essence of democracy and why the Constitution is flexible.

This is the classic behaviour which would have been funny, if it weren't so unoriginal as to be dull enough to make the (Legally India) war-weary sleepy and forgetful enough of their manners to yawn widely. You yourself didn't have the brains to do one-tenth of what the persons we are talking about have done - you don't have what my mother would call "substance in your stomach" - which makes you bitter. As all you have is bitterness and no response to the actual arguments (the result of the inferiority of your education, which, in turn, is the result of the inferiority of your brain), all you can use is the lashing out with ad hominem. If you want to do "calling out", please give actual arguments, for once. To be explicit, respond to this challenge: if I am wrong, what, in fact, qualities does a VC of one of these unis need to lead them into becoming global players?

Look, I hear you, and there is definitely merit to your argument. But just to play devil's advocate: LI also has a legitimate interest in moderating content (even excessively) to protect itself from potential liability, especially given the anonymous message-board nature of the platform. After all, if a particularly sensitive law firm or partner takes issue with a post, who are they likely to go after first when the author is anonymous? The platform itself.

In a way, over-moderation could even protect reckless posters from themselves. A far-fetched hypothetical, perhaps, but imagine LI is sued and then faces a court order seeking identifying information about a poster. Even assuming LI is technically capable of producing that information (which I doubt it is), why would it want to run that risk when aggressive moderation can nip the issue in the bud?

I'm not saying LI's approach is justified. But there is an argument that a platform where some discussion survives (even if heavily censored) may be preferable to having no platform for anonymous commentary at all.

Just to clarify, I don't have a problem with actual Non Resident Indians studying in my NLU.

The problem is when incompetent students who have studied in Delhi, Bombay, B'Lore their entire life and were unable to crack CLAT with ranks in the 1000s, in spite of having access to the best resources, and having gone to the best schools in the cities, exploit this loophole, thus making mockery of meritorious students.

The foreign national quota (eg. NALSAR) is even worse, as I see students who had ranks in the 10,000s and 12th grade marks of 70% make it in, solely owing to their citizenship status; one should have studied for a minimum number of years in that country (eg. NLS set it at 10 years of education) to be eligible, but such is not the case.

PA Inamdar's dual justification doesn't apply to any of them, and funnily enough the bench in PA Inamdar noted this too.

There are other judgements which have echoed my sentiment too; thus to say that an argument such as mine one will stand is not entirely far fetched.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/supreme-court-punjabs-nri-quota-criteria-a-fraud-on-medical-education/articleshow/113648517.cms

https://www.shadesofknife.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ishika-Patnaik-Vs-National-Law-University-of-Odisha-and-Ors-on-20-Oct-2020.pdf (read from para. 11)

The structural problem here is that NLUs are run by states, not the centre, but fighting that battle would be way more difficult as of now.

The million dollar question (literally) is which law firm will handle work for the West Bengal government going forward. Will it continue to be Aquilaw? Is there an opening for Khaitan here?

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aquilaw_certain-rumours-and-speculations-are-being-activity-7470849460487667713-Htxs

My experience...

I've done my LLB from a tier 1 NLU and my LLM from a local private university. The difference is not in the brand, but what you make of the brand. I was lazy and stupid during my LLB and I didn't capitalise on the opportunities there. Just spent days doing makrabaazi. Almost dropped out.

Later, I joined an LLM in a private university since I couldn't even clear CLAT PG. So I took the opportunity and just ran with it. Every single thing that was happening in the university, I applied for, and participated, connected and worked around.

In the end, I joined a tier 1 law firm. It wasn't because of the brand, it was because of the hustle I did for that one year.

The drawback, I arrived a year later in the same firm my batchmates had already secured a year prior. It wasn't the brand that cost me, it was my own laziness.

The famous Dr. APJ Kalam was from MIT, not Massachusetts but Madras, and that didn't deter him to be one of the greatest. Brands show you the door, ultimately you are the one who has to walk through it.

Forget about brands and tiers, focus on your skills and knowledge, opportunities will come, be ready for them.

Private universities are genuinely trying to do well. Look at the new ones like Bits, Bennet, Mahindra. Also foreign universities are setting shop here as. And both these types of universities have something that NLUs don't and will never have...money. loads of it. At the end of the day no matter how great the education is, this is not STEM where you can easily succeed with your skills and credentials. You need connections, loads of them. These private universities have the money to bring in foreign professors and foreign connections as well. And that's the biggest difference.

Central Universities have the unlimited tax budget from the government and these newer universities are backed by Mahindra, Ambani, Times group etc. NLUs have neither.

In the future the only one's surviving will be the tier1 NLUs, and even those will start charging 10 lakhs per annum soon.

It's all about the money ,honey.

You heard wrong. His partners were not even told about this on his part. It came as a surprise to them too. JSA & CAM have very different partnership structures (read as transparent). Culturally poles apart too. Will be interesting to see who & what plays out. Hunger Games indeed !

Quadra Legal's dispute team had an opening rn. Rn means they were offering from 10 June to 10th July, remote / hybrid depending on your location. Anyone interested can try applying via mail and see if their HR gives you a call. Not sure if it has been filled up. (most likely has). Was really excited to intern there personally but had other commitments for June.

As the title says. The question has always existed since Covid but we have barely seen any progress, unlike consulting firms and such.

To add some context- I recently went to an older relative's house in a hill station. The slower lifestyle with a traditional grandparents' house feel was appealing, but at the same time boring for everyday. Moreover, corporate practices are centred around Delhi & Mumbai, so remote work also has the appeal of allowing all of us to live in cities we actually want to instead of these concrete jungles. Mainly, i think the thing holding us back is a lack of trust in our own productivity when and if we become more comfortable.

BO'23, T2 NLU. Having lived similar tragedy as you it feels like an onus to tell you that it all works out in the end.

I could (didn't) focus on studies during COVID years and suddenly was graduated. Started in a chamber of young first gen independent lawyer in Delhi. After working there for 20-22 months started applying everywhere. No one replied or showed interest. Was depressed for a bit; connected with a friend who was in disputes at tier 1, told her about suicidal thoughts and confidence issues. She managed to get me an interview with other partner of her firm. Couldn't clear it. But realised that pitching negative possibilities gets you attention and people tend to help. Started emotionally blackmailing 5-6 of my colleague working at reputed disputes team. They all landed me an interview and I landed at panag and babu. Stayed there for next 2 years and have switched to disputes team in a T1 in Bombay.

All i would say is that it all works out in the end. I hardly had any internships worth even talking about, yet today I'm securely placed and content with my work and position.

For the 2026 cycle, most tier 1 NLUs were somehow able to mitigate the slowdown to a fair extent. From what I know, NLSIU and GNLU broadly maintained their standard placement numbers. I’ve also heard that NLUJ managed to retain overall figures, although there may have been an increase in in house roles as opposed to tier 1 recruitment. I also know NALSAR, at the end of the day had their standard numbers, although there was some alumni influence, but that is normal for every major tier 1.

Similarly, NLUD and NUJS seem to have seen a slight dip, but nothing dramatically different from previous years.

The broader trend appears to be that Tier 1 firms were relatively more conservative this time, while Tier 2 firms, boutiques, and in-house teams expanded hiring. This is also reflecting in BO 2027 hiring, where a substantial chunk of PPOs seem to be coming from Tier 2 and boutique firms. So overall placement numbers across top NLUs have remained largely stable, with only minor variations (which is fairly normal year-to-year), even if the composition of recruiters has shifted somewhat from tier 1 to other players in the market.

Also, the current PPO numbers are not necessarily unprecedented. If you look through official placement reports of most tier 1 NLUs from previous years, the average PPO count is usually somewhere in the early to mid-20s range (or even lesser!). There is also still about a month left before Day Zero, and a significant number of students tend to get placed immediately before the process begins.

If you scroll through old threads on this website long enough, you’ll notice that almost every batch has had a similar round of concerns about the market. At the end of the day, all students and universities can really do is diversify risk instead of depending excessively on Tier 1 recruitment alone.

Why are NLS/NALSAR/NUJS better than Symbiosis/Jindal/Christ(Bangalore) ?
Don't just say because they order old. Symbiosis is much older and yet can not even match 20% of the placements of NLS/NALSAR/NUJS ?

My friend and I were talking to someone from Christ Bangalore who was interning along with some other students from NLS/NUJS. I prepped for CLAT back in the day and managed to get NALSAR with under 100 rank (Yes there was a time when NLS didn't have 100 seats for UG) and back in the day I used to hear about Christ being really good. However the intern told me, they try to slip of their college names in convos so as to not make it obvious they are from christ or else it brings them shame.

I do not support this "College Brand" culture. Yet who cares, the people above me will still go to Bangalore or kolkata for just 1 college.

There are many important issues people wish to talk about, but i'm afraid LI just seems to kill the conversation with its excessively delayed moderation of each post or reply. Do something about it LI. Also many comments are deleted or not published. I can understand posts being blocked for using abusive language etc. but seriously LI, stop killing freedom of speech.