The cutest part of the video is when the girl addresses her fellows students as "Comrade so and so". Has someone told her that the Jindal family and their business empire represents everything antithetical to communism? And please don't distinguish between Jindal Steel and Jindal University, because Naveen Jindal is Chancellor of Jindal University. At least in Ashoka's case they have proper academics as Chancellors.

By "compulsory" I mean peer and boss pressure, to the extent that you will be isolated and looked down upon if you don't. The cheapest BMW/Merc/Audi sedan is probably around 50 lakhs. That's certainly affordable for a partner, but what if you would rather spend the money elsewhere?

I have been working in tax for the past 2 years. I have been looking to move out in corp &/or M&A. Although I'm applying to places I'm not getting any response. Will it be a good idea to intern if one is not getting a job?

People who have changed their practice area, how did you go about it?

My money is on Arup Poddar or JK Das. But before that the selection committee has to be gamed. My prediction is that the selection committee will consist of Justice Aniruddha Bose (CJI's nominee), Kishore Datta and a judge of the Calcutta HC who is close to the ruling TMC government. I feel that Justice Bose will seek a merit-based appointment, but he will be outnumbered by the other two and then give in to avoid a confrontation. Justice Bose is an honest man, but he is also a non-confrontational man.

A group called "Revolutionary Students League" at Jindal? LMAO. If you want to see real revolutionaries go to JNU, not Jindal.

I also had a look at the video. Honestly, it's hilarious. The kid is mouthing off trendy buzzwords like "brahmanical force", "militant resistance", etc. Just some kid who read a few articles by left-wing intellectuals and thinks it's cool to regurgitate that lingo.

Both the university and the BJP brigade should have ignored this. These kids are harmless. This RSG is just a fad.

Why? PIB actually had stuff against him concerning financial mismanagement, maladministration, caste discrimination etc and clearly he was messing up NUJS bad. Only mediagenic protests by SJA wouldn't have been able to launch so many inquiries (different matter that Lord Taluk and NKC had those killed off slowly but surely) without the documentation that then SJA was able to produce. Certain faculty members can always spin yarn but the EC repeatedly saw merit in what the SJA could produce. Else PIB and Co wouldn't have scooted and those that remained only came alive after NKC took over.

I have no love for NKC. He is like any other self-serving VC. But do you have anything solid against him? Wishy washy will not do.

Please not a retired judge as a night watchman again. Lord Taluk played a disastrous innings. Two other NLUs (Jodhpur and Patna) also had "judge" VCs and reportedly that didn't do wonders for them as well. But you are right that the AG will have a prominent role.

Not sure if RB will make the cut. NKC is anti-RB, especially so because the state Law Dept got RB to head an inquiry/audit, which caused problems for NKC. While the university has stopped uploading EC/FC/AC records, please check/do RTI and you will find mention of it in the EC records. You can even RTI the Law and Judicial Dept of GoWB. NUJS archives may also have a copy of the public notice issued by the RB headed inquiry committee for submissions before the committee. NKC "complied slowly" and had it put up on NUJS website (only) for an extrenely limited duration. Still, quite a few aggrieved distance education students among others made in-person submissions. Others submitted stuff online.

But as with other EC-directed inquiries, NKC received help from AG and certain regime friendly judges to bury this inquiry as well. Many whisper that NKC used his influence to scuttle RB's chances as VC for NLU Meg and possibly Tripura as well.

The SJA has been hollowed out and student leadership is woefully absent. SJA is more likely to remain a place holder for admin acolytes. Students will always have differences etc. But something as basic as ensuring admin transparency shouldn't have been difficult to maintain. How did SJA 2020 and successors mess up instead of building up on the crucial victories of their predecessors?

NKC and Co know that SJA is ineffectual. Faculty are a divided and self-serving lot. AG and Co have other equations at play. So NKC is likely to continue till 2026 and like many other VCs, he will try to get one his acolytes gets installed as a VC or ensure that someone worse takes over. That's how PIB happened.

History is set to repeat again.

None of the answers given here is true. There are only two reasons why consumer law is bigger in the west - karens and Infrastructure. The karens in America will go to extreme ends to protect their rights against businesses which includes consumer courts. Infrastructure is important because filing a consumer complaint requires travelling and unlike the west, in india, you'll spend 3-4 hours a day on commuting if you were brave enough to file a consumer complaint.

The students are not at fault here. They have merely echoed what their professors fed them. Let's look at the facts of the case: a bunch of affluent kids barely out of puberty circulate literature by Varavarao Rao. There's no way they would have come the writings of a fringe, ultra-left activist like Rao while in school, or within their ultra-privileged social class and family circles. It was obviously their professors who gave them such literature and glorified Rao. Kids that age are very impressionable and susceptible to indoctrination.

No, there is no such theoretical assumption having any relationship with facts and industry reality. There has been no batch ever where 40 plus students from NALSAR have been placed in T1 and another 40 plus in T2 etc. You have got no idea about IITM average grad salary, so you should not start comparing it with T1 salary of NALSAR grads, especially when you yourself are admitting that average NALSAR grad salary won't be equal to T1 salary. The growth curve of engineering salary in good organisations is also much steeper than in law firms, including T1s, where salary has been witnessing stagnation over the last decade. As for TCS example, there is no data to support that any sizable number of IITM grads opt for it, and even if they do, that salary is still way higher than what 90% seniors pay their juniors in litigation in this country. The point remains that only idiots try to compare two different universities from two different domains and insofar as brand recognition is concerned, the IITs are way ahead of the NLUs to the bulk of the population both within and outside India.

That's a common thing now. External faculty including alum are so disappointed that they don't wish to come down anymore. Then the students complain about credit courses and guest lectures not taking place. Basically they would blame everyone under the sun before admitting their own culpability and accepting responsibility for their own actions.

I would strongly advise you to opt for TNNLU. TNNLU is a strong contender for a tier 2 NLU by the time you graduate as it has already reached the benchmark of NLU-O and NUALS. It has excellent support from the TN govt and the Madras High Court. One important aspect that others have missed out is the liberal space you'd get at TNNLU. Unlike Christ and Sastra, you won't be forced with orthodox and regressive admin policies that are tied with religion and strict curfews. There's no strict uniform policy and you'll be free to wear any attire as long as it isn't obscene. You'll have a way better quality of campus life in tnnlu. Also just because the law school is in Trichy doesn't mean that theas school has no diverse crowd. TNNLU has always had a diverse crowd with a fair mix of students from other parts of India as well as the domicile Tamil crowd. While the placements scene is not comparable to NLS/Nalsar, it is fairly doable for a hardworking and sincere student to make it in the profession if you join TNNLU. Plus, the tag of TNNLU will not only help you if you intend to work in Chennai/Madurai/Coimbatore but also in other metros like Delhi/Mumbai/, Bangalore.

I work in IP and IT law. My company has sponsored trips for me to the following places:

- Palo Alto (Business class and 5 star hotel stay)

- Singapore (Business class and 5 star hotel stay)

- Dubai (Business class and 5 star hotel stay)

- London (Business class and 5 star hotel stay)

- Mumbai (Economy class and stay at the Taj)

- Delhi (Economy class and stay at the Imperial)

It should be abundantly clear to any discerning observer that NKU firmly holds control over all aspects of 3legals competition practice, and no disgruntled minion of hers, whether a partner-badge holder or otherwise, possesses the intellectual acumen, determination, or capabilities to replicate her level of success. Not a single lawyer from her team comes close to achieving even a fraction of her accomplishments post-departure. There exists an ex-partner from this group whose mental state is so chaotic that they delude themselves into believing they've achieved a form of success that no one around them can even fathom when in reality, they are simply unfit for employment, damaged goods.

Basically these are today's 14-15 year olds and children of Gen X parents. My view of having met some Gen Alpha kids is that is that they are like us: reading Harry Potter, playing PlayStation, watching EPL etc. I actually don't find them much interested in politics. But that will change when they enter college and get introduced to Marx, Ambedkar etc. Thus, the radicalism will come from left-wing teachers. The kids are inherently not at fault.

The last 10 years have witnessed a significant uptick in AoR applicants. Metaphor- Thow a stone in the SC corridors it’ll likely hit an AoR than a non-AoR. This prompts me to ask where’s the novelty value in this today? The entry barrier isn’t even as tough as the Bombay Solicitors Exam and the AoR community is a mix of all types also! 🤷🏾‍♂️

Furore Over Pardon: Hungary President Quits
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Hungary's first female president resigned after a controversial pardon she granted in a pedophilia case threatened to taint Prime Minister Viktor Orban months before local and European elections. Katalin Novak, a rare woman in high office in Hungary after Orban tapped her for the largely ceremonial role in 2022, announced she was quitting in a televised speech on Saturday. Novak last year pardoned the deputy director of a children's home who had coerced children to withdraw testimonies against his boss, who had sexually abused them. Her speedy resignation, just over a week after the first report of her clemency emerged, may limit the political damage to Orban ahead of European Parliament and municipal polls.

S&R hired approximately 11 (5 Mumbai + 7 Delhi) people for the 2023 and 2024 batches (each). For Batch of 2024, all the hirings were made much before Day 0 - when students were in their 4th year and, in rare circumstances, even end of the 3rd year. And S&R does not hire at DayZ in any college.

Two RW websites (below) have reported this, Twitter handles have confirmed it. The immediate question is whether the student will challenge the suspension in court. The long-term question is whether Jindal is now persecuting LW voices to make the BJP happy. Also, whether other students will protest the suspension.

https://www.opindia.com/2024/02/op-jindal-global-university-suspends-student-for-brahmanical-hindutva-fascism-event/

https://organiser.org/2024/02/08/220699/bharat/op-jindal-global-university-destroy-ram-mandir-erect-mosque-over-it-discussed-at-brahmanical-hindutva-fascism-talk/amp/

The TMC government, especially Advocate General Kishore Datta, will dictate terms, as he did last time. There is talk about Rathin Bandopadhyay from North Bengal being appointed, but my own hunch is that it could be a retired judge. It will be good if the students agitate, petition the CJI and demand a merit-based appointment — but I don’t think the current set of students will do so.

Annual compensation for each bracket

1. Shroff Family, Zia Mody, A & B of AZB - 100 crores

2. Mohit Saraf & Managinv Partners of other big firms - 50 crores

3. Raghubir Memon, Ashwath Rau, Akshay Chudasama & other top equity partners - 20 crores

4. Manon Lahoty, Naval Chopra & other practice heads - 8-12 crores

5. Rainmaking Equity Partners - 5-6 crores

6. Salaried Partners - 80lpa - 1 crore

TNNLU anyday, Christ is not a bad option,

TNNLU and Christ has similar opportunities. But in Christ you have be exceptionally good to make a mark for yourself. Sastra doesn't have any opportunity or value or even has any brand value. TNNLU has more caste reservations than any other NLU. Even then it's doing well.

If you want to litigate within Tamil Nadu, then Sastra or even any local government law college is good. Nobody outside Tamil Nadu knows what's SASTRa.

NLU tag always helps. Even if it's from lower NLU. Because people recognize you in the industry across the country.

And TNNLU is not a lower NLU. It has grown consistently. Now it's as good as NUALS, slightly below NLUO Cuttack. It has beaten many peers.

Student quality in Christ should be slightly better than TNNLU. Christ is also costlier. Avoid SASTRA.

Want a fancy NLU tag? TNNLU

Want a diverse better quality experience? Christ.

Hi everyone!
I am a 2nd year law student and just want to skill up myself along with looking an opportunity to earn. I hve come across some of the courses( on contract drafting and freelancing) which seems good to take but their prices are very high for me. So I am really confused is it worth it? and the claims which they are making are genuine or not?
plzz give your honest reviews...

it means I can look down on llb students too. But the problem is much much worse with llm students. most llb students will try in some courses- maybe corp or mergers and acquisitions or international law or constitutional law. They will try and do well at one thing during law school. Very few students from llb batches dont try to do anything at all. The proportions with llm students are wayy off. and youre being dishonest if you dont see that as well.

As an incoming student this year at NLS, I would suggest that you consider attending NLS if you are admitted, as we certainly have several advantages over NALSAR, such as robust publications, arguably better faculty, significantly superior infrastructure (I visited NALSAR this year as I am from Hyderabad and have just recently visited NLS), and a stronger brand value. However, please remember that the difference is relatively marginal, akin to the distinction between IIM A and IIM B. So, if you are willing to choose NLS for, let's say, a 10% improvement, that's commendable. Nonetheless, in the long run, I don't anticipate it making a significant difference.

A similar argument can be made that IIT M does not places all students in Google. In fact last month a whatsapp chat was viral where IIT M placement cell were literally begging their alums to find jobs for them. 100% placement or 6 figure placement is a myth even for IIT M. Theoretically speaking 1/3 NALSAR grads can get T1 jobs, the other 1/3 T2 jobs and the last 1/3 as in house jobs (say ICICI) trust me there "domestic" average package will still be more than IIT M average. Also not all IIT M people are doing CS, a vast majority of them are electric, electronics, metallurgical and civil engineers and they are getting very average packages. TCS is famous for offering 25k to IITians.

No LLM, whether from NALSAR or NLS adds any value to your CV if you want to practice. There will be no day zero and you will earn no brownie points for an LLM with a T1 firm recruiting partner. LLM is beneficial only if you want to enter academia. You will not be treated like an NLS or NALSAR product in the market if you do LLM or MBL or whatever other courses they offer.

The figures may be correct if you are considering net worth, but not annual income (from their firms).

The annual incomes are likely to be in this range:

1. Shroff family and Zia: 50 cr each

2. Ajay, Bahram, Haigreve, Luthra, Saraf, Akshay, etc.: around 20 cr each

3. Senior partners (non-name and non-managing): around 8-12 cr each

4. Partners with 20+ PQE: around 4 - 6 cr each

5. Partners with 15+ PQE: around 1 - 3 cr each

Bro, stop cribbing. The college is doing good where it has to. Every year several of the graduates turn out to do great in their practice.

PS: There are other important issues too in legal fraternity. Not everything will the admin do for you. You need to make your own way by putting in effort instead of just kvetching about admin.

Hello everyone,

Hope all is well at your end. I am from a Tier - II, NLU in 2025 batch. I have secured a callback at a boutique corporate law firm (bordering between tier 3 and tier 2 from chambers rankings) for July.

I just wanted to get an idea of how colleges - GNLU, RMLNLU, RGNUL, NLUO, HNLU are doing in terms of PPOs? both at tier-1 and tier-2. How many people have got PPOs? Have people completed their callbacks? Are they on assessment? Even a number of potential people who are on track to get PPOs will give me a good idea!

Do you think June or July will be too late for me?

I do that. I ignore them but also give it back to them in a language they understand. They don't mess up with me would try to impede me and create unnecessary obstructions because I won't take bs from them and would give them a taste of their own medicine.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

Yes, you're right. I am in corp law. Thank you for sharing these insights. I'm doing everything in addition to excelling at my job because I love my craft and had it not been the case I would not have come this far in the first place. Thank you so much for your wishes. I hope things get better.

No, but as an RGNUL undergrad student, please do not come to RGNUL if you want to do an LLM in any other subject but constitutional law. I am not even a consti student but would I kill to go back and learn from the professors. Please be on a lookout for Dr. Fuller, Dr. Lakhwinder and Dr. Manoj. They might have their shortcomings individually but they are good at the subject.

It's incredibly hard to deliver engaging content on topics that are generally complicated and boring otherwise. I don't think his content is entirely superficial and even if it is, it's a youtube video. If you are looking for PhD specific content in YouTube then you need evaluate what the platform is and how you're learning.

Kudos to Dhruv for being so accessible and being one of the few last sources of relatively independent fact based explanatory sources of media.

Dont take things personally buddy and ignore all the nasty people you interact with. Dont be friends with them and just let them be your office colleagues.

Even I had no idea that people are like this in law firms. Did my 3 year LLB post under graduation and met the most insecure, dumb, toxic and worst people in the legal industry including Tier 1 law firms.

So take care of yourself. There is always a life outside work and people who care about you.