Women don't take rejection well. You need to break it up gently and be firm. Do not give in on a particular evening. Draw boundaries and be respectful. Don't be rude at any point and do not be seen with any other female in the office.

It is easier when the girl feel she is the one who wanted to move on all along but just didn't realise it at the time.

All the best! In the future, do not 'commit' to a colleague and do not hook up with a colleague without going into these Ifs and Buts.

Academics are decent, faculty is mid, some are good, mostly bad. What matters is how much effort you put in. Placements for this batch are also decent but what's noteworthy is that most ppl want to sit for judiciary here. Others go for UPSC/litigation/LLM. Corp culture is comparatively lesser than other nlus. Placements mostly require your efforts, more ppl get recruited through PPOs than campus recruitment. You can get a good placement if you maintain a decent GPA (towards top 30 of your batch). As for culture, mostly ppl are from North India, however, a lot of South Indians are also here. You'll find seniors and batchmates from almost every corner of the country. Food is much better than other NLUs/law colleges. Getting adjusted would be a problem just the same even if you join any other college because school to college is such a huge jump in terms of the academic workload and focus on extracurriculars/moots/research.

Must you really be so ignorant of the law at play here.

Continued worship at the site indicates that the hindu side never relinquished its claim to the demolished temple. The Ayodhya judgment gave the site to the hindus because - 1. Archaeological evidence of a temple pre-dating the 'mosque'; and, 2. The evidence of continued worship at the site of the 'mosque'. Taken together it established, on a balance of probabilities, that a temple existed and the worshippers never relinquished their right to the temple, that is, the legal right over the site always resided with the deity irrespective of the structure over the site.

Now, at Gyanvapi the hindus have historically prayed at one of the original walls of the temple only because they could not access the present structure, this inability is the subject matter of the legal dispute. The district court ordered a survey to establish the status of the structure. If there is archaeological evidence that there once stood a temple and that there has been continued worship, then the site was never a mosque. Again, this is subject to the ability of the parties to adduce evidence.

Why bother? It doesn't matter what you think, for millions of believers that site holds great religious significance which cannot be 'relocated to an alternate site'. If they can establish the requisites applied in the Ayodhya judgment, they have every right to advance their claim and change the status quo. They don't 'need a new structure', they only want their original site back which they have always claimed as their own.

Not sure about blogs, but the Oxford Handbook of White-Collar Crime (https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28134) is probably a good primer. Keep in mind though that it deals with overarching themes in white collar crime and not with Indian law specifically.

I would personally suggest that you don't use blogs to understand the law on white-collar crime honestly. They are pretty good if you want to know more about a particular point of law or issue but not that great if you want to systematically learn a subject since that is usually not the point of blogs.

What will make me seem efficient & professional (or atleast tolerable) in eyes of Associates and Partners of a Tier-2 law firm?

What all Acts and Provisions should I cover before joining for intern work?

What is the type of work that's usually provided in transactions team and how to do it on a way acceptable by Indian law firms?

Stipend is to be paid every month right? You can politely ask whether the amount will be credited monthly or lumpsum. If you don't receive the amount monthly then you'll get to know before 6 month end and if otherwise, say that no details about stipend or bank account were mentioned or asked in the offer letter.

Interning at a tier one firm, my team pampers me so much. It has been only two weeks but got invited to multiple team parties, got lots of chocolates as gifts and last weekend an associate took me out for a sightseeing trip. This is my first tier one internship, does it usually go so well?

Hey, so I was a long term intern at this reputed law firm, and somehow managed to convert it. Joined as an a0 in December 23( i am bo23). This associate, around 25, who was always kind to me and gave me the easiest work possible, started taking a 'special' interest in me. I hooked up with her thinking it to be harmless. Now it has grown into a full on commitment. I am usually supposed to go back to my home town on the weekends, but now she insists i spend Saturday with her. I leave the office around 7 daily, but now I have to wait till 8;30 for her to leave and we both usually lock up the office as we're the last to leave. We even made out once when no one was around. She's all over my office life and it's tough to get on with work when she's constantly disturbing. To top it all of I hear she's quite promiscuous and hangs around with a ton of guys. Help me guys, how do I leave this 'relationship" without jeopardising my future?

There are better ways of saying it. I've read the post and it says that "as a firm policy we do not trust in offering stipend". Why should an intern trust you enough to spend his own money in SoBo to do a long term internship? That's a way to not spend on Associates and get free labour in the name of experience lol.

Mutual feelings, I've never understood. On one end it's suggested that you don't have to mention in a line what you've done (eg: Worked on insolvency laws) and explain in detail (eg- researched on cross border insolvency in UK, USA and Australia) but if I do the latter then my CV easily exceeds 2 pages and if I do the former then how will the recruiter know what I've worked on as it doesnt describe much.

Also, these days students are expected to participate in various moots, write research papers, etc which is not easy to fit in 2 pages unlike how it was a few years ago. Imo the 2 page CV doesn't work anymore.

It is true man. Had 1 EP (M) and 1 Partner (F) at my last firm. Both were unmarried and were 40+. They made everyone's life hell. Getting a month's leave for one's own wedding was also looked down upon by them (what a surprise). They would call at 12 am and expect you to answer and act all disappointed the next day if you couldn't.

They always showed how long hours they put in office (cuz they have no life), unnecessarily make advisories and transactions overcomplicated to the point that no one could understand what they want to achieve (even clients started to complain).

Can anyone here please comment on what/why exactly CAM is a terrible place to work? What about for the A0/A1 levels?

Not heard anything specific except that it’s bad. Have zero people I can speak to about CAM.

How is the Mumbai office? Gen corp/M&A teams?

Is it just crazy hours or difficult people as well? How about weekends? Lots of work ?

This is the most accurate reply so far as far as the marking pattern is concerned. Marking in BSW is not the most lenient, you can expect average marks but not too over the top.

Also, if I remember correctly, if you came from a humanities background, you would only be asked for a preference between BA and BSW. Has this changed, assuming such a change is possible to begin with?

Hey, don't beat yourself over this. Take a lesson from this and do better next time. I've been in your place, although the firm(s) which I left were smaller ones and I was in the initial years of my law school (read: 2nd year of law). I've left a lot of fairly good places during my initial years (I'm now in my final year of law) because I didn't feel like I belonged there, however, with time and experience, the imposter syndrome dies down as you go.

My 10 rupees? If you're in 3rd year or below, try working at smaller firms and gauging how the work is done. That way you will gain more confidence.
If you're in 4th year or above, pull up your socks, man.

I upvoted your reply.

I understand the legalities of this. But, you can't the change the mechanism of the social systems that exist in villages. The law has not been very successful despite its coming into existence for over a decade now. See it's my observation only. I can't do anything against it except for marrying someone of proper age.

I agree with this 100%.

I had a T1 partner in Noida whose wife works in London, so his weekends would be free.

I think he worked on Sunday evenings.

He would call me to give work, review my work on Sunday afternoons around 4pm, even when it is not urgent and would call me to discuss as if it is a normal working day.

Did not make any sense to me till I realised his wife does not live with him. That is also a factor.

someone expressing their free speech is somehow bullying you? how? Do you understand what free speech means? it means allowing speech that you do not agree with. I guarantee most right wingers will find pronoun rituals and cis and het and all that stuff quite offensive and bigoted. Should we silence you as well? If youre gonna be that authoritarian that youll label someone a bigot and silence their views in your university- you really dont have a leg to stand on when the government does the same thing to you.

1. Shifting from Law to IB is extremely difficult if not impossible. Different fields. Different criterias.

2. You either end up at these places because of the massive privilege you have or when by stroke of luck and hardwork, your stars simply align.

3. If you have to ask then most likely it's already late or it's highly unlikely that your stars will align.

Any job that takes 9 hours from your day leaves very little for prepping for competitive exams. Those people who boast on quora of clearing competitive exams are not in-house counsels or law firm associates (both these jobs are demanding). The people who can prepare for govt exams while working are the ones who take a tier 2 or tier 3 government job where no one gives a damn if you report to office on time or not. Most tier 2 or village based govt jobs in India are very chill and you can take medical or other sort of leaves before preliminary exams for a couple of months. You can not even think of these things if you are say working in-house say for a Tata or a Reliance.

Agreed.

Thinking whether this can be challenged itself, lol. Imagine a person working as construction worker/casual worker who usually gets paid daily wages in the process of their 'employment' (which is usually of transitory/fleeting in nature). Definitely the difference between 'internship' and 'employee' kicks in, and also the Minimum Wages Act/Labour Codes for the latter. It's kind of funny, though. If I have a small business or probably even a shop (unorganised sector), and I hire someone for the casual work, I shall pay the person for the services rendered for any number of days, even I find the person unsuitable for the work after sometime.

Because it's a moral norm, right. FREE LABOUR WILL EVERYTIME BE LOOKED DOWN & EVEN CALLED OUT IF I ACT OTHERWISE. Probably, the person itself would challenge me, if I denied the payment.

How do the people at Ethos (specifically) and many others (who don't pay stipend), who are placed at high echelons of the legal profession (which at least have traits of formal/organised sector), have the audacity to openly say that they don't offer stipend and still there would be likes on their LinkedIn posts, and they don't get banished?

Someone, please also clear my doubt whether I shall be counted in organised sector/unorganised, if I work in law profession (assume in law firm/law chamber as retainer)?