From what I could gather, this is a case where a person was not allowed to stand for election in Gujarat Bar Council on the ground that they were an OCI. Which is different from your situation. While of course J. Bagchi’s remark that the MHA notification can’t change the Act is maybe a bit concerning, it isn’t law till he passes a judgment on it. Also it seems like he missed the proviso. All told, I stand by my earlier opinion.

Most people are sucked into the Apple ecosystem due to peer pressure. I would agree that iPads are largely essential now if you want to be a successful litigator, but neither a Mac nor an iPhone are necessary. Just stick with an Android phone and a Windows laptop to save money. The main allure of iPhones is the ease of sharing files which airdropping allows, but having that privilege is hardly worth so much more money than a standard Android phone. Regarding Macs, I honestly don't see how people can in anyway justify buying a Mac over something like a solid ThinkPad. Macs are only good for people with more money than sense.

So what? Not everyone has the privilege of sitting in AC chambers, ranting from a place of comfort and connections. It’s honestly surprising how self-centered people have become, unable to even help someone who genuinely needs a push.

And who isn’t desperate for a job? Or maybe you’re that person who never had to struggle for anything and got everything handed through family connections. Pity.

The accountability has to start with the students. What steps have been taken against this individual by the students themselves? Whenever any action is initiated by the university, the students themselves will start protesting. Has this incident been reported by the CRC or any student including the victim to the firm that the perpetrator is going to join? If not, why? You cannot keep enjoying the fruits of a corrupt system and then complain the moment it works against you. The way the students shamefully leveraged the death of a student to cherry pick which exam to give, but are still doing their internships regardless of 'mental health' concerns goes to show the disgusting opportunism.

HI, Bo26 graduate here, joining a Mumbai/Delhi Firm in June. How do I take the AIBE on 7th June once I have started working in Mumbai/Delhi, even though I have only temporary residence there? Should I give the exam in my hometown or wait until the next AIBE? Is it an issue at all to wait until the next exam? Also, to my seniors out there, please explain the procedures for "becoming" an advocate, given that my final semester exams are pending, but I'll be joining the Firm before the results. I have done my own research, just hoping for concurring words by anyone who knows the path forward, having gone through it and all.

Thanks!!

Even if Meta had a hardcore BJP supporter heading it, the majority of posts would still be pro-Congress, because Gen Z is wired that way politically. They prefer posts by Dhruv Rathee, Ravish Kumar, Saket Gokhale, Mahua Moitra, Rana Ayyub, Arfa Khanum Sherwani etc etc. Not posts by Sanjeev Sanyal, Swapan Dasgupta, J Sai Deepak or such people.

In fact, the only social media platform where the right matches or outnumbers the left is X. That’s because Elon Musk has corrupted the algorithm and because Gen Z users have also declined since he took over.

This is very helpful, thank you so much!

I do hold a passport from one of the countries you mentioned. Quick follow up - would your advice change in light of this: https://supremetoday.ai/supreme-court-dismisses-oci-nri-parity-bar-membership-20260224079

Requesting mods to not censor this as this is all public information now: The ▮▮▮ of the ▮▮▮ at NUJS has sent a public mail owning up to and apologising for slapping and "manhandling" a female batchmate during a conversation inside the ▮▮▮ room. This same individual has also been part of the ▮▮▮ at NUJS for many years.

Nothing will come out of this. Since he graduates next week, the college will brush it under the rug as it has for every other such instance. This individual will join his corporate law job and just live life to the fullest. Shame to NUJS.

What are the typical fees charged by an advocate appearing on behalf of the main counsel before District Courts, Sessions Courts, High Courts, or the Supreme Court, including charges for adjournments or similar routine matters? Additionally, how do these fees differ for junior advocates compared to more experienced or senior advocates?

Who says nujs gives break from mid April to mid June?

Have been here for two years; Winter end sem starts in Mid April and ends around 28-30th for all batches and we start interning from 1st to 3rd May onwards.

As for mid June thing, you only need to come back if you have failed a paper and need to sit for repeats. Else our new year begins around 2nd week of July. As such, we can intern the entirety of June. Please cross verify info before spilling it.

As someone who used to be at Trilegal, I can't help but think this post might be one of my colleagues unnecessarily praising their employer under the guise of a discussion.

Trilegal is definitely a step ahead of the la la firms in terms of profit sharing, but that's about it. "Governance philosophy" and "institutional culture" are only buzzwords at the firm, as it follows the same model as every other firm where the team's partner controls everything within their team. The associate sitting at the desk next to me faced a very different governance philosophy and culture (much better to be honest – they used to leave on time everyday) solely because they were in a different team.

Yes, Trilegal does spend the most on its associates compared to every other firm, and the difference in office quality is palpable. But Trilegal's primary benefits are felt at the partner level (and might be a disadvantage for rainmakers in fact - see NKU), and associate life is not very different from other firms.

I will admit one thing Trilegal has done well is adopt great enterprise tech. The Lucio investment is a bit of a flop within the firm, but our Microsoft system kicks Citrix's ass every day of the week

Hi. I’m a student at CLC, DU. I feel like everyone on here is from an NLU and I couldn’t really find any threads that answered my concerns. I interned at SAM (Delhi office) in March in the Capital Markets team (was only 1 week so I couldn’t really gauge how much I like or hate it). Did mostly research, updating internal documents and making summaries of business agreements for an upcoming IPO. I got a callback and I will be interning with the same team again in October. I wasn’t really expecting a callback because I was with a different team in the first week, and then I had switched to CM.

I know I’m thinking way ahead, but before I get into something I don’t enjoy, I really want to get an idea of the entire picture. I know it’s SAM and everything, but I would really rather not waste a month doing something that is not going to add any value to my career. Being from the 3 year course, I anyways have 2 less years to intern and figure things out. I’m going to be in my final year, and again, very limited time to intern, virtually no campus placements or assistance from college, and not many firms who take interns/hire from DU.

I have always been interested in litigation, and all my internships other than this one have been with advocates. But since this is a really good opportunity, I really do want to explore if I want to work in a corporate setup.

I’m sorry for the long ass explanation - basically just want to know, why does everyone seem to hate Capital Markets? Other than the fact that it is repetitive work, is there anything else? Is CM hated just in SAM or most firms? Is it easy to transition into GC after working in this area? Or M&A? Would I be boxing myself in this area? (Future problem, I know). But is there anyone who can just give general advice on this?

TL;DR 2nd year student at CLC, majorly focused on litigation, will be a callback intern at SAM in October (in my final year) in the Capital Markets team, need general advice, why is Capital Markets so disliked

I potentially have the opportunity to join the Corp team at the Mumbai office. Please inform me on what to except, the team, the growth opportunities and whether it is worth considering. I have seen other threads, but most are blunt without any rationale. Please help a lad out!

Why is ideological consistence so important to you? Are [eople not allowed to change their minds? This would cause people to hold onto harmful and outdated ideologies at just for the sake of some imaginary commitment to conisistency. If nobody changed their minds and political orientation only one ideology would be the paramount majority for all of human history.

A certain lawyer with hardly four years’ experience was placed on the Union of India A Panel and given 5,904 cases. As a BJP voter, I am rather disappointed. I got no work when the Congress was in power. I assumed: coalition government = patronage of a certain few. I don't stand a chance. I voted for change and hoped the purported Modi effect would resonate across the board. I hoped the Ministry of Law and Justice under the BJP would support my career, and give me a fair opportunity with panel work. It didn’t. I never got in!

I am an independent lawyer. I have earned every Tier 1 law firm role I secured and every client referral. I even graduated from a Tier 1 university. How is it that when I apply for any government panel, I get zilch, whereas people with no prior experience or credentials get empanelled, and receive sarkar work worth crores of rupees?

I have no love or sympathy for Arvind Kejriwal. I have voted for him only twice, and I don’t see myself ever voting for him again after seeing videos of his Sheeshmahal in Civil Lines - https://youtu.be/czEBDNRYHBg

It is under these circumstances that his demand for recusal, which tbh stands on flimsy grounds (legally speaking), resonates with me - https://youtu.be/BMBPoqkfzWc

Am I alone here?

Initial days are bad, yes, but thats till year 5. Thereafter you go independent and by year 10, become successful enough to outearn your law firm counterparts - post which you-'ll only be outearning them.

An average successful senior advocate earns faf far far more than their equally successful law firm counterpart

Why should advocates pay their juniors? Do the juniors bring in any skills? The issue is not about advocates not paying juniors, its the issue of law schools or the state of legal education not allowing practical training. Once the graduates have such training, they can charge clients on their own, need not rely on chamber senior for payment. That delhi systwm of seniors paying their chamber jinior is awful and wrong

Lmao. Even a non designated advocate who is equally successful as a law firm clerk makes more money than theirlaw fifm counterpart. Compare the earning of any level of lawyer, from litigation v law firm, after 10-15PQE at the same level of success - your liti lawyer outearns the partner. The cream of SC lawyers earn in excess of 100cr a year. Few top firm partners make that much. Even the average senior advocate at around 40-50 would ve earning in excess of 4-5cd a year if not 10cr. Your law firm partner? Meh. Add to that, you get senior designation, chances of being elevated, people know you more, than being a partner at a firm where no one knows you and thats the only achievement you'll ever have - a partner at a law firm which is not your own.

Depends on your college, selected area to intern in and vacancies of the teams you interned in, and your work performance. Also, publications have little to do with getting a T-1 job, but it’s good you have them.

If you want a T-1 job, maybe shift practice areas. If you want to get into a specific practice area only, maybe try for T-2s and T-3s and work your way up. If you haven’t been able to convert 9-10 experiences (not sure if this also includes callbacks, but if not then this applies even more) indicates that your work performance is probably not up to the mark. If possible, ask your mentors from easier internships for feedback and work on it.

I hope it works out for you, the markets haven’t been kind to us and don’t think will be for a while going forward!

In many ways, yes. Trilegal’s rise has been notable not only because of its scale, reputation, and practice strength, but because of the way it chose to organise itself. In a legal market where concentrated ownership and hierarchical partnership structures were long the norm, Trilegal built itself around a broader equity-sharing approach and a more institutional model of growth. That gave it a distinct identity in the Indian market.

Its success suggests that building a leading law firm is not just about assembling star lawyers or landing marquee mandates. It is also about creating a structure that supports collaboration, rewards performance, and sustains long-term growth. Trilegal’s lockstep-oriented and broad-based equity model has often been seen as central to its culture and internal cohesion.

The firm’s journey also reflects a larger shift in the Indian legal sector: from founder-centric practices to more system-driven institutions. In that sense, Trilegal did not just become successful within the existing framework, it helped demonstrate that there could be a different framework altogether.

Whether that template can be replicated at other firms is a separate question. But Trilegal has certainly shown that ownership design, governance philosophy, and institutional culture can be as important as legal capability in building an elite Indian law firm.

Experience was lovely, the associate and nice and chill in most offices (heard from co interns), a fresher gets about 10LPA (don't know how accurate it is), the firm has a relatively chiller wlb as compared to a t1, most associates ik or at least the senior ones are ex t1 associates, good place to grow and have a stable life, however growth wise and challenges wise im not too sure (I personally found my experience challenging cause this was my first corp internship + a practice area I had never done before, I never got the practise area I applied for so I didn't know how to properly do the work). otherwise your mentors are usually nice and patient and look out for you. Stipend is about 6K, which is pretty good ig.

At NUJS, students get to intern during the whole of May and June. Again most of December. In addition, a student gets a total of 30 days while the semester is going on to intern. The last one can be available in full or in part anytime during third, fourth, or fifth year. No other NLU provides that much time for internship at present. The last one is of course against BCI rules, but who is checking?

You can consider a few things. First, the 22 July 2021 notification from the MHA that says an OCI holder has parity with NRI's for the purpose of pursuing the practice of law. Second, the proviso to Section 24(a) of the Advocates Act, which says that you can enroll as long as the country of which you are a national allowes Indian's to practice. So if you are a citizen of UK or the US, you should be fine.

Based on this, I think what is determinative is which country are you a citizen of actually.

Finally I sometimes wonder about Harish Salve. I have my doubts that he has retained an Indian passport.

Insane, how come none of those 10 internships converted to a callback/assessment man? Or have you also done and lost on multiple callback/assessment Internships? Because only in the second case would I attribute it to shitty luck

In any case, stay strong and hold on, keep trying

Diligent and hard working people are always to figure it out

What an absurd post. Quoting from the HC order itself:

> 16. This Court has gone through the tweets. In the opinion of this Court, the tweets are communally provocative, profane and vulgar in nature which affects the dignity and personal lives of the Plaintiffs. The content of the tweets are extremely derogatory and no human being with dignity and selfrespect can live peacefully and with head held high if such scandalous, vulgar posts are circulated against them amongst the public at large.

> 17. A perusal of the tweets reveals that a substantial amount of content includes statements that can be construed as communally inflammatory. References have been made to the personal lives of the Plaintiffs in the context of their political inclinations, which indicates a brewing campaign by those who have opposing political inclinations.

>18. What particularly worries this Court is a perusal of Document No. 5, which contains a compilation of comments, some of which contain threats of physical and sexual violence. All of these posts have been gathering widespread attention from the general public, which is also attributable to the language used in the impugned content, which in the prima facie opinion of this Court, have been written in a way to garner more and more attention.

Some UNI(s) give proper internship breaks like that from 1st of the month to 30th/31st of the month. While some like NUJS give breaks from mid of April to Mid of June.
Do firms care if you join from middle of the month for 1 month or they necessarily insist upon joining from the first of month ?

I was on a 5-month career break for some serious personal reasons after 4 years of working at 2 different (tier-I, Mumbai) law firms with their M&A teams. Now that I am looking to join law firms again, it has been 2 months and I am not getting any response from any of the recruiters, HRs or even a couple of the partners (I personally know) I have reached out to. I am really surprised and also quite concerned now, and I am not sure if I am doing something wrong. I am also worried that the 5 months have now extended to 7 months and might go beyond.

If anybody has any idea about this and can help me out, that would be really helpful.

Are the law firms not hiring laterals right now for some reason? And if anybody knows any team that is looking for SA, can you please mention that in this thread?

I have been seeing a lot of posts (on Reddit and here) about the admin issues regarding them coming in the way of students and contributing (probably) to the declining placements. I have been really freaked out over this and am seriously considering going for another attempt (partial drop), so some honest piece of information would be much appreciated. Thank you.

P.S. - I have seen some posts where it was mentioned that in the last DayZ, AZB was the only T1 to come. I have also heard that Khaitan and CAM have just avoided the DayZ for two years now (I may be misguided) but have recruited from lower ranked NLUs (not to discredit the people there, just curious about this incongruency), is there any specific reason for all this? Also, since the college hasn't really released placement reports for quite some time now, it gets difficult to find out what's actually the scene there.

None. Snr Adv CM Lal never. Have never seen any junior of now Snr Adv Swathi Sukumar or CM Lal become indepdent and do well.

In Fidus you may still get a chance to argue.

Ira Law gives you chance to argue preliminary applications before judge in DHC etc provided you have gained there trust ofcourse.

Anand - never seen anyone except 2-3 partners argue.

Sujata Choudhary- only seen Urfee seen arguing.

Sagar Chandra - again only seen the guy argue or senior. KCO - almost always takes senior. rarely does the partner argue. NL team you may still get a chance - but thats just by luck. ASL team no chance.

Sai Krishna - usually SK only does, not sure if other partners or juniors get a chance.

Chadha & Chadha, is just starting their litigation team v nascent

Obhan - have seen one SA argue, but she's been there since forever, nobody else apart from her. EO barely knows how to argue himself, let alone will let any junior handle.

the unfortunate thing about IP is - there are so many reputed seniors who just dont want to get out of the field. and the others are still upcoming and so insecure about their position in the field that they wouldnt trust anyone else to take the lead or handle anything. so as a junior you are left all by yourself. AND THE WORST PART, IP is not a very complex field of law, so there are random advocates coming in & arguing as if they know the law as well as IP lawyers.

not proofing, if any mistake --> IDC

People had some not-so-nice things to say about Lexstart a few years ago on an older LI post: https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/222526-lexstart-partners-amazing-reviews-heard-true-or-not

Buddy look at the data on the per capita income and quality of life of the average lit bro, compared with the average tier 1 or tier 2 lawyer, you'll understand why people prefer firms. Not everyone can survive on a pay of 10 bucks + a packet of biscuit. None of these lit arguments have anything but emotions or vibes, since anything that doesn't make sense economically, requires extra economic justification.

Just corporate, maybe. Their entire disputes team has quit. Major exits in tax and funds over the last few years. TMT (another area where the firm used to thrive) is not doing well either. Clients are flocking, lawyers are flocking. Apparently they’re unable to replace mid level and senior level people so they are making [...] contracts, opinions, etc and pushing them out

Honestly, not great. They used to have a great TMT practice. But from what I’ve heard, there’s barely any work coming in now, the team isn’t managed well and a few more people are expected to leave soon. Apparently most of their litigation team across offices has already quit including recent joinees, so it doesn’t look very stable right now. Probably best to steer clear of the firm

If fees isn't an issue and you can pay NALSAR tuition through the foreign national quota, why the hell don't you just come back to the UK? For lad's sake mate, you will have the grades (should you achieve what you say you will) from school to get into some of the best UK unis! I mean - come on! What kind of madness is this? Throwing the equivalent of £60000 down the tube for a legal education in India when you literally have a British passport? What on earth is your conception of legal education? Do you think any law school in India, even NLS, let alone NALSAR (which is sliding down), matches up to the top law schools in Britain? Were you drunk/high when you wrote this? Or is this supposed to be some sort of a joke? Even if you wanted to practice in India, this is total madness, considering your circs. And if you really did want to practice in India considering what you have, then I really have nothing more to say to you. You aren't "committed to the hustle" as you claim, because you want mummy's cooking and daddy's car more than actual hard work. And frankly, if I were a British social services official and you had been under age, I would seriously have wanted to know if your parents know what they are doing and are fit to bring up a child. If it were a question of doing something like engineering in India, now, that would be a slightly different debate. In any case, stop this nonsense and start thinking about a gap year, what you'll do during it that'll help your UK universities' applications, apply and come back. Literally nothing - not even the UK economy in its current state - is justification for the laughably stupid thing you are contemplating - a waste of money on a massive scale.

If you have to manage fee status games with the UK unis because of having lived abroad for a long while, come back to the UK, eat some humble pie (the tone of your post is such that it sounds like it'll do you some good) and do some job, frankly any job (many people don't go to uni immediately after school, and if you are really "committed to the hustle" instead of having an armchair commitment, you should know that law firms in the UK like people with extensive non-legal work experience) for a couple of years and then go to uni there when you have lived there long enough to fall back into their domestic tuition bracket. Frankly, if I were your parents, I'd rather spend the money on a UK education for you on merit than messing around here - from what you said, they have the resources. That would be a far better "hustle" than this total rubbish you have written. Really, sometimes the foolishness that people display has to be seen (or in this case, read) to be believed. OP, you should really thank your stars that this post is anonymous. There will come a time when the fear that one day the identity of its author will be discovered will be so accute that you will want nothing more than to look out over the White Cliffs of Dover and jump into the unknown, not caring where you land, merely to avoid the risk of becoming the object-of-ridicule-in-chief for Indian and British lawyers alike.

Alright, alright. Home truths now spoken. All persons gather around the picnic table and watch Uncle Albert do his magic tricks. Okay kid, will be more gentle. This may not be your fault. Knowing what pains-in-the-arse Indian parents can be, I can easily see a scenario where this total nonsense has been written by you because of circumstances rather than your own inclinations. If it's your parents who've gotten you into this, show them this response. Tell them that any logical person in the legal field who has seen your post would like nothing better than to find its writer and dox her or him to the rest of the world merely for its pleasure, and lunch and dine off that experience for the rest of their lives. Tell them that that's the advice of a friendly senior who doesn't want that, and who actually wants you and your parents to think if you are really "committed to the hustle", as you so glibly claim.

Damn kid, you really have committed one heck of a faux pas on here. This is the Legally India equivalent of getting drunk and kissing a law firm partner, of George Bush vomitting on the Prime Minister of Japan - and if your parents are really calling the shots on this as badly as what you say they are, it is as if Bush vomitted once on the Japanese PM and then twice more, on the Australian PM and on the CIA director - and you are sadly playing the part of Bush in that hypothetical (FFS NLUJ in this discussion!!!). Hope you don't have too much trouble picking up the pieces. If you do because of your parents forcing you into this stupidity, get them to directly type out a response to my response to your post and defend their logic.

(Note to Mods: This is in good fun. The site needs some humour. Please publish. No one gets hurt)

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Going to enter the profession this year. I have an android phone which I need to change soon since its very old, a 4 years old Dell Laptop, and a 5 year old ipad.
All 3 devices work well.
Have been interning, and use Liquidtext, and cannot deny without ipad, cannot function. Ipad is essential. Besides that, I have seen every lawyer, those in litigation, has an iphone and a mac. Any specific reason? I dont think I'll have to change my laptop in the near future, but will have to change phones, and while an iphone would be costly, should I get so? as regards laptop, have been using a software which is available only on windows for dictation for drafting, which is amazing, but its only for windows, does not work on mac. Since i dont think i'll have the privilege to get to use the services of a steno for the first few years, i think going with my windows is the best. I also sometimes feel inferior for having the only android phone in an environment where everyone uses iphone(very subtly - psychologically)

In light of the same,
1. Why do lawyers in litigation use iphones and mac? [focus on drafting and research for mac, and use liquidtext - thats all i need a laptpop for]
2. Should i get an iphone? [parents are agreeable, but i wanna know the pros and cons]
3. if yes, which one would you suggest? [please, something lesser than 1L]

4. Does liquidtext work on iphone also?
5. What to do about my laptop? Should i change nowor later?
note - i use the student version of liquidtext. Also no use of ipad and lappy other than research, drafting, and LT (on ipad) and the occassional movie watching on netflix.

Would be grateful for answers.