I guess I am to blame- had planned a big purchase of 3L on the day the increments got announced. Going by past practise and the expectation that it would be paid out "shortly" as the letter itself indicated- I went ahead with the purchase. My credit card bill is due next week. Have to ask my wife for this or break one of my investments- these things might sound like a joke, but it leads to significant marital stress and issues. What's the point of all the money in the world,when the people who work for you, curse you from the bottom of their hearts? When you keep them in a forever point of stress. Either through work or through things like these. This, when the family pretty much takes 50% of the profits of the firm. Not nice Mr and Mrs Shroff. This is getting out of hand and quite irritating post the bad bonuses this March.

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Maybe he was hired as Lux Cozy wanted to advertise their products in corporate circle. Eventually he got lucky when the partner and his peers noticed the brand. The guy justified the "apna luck pehanke chalo" campaign

Bro just come to GNLU'24 once, just once and you will get to know what is the real meaning of toxicity.

I am surprised that PPL just because of this petty thing r feeling that there is so much toxicity, bhai GNLU ke '24 batch m aa jaa ek baar, and you will learn what is the peak of toxicity

Gopal Sankaranarayanan. He was given 30 minutes but finally they gave him 2 hours - he covered about 30 different points which hadn't been covered before, even though he volunteered to go last. And even the judges praised the amount of work put in. Nobody else got that praise.

I think he is an excellent lawyer, really gets deep into stuff. Has a superb bunch of juniors, mainly women who he encourages a lot. Shuns social media, avoids Govt briefs, is largely anti-estab (like someone else said) but has a strong all round knowledge of all areas. Has the respect of the judges and is very hard working.

He is a first generation lawyer, is good with the junior bar but isn't particularly enamored by big seniors and doesn't try to flatter them.

So there is this new, supposedly firm, by the name of Sridhar Law Associates (SLA) started by this engineer named Sridhar Anuragi. They have been posting several vacancies at their linkdin page and conducting several Recruitment drives for the same. They are receiving sizeable number of applications, as told by him and the work seems very good as well. But here is a catch -

Those all who clear the assessment are required to undergo a mandatory 45 days training period in Chennai, which is onsite, post which the trainees would be allotted their respective locations. They claim they have offices at Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon, however the firm started only a few months back.

It's looking highly fishy since they recruited almost anyone and everyone, even those who have zero experience in PE/VC or transactional work. I am sharing the firm and the founder's linkedin here-

https://www.linkedin.com/company/sridhar-legal-associates/

The issue is that they re offering wfh and a high salary, so that makes it even more fishy.

Any leads on it would be helpful.

Though I am a BJP/Modi supporter, I oppose this move. My support for the BJP/Modi is based on development, reforms and opposition to socialism. Not such stunts. You will alienate the middle class through this. I am also disappointed to see Amitabh Bachchan support the move.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amitabh-bachchans-bharat-mata-post-divides-internet-after-g20-invite-sparks-buzz-4361129

The team at AZB has core real estate and minor GC work. The team at Desai & Diwanji usually works on technology JVs and minor GC advisory work. No clue of DSK's deliverables or the KCO expansion. Pune is a very tech-tech market with very little banking and real estate work; it will take about a decade to be a law-friendly hub. Until then, Pune offices will serve as Bombay support groups and continue their slow and steady work with fixed clientele.

JSA pays 60k to freshers, which is much much lower than Tier-2 and Tier-3 firms. Imagine staying in Bombay with 60k salary.

Salary- 60k

In-hand-54k

Rent- 20k (sharing basis in Mumbai in some shitty locality which is an hour away from the office in fort)

You have no choice but to take the local train everyday during peak hours, walk to office from Churchgate / VT, and have a shitty life with struggle.

That along with pathetic working hours and working weekends. The firm isn't considerate at all it seems.

Heard that the firm is facing severe cash crunch and has cancelled the international retreat. Looks like the greedy EPs have found a way to save their money. The firm was doing so well under Jyoti and then even under Dina. Amit and Vivek have taken the firm to the cleaners. First the massive accounting frauds, then exits, poor increments and now even retreat is cancelled. Time to jump ship for most it seems!

Nusrl recently organised its intra moot and it’s safe to say that hatred is being spread amongst the batches of 2nd (especially second year) and 3rd year against the winners. This is particularly done by some oversmart folks and the supposed batch toppers who don’t have anything good to say. Anyway the college is losing its merit day by day and now the people who have won are being said to have won with no credibility. Yes maybe (and maybe it’s a big IF) the researcher’s test was rigged but the speaking part is totally marked in front of judges. Itna toxicity kyu hein batch mein? I want to ask from the anonymous alumni and other nlu folks as well that if this toxicity is present as well?

Kindly don’t mark this trollish. This is very relevant.

Let's conduct a poll to determine who has presented the most persuasive argument against the abrogation. When casting your vote, please consider the following criteria:

- Coherence
- Adherence to first principles
- Structural integrity
- Clarity of thought
- Elocutionary prowess

Current and former juniors, co-counsels, opposing counsels, and all instructing counsels related to this case are welcome to participate. If there's a potential conflict of interest, please annotate your vote with the term “Conflicted.” There's no obligation to disclose your identity.

Yes because changing the name of the country will remove unemployment, high inflation, usurpers from our borders, poverty etc.

Please lets vote this useless establishment out!

Tomorrow if the opposition changes its name to INDIA-Bharat, will they then change the name again?

Desh ka naam hai ki kapde hain? What useless folks!

One hoped renaming cities & states over petty egoes was behind us. Left only to states like UP.

Another way to waste taxpayer money on a non-issue.

Votes ke liye kuchh bhi...

Opposition adopted the name INDIA, so change the name of the country!?! Lol.

Truth stranger than fiction.

For me, the most incredible aspect of the story is how much influence Jai Sai Deepak wields in the RSS ecosystem. A person known more for tweeting than legal eminence. As rightly pointed out by many on social media, it was his book "India that is Bharat", along with many speeches calling for India to be renamed to Bharat, which lit the spark.

Congrats but also time for introspection. Has NLIU reached in 25 years where NLSIU reached in even 10 years? Don't think so. I think the misrule of SS Singh hurt NLIU very badly, along with the apathy of successive Chief Ministers and lack of industry patrons like Nandan Nilekani for NLSIU. The opening of DNLU Jabalpur was also a setback, because funds that could have been allotted to NLIU will now to go DNLU.

I feel NLIU needs to urgently call a meeting of alumni and make an action plan for the next 25 years. Top priorities should be:

1. A smart, competent and well-educated VC like Sudhir. An NLIU alum will be best.

2. A meeting with the CM and BJP top brass. Get central govt funds here.

3. Explore if the CM can ask Modi for National Importance status.

Correction: NLIU is also included in the list, as pointed out by readers. Mod may verify and edit.

https://www.iitiimshaadi.com/users/register

But Jindal is not there in the list, along with lower ranked NLUs.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwx1ewRS_Kw/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

Res ipsa liquitor (things speak for itself)

Only today the registrar sent a drinking water quality report.

Nobody will trust your reports if the water is visibly murky and smells horrible (both domestic and drinking). Most of the campus buys Aquafina bottles. Also, don't get me started on the conflict of interest in the samples being sent by the very organisation whose water is being tested.

You can try to improve this by first acknowledging that a problem exists and taking your infra team to task (for being dismissive about these issues).

This is what we get for paying 9 L a year.

1. You assume that Jindal is providing better education to those students, preparing them better to pursue such careers, compared to the public universities like NLUs. The last decade has seen that it is not.

2. There is nothing wrong in earning more money while teaching. If that means making certain compromises about towing the admin line or accepting student-teacher relationship as a customer-service provider one, then that's a choice that every eligible teacher is free to make.

Staff crushing potatoes with feet was only the beginning. Ever since that incident (and seemingly stringent measures were put in place), the following was seen:

1. Lizard was found in the food

2. Fryums had fried flies in it

3. Today in mess they served fried glove bhajias

Each time you felt things couldn't go low, this college goes to new lows everyday.

PS: Admin used to regularly deflect these issues by not responding to our emails (read: Registrar and Deeksha Khera) or expressing displeasure on the "tone and tenor" of our email.....bejati on legally india is what you get for your inaction and lack of accountability

The obvious question to ask is whether this also applies to Ashoka's equally elite neighbour in Sonipat: JGLS. However, on the contrary, what's wrong in creating a finishing school for rich students? In many ways, won't they be prepared better when they join top law firms in India and abroad and advise rich clients? Also, are teachers expected to be jholawala-carrying social activists? What's wrong if they have a comfortable job like corporate people?

https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/ashokan-edicts-intellectual-freedom-and-the-private-university/cid/1963425

Well said, for the folks in ivory towers or rather farm houses in Delhi/bungalows in South Bombay, any amount t upto 5L is lesser than their monthly spend on house upkeep. For us lesser mortals, 50K is two months of grocery spend (and in some cases, Includes entertainment spend). Shame on those running this sweatshop of a firm. Ashamed, I've done time here in the past.

Shame on Priyanka Chaturvedi and AAP's Alka Lamba for making cheap, personal and factually wrong attacks accusing Harish Salve of polygamy. Alka Lamba is divorced BTW. Would she like attacks on that? See last link.

https://twitter.com/LambaAlka/status/1698405561577222253

https://twitter.com/priyankac19/status/1698647491661713854

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/lambas-spouse-wants-sons-custody-flat/articleshow/288574.cms

So I’m an A0 currently with an infamous boutique. I have an interview lined up with Resolut Partners. Any insight on the following queries would be extremely helpful!

1. What is the interview process like? If you could shed light on the difficultly level of the HR round and technical round- plus biases (if any) you guys observed.

2. Work culture and pay

3. So currently I get to work on complex transactions, often on the documentation as well. I am extremely involved with the deals. I would hate to be sidelined to a KM role which is what most firms do with freshers. Any insight on the kind of work expected from and offered to freshers at the firm would be helpful!

In that direction, the NFSU's entrance test (called NFAT) is conducted by the NTA (National Testing Agency) like JEE (Mains) and NEET. Though for some programs NFSU does accept CLAT, GATE, CAT, UGC-NET.

Your point on grants and funding is spot on. Another less-known fact is that NFSU is primarily a post-graduate institution, with a few integrated UG programs. The faculty are engaged in some amazing projects.

I think that the Central Government is trying to push the NFSU brand as the truly national alternatives to NLUs, which are nothing but state universities at this stage and are not going to be nationalised anytime soon. Soon, the UGC and other government funding bodies will also start favouring the NFSU brand over the NLUs when it comes to grants for projects and the like, all part of this policy.

I'm the one who wrote the comment, I would highly suggest doing a 3 year course like bcom hons or bba from a good college and then going for mba instead of coming to jindal. Mba will also cost 30L but atleast you will have a job that pays 1L per month if you are in top 25 b schools.

Dude, DSF is NOT left-wing. You clearly show that you have got no understanding of student politics in Bengal. And yes, I do know more than MSM in this regard, who are just paid stooges these days catering to different ulterior motives. I have actually been part of the institutes where they operate. DSF and IC have both been independent bodies since decades now. They have affiliation to neither the CPI nor CPI(M), the usual leftist political groups. SFI is the only student union in JU who are leftist in the true sense and have such affiliation and they have been vocal against this incident from day one.

Terrible situation, dont join. Regret coming here, parents are well off but doesnt mean 9lpa should be wasted.

1) Terrible roi : Barely < 10% of the batch who gets placed, even the miracle 2023 hiring batch had 110ish good paying offers just because CAM gave out 44 offers. tier 1s are the majority offers. 90%+ people waste more money by going for LLMs which cost upwards of 50L or are working in small firms making 20-30k in delhi.

2) Crowded af : more than 12k people on an 80 acre campus, messes and everything else gets excessively crowded. ++ Hygiene issues in mess

3) Jail like location : Lived in south delhi whole life, this campus feels like shit. Isolated and bad location, takes 1 hr to reach north delhi and 1.5 for south

4) Good faculty but doesnt matter for average people who dont want to explore niche areas or focus too much on academics. If you want a job that pays 16-20 lpa and scrape through law school, faculty is useless.

Please dont come, I regret it heavily.

While I honestly expect him to reach the heights of great Sr Advs like Nariman, KKV, Sorabjee, etc., (in a couple decades from today) it is unlikely that he would become SG or AG. GSanks enjoys a reputation of being anti-establishment. This is witnessed through his litigation profile. Thus, it is unlikely that he would be offered either of those positions, or yet he would accept such offerings.

Although I agree that like K. Vish, he can make it to SC judgeship, having earned that Sr gown at an astonishingly young age.

Also, he's not KKV's nephew. This is a misnomer and notion that has been previously debunked on LI.

Good to see MSM picking up the story. The thing is, when LI was a news site and did investigative journalism, law school admins everywhere used to be on their toes. Now that is not the case. As for other sites, B&B and LiveLaw are both admin suck ups, while LawBeat is busy doing BJP propaganda. So MSM is the only hope.

https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/students-of-op-jindal-university-up-in-arms-as-viral-video-shows-canteen-staff-crushing-potatoes-with-feet/articleshow/103201562.cms