Cyril Shroff a d his family don't give a damn about legal profession,it's all about the moneybags.This idea of some "benevolent" contributions of AMSS or the family "uplifting" legal profession in India is just marketing blitz.All these banking scams you see -Nirav Modi,ICICI and the ones that don't come out, you will see AMSS was the legal advisor.So better not dish out "noble" "truths" because not only legal profession boys club but every sectors old boys club has the AMSS "contribution".
And then this charade of a speech yo and old boys club
What a joke.The most unmeritocratic undemocratic MP responsible for contributing to making legal profession an old boy's club is talking about merits.one bloody joke this is
Check the nirf data for SLCU Bangalore, majority of the students are from EWS . This whole assumption that only public universities have "deserving and needy students" is biased. Check out the NLSIU student diversity survey and the IDIA Survey - it shows a lot of students from the higher income bracket at public funded NLU's. By your argument, then even
Aditya Birla Scholarships which are awarded too should not be given to rich students. NLU's also have the CAN foundation that helps.
Son of Cyril Shroff: Rishabh Shroff is also a lawyer. The wife of Rishabh Shroff -- Saloni Shroff (of the famous Surana Jewellers of Jaipur) works at CAM. Vandana Shroff wife of Cyril Shroff is a lawyer. Cyril Shroff's daughter is married into the Adani family. The list goes on....
The Indian legal profession is rife with nepotism -- even more so than Bollywood.
Who is the Karan Johar of the Indian legal profession?
CAM PR team loyal and hard at work.AMSS benefitted a ton more than help legal profession.And honestly they have held the legal profession back by decades lobbying to obstruct foreign law firm entry so as to maintain monopoly.Nothing was "help",let's be clear on that.See how badly they treat ppl at CAM.
Yeah look at the f audacity of such people to openly say stuff like this which most people know is definitely the total 360 degree opposite in reality. Maybe he could begin by giving internships based on merit and not contacts, maybe he could begin by actually replying to personal applications, maybe he could at least pay at par with his compatriots, maybe he could stop treating people like s.
If someone can pay Symbi's fees, why would they even need scholarships? It's better off donating to public universities to deserving and needy candidates.
Let's give credit where due. The Shroff family has done a lot for the legal profession in the country. Some of the things we take for granted, including campus placements, were started by AMSS long back. Modern Indian law firms have a lot to thank AMSS for.
Not saying that it's all hunky dory. There were problems with AMSS and a number of them continue with SAM and CAM. However, one still can't take away the tremendous amount of work that the Shroffs have done to bring the corporate legal system where it is today.
Meritocracy is of course needed but its basic human tendency to help and expect help. That only comes from connections one makes over years.
How about he donates scholarships to private law schools like Christ, Symbi where we don't have the existing endowments and scholarships that NLU's have
It's like CJI YV Chandarchud's son CJI DY CHANDRACHUD calling for Judicial Appointments to be more meritocratic and not nepotistic while waiting to appoint Abhinav Chandrachud (CJI/SC Judge in 2040's) and Chintan Chandrachud (CJI/SC Judge in 2050's) to the bench to start thier meritocratic judicial careers.
Amarchand/Shroff Family is the part of the problem why legal profession is packed with nepotism in an old boys club fashion.
And then this charade of a speech yo and old boys club
Pallavi Shroff: Wife of Shardul; daughter of the ex CJI PN Bhagwati
Daughters of Shardul Shroff are also lawyers working at SAM
Nepotism in the Indian Judiciary flourishes
Abhinav Chandrachud, Son of DY Chandrachud works in the chambers of Darius Khambata (nepo at work)
Chintan Chandrachud lawyer works at Brick Court Chambers in England.
Lineage is always at play in the Indian Judiciary and the Legal Profession
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lineage-at-play-six-of-27-apex-court-justices-had-fathers-as-sc-or-hc-judges/articleshow/95752807.cms
Aditya Birla Scholarships which are awarded too should not be given to rich students. NLU's also have the CAN foundation that helps.
The Indian legal profession is rife with nepotism -- even more so than Bollywood.
Who is the Karan Johar of the Indian legal profession?
Not saying that it's all hunky dory. There were problems with AMSS and a number of them continue with SAM and CAM. However, one still can't take away the tremendous amount of work that the Shroffs have done to bring the corporate legal system where it is today.
Meritocracy is of course needed but its basic human tendency to help and expect help. That only comes from connections one makes over years.
It's like CJI YV Chandarchud's son CJI DY CHANDRACHUD calling for Judicial Appointments to be more meritocratic and not nepotistic while waiting to appoint Abhinav Chandrachud (CJI/SC Judge in 2040's) and Chintan Chandrachud (CJI/SC Judge in 2050's) to the bench to start thier meritocratic judicial careers.
Amarchand/Shroff Family is the part of the problem why legal profession is packed with nepotism in an old boys club fashion.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/bar-should-be-future-ready-cyril-shroff