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Not possible to do engineering work without a technical degree and maths/physics knowledge.
Also the CS point no, people with high CTC are making very less in hand and 95% people make 3LPA at TCS who btw is on hiring freeze. Please just do what you like.
For other points, yes, a T1 lawyer earns more than 99.99% of the engineers with similar experience but do keep in mind that wlb is non-existent in T1.
https://livewire.thewire.in/livewire/indian-law-firms-and-burnt-out-meat-robots-savagery-at-its-finest/
Secondly, growth in law firms within 10 years is much more than engineering. Yes engineers also grow in salaries but only those do who keep upskilling themselves and learning and even after all that ,let's say after 10 years their CTC reaches 1- 1.5 crore , even then in hand will still be 4-5 lpm max ( post tax, epf, rsu, insurance , food benefits etc whatever they add in CTC) and any t1 lawyer after 10 years make more than that in hand. Also in engineering whoever says it's much easier to move abroad, calm down for a bit. Only usa pays better for top paid engineers and NOT EVERYONE these days get H1B visa lol the rate is 10-15% and then they get jobs in Cali etc which is fucking expensive, or New York for ur magic circle law firms lol. Yes if u take cost of living into consideration it's much better decision to stay in india than move abroad except better work environment ofc and ig better standard of living? But i wouldn't say that because if u r earning that much in india u can pretty much afford every single thing and lifestyle is never a compromise.
Also salary in tech only keep growing only if keep upskilling urself and learning new things or getting a mba , while law u just have to work almost same thing everyday( yes u get some diff responsibilities at diff positions but u learn all that while working inside firm itself) ,also don't u think engineers r too damn much in number( even from nit/IITs) and after PQE 10 partner at a law firm is more prestigious than a senior engineer at a software company? ( even faang) . All in all I don't have problem with working 12 hours a day in my 20s and till 30s too ( till i become an equity partner, ik I am looking too far into future but i have to, it's biggest decision of my life . Both r vastly different fields and I have to consider everything). I really don't understand why everyone here hate becoming lawyer so much and is so lala about engineering profession ( except wlb part, they do have that ) AND am I really doing wrong ( like have I understood anything wrong about law profession or engineering?) by thinking to go into law instead of engineering?