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But the question is whether are such salary is enough for your living ? The answer is big nooo !
If you can survive to work for 8-10 hrs in a day for 15k salary for few years than you can make money and do well in this profession.
Coming to the practice in Bangalore will be usually in Civil Court along with few matters in Magistrate Court and also in High Court you will be be given tasks to go to all these courts and if your senior has Tribunal work you may have to go there also.
Secondly, You will be paid around 15-20k as salary by so called generous seniors and if you are lucky they may pay you extra 5-10k based on performance and their generosity.
Thirdly, A good senior expects you to work in all 3 or more courts in a day and looks at your ability to learn from him, some seniors expects that you have to learn from looking at their practice and they won't like asking every nuke and corner of the procedure but some of them are going to mentor you like each and every aspect of the practice.
They will expect you to file objections and filing IAs and getting certified copies from Civil Court to getting scrutiny objection cleared in High Court in one day.
Fourthly, to find senior one should have luck otherwise you have to lick their boots till you find another good senior !
There are some Bangalore based litigation advocates posts about vacancies go through it.
Main point to consider shifting is the opportunities, however, if you can survive with this initial pay then you can rock in this profession.
(Atleast that's what I have been told by my Seniors)
I'm currently in my final year (3 years) and was considering Bangalore as an option for practice. While working in my hometown would make more sense financially, there is simply no growth. Seniors refuse to give meaningful work while juniors remain juniors for years on a depressingly low salary (3-5k to start out with). Plus I would really like to move out for personal reasons. Professors and some advocates I've talked to recommend moving to Bangalore for the learning opportunity but I'm worried I won't be able to survive there. Campus placements are not a thing for me but we do get a few offices from Banglore looking for juniors.
I'd love some insights from litigators in Bangalore
1. What's the culture like? What should I know before making a decision?
2. Honest salaries?
3. What do seniors expect from their juniors?
4. How to find a good senior!!
Also, if anyone has any leads on vacancies, good offices or other work please drop a few recs! : )