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1. Be kind, respectful and helpful to each other.
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Note that what you find here is written and moderated by anonymous people on the internet.
Therefore everything you read here is very likely unverified, rumour, speculation and/or downright false.
In continuing to read anything here, you must therefore agree not to take anything you read here as factual and that you will exercise due caution, diligence and common sense before acting on any information you may come across here.
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1. We receive around 90-110 articles a week. We have a team of 30 members, out of whom 28 are practitioner-editors and 2 are student editors. Most of these practitioner-editors work in law firms - Khaitan & Co, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and so on. Now, this means that we are working with members who hardly have any time in their hands (we are looking at a 16-18-hour work schedule, give or take). Even after 8 years of running this blog, it surprises me that these editors still show up to review and publish and publish articles, for no monetary gain, and with a loss of personal time.
2. Even when we accept an article, there are times when our Advisory Board would want to review an article before it goes live. This could be because the articles discusses a sensitive topic or has elements which could create a conflict of interest with the work of our team members. Our Advisory Board consists of very senior members in the industry, so understandably, they may need time to get back.
Ultimately, in the middle of all this, I would like to make one point clear — we never keep our authors in the dark. If they follow up, they will get a reply very soon (mostly from me because I tend to monitor emails every 2 hours, even in the middle of my work).
I hope this clarifies the situation to the querist and anyone else who is interested in knowing about the workings of the blog.
One thing I can promise anyone is that they can ask questions directly to me. The email address is queries@irccl.in. Thank you.
Deeksha Malik