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They revamped it about a year ago (or less?) and it's considerably worse now. For e.g., now you can't open two orders at once: say, if you click on the link for order for 05.01.2023, it will open in a new tab. Then if you click for the order for 10.02.2023, it will open that order in the same tab as the previous one. So you can't just click on all the orders of a case so that they open in separate tabs and you can see/print them easily. You have to click on a link, see the order, come back, click on the next link, see the order...
Also, interestingly, under the "orders" tab if you search "case wise", there's no option for 2024 yet. The latest year is 2023. Such niggles didn't exist in the previous version of the website. Don't know why they revamped something that wasn't broken.
In any case, 75-100k per hearing is not too much. There are people who graduated around the same time as her who charge this much for appearances in Delhi. Yours is an outstation matter.
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/164466-book-recommendations-for-lawyers (personal suggestion, go to comments posted by 'teen baar' and 'wut')
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/233228-reading-list-for-fy-law-students (++ for the comments regarding reading material on logic)
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/185058-recommended-books-for-disputes
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/246895-reading-list-for-freshers-to-law-school
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/165851-do-corporate-lawyers-get-time-to-read-non-law-books-if-so-please-recommend-some-good-ones
https://www.livelaw.in/columns/the-reading-list-project-must-read-books-for-law-students-lawyers-159777
That aside, SCC is far superior to Manupatra.
Prepare for judiciary, but do intern alongside. While your theoretical knowledge would be useful when/if you enter litigation later, as a fresh associate, you would be expected to make yourself useful by a lot of tasks that you just won't grasp through books. Go intern, pay attention to court procedure, learn how filing and drafting works. If you intern for long, pay attention to strategising aspects of a case - this would also aid your knowledge for DJS.
It's a tough field. But consistent efforts, even if small, pay off. A lot of people say the key to litigation is hardwork. That's true for every field. What's possibly unique to litigation is the pressing need to network. You need to network HARD.
Would be happy to answer any specific questions that you may have.
Not only did no one say this is for SC, it would not be sufficient for SC by a long margin: the constitution requires 10 years practice and the settled practice is not to elevate anyone before 45, unless it's a special case (HMJ Arun Misra's brother, for instance).
Have been visiting this site for about 10 years.
I don't think there are many independent practitioners on this website.
The age requirement was removed once (in 2021 I believe). Four people had cleared it then, amongst them an NLU grad (NALSAR, if my memory is right).
I'd like to volunteer for being a mod. I've been an active since 2013. I visit LI about VERY frequently (I'm off all other social media), so quick moderation is guaranteed. I also pinky promise to be fair and unbiased.