Key Highlights
- That they would engage with the profession not only through lectures and exams, but through sustained exposure to disciplines, its silences and responsibilities,” said Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday.
- The CJI, who was chief guest at the 16th convocation of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) in Gandhinagar, added, “Your past eight months must have shown you that work done in chambers, law firms and corridors, is rarely observed, never celebrated.
- And, if 93 per cent of you are hijacked outside the gate of this university by corporate entities, then it increases my worry.
- Because, I presume, as a very selfish head of the Indian judiciary, that the national law schools will produce more and more members of the bar and bench.” Here, CJI Kant was referring to Director Prof (Dr) S Shanthakumar’s speech earlier in the ceremony, when he presented the annual report of GNLU, wherein he stated that 137 of 150 students had received placements the previous year, with an average package of Rs 18 lakh per annum.
- The CJI said, “Having said that, in college, feedback comes quickly.
