Internship Experiance at Solomon & Roy

Location: Mumbai, Andheri (E).

Tenure: 1 Month (1st September 2013 to 30th September 2014).

Position: Legal Intern.

Law Firm Type:  Intellectual Property Boutique (IPR Law firm)

Area of work: Patent; Design, Tardemark; Copyright (IPR Laws).

Stipend: Rs. 7,500/- per month

Student: Government Law College, Mumbai.

Working days:  6 days (Saturday-Half day)

Procedure to Apply: You can send your C.V. on "blaise.coutinho@slmnco.in" Mr. Blaise Coutinho is the one who takes care of internship slots. Kindly send your C.V. 6-7 months prior to your available month.

Solomon & Co., which is one of the top and leading law firm in India is situated at Fort, Churchgate (Mumbai) Basically the firm is full service law firm and it has three branches-

1) Solomon & Co.- Solomon & Co. is situated at Churchgate-Mumbai. It is a full service law firm and famous for its litigation practice and Merger Acquisition.

2) Solomon & Co.- This is the second brach of Solomon & Co. situated at Bandra (W)- Mumbai. This branch generally deals with Property related matters.

3)  Solomon & Roy. This is the third branch situated at Andheri (E) -Mumbai. This branch gnerally deals with Intellectual Property related matters. It is a Intellectual Property Boutique which advices their clients in matters related to Trademark, Copy Rights, Patents, Design etc.

I worked with Solomon & Roy for one month and indeed it was a great experience. The firm is tentatively composed of 10 Associates and headed by Mrs. Mahua Roy Chaodhary who is really an amazing personality. In inception I spent few days of my internship tenure without any work but after some days I got some work from Associates which was basically Legal research. During my internship tenure I also worked on some legal research presentation which was taken by the associates for their Bostan visit.

Disliking aspect: overall the firm is great where actually you can learn lots of things as an intern and which will definitely help you for your future. When you are working with them then it would be my suggestion to keep asking them some work again and again. As they all are pretty busy in their work so interns do not get proper attention by the Associates, so if you want to learn something from there then you should eat their brain so at least they will assign you some work. 


                                     I rate this firm 3/4 stars.

                   Are Judicial Proceedings in India More Biased Towards Celebrities??

               A Jury Consist of Twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better Lawyer-             

                                                                                                                                       Rober Frost.

Indian Judiciary from its inception has followed the principle of favoritism and this deeply rooted stigma affected the most pious organ of the Indian System. Yes, the most pious and honorable system “Judiciary” which is the third strongest pillar of Democratic Government. Sometimes judiciary is known as the guiding/hoping ray for those who are incapable to see the light in a dark tunnel but what when the guiding authority astray from its own path?? Indeed in such situation justice is impossible and especially when the culprit/offender is a well known celebrity of our great nation. In a country like India, which is a mixture of poor and rich citizens and the proportion of these two classes are highly different. In such incidents justice to a common man becomes impossible. The path to stardom favours for several celebrities but for certain of them the fame and wealth springs from criminal case rather than their success in films. Some of these celebrities slapped with criminal charges including A-Listers like Mr. Sanjay Datt, Mr. Salman Khan, The former Chief Minister Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mr. Shiney Ahuja etc.

       A very famous and well known celebrity Mr. Sanjay datt, who was arrested and had spent eighteen months in jail and was booked under TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act) ever since he was sentenced to five years of Imprisonment for illegal possession of 9MM pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle during the 1993 Mumbai Blasts. However he was acquitted from the TADA- related offences but yet a long gape of approximately 20 years for pronouncing the judgment is the crystal clear incapacity of Indian Judiciary and the biased nature of Indian Judicial Proceeding when the offender is a famous celebrity.

    The unforgettable “Black Buck Case” in which a superstar Mr. Salman Khan was convicted with his co-stars Ms. Tabbu, Mr. Saif Ali Khan & Mrs. Sonali Bendre, unfortunately to say the case from 1998 to till date still in continuation. Such a long delay is simply a miscarriage of justice and judicial proceedings, Indian Judiciary which boast around the world for its legal reforms and understanding of liberal judicial thinking was/is always denied when the punishment was given to one celebrity and one layman. The specs of judiciary biased at each pace of justice and the most significant, unforgettable “Negligent Driving Case” of Mr. Salman Khan occurred on 28^th September 2002, still pending. Justice to that deceased person and his family was just kept at the stake of the biased judicial proceedings.  

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     Following the chain of Judicial Bias the one very famous corruption case which cannot be left without mentioning here “The Fodder Scam”. The chronology of  the Fodder Scam in which former Bihar Chief Minister “Mr. Lalu Prasad” had been convicted by a special court in Ranchi. In the year of January 1996, fodder scam surfaces after Deputy Commissioner “Mr.Amit Khare” raided the office of Animal Husbandry Department. In march 1996 Patna High Court Directed CBI to investigate the scam. Apparently after a long period of more than 5 years Mr. Prasad found guilty and awarded 5 years of Imprisonment. Again unfortunately to say the biased Judiciary accepted his Bail Plea on about December 13, 2013 and just after two months of his Imprisonment he was released from the jail. Sarcastically to say the bench of Law court composed of Chief Justice and other Puisine Judges released Mr. Prasad on some Terms and Conditions. Being biased towards the different sections of society, surely a pleasant habit of our Independent Judiciary and effected common man loses his belief from the worship of judiciary and its traditional Legal system. The remarkable Trauma encourage the common man to do justice by own and consequently it gives birth to another offence which turns to aspersion on the face of society and our great laws. The highly increasing demand to make judicial proceeding smooth, speedy and impartial is the current reform which is require to be made out in present Judicial system. Being a part of a democratic country, it is the duty of citizens to look after the affairs of country and Judiciary the guardian of such rights and liabilities make such miscarriage of laws then country can/will not become an ideal Nation.       

  

      Whether it is Mr. Suniel Shetty’s Stunt-Man-Case” or Mrs. Shridevi’s Cheque bouncing case Mr. Madhur Bhandarkar and Mr. Shiney Ahuja’s rape case justice is always delayed by the Indian Judicial Proceedings and such incapacity/inability makes the travesty of Indian Laws which does the partiality with these two different sections of society. The special treatment to the celebrities was supported by the judicial proceeding and a common man without any source or reference was always denied by the legal system. However some eminent and Hon’ble Judges has taken a radical pace to eradicate such issues and it will not be a favoritism to salute those judicial heroes of our great nation but yet, the contribution was not too effective to make a drastic change in the life of a common citizens of our great nation but a hoping ray can always be alive for judicial reforms throughout the country, which is the current need of judiciary and legal system. Judicial proceedings being biased towards celebrities is surely an Anathema of God. 

Justice Delayed means Justice Denied and Justice Hurried means Justice Buried.-                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                           William Gladstone.

LAW AND IT’S LEGAL CONSEQUENCES

                          LAW AND IT’S LEGAL CONSEQUENCES

                       (Present Requirements of Indian Diversity)    

   “Justice Delayed means Justice Denied and Justice Hurried is Justice Buried”

In any civilized country the word “LAW” has its significant meaning but when the question comes to conclude the Indian Judiciary the debatable questions always arise. My fellow Indians abuse the law of our nation and sometimes they prefer to stay away from this country and they look forward for foreign opportunities. Like other citizens of different countries of the world, I also a great admirer of my nation but it doesn’t mean that I like to hide my country’s flaws or to flatter my country without having any glories and achievements.

          In my present writing I would like to conclude some eminent cases which has strengthen the route of Indian Judiciary in the core of this country and some cases which are/were the total miscarriage of justice. However it is not true that the miscarriage of justice was supported by all the learned Hon’ble Judges but sometimes justice was denied to common people by or due to absence/lack of majority. As we know majority plays an important role in a democratic country but sometimes it turns to bane and this is the current situation in the era of Legal Systen. 

            ADM. Jabalpur V/s. Shivkant Shukla familiarly known as the Habeas Cor-Pus case is one of the aspersion on the face of Indian Judiciary. This was not only the abuse of Democracy but also a rape of Indian Constitution. However it is not wrong to say that Judiciary played it’s effective role & wiped out “The Emergency Blot of 1975” today also we curse the Indian Laws but unfortunately to say the custodian of a constitution was never appreciated by the public for their effective pace.

 The lonely “Article 44” of Indian Constitution is lying on a bed of Parliament which is famously known as the “Uniform Civil Code (UCC)” which was accepted/added by the father of Indian Constitution by keeping the future demand of Indian citizens but unfortunately to say it is still lying and has became a sleeping beauty and waiting for a prince charming to come and have a glance (kiss) to the Art. 44 of Indian Constitution which is still waiting to make UCC for all Indian citizens

              Long years ago a wakeup call was given to the Indian parliament by many eminent Judges & Justice Chdrachud reminded parliament several times to legislate laws related to UCC or form UCC in a country but it was ignored by the parliament and it remain unattended. However the draft was prepared at the time of Rajiv Gandhi Government and the tension, agitation and protest by the different different communities of Indian Society showed its anger towards UCC which was the communal war in India and proved that the religious hatred is in the blood of Indian Society, no legislation can eradicate such envy from India. And the draft remains incomplete and after the lapse of parliament sessions draft was just a mockery of Art. 44 of Indian Constitution.  For such failure I will not blame Judiciary, Executive or legislative authority, I will blame public in General who are not ready to give up their own personal laws which sometimes compel judiciary to do injustice with the thousands of people who still prefer their personal laws which morally and ethically wrong and biased.

           It is a wakeup call to all my fellow citizens “please realize your Rights, perform your Duties and demand for your Laws as per the requirements of present society. Indeed Indian society is unique but sometimes unity of nation is the first priority over all personal needs.