Late last week, Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur lamented a decline in public esteem for lawyers across India, suggesting that law may no longer be the prestigious profession it once was. Justice Thakur made his comments in reference to India's marriage market, commenting that lawyers have 'no value' within a market where occupation is often an important variable in weighing up a prospective spouse. The marriage prospects for a single lawyer in India are nothing short of 'bleak', he warned.

Falling standards?

Saturation may be to blame for the lawyer's fall from grace, Justice Thakur suggested, arguing that with over 2 million lawyers nationwide, law may be perceived as an all-to-easy to access profession in India. 'There were times where you would go for LLB when you were unable to get admitted anywhere else. Now, we have two million lawyers in the country,' Justice Thakur said. 'You cannot stop anyone from becoming a lawyer, but you can certainly raise the bar.' Source: Zee News India