 Okay, so are you working anywhere? Sir, after my graduation, I have done law for three years. And simultaneously, I was preparing for civil service. So, let me see, when you completed your law, when in 2008? Yes. But in between, you had already appeared for the... Right. You have done electrical science and international relations. Yes. For which optional paper? What are BSE physical sciences? Sir, physical sciences is an interdisciplinary course. It has many subjects, like physics, chemistry, biology, or computer science. What is meant by the term petrodollar? Petrodollar. Sir, in my limited information that I have, it is related to the petroleum trade around the world and the money that a country earns by exporting petroleum. It is called petrodollar because most of the global trade in oil is denominated in petroleum. Okay. That is the meaning. Okay. But before this, do you know the US dollar? What was it backed by? You know, in the 60s or... It was backed by gold? Gold. Why did it come off gold? Sir, there was a crisis, I believe, in the international oil industry. And after that, the dollar became the key currency of trade. And it surfaced in the oil equation that happened. The real reason it happened was because of the Vietnam War. Okay. In the US, it spent millions and millions of dollars there. It spent so much, there was no more to back it. It came off gold. Okay. Just because you are an SIR student, and also you have the AFS and etc. Second choice for that. Okay. Now, are you... You must be aware of his name, Julian Assange. Yes. What is he known for? Sir, he is known for the organization Wikileaks, which publishes a lot of confidential information, which is not authorized by the governments of other countries. So, because of that, because of one case in which he was involved, he is facing international backlash, by entering such a clean place. What is your own personal opinion that what he revealed? Was it generally good for the world or was it bad for him? Sir, transparency and information is good for the world in totality. So, I believe that it was good for the world, but then it went against the laws of governments, which were there in support of the national interest of those states. So, in that regard, it was wrong, but in totality, I think it was good for the world. I also think so. Because it revealed to the world what these countries were actually doing. We had the garb of human rights, and so on. Okay. Now, lately, you know, the United States has been using what I call secondary sanctions. Yes. What does that mean? Sir, secondary sanctions are under the law, which is countering adversaries to sanctions. And it was against countries who are involved in defence deals, such as those procuring S-400 missiles from Russia. Don't mix the two things. You are on the right track. So, secondary sanctions are for those countries who involve themselves with countries which are not friendly to the US, such as Iran. So, if a country has trade with Iran, then secondary sanctions can come up. Primary sanctions. I am talking about secondary sanctions. The US has imposed primary sanctions against Iran. You are aware of that, sir? Yes, sir. What does it say? Basically, what does it say? Sir, I am just aware that it says about countering the adversaries to sanctions there. So, it imposes sanctions on those countries which are trading with some certain regimes. Yeah, which are trading with those regimes against whom? Primary sanctions. Primary sanctions. So, if they run that, India is stopped by oil from Iran. Yes. Are countries getting around this problem? Sir, there are imperatives for each country, such as India imports a lot of oil from the gun. So, India cannot completely stop its standards from Iran. So, there are options. India is currently looking for other options, such as importing more oil in gas from the US under the recent visit also, India agree for more import of gas. So, India is looking for other options in other available countries which are ready to export. So, by that we are looking for alternatives. Lead up more on this part, than there will be, like, bilateral currency deals. Yes. You know, currency swaps. Yes. And into gold and all that. All right. You've written your, sir. Sir. You've written your hobby as reflective journal writing. What does this mean? Now, I reflect on certain experiences that I face on day to day basis. And I write in my own diary, whatever I feel about that particular issue. What issue did you write about in the last family? Ma'am, I wrote about my interview preparations in general, where I'm lacking and where I need to go. How did you know where you're lacking and where you need to improve? Ma'am, I've given a few marks before this. So, on the basis of that and on the basis of my own assessment, I reflected on that. But you did reflect on eye contact? Yes. I did picture of that thing. Is it? Okay. Our gentleman will tell you a bit of the session. Right. So, tell me you're from Hryana. Yes. And we hear of the hubs which are considered illegal countries. Yes. But have they done any good work? Yes ma'am, they have done certain good work. They are involved in various community programs, such as improving the enrollment of girls in schools and also regulating certain social behaviors, like we can say domestic violence and other issues. So, Khap panchayas are doing a lot of positive work also. So, why is it that we only hear of the negative dictates given by the crimes? Ma'am, that's because I think the negative dictates are so, it goes against the constitution of our country, it goes against the basic human rights. So, they come into the right path. Now, we hear of these protests, whether they were the Jart protests in Haryana or the Gujarat protests in Rajasthan or now what's happening in Delhi, the anti-CA and pro-CA protests. So, whenever these protests take place, a lot of damage to private property and private property also takes place. Yes. Can you think of any way in which we can minimize this damage to property? Ma'am, in the first place, riots, they take a huge toll on public life, but damage to properties and other effects. So, should we allow protests or should there be a complete clamp down on protests? Ma'am, right to protest is a fundamental right which is given in the constitution, but it should not result into violence and organizations such as the police and political leaders, they should ensure that these protests, they do not turn violent. But they can't. So, they want to extend violence, even Mahatma Gandhi could not have a peaceful politics. So, what can we do? Should we impose a community plan? Ma'am, I am not in the opinion of imposing a community fine because I think that's their democratic right. But it is allowing to damage property, violence, property. If such an incident takes place, then we can have reports to the law of the land and we can go to the court. We go to court. Now I am going to court. So, tell me some of the laws regarding gender justice. Ma'am, there is a FOXO Act 2012 which is just mentioned some more. Ma'am, then there is a prevention of sexual harassment at work place. Those are all right for protection of women. Then about gender justice, we have domestic violence act. That was the argument of protection. Anything else? Starvee Prohibition Act. That also is for protection of women. Gender justice. Ma'am, we have a lot of schemes and... No schemes. I am talking about laws. Where it was to... That means I have to education act, isn't that right? That's the right. What about Sabri Ma'am? What about adultery? You know about the laws? About triple the law? Yes. You've heard of those? Yes. What else? The latest army. It's not in commission to the women in the army. They want for gender justice at the LGBT community. Yes, ma'am. As I said, sex. Okay. Now, do you think that with all these laws that we have which you also mentioned, what do you think crime against women has come down in our country? Ma'am, if we compare the statistics when we began after independence, then surely crime rate has gone down. And also we are seeing more reports. What is the authority on which you are basing this? Ma'am, the NCRB report has suggested a rise in the crimes. Then the largest. They just say that it is or it is not. Yes ma'am. It has been seen that there is a slight rise, but that is also because more reporting is now being done. Everyone says that more reporting is so more crime, but there's more crime than the rest. Okay, my last question. Do you think capital punishment will act as a detriment? Ma'am, in the long term, I don't think so, because capital punishment also lets criminals end up killing their victims after the crime. So that is another counter-effect of capital punishment. I love now because of the crimes that we are witnessing in society. So for the rarest of the rare cases, and in the opinion that there should be a detriment in the law of capital punishment, but in the long run it is not... I don't think of any other detriment in the prevention of crime, not just against women but anywhere. Ma'am, apart from the punishment, which is capital punishment, there should be certainty of punishment. There should be certainty and speedy justice. Speedy justice, thank you. Yes, Sanjima? Yes, ma'am. You read contemporary non-fiction books. Yes, ma'am. What is the recent book you have read, which impressed you? Ma'am, I've read two books. One was about foreign policy. How India seized the world by Mr. Shyam Saran. And the other was the Ikigai, which is on the Japanese art of living purpose. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. So you were reading on foreign policy. What are the main goals of India's foreign policy? First, name top three goals for this. Yes, ma'am. Ma'am, the top goal for India would be a peaceful region and a peaceful world. Second would be assuring a place for itself at the global high table. And the third would be to deal with challenges such as climate change and other trade conflicts in a multilateral manner. So those would be the problems. Security also. Security. Terrorism. Yes, ma'am. Okay. What's the latest from the U.S. elections that are going on? What has happened recently? Ma'am, recently, I read in the newspaper. Yes. Joe Biden has run the friendly for South Carolina. Yes. And apart from that... After doing poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire. Okay. You've heard of Roman Polanski? I'm not able to remember. No, no. He was recently in the news because in the French César Awards, the best film, he got the award for... the best film award for Jacuz or an officer and a spy. But Roman Polanski is well known because he is still waiting a case against him since 1977. Okay. Or unlawful relations with my uncle in the U.S. Okay. Okay. Just... Okay. All right. Just lately, a leader in the Arab world passed away. Yes, ma'am. Well-known leader. Yes. Soleimani, the Iranian general. No. I am talking of the president of Egypt. Okay. Hosting mobile. Hosting mobile. Yeah. Tell me a little about him. Ma'am, he was ruling Egypt until the Arab Spring of 2011. He was thrown from the power and then Mohammed Morsi came to occupy the office. And he was his... Mubarak, yeah. Mubarak's entire tenure. It was very controversial because he brought certain reforms, but he was known for his dictatorship, a style of government. Was he in prison? Ma'am, I think that he was facing certain cases. But then he escaped to a certain other Arab country where he was living. He was... You read up about him. Okay. Because he was released and then he died. Okay. Okay. You read up more about him. Right. Right. Right. You've heard of SDGs? Yes, ma'am. And they are sustainable development goals. Just briefly then, ma'am. Which have been framed by the United Nations. And they have their deadline as 2030. So by 2030, we are moving towards achieving those goals. What are the goals? Broadly, they cover social... They cover a lot of... Faces of... Social... I think social... Economic... Economic... Environmental... And environmental goals. Yes, ma'am. Okay. In the 2019... 2019 World Happiness Report, where do we figure? What's our ranking? India's... Ma'am, I think it's 131. Not far off. 140. 150. 156. Okay. Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir. This end of the table. Yes, sir. So tell me. You are a... Practicing law? No, sir. Did you practice at all? No, sir. I went to the Supreme Court for one month of internship. But I did not practice as such. Are you a member of the law? Not yet, sir. All right. Which... What law did you look at? Civil, criminal? Sir, it was... One case I did, it was under the NAPS Act. What did you specialize in? Would you have to take a particular type of law when you're... Yes, sir. We have options in various semesters. What were your options? I opted for public international law in one of the semesters. And in the other, I went for a company's act. All right. When did you finish, you said? Your law? Sir, 2018. 2018. Now, in 2019, which is last year, there's a big strike in Delhi, a clash between the lawyers and the police. Yes, sir. People blame the lawyers and people blame the police. Was it right that the lawyers were doing what they did? Was it correct that the police were doing what they did? So it was not right, because... It was not right. So lawyers were also not right, because they are governed by the guidelines which are set by... They were also not right, which means the police were also not right. That's your implication. Sir, what the parties, if they involve in any violent incident... Let's start with the lawyers, since you are from the legal profession or wanted to be. Yes, sir. I think that lawyers are governed by the guidelines of the Bar Council of India. So were they incorrect in taking the law into their own hands? Sir, their conduct was not appropriate. It should be the professional conduct shown by the lawyers. And they should have restrained themselves. And because they have a law degree that should not turn into arrogance. And what manner were the police from? Sir, I'm not aware of that, but I think that any violent incident should not take place. Well, when you... They showed video clips, so I'm only reacting on that of a lady lawyer at that setting fire to a police motorbike. Okay, sir. I'm not aware about that, sir. Oh, you didn't? I didn't watch the video. It's very much like what the police said the other day. We haven't seen the video of the judge here. You see, the whole world has seen it. You haven't. These are the positions that you should look at, because since you're from the... You're studying law, you will be asked questions. Yes. And what your position is on that? Yes, sir. Mr. Vijay Madhya's case. Yes. Generally, if he's a criminal in one country, why doesn't the other country just send him back? He's a criminal. He's charged. Criminal in that sense, he's charged. And he's a fugitive now. Let's put it more correctly. He's a fugitive. Yes. So why doesn't that other country do it? Straight? Sir, the transfer of criminals is governed by... Why should we have a treaty? It's a straightforward thing. He's been charged with something. He's fled the country well-known, published all over, and the other country is saying, we must have an expectation of it. Why? Sir, because all of the countries, they have different laws. So it might be the case that if one person is charged under some law in one country, that same law cannot be... He's not a British citizen, is he? No. He's not a British citizen. Then he's governed by Indian law. What right does another country have to sit in judgment and not return someone who's wanted in his own country? Sir, they've already initiated the process. No. I'm asking, what right do they have? Why do they have this right? Sir... What right did the British court have to say, tell us in which jail cell Mr. Madhya would be lodged? What right do they have? It's up to us where we put underwater. Sir, under human rights to the students, if a person is within the territory of a country, then I think that country has a say whether he's under the criminal law... They would have written anyone like that, no? You have that problem. In the Indian system, there are a lot of cases which are pending. There are two reasons. One, I asked your candidate for the second reason I'm asking you. A lot of people go to court not speaking the truth. Lawyers defend them, knowing fully well that these are not truthful cases. And they pull out various judgments and interpret the law in their own way. Why is that happening? Why are lawyers taking on cases which are not to be defended? For example, you know someone is a criminal. No one is willing to stand up and scream because you will get beaten up. If you play it out with evidence, I can get that for all of them. So every person is presumed to be a criminal. I'm going to prove him guilty by the court. That is something which you should think more carefully about. You are in that profession and you should think. Besides the criminal getting off, this problem is also coming up in cases that the judicial system is getting clogged. Yes. Sir, for clogging, we can... Just think of it. Just think of it. Thank you. This gentleman... Now, in your political science, did you come across a political thinker called Montesqui? Yes. What was his theory? Sir, he has given theory of separation of powers. What is that theory? Sir, it denotes that the three organs of the government should have their own separate domains and one should not impinge on the other by functioning. So which country is Constitution at the moment? Most closely adheres to this concept. Sir, United States. The US. What about our Constitution? Sir, our Constitution is not strictly having this concept of separation of powers because we have the members of the executive as members of the legislation also. So that is a system of checks and balances. Now, the US president faced impeachment proceedings because he escaped from there. What was the basis of which this whole thing started? What had he done which led to all these issues? Sir, under the US law, a president can be impeached if he has... No, that's not what I'm asking. He has to have done something wrong or alleged to have done it wrong. What was the incident which led to this impeachment? So there was an allegation that he had called up a Ukrainian president for a political gain to have charges against a Joe Biden, to have certain attestivity to that. Okay. Now the Supreme Court recently had given a ruling on the Right to Information Act. What was that? Sir, I think which said that the CJI's office will be under the RTI Act. So what is the Right to Information Act? Sir, Right to Information Act 2005 is about transparency in the government about empowering of the citizens. So they can keep the government accountable. So how does it work? Sir, it works that any public authority which is designated under the Act, it has to publish a list of officers to which a person can find a grievance if he wants to avail a certain information. And the public authority also has to publish certain lists of updates on his website. So what? Now is this RTI Act applicable to all residents in India? Or is it attributed only to the citizens of India? Sir, this fact I have to check. I'm not sure about this. It's still, the Act still, citizens. So that means that a person is staying here and he doesn't get that information. Now the RTI Act also has a provision for information commissions. What is the role of the commissions? So the commissions are there to have the second authority if the public authority does not disclose the information. So they are like a watchdog which sits as appeal mechanism under the Act. So do they listen to appeals also? Sir, I think they listen to appeals. Yes, it's an appellate authority. The second appeal goes to the information commission. Yes. But how do you decide whether you go to the state information commission or the central information commission? Any idea? Sir, I'm not sure about this difference. Basically, state government departments come on to the state information commission. Government of India departments come on to the state information commission. Now, you know, recently the Supreme Court had issued a judgment relating to reservations. Can you tell me something about that? Sir, the one that I know, it's about the reservation and promotions. So how did it come to the Supreme Court? Sir, it was a review of petition of the Nagra judgment of 2006 which said that reservation and promotions should be given but subject to the condition that there is lack of representation and there is quantity paper evidence that such people are not representative. So what happened when the Supreme Court... In the recent judgment, sir, the Supreme Court gave this leeway that the quantity paper evidence is not necessary to give reservations. I didn't say anything about whether reservation and promotions are fundamental right or not. Are you referring to the case which came up from Uttarakhand? Sir, I'm not referring to this particular case. I'm referring to the petition review petition on Nagraj case. Sir, this is the latest one, which just happened about 15 days back. So not about that, sir. Now, this collegium system. Yes, sir. What is the collegium system? Sir, collegium system is about the appointments of judges to the High Court and the Supreme Court and it consists of Chief Justice of India and four other senior moves, judges of the Supreme Court. So now once the collegium makes a recommendation, is it mandatory for the government to accept it? Sir, the centre can pass the file back to the collegium if it has any negative responses or if it does not agree with the result. But then if the CGI passes it again, then the centre must... But is that written on here? Sir, that is a convention. Look, has the memorandum of procedure been finalized? No, sir, not yet, sir. So, there was a case recently in which the judge was appointed to the Karnataka High Court and this case has been sent back to the Supreme Court three times. So, it is still an issue which is not resolved, right? Right. So we end your mock interview and I'll give you a feedback. Yes, sir. Before I forget, one thing you must remember is that when the interview is formal, this is a formal interview. Yes, sir. So if you are being questioned by a member on the left side, you retain your... you continue to look at it. You are not required to look here. Okay, sir. That should be the standard thing. You don't keep on doing this. And you will find it very difficult if you... These asking questions, what do you look there? Yes, sir. That's not required. Okay, sir. You only eye contact with the person who will ask you a question. That will be... So in my earlier interview, I was doing this the same and they asked me to make eye contact with everyone. Unfortunately, but... It wasn't in this. No, it wasn't. That's the difference. That's what's happening. That's the difference. So, in any case. Now, so far as your interview is concerned, normally the question will emanate from your death or from current events. Okay. So now, in your death, you have taken political science in international relations. So you must be prepared to answer questions on both political science and on international relations. Okay, sir. Then you belong to a Haryana. Yes, sir. So some questions... And Panipat is your home district. It's a well known district. Yes, sir. You know, something can be asked on that. Then you have taken... You can go. Yes. So you can expect questions on the Constitution and the interpretation. Anything which is happening nowadays, you know, the citizenship and badminton, the NRC. Yes. Where is the NRC? Where did the NRC come from? Right. What happened in Assam and the NRC? Right. Then, of course, in your sports, you mentioned badminton. Yes, sir. So, you are being... You were asked questions on reflective journal writing. Watercolour painting, you know, anything, what colours, what is the type, which are the world's favourite watercolour paintings. Right. Who are the painters, you know, those kind of things. Yes, sir. You know, books. You already asked something. So this is for your dad. Right, sir. And the other area is, which is a huge area, is character. Yes. So the current events, the only way you can be updated is if you are spending a number of hours going through these papers and trying to remember what you do. Yes, sir. So you have an interview on the 26th. 26th. You still have a lot of time. Yes, sir. But you must read these papers very, very carefully. Right, sir. You will be given a CD of this interview. Most certainly. So go through that. You see, you will realise yourself questions where you are not very, very sure. Yes, sir. Or you need more information. So work on those issues. Okay, sir. That is the basic, the newspapers or must. Yes, sir. Anything you should like to add? Not. Shaman has already told you that make eye contact with the person and don't look wrong. But when you have come, also remember that there is another member sitting. Yes, sir. Right? If you miss that and I could tell you I am also here at this end of the table. Yes, sir. Look around the other thing and always take permission before you get up to go. Okay, sir. That's one thing. Secondly, I notice you are a student. Yes, sir. And from that college also. Okay, sir. Repetition of the college is on your shoulders. Get it to service. Yes, sir. Prepare as you need it. Yes, sir. Okay. Okay, good luck. Thank you, sir. Good luck. Do well. Thank you, ma'am. Don't forget to like, share and subscribe to our channel. And press the bell icon to never miss an update.