India, July 12 -- Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai on Saturday delivered a personal and practical address to the graduating batch of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, encouraging students to embrace the legal profession with resilience, honesty and balance, rather than chase validation through debt-heavy foreign degrees or relentless comparisons.

Ditching grandstanding for warmth, the CJI gave the graduating class a pep talk that blended wisdom with wit. "There is no straight path in law.It demands, and it keeps demanding," said Justice Gavai. But instead of painting a bleak picture, the CJI handed out tools to survive the grind-- community, clarity, books, and yes, even cats.

Notably, his address touched on mental health in th...