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NALSAR students seek apology from BCI chairman over enrolment directives
NALSAR students seek apology from BCI chairman over enrolment directives
NALSAR University’s Student Bar Council has demanded a formal apology from Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra over circulars targeting the university’s 2026 graduates. The first circular directed State Bar…
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NALSAR University’s Student Bar Council has demanded a formal apology from Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra over circulars targeting the university’s 2026 graduates. The first circular directed State Bar Councils to halt their enrolment as advocates. A second withdrew that decision but proposed an inquiry into people who organised protests over inviting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to the convocation. Mishra later said on X that there would be no inquiry and the matter was closed.
The students said the allegations against faculty, alumni and outsiders were unfounded and that the BCI’s powers under the Advocates Act do not extend to imposing such enrolment restrictions. The episode has also prompted a Supreme Court plea seeking term limits and periodic review of BCI leadership, Live Law reports.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that dissenters were manipulated by outsiders, while the opposite claim is that every BCI action was automatically unlawful. Neither is established by these accounts. The withdrawn enrolment directive, followed by a rapid reversal, deserves a clear legal explanation, while the students’ criticism should remain peaceful and specific. The useful test is whether any future restriction on enrolment can be tied to an express provision of the Advocates Act.
Sources (3): barandbench.com, livelaw.in, telanganatoday.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
