# BCI cannot run a law college, Prashant Bhushan tells Supreme Court 2026-08-17T20:36:10+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Advocate Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court on Monday that he is filing a petition challenging the Bar Council of India’s (BCI) role in operating a law college while also regulating legal education, alleging a conflict of interest. He made the submission before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana, which was hearing a separate plea by former bureaucrat EAS Sarma challenging the SHANTI Act on nuclear compensation, India Today reported. Bhushan drew a parallel with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, arguing that its independence was undermined because its members are appointed on the recommendation of the Atomic Energy Commission, which operates nuclear plants. He said the BCI faces the same issue by running the India International University of Legal Education and Research in Goa through its trust while regulating law colleges, news.abplive.com reported. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has previously said the proposed National Legal Academy for compulsory lawyer training would be set up at the university. Bhushan’s petition is yet to be formally filed in court. ## Coverage - news.abplive.com - indiatoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T00:56:47+00:00. Tags: Bar Council of India, Prashant Bhushan, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/prashant-bhushan-tells-supreme-court-bci-cannot-run-a-law-college/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/prashant-bhushan-tells-supreme-court-bci-cannot-run-a-law-college/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/