The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, in his Independence Day address at the Supreme Court on Saturday (August 15, 2026), said the younger generation’s “remarkable resilience”, awareness of social realities, and their use of technology to communicate and access knowledge give the nation every reason to be confident in them.
The BCI’s actions had invited public ire, followed by condemnation from the Supreme Court itself. The Chief Justice had protected NALSAR students and faculty from any punitive action by the BCI. The top judge had even urged the graduates to enrol with the Supreme Court Bar and take up legal aid work.
The Chief Justice, in an oral mention of a petition against the BCI on Friday (August 14, 2026), had upheld the students’ right to protest.
The CJI had said in open court that the students’ objection to his coming to their convocation ceremony as chief guest was part of a “dialogue” between them and him, and the BCI had no business barging in.
