The Bar Council of India (BCI) has been embroiled in a controversy recently over its order to freeze the enrolment of the entire 2026 graduating batch of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. the row continues to simmer While the a move that was later rolled back amid backlash.
In an email sent to the university officials, students raised their objection as they cited the refusal of the Supreme Court bench, led by CJI Kant, to hear a plea regarding the alleged police brutality against students during the July 20 ‘Chalo Sansad’ march in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.
On Friday, CJI Surya Kant slammed the BCI amid the NALSAR row and said the Council had “no business” interfering with students’ right to protest. He said the court would not allow students to be stopped from raising their voice through lawful and peaceful protests as he restrained the BCI and all state bar councils from pursuing any punitive or criminal action against students and faculty university in connection with the controversy.
