The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) on Thursday cancelled its 34th annual convocation for graduating students, citing “unavoidable circumstances”, and said degrees will be conferred to students in absentia.
The university has not attributed the cancellation to the statement by students. The opposition from a section of the NLSIU student fraternity came in the backdrop of a dispute involving NALSAR University of Law and the BCI. “We are aware that the BCI has closed all proceedings against NALSAR.
Amid a campaign by students and faculty of the Hyderabad-based university concerning the proposed participation of CJI Surya Kant in an event on campus, the BCI on August 13 temporarily stopped enrolment for NALSAR’s graduating batch, only to reverse the decision within hours. However, the fact that such unconstitutional and illegal proceedings can be initiated by a statutory body against students and faculty members of a public university in the first place does not alter the nature or the larger impact of such actions or dilute the responsibility of the Chairman and the BCI,” NLSIU students and alumni said in a statement dated August 15. In a letter to graduating students on Thursday, the university registrar said that degrees will be conferred to students in absentia after due approvals by the university’s governing bodies.
