The Bar Council of India on Thursday (August 13, 2026) issued a direction to all State Bar Councils not to enrol students who graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, in 2026 only to withdraw it hours later.
How events unfolded
In its initial communication, the BCI had directed the State Bar Councils to halt the graduates’ enrolment until further orders, pending an inquiry into a recent campaign by students opposing the proposed participation of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant in the university’s convocation. In its previous communication, the BCI had sought an authenticated report from the NALSAR Vice-Chancellor on the campaign and asked the university to identify those who were principally instrumental in initiating, organising, coordinating or mobilising the campaign. It had also sought details of the representation submitted to the university and its signatories. “A student of Law, having no regard or respect for the highest Judicial Office of the country, is not expected to be a responsible or sensible Advocate, Teacher or a Judge. It had asked the NALSAR Vice-Chancellor to furnish an authenticated report within three days, including a copy of the representation submitted to it. The university had also been asked to identify the students principally instrumental in initiating the campaign against CJI Kant. The Council further stated that as per “reliable sources, there exists groupism and dirty politics among some of the academic staff and they have played a very active role in misleading, instigating and misguiding the students… The teachers, instead of involving themselves in their teaching job, are doing nasty politics on the campus”.
The BCI, however, said it would await the inquiry report from the NALSAR Vice-Chancellor before deciding on further action. “No student shall be made to suffer without any fault on his part,” it said in the revised statement. Such persons shall always be a liability in the profession,” the BCI said in the initial communication.
