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BCI chairman apologises after NALSAR enrolment order
The Hindu··17 Aug
Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra apologised to law students on 15 August if his words or letters had hurt them. The note followed a 13 August BCI direction telling State Bar Councils not to enrol NALSAR's 2026 batch. The Council later withdrew the bar, saying students should not suffer without fault. Mishra sits in the Rajya Sabha.
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What It Means For You
- If you are in NALSAR's 2026 batch, the Bar Council first told State Councils not to enrol you, then withdrew that bar and the chairman apologised.
- Law graduates elsewhere can note that a regulator used an enrolment freeze as a response to a convocation protest, then reversed it within days.
- Students deciding whether to attend the CJI's convocation were told by Mishra that attendance and abstention should both be free of compulsion.
What's Happening
- On 13 August the BCI directed State Bar Councils not to enrol NALSAR's 2026 batch after a campaign over the CJI's convocation invitation.
- The Council later withdrew the restriction, stating students should not be made to suffer without fault.
- On 15 August Manan Kumar Mishra issued an Independence Day letter apologising if his words or correspondence had hurt law students.
What The Letter Said About Choice And Office
- Mishra is chairman of the BCI and a senior advocate of the Supreme Court, and also sits in the Rajya Sabha for the BJP.
- He wrote that students study the Constitution and fairness and therefore should reach their own judgment after hearing all sides.
- He hoped institutions would leave space for dialogue and not let the dispute acquire a political or extraneous colour.
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