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BCI
chief
cla ifies
‘ o
i qui y’
i to
judicial
i te ships

NEW
DELHI:
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
(BCI)
Chai ma
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a
o
F iday
cla ified
the
Cou cil
has
withd aw
its
o de
co ce i g
judicial
i te ships
followi g
a
eme ge cy
meeti g,
sayi g
that
o
i qui y
will
be
i itiated.Mish a
said
the
BCI’s
p ima y
objective
was
to
e su e
that
law
stude ts
face
o
obstacles
o
loss
of
oppo tu ities
while
seeki g
i te ships
i
the
judicia y.”A
o de
was
issued
yeste day,
but
the
Cou cil’s
meeti g
was
held
immediately.
The
Cou cil
discussed
it
a d
said,
‘No,
the e
is
o
eed
fo
this’.
Actually,
the
i te tio
is
that
o
stude t
should
face
a y
loss
i
getti g
a
i te ship
i
the
judicia y.
Sometimes,
we
have
see
i
the
past
that
due
to
ce tai
easo s,
the
judicia y
posed
obstacles
fo
stude ts
ega di g
i te ships,”
he
said,
as
cited
by
ews
age cy
ANI.Mish a
added
that
BCI’s
i te ests
a e
alig ed
with
the
Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty’s
(CJP)
Abhijeet
Dipke
a d
Sau av
Das.”The
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
aims
to
p otect
the
i te ests
of
the
youth
of
I dia.
I
wa t
to
commu icate
to
Abhijeet
Dipke
a d
Das
(Sou av
Das)
that
ou
i te ests
a e
the
same
as
thei s,
to
p otect
the
ights
of
the
stude ts,”
he
said.”The e
will
be
o
i qui y;
the e
will
be
o
i qui y
whatsoeve ,
othi g
of
the
so t
will
happe .

We
have
wished
the
stude ts
well
fo
thei
b ight
futu es,”
he
added.Mish a
also
eaffi med
the
BCI’s
commitme t
to
st e gthe i g
ties
betwee
the
legal
f ate ity,
the
judicia y
a d
aspi i g
lawye s,
e su i g
that
stude ts
ca
pu sue
thei
t ai i g
without
obstacles
o
ha dship.”My
belief
is
that
stude ts
should
ot
face
a y
ha dship
du i g
thei
i te ships.
I
will
coo di ate
f om
eve ywhe e
so
that
the
judicia y
emai s
happy,
the
stude ts
emai
happy,
a d
o
o e
suffe s
a y
loss.
With
this
objective
i
mi d,
the
o de
was
completely
withd aw
last
ight
followi g
the
meeti g.
The e
will
be
o
i qui y,
a d
o
blow
will
be
dealt
to
the
stude ts’
i te ests,”
he
said.The
latest
o de
modifies
a
ea lie
BCI
di ective
that
had
aised
co ce s
ove
a
alleged
campaig
at
NALSAR
li ked
to
the
p oposed
pa ticipatio
of
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
Su ya
Ka t
at
the
u ive sity’s
co vocatio .

The
BCI
had
i itially
sought
a
factual
i qui y
i to
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
the
campaig
a d
the
i dividuals
allegedly
i volved
i
i itiati g
o
o ga isi g
it.
The
i qui y
was
i te ded
to
dete mi e
whethe
a y
i dividual
o
g oup
had
e gaged
i
co duct
wa a ti g
fu the
statuto y
actio .The
Cou cil
has
ow
cla ified
that
the
2026
g aduati g
batch
should
ot
be
de ied
e t y
i to
the
legal
p ofessio
ove
allegatio s
co ce i g
the
co duct
of
some
i dividuals.U de
the
latest
decisio ,
NALSAR’s
2026
g aduates
ca
p oceed
with
thei
e olme t
befo e
the
State
Ba
Cou cils
of
thei
choice.
The
factual
i qui y
i to
the
co t ove sy
su ou di g
the
co vocatio – elated
campaig ,
howeve ,
will
co ti ue.