BCI bars Nalsar students over CJI Surya Kant protest, retracts

The
decisio
follows
a
campaig
by
the
stude ts
agai sts
the
pa ticipatio
of
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
i
the
co vocatio
ce emo y.

NEW
DELHI:
If
the
di ective
was
u usual,
the
withd awal
was
d amatic.Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
(BCI)
o
Thu sday
took
back
its
commu icatio
—
hou s
afte
issui g
it
—
to
Hyde abad-based
Nalsa
U ive sity
of
Law
that
said
those
who
o ga ised
oppositio
to
the
i vitatio
to
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
fo
the
i stitute’s
co vocatio
would
ot
be
e olled
as
advocates.I
a
f esh
commu icatio
late
eve i g,
BCI
chai pe so
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a
said
the
cou cil
had
“tho oughly
discussed
a d
delibe ated”
o
his
ea lie
lette
to
Nalsa ’s
vice-cha cello
a d
state
ba
cou cil
sec eta ies
a d
modified
its
di ectio .BCI
—
the
statuto y
egulati g
body
fo
legal
educatio
a d
p ofessio
—
is
of
the
u a imous
view
that,
acco di g
to
the
“latest
epo t”,
vast
majo ity
of
Nalsa ’s
2026
g aduati g
stude ts
we e
i oce t
a d
“we e
ot
i cli ed
to
take
pa t
i
the
move
of
dis espect”,
he
said.
Howeve ,
Mish a
said,
“It
has
bee
fu the
epo ted
by
some
eliable
sou ces
that
a
ha dful
of
teache s
a d
outside s
we e
i st ume tal
i
i stigati g
i oce t
stude ts.”
BCI
will
wait
fo
the
“i qui y
epo t”
f om
Nalsa ,
he
said
i
the
f esh
lette ,
which
he
posted
o
his
X
ha dle.SCBA
p eside t
Vikas
Si gh
eacted
sha ply
to
BCI
chai pe so ’s
ea lie
lette
to
Nalsa
by
co dem i g
its
‘a bit a y’
decisio
to
stall
e olme t
of
law
g aduates
f om
the
u ive sity.

Si gh
said
the
decisio
is
illegal,
disp opo tio ate
a d
fu dame tally
u sustai able.
Howeve ,
he
said
he
did
ot
suppo t
the
sectio
of
stude ts
who
opposed
the
i vitatio
to
the
CJI.This
sto y
co ti ues
o
page
10
i
the
ewspape .
Fo
you
eadi g
co ve ie ce
we
have
added
it
below.Dis espectful
law
stude ts
a e
a
liability,
says
BCI
chiefI
his
ea lie
lette
to
o e
of
I dia’s
top
law
schools,
Mish a
had
sought
a
“factual
epo t”
about
the
pe so s
i st ume tal
i
“i timidatio
of
a
co stitutio al
fu ctio a y”
by
i itiati g,
o ga isi g
o
mobilisi g
the
campaig
agai st
pa ticipatio
of
CJI
at
the
co vocatio
ce emo y.BCI
chai pe so
had
said,
“Till
fu the
o de s,
o
stude t
of
Nalsa
U ive sity
of
Law,
who
has
obtai ed
law
deg ee
i
the
yea
2026,
shall
be
e olled
by
a y
state
ba
cou cil
as
a
advocate.”
He
said
a
fi al
decisio
o
this
issue
would
be
take
o
Aug
19
afte
eceivi g
a
epo t
f om
VC.The
cou cil
had
equested
Nalsa
to
diffe e tiate
betwee
pe so s
who
have
me ely
sig ed
o
suppo ted
the
ep ese tatio s
f om
those
who
o ga ised
o
coo di ated
the
campaig
a d
those
who
p oposed
o
mobilised
a
actual
boycott,
obst uctio
o
dis uptio .
“BCI
does
ot,
at
this
stage,
eco d
that
a y
pe so
sta ds
disqualified
f om
e olme t
u de
Sectio
24A
(of
Advocates
Act)
me ely
o
accou t
of
pa ticipatio
i
the
afo esaid
ep ese tatio
o
campaig ,”
Mish a
had
said
i
his
fi st
lette .TOI
o
Aug
10
had
epo ted
that
a
sectio
of
stude ts
at
Nalsa
had
equested
the
u ive sity
to
eco side
i viti g
CJI
Ka t
fo
its
upcomi g
co vocatio
taki g
exceptio
to
CJI’s
ema ks
du i g
the
hea i g
o
alleged
police
excesses
agai st
stude t
p oteste s’
ma ch
to
Pa liame t
o
July
20.
The
petitio e
wa ted
the
CJI-led
be ch
to
go
th ough
the
video
footage
of
police
actio .
CJI
tu ed
dow
the
plea
sayi g
he
did
ot
have
time
to
watch
videos.The
u ive sity
has
ot
yet
fi alised
the
date
of
co vocatio ,
fo
which
the
CJI
had
bee
t aditio ally
i vited
as
the
chief
guest.I
his
fi st
commu icatio ,
the
BCI
chief
had
said,
“A
stude t
of
Law,
havi g
o
ega d
o
espect
fo
the
highest
judicial
office
of
the
cou t y,
is
ot
expected
to
be
a
espo sible
o
se sible
advocate,
teache
o
a
judge.
Such
pe so s
shall
always
be
a
liability
o
the
p ofessio .
Such
co duct
eflects
adve sely
upo
the
pe so ’s
suitability
fo
e t y
i to
o
associatio
with
the
legal
p ofessio
a d
is
i co siste t
with
the
dig ity,
discipli e
a d
ethical
sta da ds
of
the
legal
p ofessio .

”
He
said,
“As
pe
some
eliable
sou ces,
the e
exists
g oupism
a d
di ty
politics
amo g
some
of
the
academic
staff
a d
they
have
played
a
ve y
active
ole
i
misleadi g,
i stigati g
a d
misguidi g
the
stude ts.
This
is
a
ve y
se ious
matte .
The
teache s,
i stead
of
i volvi g
themselves
i
thei
teachi g
job,
a e
doi g
asty
politics
i
the
campus.
BCI,
bei g
the
egulato
of
Legal
Educatio
ca ot
be
a
mute
spectato
of
such
a
se ious
situatio .”“Howeve ,
whe e
mate ial
co ce i g
the
co duct
of
a
pa ticula
applica t
is
u de
active
statuto y
exami atio
by
the
BCI
a d
such
exami atio
may
have
a
bea i g
upo
egulato y
co side atio s
gove i g
e t y
i to
the
p ofessio ,
completio
of
e olme t
du i g
pe de cy
of
such
exami atio
may
c eate
a
fait
accompli
a d
e de
the
statuto y
exami atio
i effective,”
it
had
said
aski g
the
state
ba
cou cils
to
withhold
egist atio
of
law
g aduates
f om
Nalsa
till
fu the
o de s.

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