The
apex
cou t
be ch
sought
BCI’s
expla atio
o
the
p ocess
it
adopted
befo e
passi g
the
esolutio s
NEW
DELHI:
Sup eme
Cou t
o
F iday
castigated
the
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
(BCI)
fo
th eate i g
to
de y
lice ce
to
p actice
to
Hyde abad-based
NALSAR
u ive sity
stude ts
who
opposed
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
as
thei
co vocatio
chief
guest,
shielded
them
agai st
coe cive
actio ,
a d
offe ed
the
law
g aduates
a
sta t
as
legal
aid
cou sel
i
SC.Taki g
cog isa ce
of
the
co t ove sy
c eated
late
Thu sday
eve i g
by
BCI
th ough
a
u p ecede ted
lette
which
had
to
be
hastily
et acted,
a
th ee-judge
be ch
led
by
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
said,
“This
is
absolutely
u called
fo .
BCI
has
othi g
to
do
with
it.
The
stude ts
might
have
w itte
a
lette
to
me.
It
is
a
dialogue
betwee
me
a d
stude ts.
Who
a e
they
(BCI)
to
u ecessa ily
c eate
a
issue?
This
actio
is
totally
u called
fo .”Se io
advocate
K
Pa ameshwa
sought
SC’s
u ge t
i te ve tio
i
quashi g
the
illegal
a d
a bit a y
actio
of
the
BCI
i
seeki g
to
coe ce
VC
of
NALSAR
U ive sity,
o e
of
the
top
law
schools,
to
co duct
a
i vestigatio
a d
ide tify
stude ts
who
had
opposed
CJI’s
pa ticipatio
i
the
co vocatio
as
chief
guest
a d
issui g
the
ow-withd aw
th eat
that
those
ide tified
would
be
de ied
egist atio
fo
lice ce
to
p actice
by
all
state
ba
cou cils.
asks
ba
cou cil
to
explai
p ocess
behi d
esolutio s
agai st
stude ts
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia’s
th eat
to
blackball
p otesti g
Nalsa
stude ts,
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
told
se io
advocate
K
Pa ameshwa
to
co vey
to
the
stude ts,
who
a e
completi g
thei
g aduatio
i
law
f om
Nalsa
this
yea ,
“to
get
lice ces
to
p actice
at
the
ea liest
a d
begi
thei
ca ee s
i
Sup eme
Cou t”.The
apex
cou t
be ch
sought
BCI’s
expla atio
o
the
p ocess
it
adopted
befo e
passi g
the
esolutio s
p io
to
issui g
a
lette
to
ba
lice ces
to
p oteste s,
a d
a othe
sho tly
afte ,
et acti g
it.U gi g
the
stude ts
to
joi
the
SC
ba
at
the
ea liest,
the
CJI
said,
“We
will
empa el
them
a d
give
them
legal
aid
cases.
This
will
be
ou
espo se
to
all
those
who
i te d
to
c eate
impedime ts
i
thei
p ofessio al
ca ee .”
The
stude ts
have
a
ight
to
p otest
peacefully,
a d
o
o e
ca
stop
them.
They
have
a
fu dame tal
ight
to
f eedom
of
speech
a d
exp essio
CJI
Su ya
Ka t
He
added,
“We
should
be
la gehea ted.
Eve
if
someo e
makes
a
w o g
stateme t
at
a
you g
age,
let
it
est
the e.
That
does
ot
mea
they
do
ot
have
a
ight
to
speak.”“Du i g
my
stude t
days,
I
was
actively
i volved
i
ma y
stude t
activities.
I dulgi g
i
activities
o
p otests
does
ot
mea
the
stude ts
a e
w o g.
The
stude ts
have
a
ight
to
p otest
peacefully,
a d
o
o e
ca
stop
them.
They
have
a
fu dame tal
ight
to
f eedom
of
speech
a d
exp essio .
So
lo g
as
they
a e
lawfully
a d
peacefully
aisi g
thei
voice
ove
a
issue,
it
must
be
hea d,
ot
opposed.
U ecessa ily,
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
meddled
i
it.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Neithe
BCI
o
a y
othe
body
has
a y
busi ess
to
i te fe e
with
this,”
said
the
CJI.Ea lie ,
the
advocate
had
aised
the
ow-withd aw
th eat
that
those
ide tified
would
be
de ied
egist atio
fo
lice ce
to
p actise
by
all
state
ba
cou cils.The
CJI-led
be ch,
also
comp isi g
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a,
without
eve
goi g
th ough
the
petitio
by
two
fo me stude ts
of
Nalsa ,
est ai ed
BCI
a d
all
state
ba
cou cils
f om
taki g
a y
coe cive
o
pu itive
actio
agai st
the
stude ts
a d
faculty.Accepti g
the
otice
o
behalf
of
BCI,
advocate
Radhika
Gautam
said
the
objectio able
ci cula
had
bee
withd aw .
I
its
o de ,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
asked
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
to
file
its
cou te -affidavit
i
two
weeks.