‘No NALSAR 2026 graduate will be enrolled as advocate’: BCI amid CJI convocation invite row

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:
The
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
(BCI)
has
di ected
all
state
ba
cou cils
to
halt
the
e olme t
of
a y
2026
law
g aduate
f om
NALSAR
U ive sity
of
Law,
Hyde abad,
as
a
advocate
u til
fu the
o de s.
This
follows
a
alleged
o ga ised
campaig
agai st
the
pa ticipatio
of
Chief
Justice
Su ya
Ka t
i
the
u ive sity’s
co vocatio
ce emo y.The
di ective
was
issued
by
ba
cou cil
chai ma
Ma a
Kuma
Mish a,
who
said
the
Cou cil
had
take
ote
of
epo ts
a d
mate ial
i
the
public
domai
ega di g
a
o ga ised
campaig
at
NALSAR’s
co vocatio
ce emo y.The
ba
cou cil
has
also
sought
a
authe ticated
factual
epo t
f om
the
u ive sity
withi
th ee
days
a d
said
the
matte
will
be
co side ed
o
August
19,
afte
the
vice-cha cello
submits
the
epo t.The
cou cil
has
asked
NALSAR
to
ide tify,
o
the
basis
of
ve ifiable
mate ial,
the
pe so s
allegedly
i st ume tal
i
i itiati g,
d afti g,
ci culati g,
coo di ati g
o
mobilisi g
the
campaig .
It
has
sought
details
of
those
i volved
i
o ga isi g
meeti gs,
commu icati g
with
the
media,
admi iste i g
social
media
o
o ga ised
g oups
used
fo
coo di atio ,
o
p oposi g
o
mobilisi g
a y
call
fo
boycott,
obst uctio ,
dis uptio
o
o ga ised
o -pa ticipatio
i
the
co vocatio
o
a y
p og amme
co ected
with
the
CJI.

The
ba
cou cil
has
also
sought
i fo matio
o
whethe
a y
stude t
body,
stude t
ba
cou cil,
stude ts’
u io
o
othe
ecog ised
stude t
o ga isatio
was
i volved
i
i itiati g,
app ovi g,
coo di ati g
o
ci culati g
the
campaig .
The
u ive sity
has
also
bee
asked
to
specify
whethe
a y
faculty
membe ,
esea ch
schola ,
alum us
o
outside
pa ticipated
i
i itiati g,
d afti g,
coo di ati g,
advisi g
o
facilitati g
the
campaig .

I
additio ,
the
cou cil
has
equested
copies
of
eleva t
esolutio s,
mi utes,
age das
o
othe
official
eco ds
of
meeti gs
co ected
with
the
matte ,
a d
details
of
whethe
pe missio
was
sought
o
g a ted
fo
a y
p otest
o
o ga ised
activity
a d
whethe
u ive sity
ules
gove i g
stude t
co duct
o
official
fu ctio s
we e
i voked.At
the
same
time,
the
ba
cou cil
cla ified
that
pa ticipatio
i
the
ep ese tatio
o
campaig
would
ot
automatically
esult
i
disqualificatio
f om
e olme t.
It
said
a
disti ctio
must
be
mai tai ed
betwee
those
who
me ely
sig ed
o
suppo ted
a
ep ese tatio
a d
those
who
o ga ised
o
coo di ated
the
campaig
o
p oposed
o
mobilised
a
actual
boycott,
obst uctio
o
dis uptio .