‘Students Can Protest CJI’: Supreme Court Questions Bar Council Over NALSAR Enrolment Order Row

The
Sup eme
Cou t
has
exp essed
st o g
displeasu e
ove
a
attempt
to
p eve t
stude ts
of
the
Natio al
Academy
of
Legal
Studies
a d
Resea ch
(NALSAR),
Hyde abad,
f om
bei g
e olled
as
advocates,
sayi g
stude ts
have
eve y
ight
to
exp ess
thei
oppositio
to
the
Chief
Justice
of
I dia.

The
cou t
said
the
Ba
Cou cil
of
I dia
(BCI)
had
o
easo
to
i te ve e
i
the
matte
a d
di ected
all
state
ba
cou cils
ot
to
p eve t
the
stude ts
f om
e olli g
as
advocates.

The
obse vatio s
came
afte
the
BCI’s
decisio
to
tempo a ily
block
the
e olme t
of
NALSAR’s
2026
batch
stude ts
t igge ed
co t ove sy.
The
actio
was
li ked
to
oppositio
by
some
stude ts
to
i viti g
the
CJI
to
the
u ive sity’s
co vocatio
ce emo y.

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Badal

Sup eme
Cou t
Seeks
BCI
Respo se
Withi
Two
Weeks

A
th ee-judge
be ch
headed
by
the
CJI
made
the
obse vatio s
afte
the
BCI’s
o de
was
b ought
befo e
the
cou t.
The
BCI’s
cou sel
i fo med
the
be ch
that
the
o de
had
al eady
bee
withd aw .

The
judges,
howeve ,
we e
ot
satisfied
with
the
expla atio
a d
di ected
the
BCI
to
file
a
espo se
o
the
e ti e
matte
withi
two
weeks.
The
cou t
also
made
it
clea
that
the
stude ts’
e olme t
as
advocates
should
ot
be
blocked
by
state
ba
cou cils.

The
matte
was
b ought
befo e
the
CJI-led
be ch
o
F iday
by
se io
advocate
K
Pa meshwa ,
who
a gued
that
the
BCI
had
o
autho ity
to
take
such
actio
agai st
the
stude ts.

CJI
Recalls
Stude t
Days,
Defe ds
Right
To
P otest

The
CJI
said
he
too
had
bee
active
as
a
stude t
a d
had
exp essed
views
o
va ious
issues.
He
st essed
that
stude ts
should
ot
face
actio
simply
fo
voici g
thei
opi io s.

The
CJI
fu the
said
that
eve
if
you g
stude ts
make
stateme ts
opposi g
the
cou t
o
its
leade ship,
they
should
be
allowed
to
exp ess
themselves.
Acco di g
to
the
ema ks
made
i
cou t,
the e
was
othi g
i he e tly
w o g
with
stude ts
p otesti g
o
disag eei g.

The
cou t
also
emphasised
that
the
disag eeme t
betwee
the
stude ts
a d
the
CJI
did
ot
wa a t
i te ve tio
by
the
BCI.

‘We
Wa t
These
Stude ts
To
Get
Thei
Lice ces
Soo & squo;

The
CJI
also
wished
the
stude ts
well
i
thei
futu e
ca ee s
a d
said
the
cou t
wa ted
them
to
eceive
thei
lice ces
at
the
ea liest
a d
eve tually
p actise
befo e
the
Sup eme
Cou t.

He
fu the
said
the
stude ts
could
be
give
a
oppo tu ity
to
wo k
with
legal
se vices
autho ities.
The
CJI
desc ibed
this
as
the
best
espo se
to
a yo e
seeki g
to
dis upt
thei
ca ee s.

“We
wa t
these
stude ts
to
get
thei
lice ces
soo .
They
should
come
to
the
Sup eme
Cou t
a d
p actise,& dquo;
the
CJI
said,
acco di g
to
the
accou t
of
the
p oceedi gs.

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Defamatio
Case:
Sup eme
Cou t
Quashes
Complai t,
Summo s
Agai st
Rahul
Ga dhi

BCI
O de
Spa ked
Co t ove sy

The
dispute
a ose
afte
the
BCI
issued
a
o de
o
Thu sday
blocki g
the
e olme t
of
all
stude ts
f om
NALSAR’s
2026
batch
as
advocates.
The
stated
basis
fo
the
actio
was
oppositio
by
some
stude ts
to
i viti g
the
CJI
to
the
u ive sity’s
co vocatio .

The
o de
was
withd aw
sho tly
afte wa ds
followi g
widesp ead
c iticism.
Howeve ,
the
issue
was
b ought
befo e
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
whe e
the
judges
questio ed
why
the
BCI
had
i te ve ed
i
what
the
CJI
desc ibed
as
a
matte
betwee
him
a d
the
stude ts.

Se io
advocate
K
Pa meshwa
told
the
cou t
that
the
BCI
had
o
autho ity
to
take
such
actio .
The
CJI
ag eed
with
the
submissio
a d
said
the
BCI
had
o
ole
i
the
matte .

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