Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, who triggered a controversy with his action and subsequent U-turn on an order against NALSAR law students, has accepted that the BCI acted in “haste” and that the move was recalled after deliberations.
Facing backlash, Manan Mishra told NDTV that there will be “no further inquiry into the matter and the issue now stands closed”
“Students have every right to object to the participation of a public figure at their university. The larger goal seems clear: to ban independent thinking in law universities and to create a pliant academic culture,” Owaisi posted on X. Because it troubles you, you can disagree but not threaten their careers just.
The Bar Council of India on Thursday evening withdrew its order which barred students belonging to the 2026 batch of Hyderabad law college, the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), from enrolling as advocates. Just hours earlier, the BCI had directed every State Bar Council not to enroll any student graduating from Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law in 2026 as an advocate until further orders, after students of the institution protested against an invitation to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant to attend the university’s convocation.
Mishra told NDTV that there will be “no further inquiry into the matter and the issue now stands closed” While the modified notice stated that the apex lawyers’ body will wait for the final inquiry report from the university.
