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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Supreme Court backs NALSAR students and slams BCI circular; CJI Surya Kant asks ‘who are they to interfere’

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday expressed displeasure over a Bar Council of India (BCI) circular banning enrolment of 2026-batch graduates of NALSAR University of Law as advocates, saying the issue was a dialogue between him and the students.

During the hearing on the NALSAR row, the CJI said students had a right to protest and questioned the BCI's intervention in the matter. “It's a dialogue between me and students; who are they (BCI) to interfere,” CJI Surya Kant said.

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