Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay Oka has said there is no impropriety in Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on mass disenfranchisement, since a judge may speak on national issues as a citizen so long as he does not comment on a pending case or order. New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S. Oka has […]
A member of the Bar Council of India has told the Supreme Court, in an affidavit, that important decisions have repeatedly been taken in the BCI’s name without deliberation among its members, including the August 13 action to bar the enrolment of NALSAR’s 2026 batch, which he says was never placed before the General Council. He also alleges the Attorney General and Solicitor General, ex-officio members, were not given notices or agendas of BCI meetings. The allegations are untested.
BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra apologised to law students over the NALSAR enrolment-bar row, saying an expression of regret “is not a matter of prestige or ego,” amid backlash from NALSAR and NLSIU. New Delhi: Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has apologised to law students over the controversy arising from his […]
The BCI withdrew, within hours, its order barring enrolment of NALSAR’s 2026 batch over a campaign opposing CJI Surya Kant at convocation, saying most students were innocent. New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) has withdrawn — within hours of issuing it — an order that had directed State Bar Councils not to enrol […]
Around 450 NALSAR students wrote to the administration opposing CJI Surya Kant as convocation chief guest, citing his remarks on the student protests and police action. Hyderabad: A section of the graduating students at the NALSAR University of Law has written to the university administration opposing any proposal to invite Chief Justice of India Surya […]
