BCI bars Nalsar students over CJI Surya Kant protest, retracts

The decision follows a campaign by the students againsts the participation of CJI Surya Kant in the convocation ceremony.NEW DELHI: If the directive was unusual, the withdrawal was dramatic.Bar Council of India (BCI) on Thursday took back its communication — hours after issuing it — to Hyderabad-based Nalsar University of Law that said those who organised opposition to the invitation to CJI Surya Kant for the institute’s convocation would not be enrolled as advocates.In a fresh communication late evening, BCI chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra said the council had “thoroughly discussed and deliberated” on his earlier letter to Nalsar’s vice-chancellor and state bar council secretaries and modified its direction.BCI — the statutory regulating body for legal education and profession — is of the