NALSAR Enrolment Ban Reversed
2026-08-15
BJP-critical press labels it overreach, while BJP-leaning press highlights the rapid withdrawal.
The story
- NALSAR students protested the invitation of CJI Surya Kant to their convocation.
- The Bar Council of India (BCI) initially froze the enrolment of the entire 2026 graduating batch.
- The BCI withdrew the ban hours later, though it is still investigating the protest organizers.
What we read in the BJP-critical press
- New Indian Express: BCI order on NALSAR graduates ‘manifestly arbitrary’: Former A-G
- Outlook India: BCI Withdraws Order Blocking Nalsar Law Graduates' Enrolment
- Scroll.in: Bar Council halts NALSAR student enrolment over campaign against CJI, withdraws order hours later
- The Telegraph India: Bar Council of India threatens Nalsar students, Cockroach Janta Party roars, order is withdrawn
- The Telegraph India: Sword of NALSAR: Bar Council's U-turn after enrolment ban over CJI 'boycott' sparks row - telegraphindia.com
- Times Now: 'Hands Off Our Students!' CJP's All-Out Offensive Against Bar Council Over NALSAR Order
- Times Now: ‘What If All Legal Cockroaches Come Together’: Dipke Takes Dig At BCI Over NALSAR Row
What we read in the BJP-leaning press
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Straight reports we used for the facts
- DNA India: Bar Council denies enrolment to 2026 NALSAR graduates over campaign against CJI Surya Kant, later makes U-turn
- Deccan Chronicle: BCI Does U-Turn on Freezing Nalsar’s Graduates’ Enrolment
- Deccan Chronicle: BCI Amends Order After Flak, Allows State Bar Councils Enrol 2026 NALSAR Grads
- Deccan Chronicle: Bar Council U-turns On Nalsar Ban
- Deccan Chronicle: Bar Council Takes U-Turn Over Ban on 2026 Nalsar Students
- Hindustan Times: BCI halts enrolment of NALSAR 2026 graduates amid row over CJI Surya Kant in convocation, withdraws move later
- Hindustan Times: Objection to chief guest, big Bar Council order, then a U-turn: NALSAR University-CJI Kant invite row explained
- India TV: BCI takes U-turn, clears NALSAR 2026 graduates for bar enrolment after CJI Suryakant invite row
- Mint: A ban on an entire batch and a U-turn later, Bar Council seeks Nalsar report on anti-CJI campaign
- Mint: BCI withdraws NALSAR enrolment ban hours after barring 2026 graduates over CJI convocation campaign
- NDTV: Bar Council's Big Step On Students Opposing Chief Justice, Then A Withdrawal
- National Herald: In rapid U-turn, bar council lifts curbs on NALSAR students who boycotted CJI
- New Indian Express: CJI Kant invite row: BCI reverses course hours after halting enrolment of 2026 NALSAR graduates
- Republic World: BCI Lifts Enrolment Bar on NALSAR 2026 Graduates, Says No Student Should Suffer Without Fault
- The Hindu: BCI withdraws NALSAR enrolment freeze within hours, says all 2026 graduates can enrol
- The News Minute: Bar Council says won’t enroll NALSAR students for opposing CJI, withdraws statement after outrage
- Times Now: No NALSAR 2026 Graduate To Be Enrolled As Advocate: Bar Council Amid CJI Invite Row
- Times Now: 'Dissent Is Welcome...': BCI Drops Inquiry Against NALSAR 2026 Batch Over CJI Convocation Row After Backlash